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Unit 11 Vocabs

The document discusses various types of buildings, including traditional and modern styles, highlighting their materials and characteristics. It contrasts features like spaciousness and lightness in design with cramped conditions in some structures. Additionally, it touches on construction methods and terminology related to building design and engineering.

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Unit 11 Vocabs

The document discusses various types of buildings, including traditional and modern styles, highlighting their materials and characteristics. It contrasts features like spaciousness and lightness in design with cramped conditions in some structures. Additionally, it touches on construction methods and terminology related to building design and engineering.

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traditional brick

lovely high-rise
small country

single-storey (cottage) timber and stone ceilings traditional, ornate,cosy


glass, concrete and steel balcony ultra-modern, stateoftheart, functional
high-rise (flat)
cramped
two-storey (house) brick staircase conventional, typical, spacious
,light, airy

small (cramped)
the local quarry
no (his building towers over everything else)
(they are decorated with) pretty details

small (cosy) no, it is conventional, typical

the living room (it is light and airy)


new (state-of-the-art)
curved
it has a space to suit everyone purpose
True (hoisted=lifted, hauling= pulling)
False (they used platforms)
False (for storage)
False (they were made of steel)
False (they were in the lif t shaft)
True (loss of tension= slack, trigger=activate, device=
contraption)
False (frame=support structure, it was internal)
True (construction method= building
technique, skyscrapers= very tall
building
True (landmarks=tall or distinctive features or building that help to locate
where you are
D
A
H
G
E
B
C

X
X
X
X

built
construction/ construction worker construct
design/ designer designed
/ engineering engineer engineered
/innovator innovate innovative
invention/ inventor inventive
occupancy/ occupant occupied
structure structured

inventive

design

innovative
built
construction

engineering
constructed
occupied

structure
VI
V

II

VII
IV
D
A

E
C

D
C

C
A

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