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Unit 8 Outside view
Chicago is the third largest American city after New York and Los Angeles. It's hard to believe that in 1871, a great fire destroyed the whole of Chicago's downtown. The only building to survive the great fire was the Stone Water Tower. The best architects in the world arrived to rebuild the city. Many of them were young and prepared to try new ideas. They used a tall steel frame and curtains of glass to make a different type of building-- the skyscraper. In just 15 years, a new Chicago was born. The centre of the city is now called the Loop, and it takes its name from the elevated track that circled. The buildings contained inside the Loop are a textbook of American architecture. Everyone call Chicago the \much about their city. In fact, all the people of Chicago enjoy talking about their city. They like to tell you about Sears Tower, 110 stories of office space. That's a world record. It's so tall it takes 70 seconds to ride the elevator to the top. Beautiful modern sculptures by Picasso and others, help to make Chicago a centre of art. Then there's O'hare International Airport. With 840 flights every day, it's the busiest airport in the world. The people of Chicago are very proud of their beautiful lake shoreline, 29 miles of park land along Lake Michigan. And they don't let you forget that Chicago is the home of the Blues. Musicians like Muddy Waters made Blues popular, and even influenced the Rolling Stones. Chicago is home to the Bulls basketball team and the Cubs baseball team. The city certainly has a wonderful history. Chicago, a city where everyone works hard to be a part of the winning team.
芝加哥是仅次于纽约和洛杉矶的第三大美国城市。很难相信，在1871，大火摧毁了整个芝加哥的市中心。唯一的建筑，以生存的克伟大的火石水塔。世界上最好的建筑师来重建城市。他们中的许多人都很年轻，准备尝试新的想法。他们用了一个高钢框架和窗帘小姑娘把不同类型的建筑——摩天大楼。在短短的15年里，一个新的芝加哥诞生了。这个城市的中心现在被称为循环，它将它的名字从高架轨道上盘旋。循环内的建筑物是美国建筑的教科书。每个人都称芝加哥为“风之城”。为什么？这不是因为天气。这是因为政治的政客货物的谈论他们的城市太多。事实上，所有芝加哥人喜欢谈论他们的城市。他们喜欢告诉你关于西亚士大厦，110层办公空间的故事。这是一个世界记录。它的如此高的需要70秒乘电梯到顶部。美丽的现代雕塑毕加索和其他人，使芝加哥艺术中心。然后奥黑尔国际机场。8每天40次航班，这是世界上最繁忙的机场。芝加哥人民非常自豪他们美丽的湖海岸线，29英里的密歇根湖沿线的。他们不让你或芝加哥是蓝军的家。音乐家喜欢混浊的水使蓝调流行，甚至影响了滚动的石头。芝加哥是公牛队篮球队和棒球队的主场团队。这座城市有一个美妙的历史。芝加哥，一个城市，每个人都很难成为一个团队的一部分。
Listening in
I'm Standing in the Arrivals Hall of Terminal 3, Beijing Capital Airport's newest terminal which became operational in March 2008. The terminal, which has a third runway and a rail link to the city centre, is the second largest in the world. Designed by the famous British architect Norman Foster, it extends almost three kilometers but took only three and a half years to build.
The terminal has been designed to look and feel Chinese. The building, a mixture of glass and steel, uses the traditional Chinese colors of red and gold. Columns(柱体) inside are red and the roof is a dull gold. From the air it is said to resemble a flying dragon. The building has the largest technology. To save energy, the roof allows in the maximum amount of light and heat, and the advanced baggage system can handle up to 19,000 pieces of luggage per hour.
The terminal is only one of a number of new buildings that have made Beijing a leading example of 21st century architectural design. Another design success is the capital's new National Centre for the Performing Arts, which opened in late December 2007.
