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7. The competition … by my friend’s class. (win)
8. The problem … by the director. (solve)
9. The professor … Ann to work hard. (ask)
10. This letter … by my mother. (write)
11.3 Reading comprehension
11.3.1 Read the sentences and write T (true), F (false), NS (Not stated).
1. The future is always changed by architecture.
2. There are just several aspects which influence the possible city’s appearance.
3. The architecture of the future should take into consideration just the financial
aspect.
4. The architecture of the future really cares the efficiency of energy sources.
5. Vertical expansion of buildings in future results from population upsurge.
6. Masdar city in the UAE is expected to bring a positive impact on the surroundings.
7. Parametric architecture is based on the idea of buildings’ homogeneity.
8. Sustainable architecture tries to reduce radiation.
9. The architecture of the future will try to create new zones of forests, deserts and
technical zones.
11.3.2 Enumerate all the characteristic features of the architecture of the future
mentioned in the text. Which of them are positive and which are negative, explain
your point of view.
11.3.3 Write the summary of the text using the following phrases.
The text is named …
The text consists of three parts …
The author draws our attention to the fact that …
The text mainly deals with / covers / describes …
At the beginning of the text article the author writes / mentions / focuses on
/describes / states / defines / stresses / enumerates …
The author provides / gives the information on …
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The author provides / gives the example of …
The author gives a detailed analysis of …
In the first paragraph / part …
In the second paragraph / part …
In the third paragraph / part …
Afterwards (formal) / Then / Next …
In addition …
Moreover …
To conclude / In the conclusion / To sum up (informal) …
At the end of the text / article …
11.3.4 Act out a conversation between some specialists discussing the design of a
new Sci-fi Eco Architecture project.
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12 Unit 12 The Michael Schumacher World Champion Tower
Text
Michael Schumacher World Champion Tower by LAVA
Architects Chris Bosse and Tobias Wallisser of Laboratory for Visionary
Architecture Asia Pacific (LAVA) have unveiled Michael Schumacher World
Champion Tower at the Cityscape property fair in Dubai.
The 59-storey tower, one of seven to be built around the world, has been built
in collaboration with former Formula 1 champion Schumacher, and is described as
“branded architecture’s next step”.
Future Living – Michael Schumacher Tower launched in Abu Dhabi.
A unique concept envisioned by Joachim Swensson, founder of branding
specialists PNYG:COMPANY, the building represents branded architecture’s next
step.
“The Tower marks a departure from traditional architectural thinking,” state
the architects Chris Bosse and Tobias Wallisser. The tower designers represent a
new generation of architects. Being responsible as associate architects for world
recognised structures such as the Water cube in Beijing and the Mercedes-Benz
Museum in Germany.
Just one year ago, they founded LAVA, the Laboratory for Visionary
Architecture, a worldwide architectural network, together with architect Alexander
Rieck, innovation expert at the Fraunhofer institute in Stuttgart.
“The project brings together our previous experiences, the Mercedes-Benz
Museum, a brand-owned museum with an extraordinary spatial concept exploring
the latest digital design and fabrication technologies with the Water cube Beijing, an
example of the highest performance of both the building and the athletes, creating
by a stunning atmosphere developed through the deliberate morphing of molecular
science, architecture and phenomenology”, says Chris Bosse.
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Inspired by the geometrical order of a snowflake and the aerodynamics of a
Formula 1 racing car, the tower encapsulates speed, fluid dynamics, future
technology and natural patterns of organisation. Rather than purely mimicking
shapes in nature for their elegance and unpredictability, the architects learned from
nature’s own geometrical orders creating highly efficient structures and intriguing
spaces.
“We let the design unfold as a result of the project’s needs: optimal natural
light and air distribution, maximum views, minimal structure, user comfort and an
unrivalled water experience”, explains Tobias Wallisser. The organisational
principle of a minimal surface allowed the optimisation of the facade/floor area ratio
and each apartment in the 59 storey luxury tower has unobstructed ocean views.
“The unique collaboration with Michael Schumacher gave us new insights.
