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1 Tunnels
2 Bridges
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4 Dams
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6 DifferentShapes
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7 Glassandlce
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One of the longest road tunnels is the
Laerdal Tunnel in Norway. The tunnel
is nearly 25 kilometers long and it goes
'l unncls go underwater,underground,or
tl-rroughthe ground. \Weuse tunnels for
mines, trains, and road traffic, or to carry
things like gas or water.Tunnels are usually
made of metal and concrete.
One of the longest tunnels in the world
is the SeikanTunnel in Japan.It's nearly
54 kilometers long! It goesbetween two
islands.It was built becauseit's too dangerous
to travel by boat.The tunnel is for trains, but
now many people prefer to travel by plane.

through a mountain. It was built because
there's too much snow on the mountain
roads in winter.

Bridges go over water or overground.
On a beam bridge, the pillars carry the deck.
One of the longest beam bridges is the
Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in the USA.
This bridge is about 38 kilometers long and
it has over 91000concrete pillars. It goes
over water and carries road traffic.

On a suspension
l-rridge,the cablesand
towers carry the deck.
'l'hc anchorageshold
thc cables.
Suspensionbridges move a little when it's windy.
'l'his isn't usually a problem, but in 1940 the
'lbcoma Bridge in the USA collapsedin light
winds. It was onlv four months old.

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\(Ihen there isn't much ground,
we can build tall buildings.

Very tall buildings are called

One of the tallest skyscrapers
is the Burj Dubai.. It's in Dubai
in the United Arab Emirates.
It's 818 meterstall - that's
nearly a kilometer! It's made

skyscrapers.The first skyscraper
was the Home Insurance Building.
It was built in Chicago in the

of a special,strong concrete
called reinforced concrete.
The Burj Dubai has apartments'
shops,swimming pools, hotels,

USA in 1885. It was 42 meters
tall. The tallest skyscrapersare
now much taller than this.

restaurants, and a librarY.
It's like a very tall town!
Do you like it?

The PetronasTWin Towers in
I(uala Lumpur in Malaysia are
the tallest twin buildings.There
is a bridge between the two
towers called a skybridge.

Theconcretein the
BurjDubaiweighsthe same
asabout100,000elephants!

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Arch dams are also madc of concrctc.'l-l-rcv
arc usuall,vsmaller than gravity dams and
they are curved. The curve holds back the
Some of the biggest structures are dams.

water. The Moiry Dam in Switzerland is

They hold back \vater and make a lake
callcd a rcscrvoir. Dams supply watcr)

an arch dam. It's 148 meters tall and
6 1 0 m c tcr s l o n s.

stop floods, and they also makc elcctricity.
(iravitv clantsare macic of a lot of concrcte.
'l'hey arc vcrv big
and hcarl', ancl this
wcight l-roldsback rhc r,l'arcr.
Tl-rc Itaipu Dam

is a gravitv dam. It's in South Amcrica
betwccn Paraguaf anc-lBrazil.It's 196

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There are many super structures in Beijing
in China. Some of them were built for the
Olympicsin 2008.
Terminal 3 of Beijing Capital Inrernarional
Airport is one of the biggestairport terminals
in the world. The floor area is more than a
square kilometer.There are sevenfloors,
and two of the floors are underground.

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colorsfor Chinese
Redandgoldaretraditional
colorfor good[uck.
Redis the Chinese
buil.dings.

The Beijing National Stadium is one of
the biggestmetal buildings. It's red and
gold. It has 80,000 seats.There wcre
I 1,000extra seatsfor the Olympics.It also
has underground pipes to make it warm in
winter and cool in summer.
Sometimesit's calledthe Bird's Ncst - can
you seewhy?
Goto pages32- 33forac ti v i ti es .


In 2008, David Fisher designed the first
rotating skyscraper. It uses energy from the
wind. People want to build these rotating
$7ith new building materials, people can
build structures in many different shapes.

skyscrapers in Dubai and in Moscow.

The 02,in London in the United I(ingdom
is a dome. It was built for the millennium,
the year 2000. The roof is made of a special
plastic and glass material. It's 365 meters
wide - one meter for every day of the year.
It has also l2 support towers - one tower
for every month of the year.

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Eachftoorcanrotatea ful.t
candecidewhento
circle.People
rotatetheirftoor.Theskyscraper
shapeeveryday!
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In a village in Sweden, near the Arctic,
there is a hotel made of ice called Ice Hotel.

The hotel is open from December to April.
It has 80 rooms. There are ice sculptures in
the rooms. The beds, chairs, and tables are
also made of ice. Even the drinking glasses
are made of ice!

