1 a @ work in groups. Look at the photos. Do you recognize the landmarks? Where are they? b @))3. Listen to two radio hosts talking about the landmarks. Check your answers to a and answer the questions. What are the Seven Wonders of the Modern Worla? 2. When was the lst announced? 3. Which photo is nat of one ofthe seven? Why? 2 @® work in groups. Discuss the questions. Have you ever visited any of the landmarks? Ifo, when? What was your impression? if net, which one would you most like to visit Why? 3) @® work in pairs. complete A and B in the MBE. What are the most famous landmarks in your country? | Do you know why and when they were built? 4 a @))32 Listen to short extracts from audio guides for tourists at two of these landmarks. Which landmarks are they describing? Listen again and complete the extracts. 1 ttis almost ‘meters tall—one of the tallest sculptures lever made of the Christ figure. 2A engineer, Heitor da silva Costa, drew up the designs for the statue. 3 Ittook the sculptor, Paul Landowski years to build it 4 Itwas designed by a team of local architects in the traditional style of architecture of the time. 5 Ittook years to complete.ls KEY VOCABULARY Landmarks A Types of landmarks '* Match words from the box to the photos. ‘Which don’t match any of the photos? arena bridge city palace ruins sculpture statue temple tower wall B Reasons for building landmarks ‘© ‘Match the reasons for building the landmarks to photos a-h. Check your answers on page 158 asa defense against invasion in memory of a loved one to hold competitions to bury the dead to protect an important source of water asa religious monument asa temple for an emperor ¢ Word families What itis Person who does it architecture building builder designer engineering sculpture + @))22 usten tothe words and mark the stress. Listen again and repeat BE Workin pairs. Do you know anything ese about Workin groups. Think of landmark in your country. these two landmarks or any of the others in the photos? Write a short description fora tourist audio guide. Use the ‘Share your information with the class. e 1 we Ml and include information about where tis. 1S Use the words in bold in 4b to complete Cin the ‘what it looks tke, a when and wy it was bu anything else you know about it. b @ read your description to the class jithout givingREADING 1 @ Work in pairs. Look at photos a-i of the Taj Mahal Which is the original building? ‘What are the others? Describe them to your partner. 2 Lookat the title ofthe article. What do you think it will say about the Taj Mahal? ‘There are so many imitations tfat there's no reason tO see the real thing, “sare are so many imitations that you have fo see the real thing. «e Weeannet tell the difference between real things and imitations any more. 3. Read the article and check your answer to 2 Undertine the parts ofthe article that refer to photos a-i and match them to the photos: he factis, here are fake Taj Mahalsall over the world. The most famous is in Shenzen, China, in the Window of the World theme park. Then there is Donald Trump's fuxury Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City that uses the original building for exotic inspiration. But the pbuilding that has caused the most ‘controversy is an exact copy made in Bangladesh. Indian authorities ‘are angry with Ahsanullah Moni, ‘a millionaire movie maker, who writer Satman Rushdie sai thatthe Ta Mahal sits at tht of hE vi rimeless Orient. Like the Mona Lis, mass reproduction has sterilized it. 1 Ther the Taj Mahal. “a a Read the article again. Correct the false sentences is no connection between the Mona Lisa and 2. Westerners see the building as being very familiar, 3 Whe Tal Mahal casino in Atantc City is an exact copy of the original building. the Taj Mahal 44 many chinese restaurants inthe world are called § You can't get much Taj Mahal merchandising e You realize thatthe real Taj Mahal is different s soon 25 you see it, thoughtup the replica. However Moni has been quick to defend the building: everyone dreams about seeing the Taj Mahal, but very few ‘Bangladeshis can make the trip as it's to0 expensive. But its not just the building itself ‘There are lots of Indian curry restaurants which are called the ‘Taj Mahal and use it as thelr Logo. ‘children can build Lego models, ‘you can get T-shirts and buy b @ ater easing interested in visiting the article, are you more or less the Taj Mahal? Why/Why not? Will the REAL Taj Mahal please stand up? West's short lst of images of the Exotic posters and, of course, ake your ‘own photos. rat's why, at