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Listening Part 2 Sentence completion

1 S P E A K Work in pairs. Discuss the following questions.
1 Why do you think some companies spend a fortune on their offices?
2 What image do modern skyscrapers project? Is this important or not?
3 What impact does the interior design of offices have on the way people work? Why?

2 9.1 You will hear a lecture on unusual office buildings. For questions 1–9,
complete the sentences with a word or short phrase.

M A K I N G A M A R K
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Many architects are driven to create a (1) that will stand the test of time.
The (2) of the majority of the world’s most renowned cultural buildings is
comparable, irrespective of location or the era in which it was built.
The public reception to the more innovatively designed office buildings has tended to be
(3) .
In order to create its vast, minimalist interior, Lloyds of London had some of the
(4) commonly associated with a building reimagined and repositioned.
As far as 20th century architecture is concerned, the Lloyds of London building is widely
regarded as one of the most (5) examples there is.
Initially, the twisted F & F building was intended as a (6) case study.
According to the lecturer, what makes the F & F building (7) is that it was https://english0905.com/private/
relatively cheap to build for a building of its magnitude.
Showcasing their architects’ (8) is one of the reasons behind the quirky designs
of the Lloyds of London and the F&F buildings.
The Fisheries Board office is a contradiction to other (9) buildings.

A b o u t E n g l i s h
3 S P E A K Work in small groups and discuss the questions. Which of the buildings
When people mishear
described in the listening would you prefer to work in? Why? If you were an architect,
what issues would you prioritise in office design? song lyrics or
poems the resulting
changes are called
Pronunciation Juncture ‘mondegreens’. The
term was coined
1 9.2 Listen to the phrases from the listening and tick what you hear. by American writer
Syliva Wright in 1954
1 an aim a name
when she heard her
2 my turn might earn
mother say the line
‘layd him on the green’
2 Check your answers in the Audioscript on page 239.
from a poem as ‘Lady
3 9.3 Listen to the following phrases. Which phrase do you hear first and second?
Mondegreen’. The
Write 1 or 2 next to A and B.
word mondegreen
entered the dictionary
1 A the sky B this guy
in 2000. You can find
2 A send to all B centre wall
lots of examples of
3 A keep sticking B keeps ticking
mondegreens from
4 A an ice B a nice
famous songs online.
its wings it swings
5 A B
Have you ever
misheard any song
6 A a tax on B attacks on
lyrics in English or
a monk swimming amongst women
7 A B
your language?
8 A the cross-eyed bear B the cross I’d bear
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