The centre, which has created huge interest all over the world, is based at West Changan Avenue, just west of the Great Hall of the People and Tian'anmen Square. Designed by French architect Paul Andreu, it took six years to complete. The building is in the shape of a dome made of titanium(钛) and glass, and changes color depending on the amount of sunlight it receives. A manmade lake surrounds it and to enter the building you walk through an 80-metre-long underwater corridor with a glass ceiling.
The inside of the centre is as light as the outside. A glass curtain that goes from the floor to the ceiling reflects sunlight during the day
and the city lights at night. The floor is made in ten different colours of marble which came from all over China.
The centre has three main performance venues. The Opera House, with almost 4,000 seats is the largest venue, followed by the Concert Hall with seating for 2,000 and the Theatre with seating for 1,035. Top companies from all over the world will perform there. Guests walking through the gardens and trees that surround the lake describe the building and the performances as \ Listening in 2
Man: Three weeks ago we asked listeners to vote for the most unusual buildings in the world. Architecture is a very popular interest with the public and the response has been astonishing-we’ve been flooded with emails. So here’s the countdown starting with number five.
Woman: yes, number five is Gaudi’s Batllo House in Barcelona, pain, designed by Antoni Gaudi, one of Spain’s greatest architects. The building was completed in 1906 and the amazing thing about it is that the exterior looks as if it’s been made from bones.
Man: it really does. I’ve seen it, it’s most impressive.
Woman: in fact, the skulls are balconies and the bones are the pillars that support them. It's a masterpiece and a huge tourist attraction.
Man: Next, at number four, is an office building in Prague, in the Czech Republic that's supposed to look like a couple dancing together and is called the Dancing House. I'm not so sure it looks like a dancing couple myself.
Woman: Oh, I don’t know, if you use a little imagination.
Man: This work of art was designed by a Czech architect, Valdo Milunic, and the great Canadian architect Frank Gehry and was completed in 1996
Woman: Moving on the third place is a very strange house indeed. It's instantly recognizable by the tall long legged figures at the front. It was built by a French postman called Ferdinand Cheval and he spent 33 years constructing it from stones he collected while delivering mail. It's called the Ideal Palace and is in a small town, in France. It's quite an extraordinary from the photos. I’d love to see it.
Woman: Me too. And now, in second place is a hotel that, although it was only built in 1997, is already a legend. It's the Bur Al Arab Hotel on the coastline of Dubai. This building is the tallest hotel in the world and it looks like a billowing（汹涌的） sail.
Man: And finally, in first place is the most unusual building of all according to our listeners, the Basket Housein Newyark, Ohio, in the United States. It's the company office of the Longaberger Basket Company and as its name suggests, it looks like a casket. The building, which was completed in 1997, is made of steel. The exterior is covered in stucco（灰泥）, a substance that gives it a rough surface and this makes it look like a basket.
Woman: Actually, when you get closer it looks lees like a basket.