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Most buildings are made of concrete, bricks,
metal, or wood. Some buildings use
different materials.
Biosphere 2 inArizona in the USA is made
of glass and metal. It's nearly as big as rwo
and a half American football fields. Inside,
there's a rainforest, an ocean, a desert, a
farm, and places for people to live and work.
It's a research center.

Everyyear,lce Hotet
is b u ilta gai nw i th newi ce.

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Did you know that people also build

structures under the ocean and on ice?
The Poseidon Undersea Resort in Fiji is a
hotel 12 meters under the ocean. It's made
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of very strong metal and plastic. The
windows are made of special, clear plastic,
so people can see fish and other ocean

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animals from the hotel. To get to the hotel,
you travel by submarine!
Halley 6 is a research station in the
Antarctic. It's built on ice. The ice moves
400 meters every year and the structure
moves with it. Halley 6 is on skis so people
can move it back to the right place.
Building in the Antarctic is very difficult

per
speedcanbe 150kitometers
hour.Thetemperature
canbeless
than-50 degrees
centigrade.
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The ISS is made of metal. It uses energy
from the sun. The first part of the ISS went
into spacein a rocket in 1998. No astronauts
There are also structures

went with it. Most other parts went with

in space.The International

astronauts. Sometimes, astronauts do a

Space Station (ISS) is a

spacewalkoutside the ISS to attach new parts.

research station. It's about
350 kilometers above Earth.
It goes around Earth about 16 times every

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Wombatsbuild undergrouncl
tunnels calledburrows.Thcy
dig with their front paws and
bite through things with their

Animals can build super structures,too!
Termites build their homes with mud.
These homes are tall towers called termite
mounds.The tallesttermite mounds are

teeth.A wombat can dig

about 2 metersper hour.

about 13 meters high. They are termite

Beaversbuild dams on the
water to protect themselves
from other wild animalslike

skyscrapers!

bears.They build the dams
with small trees)stones,and
mud. Their dams can be a

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Readpages4-5.

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overwateror ground.
t Tunnels
2 Tunnels
aremadeof metalandgtass/ concrete.

Match.

Tunnelis in China/ Japan.
3 TheSeikan
Tunnelis in Spain/ Norway.
4 TheLaerdaI

It wasbuittbecause
there's
too muchsnowon the
mountain
roadsin winter.

Tunnel
Seikan

It wasbuittbecause
it'stoo
dangerous
to travel"
by boat.

LaerdaI
Tunnel

the sentences.
Complete
through longest metat 25 kitometersunder
1 T u n n e ts
a reusua[l ymadeof ,', "

3 lt's for roadtraffic.

Tunnelis oneof the
2 TheSeikan

4 lt's for trains.

is nearty
3 TheLaerdalTunnel

Write trueor false.
1 Tunnels
cancarrywater.

cl fl dconcrete.

tunne[s.
long.

Tunnelgoes
4 TheSeikan

the water.

goes
Tunnel
5 TheLaerdal

a mountain.

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Tunnelis longerthan
the LaerdaI
Tunnel.
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3 TheLaerdal
Tunnelis shorter
than
the Seikan
Tunnel.

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tunnel?
1 Whichis the [ongest
2 Whichtunnelgoesunderground?
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4 TheSeikan
Tunnelgoesthroughwater.

3 Whichtunnelis fortrains?

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5 It'squicker
to usethe Seikan
Tunnel
thanto traveIby p[ane.

tunnet?
4 Whichis the shortest
5 Whichtunnelgoesunderwater?
6 WhichtunneIis forcars?
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go underground
1 Bridges
/ overground.
2 Thelongest/ shortestbeambridgeis in the USA.
3 Beambridges
andsuspension

bridges
bothhavea
tower / deck.
4 TheTacoma
Bridgeis a beam/ suspension
bridge.

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cable deck piltar deck anchorage
tower suspension
bridge fmm#i+ge

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thedeckona beambridge?
1 Whatcarries
Thsplltnrecarr1ths dscK.
bridge?
thedeckona suspension
2 Whatcarries
bridges?
for suspension
3 Whatis a problem
whenit waswindy?
4 Whichbridgecollapsed

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7
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5 Writeabouta bridgein yourcountry.


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(short/ shorter/ shortest)

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the sentences.

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is _
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2 TheShanghai
Center
the Petronas
TwinTowers.
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Sears
Tower

Petronas
TwinTowers
Taipei101
Shanghai
Wortd
FinanciaI
Center
BurjDubai

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ftatl/ taller/ ta[[est)

skyscraper.

4 TheSears
Toweris
ftall/ta[[erltaltest)

than
anthe
th Taipei101.

