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Part 4.
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You will hear part of a lecture on cube houses in Rotterdam.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 31 to 40.
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Thank you.
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Now, listen carefully and answer questions 31 to 40.
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Good morning.
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In today's lecture, we're going to look at the cube houses, an iconic architectural complex in Rotterdam.
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First, I'm going to be telling you about the history behind it.
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As many may know, not much survived the bombing of Rotterdam during World War II,
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and it took a long while for the city to start the urban regeneration project.
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Dutch architect Pierre Blom designed Rotterdam's cube houses in the late 70s at the request of the city's planners.
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He had previously experimented with cubic architecture in the city of Helmond.
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So when he was offered this project in the Olderhaven area of the city, he decided to expand upon his original idea.
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Blom believed that urban communities should live together under an urban roof.
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He designed the cube houses to recreate daily life in a village where individuals are closely connected
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and yet have their own own separate space
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and even after more than 30 years the cube houses remain one of the city's most eye-catching developments.
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It's easy to see why these striking homes are cubes tilted 45 degrees on their side.
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The result is buildings that look, feel and behave unlike anything you'll find elsewhere in the world.
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The concept behind these houses is that each elevated cube seems like a tree.
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And collectively, the cube houses are in the shape of a forest with each triangular roof representing a treetop.
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Interestingly, these houses are located right over a pedestrian bridge across
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one of the busiest streets into the city centre next to a railway station.
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The traffic-free area that connects the cubes includes a little children's playground as well as small offices and studios.
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With thriving restaurants and cafes right on the doorstep, they were designed with the community very much in mind.
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However, the Cube Housing's development endured various challenges and complications during design and construction,
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and it once stopped as the designer had difficulty in finance.
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Luckily, the project resumed within two weeks, after the designer received another round of grants from the city council.
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So, what makes the cube houses different from traditional architecture?
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Let's look at some of its unique design features.
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Each cube house has a space of 100 square metres and is divided into three floors,
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and it is very striking to see these houses fixed on one angle.
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The tilted residences are constructed on three concrete pillars.
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The whole construction is made of 38 regular cube units,
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all connected together with two supersized cubes at both ends of the string.
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One of the two larger cubes was developed as an architecture school, and there is another building recently built between it and a warehouse.
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Standing at three floors tall, their ground floor is the entrance.
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When you enter a cube house, the first thing to get used to is that all the walls are slanted.
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You must take a narrow staircase to reach the lower floor.
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This level and the top level are both triangle-shaped.
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The lower level contains an open kitchen and a living room.
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The medium level houses a bathroom and two bedrooms, while the top level provides a great view,
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since the apex of the room is a three-sided pyramid with windows all around.
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In some cases, the top floor is used as a small rooftop garden.
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And as you enter the top half of the structure, your initial inclination may well be to mind your head.
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Now that you know the history and design features behind these odd-looking houses, you might be thinking about how it is to live in them.
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After curious bystanders kept disturbing the cube house's residents, one shrewd owner opened the Show Cube Museum,
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which gives visitors the chance to take a tour around a fully furnished cube house.
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It also highlights some of the everyday challenges that the residents face, such as buying and fitting furniture for a structure without straight walls.
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In recent years, Rotterdam's cube houses have been joined by another architectural icon just across the square.
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Rotterdam's Market Hall, the largest indoor market in the Netherlands,
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is another multi-purpose residential and retail complex that will live long in your memory,
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as well as helping to fill your belly with tasty treats.
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In 2009, the Rotterdam-based personal architecture,
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BNA, converted one of the larger cubes for one of the leading stay-okay hostel chains in the Netherlands.
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Today, the hostel invites everyone to experience what it's like to live in a cube house
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and enjoy a stunning panoramic vista of the surrounding area.
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What attracts guests most is its ideal location with a major railway station within a five-minute walk.
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The accommodation is also offered at a fair price, which appeals to visitors both from home and abroad.
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That is the end of Part 4.
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You now have one minute to check your answers to Part 4.
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Thank you.

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Vocabulaire et conseils d’expression pour cette leçon

Cette leçon d’expression orale de niveau C1 s’appuie sur la vidéo « Vol 1 - test 9 - section 4 ». Les mots qui reviennent le plus souvent : cube, floor, Rotterdam, architecture, urban. Cette vidéo contient 62 phrases et 845 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 7:10. Le locuteur parle à un rythme régulier d’environ 118 mots par minute, confortable pour le shadowing. Seuls 79 % des mots font partie des 3 000 mots les plus courants en anglais, le vocabulaire est donc exigeant.

Vocabulaire clé de cette vidéo

Les 15 mots les plus avancés de la vidéo, avec leur prononciation et leur sens :

MotPrononciationSens
cube nom/kjub/cube
hostel nom/ˈhɑstəl/auberge, pension
architectural adjectif/ˌɑɹkɪˈtɛkt͡ʃəɹəl/architectural
visitor nom/ˈvɪzɪtɚ/visiteur, visiteuse
bystander nom/ˈbaɪˌstænd.ə(ɹ)/passant, badaud
complication nom/ˌkɑm.pləˈkeɪ.ʃən/complication
elevate verbe/ˈɛləveɪt/élever
furnish verbe/ˈfɝnɪʃ/meubler, garnir
inclination nom/ˌɪn.klɪˈneɪ.ʃən/inclination
panoramic adjectif/ˌpænəˈɹæmɪk/panoramique
shrewd adjectif/ʃɹuːd/perspicace, sagace
treetop nom/ˈtɹiˌtɑp/cime des arbres
triangular adjectif/tɹaɪˈæŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/triangulaire
doorstep nom/ˈdɔː(ɹ)stɛp/seuil
recreate verbe/ˈɹɛk.ɹi.eɪt/se réjouir

Prononciation à surveiller

Le locuteur utilise 3 contractions et formes réduites, comme I'm, we're, you'll. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.

  • Les sons « sh » et « zh »: complication /ˌkɑm.pləˈkeɪ.ʃən/, furnish /ˈfɝnɪʃ/, inclination /ˌɪn.klɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, shrewd /ʃɹuːd/, accommodation /əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/
  • Mots longs — placez bien l’accent: architectural /ˌɑɹkɪˈtɛkt͡ʃəɹəl/, complication /ˌkɑm.pləˈkeɪ.ʃən/, inclination /ˌɪn.klɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, panoramic /ˌpænəˈɹæmɪk/, triangular /tɹaɪˈæŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/

Les sons difficiles pour les francophones :

  • /h/ — il se souffle, il n’est pas muet: hostel /ˈhɑstəl/, behave /bɪˈheɪv/, warehouse /ˈwɛə(ɹ)haʊs/
  • /tʃ/ et /dʒ/ — à ne pas adoucir en « ch » et « j »: architectural /ˌɑɹkɪˈtɛkt͡ʃəɹəl/, endure /ɪnˈd͡ʒʊə(ɹ)/
  • /r/ anglais — langue recourbée, sans frotter la gorge: architectural /ˌɑɹkɪˈtɛkt͡ʃəɹəl/, bystander /ˈbaɪˌstænd.ə(ɹ)/, panoramic /ˌpænəˈɹæmɪk/, shrewd /ʃɹuːd/, treetop /ˈtɹiˌtɑp/

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  1. Écoutez la vidéo en entier une fois sans parler et notez les mots que vous ne connaissez pas.
  2. Répétez phrase par phrase à vitesse normale, en reprenant chacune jusqu’à ce que votre rythme corresponde à celui du locuteur.
  3. Enregistrez-vous et comparez avec l’original, en faisant attention à des mots comme cube, hostel, architectural.

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