the moment when. you're standing in front of it, you. can't believe it is real. And this is ‘why you have to see the original, in the place where it truly stands im agra, India, As Rushdie said, th beauty of beautiful things can stil transcend imitations... And the T: ‘Mahal is a lovely thing, perhaps t loveliest of things,|} Work in pairs. Cover the Taj Mahal article. Match the ‘Bee parts of the sentences. B There are lots of indian curry restaurants, B indian authorities are angry with a millionaire movie maker There is the Taj Mahal easino in Atlantic City which are called the Taj Mahal b that uses the original building for exotic inspiration. (© who thought up the replica. Check your answers in the article. ‘what do the second half of the sentences (a-c) add B the first half (1-3)? Complete 1=4 in the Grammar ance {> Look at the sentences. Replace that with either who i which. The Taj Mahal is one of the buildings that 'd most like to visit in the world 2 F've never met anybody that has been to the Taj Mahal. 3 hate buildings that are just imitations of the original. 1g know the place that most people in the world want to goto. © @® Work in pairs. which ones are true for you? Change the ones which are not true. Compare your lanswers with your partner. Look at these sentences, ‘There ae ots of Indian cury restaurants. They ae called the Taj Mahal. ‘Tere are ots of indian cury restaurants which ae called the Taj Mahal. ‘When we jain two sentences together inthis way, the fist partis the main clause and the other part is the relative clause, There are lots of indian curry restaurants s the clause. which are called the Taj Mahal. is the © clause, ‘We use who, which and that to link the two clauses. They replace nouns or pronouns in the original sentences. This isthe photo, It shows the Taj Mahal.» This is the photo that shows the Taj Mahal This is the man. He bul the casino, > This isthe man who built the casino, we use ® (oF that to refer to things. or that to refer to people. ‘See page 142 for grammar reference and more practice. we use LISTENING & SPEAKING 1 Look at the photo. Guess who and where the people are. 2 a @)34 Listen and check your answers. Identify the people in the photo. b Listen again and complete the sentences. This the Alhambra taken ftom the Plaza San Nicolas, icin the Albaicin, the Arab quarter. This ig the place where | ‘wae happiost on my drip 4o Europe last year. | There were five of us on that fp. You ean | ee David sitting on the left, and nox! to him, | Rod ie playing the guitar That's the guitar ; 2. he bought in Granado fac, he learned to play on that trip! But [love the photo because Neil looks so sily. He's the one ® i faking a pickure ofthe wrong ting! fm not there of course, fm the one took the photo.READING 1. @ workin groups. Lok at icons a-k and answer the questions 1 What do these cons mean and where do you see them? 2 Can you think of ther cons we use and recognize in ferent parts ofthe word? Read the blog post. Which icon is it discussing? ‘There are lots of icons used in technology that Bare clever and creative. like the house icon on ‘the Internet to represent a "home page." It looks Just like the houses that children draw! ike the trash can, too—that’s the place where you put the things you don’t want. It's a very clear icon. The symbols and the icons that Messenger, Twitter and Facebook use are also clear because they're attractive and everyone recognizes them. But the days: the floppy disk icon for "save." cone icon that just doesn’t work these PRACTICE ARTICUS DIScUSs cons a cEsTURES 3 a Read the blog post again. Are the sentences true or false? 4 The writer likes some icons used in technology. 2. The last new computers to use floppy disks were in 2002, 3 Children know what a floppy disks. 4 The writer wants a new icon for “save.” b Do you agree with the blog post? Why/Why not? ‘a Look at the new icons for “save.” Which do you like best? Why? Can you think of any others? Draw your own 'b Compare with other groups. Who has the best one? GRAMMAR 11a Work in pairs. Cover the text in READING 2. Complete the sentences with the words in the box. trashcan children floppy disks jcon (x2) Internet technology There are lots of icons used in and creative. [ike the house icon on the home page.” It looks just like the houses that draw! Hike the | too—that's the place where you put things you don't want. Computers don't use | think they should design a new There must be an ‘out there that's more mod that are cle to represent a anymore. b Check your answers in the text.