Toweris 5 TheSears
thanthe BurjDubai.
(short/ shorter/ shortest)

4 Answerthe questions.
1 Wherewasthe wortd'sfirstskyscraper

buitt?
2 Howta[[is the BurjDubai?

10mm 900m 1,000m 92cm 100cm Smm
1 abouta centimeterfu::r*:
2 abouta meter

called?
3 Whatarethe taltesttwin buildings

3 abouta kitometer
4 the sameasa centimeter

Why?
4 Whatis yourfavoriteskyscraper?

5 the sameasa meter
6 the sameasa kitometer

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reservoircurue archdam
concretegravitydam reservoir

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4 ->
downin heavy-.
2 TheMoiryDamis in _.
3 Gravitydamsarevery _.
4 Gravitydamsaremadeof
5 Archdamsare -.
6 Damshotdback_.

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Answer
the questions.
1 Whattypeof damis the ltaipuDam?

1
2
3

4

2 WhereistheMoiryDam?

5
6

3 With an archdam,whatholdsbackthe water?

2 Writetrueor false.
1 Damsmakewater.
2 A reservoir
is like a [ake.

4 With a gravitydam,whatholdsbackthe wate??

3 Damssupplyfood.
4 Damsstopfloods.

5 Writeabouta damin yourcountry.

5 TheltaipuDamis ta[[erthan
the MoiryDam.
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the sentences.
super metal airporttermina[sOtympicscolor
ReadpagesL2-L3.

1 Redis the Chinese

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Match.

for good[uck.

2 Manybuildings
werebuittforthe

in 2008.

1 It's madeof metal.

3 Beijinghasmany

2 Thefloorareais more

4 Termina[
International
3 of the BeijingCapitaI
Airportis oneof the biggest

thana square
kilometer.

NationaI
Stadium

3 It has80,000seats.

Terminal
3

4 Sometimes
it'scalled
the Bird'sNest.
5 lt'soneof the biggest
airporttermina[s.

structures.

is oneof the biggest
5 TheBeijingNational
Stadium
buitdings.

Answerthe questions.
1 Whenwerethe BeijingOlympics?
2 Beijingis the capitalof whatcountry?

Circtethe correctwords.
1 Termina[
3, BeijingCapital
InternationalAirport:
lt's in Russia/ China/ the USA.
ft's for cars/ trains,/ planes.

Whatis the Chinese
cotorfor good[uck?
4 Whatis the BeijingNational

madeof?
Stadium

2 TheBeiji ngNationaI
Stadium:
lt's likea bird'sbus/ nest/ schoot.
lt's madeof metat/ wood/ glass.
It hasunderground
pillars/ pipes,/ seats.

5 Writeabouta sportsstadiumin yourcountry.


the sentences.
Complete

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materia[sskyscraperdome
Londonday shapes

Readpagest4-t5.

Circlethe correctwords.
The02:
1 lt wasbuittforthe Olympics
/ millennium.
2 Thereare365months/ daysin a year.
3 ThereareL2months/ daysin a year.

, peoplecanbui[d

1 Withnewbuitding
in different
structures
2 The02 is in

It'sa

3 Therotating

canchangeshapeevery

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Therotatingskyscraper:
4 lt canrotatea fu[[ square,/ circle.

TheO2

5 lt usesenergyfromthe sun/ wind.
6 lt canbe a differentfloor,/ shapeeveryday.

Writethe months.
SeptemberJune NovemberFebruaryAprit Ju[y
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DecemberAugust May March October
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2

8

3

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4

10

5

11

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energyfromthe wind.

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year.
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skyscraper
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2
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2 lt's madeof ice.

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lce Hotel
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Biosphere

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5 lt's a research

6 | wantto go there.

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4 drinking/ glasses

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2 lce Hotelis not openin March.

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5 glass/ made/ Biosphere2

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2 is a smatltown.
4 Biosphere
2 is madeof glassandwood.
5 Thereis an oceanin Biosphere2.
6 Thereis an icehotelin Biosphere
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Undersea
1 ThePoseidon
aremadeof a speciat
2 Thewindows
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1 lt's buitton ice.

Poseidon
Undersea

Resort

2 lt's underthe ocean.
3 lt moves.

Halley6

4 lt's on skis.

ice.

3 Halley6 is built4 Theice

the ocean.

400 meterseveryYear.

of
is verydifficuttbecause
in the Antarctic
5 Buil,ding
the-.

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Complete
the chart.

Resort?
Undersea

1 Whereis the Poseidon

weter cold skis submarine wind
ice fish hotel research ocean

2 Whereis Halley6?
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