viernes, 12 de abril de 2013

Gigantic books in the city

Watch this short Geobeats video where we are shown one of the most bizarre buildings you may expect to come across in any city around the world.

Self-study activity:
Complete the transcript below with the missing words.

The activity is suitable for Básico 2 and intermediate students. You can check the answers below.



Hi! I'm Naomi, and I'm very excited to show you the world's greatest attractions.
The Kansas City (1) ... Parking Garage, located in the heart of (2) ... Kansas City, Missouri, signifies extraordinary architectural (3) ...  . It was built to rejuvenate the metropolis area and (4) ... residents young and old (5) ... to take advantage of its books and further (6) ...  . The exterior (7) ... book bindings of several of the world's most famous writings made to depict a large (8) ...  . The building stands approximately (9) ... feet tall and each book is nine feet in (10) ...  . There are 22 books in total, the widely ranged titles (11) ... by Kansas City citizens for an entirely personified (12) ... to design.
Thank you for watching our travel video series. See you next time.

Key:
1 Library 2 downtown 3 design 4 encourage 5 alike 6 knowledge 7 portrays 8 bookshelf 9 twenty-five 10 width 11 chosen 12 approach