Technology, precision, speed, elegance, paired with human intuition and
extraordinary performance were a great source of inspiration for the design. Similar
to the formula one operation, construction is a team sport with a lot of highly skilled
experts. In this sense the architects take the driver seat in the process, taking the
project to the physical limits of possibility”, adds Alexander Rieck.
The lower levels of the tower, traditionally the most difficult and least
attractive area, has been reinterpreted as a series of prestigious wharf apartments,
terraced similar to that of cruise ship decks. By widening the base, the tower is
anchored into its surrounding water basin similar to the surrounding mangroves and
nearby canals. The top Sky villas offer 270-degree views opposite the new cultural
district on Saadyiat Island.
The building features an iconic silhouette and a facade characterised by
vertical slots with private balconies. A series of reflective fins generates a vertical
dynamic and gives the building a constantly changing appearance. The fins track the
sun, control the solar shading and dissolve the rationality of the plan into a
continuously evolving building volume. The facade’s continuous surface enables
curvature with a lot of repetition and the potential for standardisation in the building
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process. State-of-the art engineering and innovative materials will be used to achieve
a fully sustainable performance.
12.1 Vocabulary exercises
12.1.1 Transcribe the following vocabulary. Find Russian equivalents.
a. Personal names: Chris Bosse, Michael Schumacher, Joachim Swensson, Tobias
Wallisser, Alexander Rieck
b. Toponyms: Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Beijing, Germany, Fraunhofer, Stuttgart, Saadyiat
Island
c. words and phrases: unveiled, collaboration, launch, phenomenology, snowflake,
aerodynamics, mimicking, unfold, canals, envision.
12.1.2 Fill in the gaps using vocabulary list of the previous exercise. Translate
the sentences into Russian.
1. The monument has not been … yet.
2. These include, for example, include the above-mentioned video conferencing and
… on the creation of 3D objects.
3. … on the 115th anniversary of the legendary surrealist's birth, the project is called
Dali Lives.
4. This means, a developer cannot … until the developer has all the necessary
approvals.
5. Suppose we say … studies phenomena: what appears to us-and its appearing.
6. A … means that the plastic container is ok for freezing foods in.
7. Sayer was one of the first to apply the principles of … to motor car design.
8. Some people may have even seen elephants, seals, or whales … speech sounds.
9. Should provide enough space for that on the chair could … .
10. Southern sector … constructions were completed by 1656.
11. To … this, first we must define Greater Central Asia.
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12.1.3 Translate the following sentences using the vocabulary list of exercise
12.1.1.
1. Мы уверены, что совместная работа и взаимодействие должны быть
простыми.
2. У вас достаточно средств для запуска проекта.
3. В 1889 г. Брентано использовал термин «феноменология» для
дескриптивной психологии, что проложило путь к созданию Гуссерлем новой
науки феноменологии.
4. У него уникальная структура как у снежинки.
5. Одна из особенностей автомобиля – активная аэродинамика.
6. Он стал имитировать то, что слышал.
7. Сцены будут разворачиваться на основе этих двух параметров.
8. На постройке канала погибло более 60 тыс. человек.
9. Мы пытаемся предвидеть будущее, как лидеры видят будущее своей
компании или миссии.
12.1.4 Match words from 2 columns to form phrases from the text, find
sentences in which they were used.
1. property
2. fabrication
3. deliberate
4. molecular
5. fluid
6. water
7. surrounding
8. iconic
9. vertical
10. reflective
a. basin
b. dynamics
c. fair
d. fin
e. mangrove
f. morphing
g. science
h. silhouette
i. slot
j. technologies
12.1.5 Make your own sentences with the phrases from exercise 12.1.4.
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12.1.6 Give English equivalents to the following phrases, find the context in
which they were used.
Пространственная концепция, потрясающая атмосфера, гоночный
автомобиль, интригующее пространство, распределение воздуха,
непревзойденный опыт работы с водой, человеческая интуиция,
высококвалифицированный, престижные апартаменты на пристани, палуба
круизного лайнера, солнцезащита.
