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World's largest building opens in China (3rd July, 2013)

PARAGRAPH ONE:

1.	China has many of the biggest	a.	bigger than the Pentagon
2.	Now it has a	b.	long
3.	It opened this	c.	a 21st-century city
4.	It is 500 meters	d.	can go inside it
5.	Twenty Sydney Opera Houses	e.	things in the world
6.	It is almost three times	f.	week in Chengdu
7.	Thousands of workers built it	g.	new one
8.	It will make Chengdu	h.	in three years

PARAGRAPH TWO:

1.	The inside of the center	a.	rink
2.	There are 400,000 square meters of	b.	park
3.	a 15-screen	c.	is like a small city
4.	an ice	d.	from across the world
5.	a water	e.	shopping space
6.	bring business and tourists	f.	to many giant pandas
7.	It is an important place	g.	movie theater
8.	Chengdu is also home	h.	for business

LISTEN AND FILL IN THE GAPS

China has many (1) ___________________ in the world. Now it has a new one - the (2) ___________________. It is called the New Century Global Center. It (3) ___________________ Chengdu. It is 500 meters long, 400 (4) ___________________ meters high. It is very, very, very big. Twenty Sydney Opera Houses (5) ___________________. It is almost three times bigger than the Pentagon. Thousands of workers (6) ___________________. It will make Chengdu a 21st-century city.

The inside of the center (7) ___________________. There are 400,000 square meters of shopping space, (8) ___________________ theater and an ice rink. There are  (9) ___________________ a Mediterranean village and a water park. The (10) ___________________ business and tourists from across the world to Chengdu. It will (11) ___________________. Fourteen million people live in the city. It is (12) ___________________ for business. Chengdu is also home to many giant pandas.

PUT A SLASH ( / )WHERE THE SPACES ARE

Chinahasmanyofthebiggestthingsintheworld.Nowithasanewone-
theworld'slargestbuilding.ItiscalledtheNewCenturyGlobalCenter.It
openedthisweekinChengdu.Itis500meterslong,400meterswideand
100metershigh.Itisvery,very,verybig.TwentySydneyOperaHousesc
angoinsideit.ItisalmostthreetimesbiggerthanthePentagon.Thousan
dsofworkersbuiltitinthreeyears.ItwillmakeChengdua21st-century
city.Theinsideofthecenterislikeasmallcity.Thereare400,000square
metersofshoppingspace,a15-screenmovietheaterandanicerink.
Therearealsooffices,hotels,aMediterraneanvillageandawaterpark.T
heownerswanttobringbusinessandtouristsfromacrosstheworldtoCh
engdu.ItwillmakeChengdufamous.Fourteenmillionpeopleliveintheci
ty.Itisanimportantplaceforbusiness.Chengduisalsohometomanygia
ntpandas.

WRITE QUESTIONS & ASK YOUR PARTNER(S)

Student A: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).

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Student B: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).

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WRITING

Write about buildings for 10 minutes. Read and talk about your partner's paper.

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