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W: Art Deco was a very popular design movement worldwide in the 1920s. It began in France at the start of
the 1900s. It was really popular in America. It can still be seen on buildings there today. It was used in
architecture and interior design. Designers used modern ideas at their disposal to come up with new
ideas. Things like African art, and new technologies like ocean liners and the radio inspired them. It had
very strong links with the machine age. The style was all about looking good. It did not have any other
motives. It used many zigzags and jumbled shapes. One of the best known Art Deco buildings is the
Chrysler building . It is a skyscraper with a large spire and a sunburst pattern. It is made from stainless
steel and glass. Most of the buildings were made in this way. The style was also used in other places. It
could even be found on ladies shoes and cars at the time. Art Deco has come and gone many times since
the 1920s. It is still popular today ‘ It can be seen in the style of many cartoons and movies
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M: The lecture and the passage were about architecture and Art Deco. Art Deco was a popular design style
in the 1920s. It was a very modern style that used old and modern ideas for inspiration. It was all about
making the inside and outside of buildings look good. It was also used in many other places. Buildings
。ften had spires and sunburst patterns. Many were made using stainless steel and glass. AII of these
things can be seen on the Chrysler building. It is a famous Art Deco skyscraper

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M: One of the best known Art Deco buildings worldwide is the Empire State building. It has been in many
movies, like King Kong. It has 6,500 windows and looks like it has vertical stripes going down it. It is 102
stories tall and was built in 1930. It only took sixteen months to build. This was because of the many technical
advances in building at the time. When it was finished it was called the eighth wonder of the world. It is unlike
some other Art Deco buildings. It does not have any curves or sunbursts on it. The top of the building does have
a common Art Deco shape‘ This is called a ziggurat. It is like a pyramid where each floor gets smaller than
the one below it. One of the diverse Aπ Deco influences was Egyptian architecture. King Tutankhamen’s tomb
was discovered in the 1920s. Soon after, designers found this new style at their disposal. A lot of the building’s
interior was decorated with marble and polished wood. Most styles before Art Deco only looked backwards
The Art Deco style mixed old and new ideas to look to the future

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M: Every day 1 use my cell phone. 1 use it all the time. It helps me by allowing me to always be in contact with
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M: 1 think that the greatest invention is plastic. Plastic has had a profound effect on how we make things that
we use every day. It is much lighter, cheaper, and easier to shape than traditional materials like wood and
metal. It is also very versatile. We use plastic in everything. We use it in computers , cars, and tools that
we use in hospitals. Our lives depend on plastic, so 1 think it is the greatest invention

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