12.1.7 Give a word or a phrase from the text to each definition.
1. being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else;
2. a person who designs buildings and in many cases also supervises their
construction;
3 a clear thin liquid that has no colour or taste when it is pure;
4. a type of product manufactured by a particular company under a particular name;
5. a building in which objects of historical, scientific, artistic, or cultural interest are
stored and exhibited;
6. the rate at which someone or something moves or operates or is able to move or
operate;
7. the quality of being graceful and stylish in appearance or manner.
12.1.8 Describe the following pictures using the vocabulary of the lesson.
1 2
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3
Рисунок 3 – Michael Schumacher World Champion Tower
12.2 Grammar exercises
12.2.1 Fill in the gap with the proper modal verb (must or can’t).
1. Her boyfriend … be very popular. All her friends seem to know him.
2. He … be on Telegram. Everybody is these days.
3. You know your grammar really well. This exercise be difficult for you.
4. Running a marathon be really difficult if you don’t run every week.
5. It be Hector at the door. He left the party an hour ago.
6. You’ve been working in the garden all day. You be really tired now.
7. The dog be hungry. Feed her!
8. It be easy living in an extremely cold climate like in Siberia.
12.2.2 Transform the following sentences from direct into indirect speech
using the phrases asked me, said that, told me, wondered, interested if etc.
1. Can you solve this problem?
2. Don’t do that again.
3. Don’t wait for him.
4. Have you seen Ann recently?
5. Have you seen the accident?
6. He’s never studies so hard before.
7. How long have you been here?
8. I was sure I’d left my book in your flat.
9. Never enter this room.
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10. Shall I send the information to everyone?
11. She doesn’t want anything to eat.
12. She’s planning to buy a new dress.
13. Tom is arriving later today.
14. We don’t know the way. Do you?
15. What’s the weather like?
12.2.3 Turn these sentences from indirect into direct speech.
1. Andy asked how he could solve the problem.
2. Ann wondered whether I had been there before.
3. Anny told her mother she was going shopping and asked her if she needed
anything there.
4. Granny asked us when we would go to see her.
5. He added that I might ask him for any help.
6. He said that he had to leave them soon.
7. I was interested if could go to the party.
8. Mother told her children not to leave the flat without permission.
9. Pupils wanted to know the results of the test.
10. Tom asked if we needed to hurry.
11. We asked where they all had gone.
12. We were told that we needed to solve at once.
12.2.4 Put the proper verb into the correct form. Translate the sentences.
1. He has told us that the plan … not successful.
2. He said that he … no money with him.
3. He will tell the police that he … innocent.
4. I have told you that the story … not true.
5. I think she loves me more than she … my brother.
6. I think that they … happy.
7. I will think that they … happy.
8. Mother always told me that honesty … the best policy.
9. She always forgives us if we … her the truth.
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10. The audience said that the picture … beautiful.
11. The priest taught us that God … love.
12. The teacher taught pupils that the earth … round.
12.2.5 Translate the sentences into English.
1. Аня решила, что я жду ее в библиотеке.
2. Бабуля спросила, сможем ли мы приехать к ней в гости.
3. Его спросили, знал ли он об изменениях в расписании.
4. Куратор поинтересовался у всех, собираемся ли мы поехать на
конференцию.
5. Мы был уверены, что родители будут рады нашему приходу.
6. Мы никому не сказали, когда собираемся поехать в отпуск.
7. Мы ответили, что ничего не знали о политической ситуации в мире.
8. Никто из группы не сообщил, будет ли принимать участие в дискуссии.
9. Никто из нас не знал, зачем он украл эту вещь.
10. Он сказал, что занят, и попросил его не тревожить.
11. Он сказал, что уже давно занимался данным проектом.
12. Она пообещала, что вернется скоро.
13. Подруга сказала, что видела наших одноклассников накануне.
14. Я спросила его, почему он так себя повел.
12.3 Reading comprehension
12.3.1 Answer the questions.
1. What is “LAVA”?
2. How is Michael Schumacher World Champion Tower described?
3. What other phrases in the whole text are used to describe Michael Schumacher
World Champion Tower?
4. What is the length of the Tower?
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