我站在3号航站楼的大厅，北京首都机场的最新航站楼，在3月2008号投入使用。该航站楼有三分之一条跑道和一条铁路连接到城市中心，是世界上第二大。由英国著名建筑师诺尔曼福斯特设计，它几乎延伸三公里，但只花了三年半的建设。
终端的设计，以外观和感觉中国。建筑，一种玻璃和钢的混合，采用了传统的红色和金色的颜色。列（柱体）里面是红色的，屋顶是D你的黄金。从空中说，像一个飞龙。
这一建筑有最大的技术。为了节省能源，屋顶可以在最大限度的光和热，先进的行李系统可以处理多达19000件行李每小时。
该航站楼仅是一个数量的新建筑，使北京成为第二十一世纪建筑设计的一个领先的例子。另一个设计上的成功是首都的新国家中心表演艺术，在十二月末2007。
的中心，创造了巨大的利益，在世界各地，以长安西大街，只是对人和天安门广场大会堂西。由法国建筑师保罗设计的欧盟，历时六年完成。建筑是一个由钛圆顶形状（钛）和玻璃，和颜色变化取决于多少阳光，它接收。人工湖环绕着它进入大厦，你走过一个80米长的水下走廊，玻璃天花板。
中心的内部像外面的光。从地板到天花板的玻璃幕，反映了白天的阳光和夜晚的城市灯光。地板是由十种不同颜色的大理石来自中国各地。
该中心有三个主要的表演场地。歌剧院，有近4000个座位是最大的场地，其次是音乐厅的座位为2000和剧院的座位为1035。来自世界各地的顶级公司将在那里执行。客人走在花园和树木环绕的湖描述的建筑和表演“壮观”。
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男：三周前，我们要求听众投票给世界上最不寻常的建筑物。建筑是一个非常流行的兴趣与公众和响应已经令人惊讶，我们已经佛罗里达州ooded邮件。所以这里的倒数开始与数字五。女：是的，五号是高迪的巴特娄宫在巴塞罗那的房子，痛苦，由安东尼高迪设计，是西班牙最伟大的建筑师。这一建筑在1906年建成，令人惊奇的是，外表看起来好像是从骨头里做的。男人：真的。我看到了，这是最令人印象深刻的。女：事实上，不他的头骨是阳台，骨头是支撑他们的支柱。这是一部杰作和一个巨大的旅游景点。
男：接下来，四号，是布拉格的一个办公楼，在捷克共和国，应该像一对情侣在一起跳舞，被称为“跳舞的房子。我不太确定它看起来像跳舞对我自己。
女：噢，我不知道，如果你用了一点想象力。
男人：这件作品是由捷克建筑师设计瓦尔多Milunic共同，和伟大的加拿大建筑师Frank Gehry并完成1996
女人：第三个地方移动是一个非常奇怪的房子。这是由高大的长腿的数字在前面识别。它是由法国的邮递员叫费迪南白马建他花了33年时间从石头上建造，他收集的同时提供邮件。它被称为理想的宫殿，在法国的一个小城镇。这是一个非常不平凡的照片。我的爱看到它。
女人：我也是。而现在，在一个地方是一个酒店，虽然它只是建于1997，已经是一个传奇。这是钻阿拉伯酒店在迪拜的海岸线。这座大楼是最高的热EL在世界和它看起来像一个滚滚（汹涌的）航行。
男：最后，首先是最不寻常的建筑根据我们的听众，篮子的家newyark，俄亥俄州，美国。它的隆加伯格公司办公室晒太阳等公司，正如它的名字所暗示的，它看起来像一个棺材。这一建筑在1997年竣工，是钢制的。外部覆盖灰泥（灰泥），一种物质，它粗糙的表面这使得它看起来像一个篮子。
女：其实，当你走近它看起来像一个篮子的酒糟。 Unit 9 Outside view
Do you really want to learn English? Clestino Santee, an English language teacher gives students important advice. M: Please give some advice to those who come to the US to learn English.
W: Well, I’d love to give some suggestions and some advices based on my experience to students learning English. First of all, don’t be afraid to speak to Americans. Americans seem to enjoy meeting people from other countries, and they like to share the information that they have. So if you are afraid to speak to Americans that mean you are passing about an opportunity for communication, which is really what it is all about. It’s not about reading books or learning grammar in some abstract way, it’s more about speaking, communicating learning how real people talk and what they have to say. Um, a good way to do this is to go out in to the community. Another piece of advice I’d like to give to people is try to learn as much about you culture as you can. And I think in that way you’ll be more confident and you’ll also be able to appreciate our culture a little bit better learning about some of the differences but also some of the similarities. M: What is the best age to learn English?
W: As a teacher and a tutor I’ve taught all the different ages from, really, people in their 60s and the 70s, all the way down to lowest elementary（小学的） school children. And I found some real differences. Of course, the adults have more traditional based, traditional form of education that they base their form of learning on. Also, in many cases they’re more hesitant to speak. They’re a little bit more embarrassed and they want to make sure that they have the structure of the grammar. However, the young children are like sponges（海