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WHILE-LISTENING

Watch the video-track and answer the following questions:

6. Where is the bridge situated?

7. What type of bridge is it?

8. What is its span?

9. What river does it span?

10. What does it connect?

11. What is its capacity?

12. What do tourists like to do?

13. What can be found near the bridge?

14. When was it constructed?

15. When was the bridge designated to be a National Historic landmark?

16. How many people live in New York?

17. How many tourists visit New York each Year?

18. How long has New York been the centre of commerce and finance?

19. Which site is recommended to visit if you plan to visit New York?

POST-LISTENING

20. Which facts about the bridge did you find the most interesting? Do you know any other interesting facts about the bridge? Would you like to visit New York and have a chance to walk through the Brooklyn Bridge?

TACOMA BRIDGE

(04:06)

PRE-LISTENING

1. What is a bridge?

2. Why do people build bridges?

3. Who takes part in bridge construction?

4. Who is responsible for scientific and accurate calculations? Who is responsible for accurate technological process of construction?

5. Study the following words and phrases:

“girder”, “inevitable”, “to abandon”, “to perish”.

WHILE-LISTENING

Watch the whole video quickly and answer the following question:

6. What is shown in the track? (collapse of the Tacoma Bridge)

Watch, listen, read and answer the following questions:

00:00 – 00:26

7. What are the dimensions of the Tacoma Bridge?

8. How long was it under construction?

9. How long was it used?

00:27 – 00:42

10. What were the girders made of?

11. How tall were the girders?

00:43 – 02:43

12. What is shown in this part?

13. When did the first vibration happen?

14. What was the wind speed?

15. Who went on the bridge to have a look what was happening?

16. Could the collapse be avoided?

02:44 - end

17. Was the car empty when the collapse happened?

18. What happened to the remains of the bridge after the collapse?

POST-LISTENING

19. Why do you think the collapse happened?

20. What should be done to avoid bridge collapses?

THE BIGGEST SUSPENSION BRIDGE

(04:30)

PRE-LISTENING

1. What is a bridge?

2. Why do people build bridges?

3. What types of bridges do you know?

4. Study the following words and phrases:

“to span/spanning”, “to block”, “a rope”, “a deck”,

“a chain”, “to suspend”, “to level”, “anchor”, “to blast”, “frame”.

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