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Section 4 You will hear part of a lecture to students of architecture about the design of a public building.

First, you have some time to look at questions 31 to 40.

Thank you.

Transcription by CastingWords

we've been discussing the factors the architect has to consider

when designing domestic buildings i'm going to move on now to consider the design of public buildings

and i'll illustrate this by referring to the new taylor concert hall that's recently been completed here in the city

So, as with a domestic building, when designing a public building,

an architect needs to consider the function of the building.

For example, is it to be used primarily for entertainment or for education or for administration?

The second thing the architect needs to think about is the context of the building.

This includes its physical location, obviously, but it also includes the social meaning of the building,

how it relates to the people it's built for.

And finally, for important public buildings, the architect may also be looking for a central symbolic idea on which to base the design,

a sort of metaphor for the building and the way in which it is used.

Let's look at the new Taylor Concert Hall in relation to these ideas.

The location chosen was a site in a run -down district that has been ignored in previous redevelopment plans.

It was occupied by a factory that has been empty for some years.

The whole area was some distance from the high -rise office blocks of the central business district and shopping centre,

but it was only one kilometre from the ring road.

The site itself was bordered to the north by a canal,

which had once been used by boats bringing in raw materials when the area was used for manufacturing.

The architect chosen for the project was Tom Harrison.

He found the main design challenge was the location of the site, in an area that had no neighbouring buildings of any importance.

To reflect the fact that the significance of the building in this quite run -down location was as yet unknown,

he decided to create a building centred around the idea of a mystery, something whose meaning still has to be discovered.

So how was this reflected in the design of the building?

Well, Harrison decided to create pedestrian access to the building and to make use of the presence of water on the site.

As people approach the entrance, they therefore have to cross over a bridge.

He wanted to give people a feeling of suspense as they see the building first from a distance and then close up,

and the initial impression he wanted to create from the shape of the building as a whole was that of a box.

The first side that people see, the southern wall, is just a high flat wall uninterrupted by any windows.

This might sound off -putting, but it supports Harrison's concept of the building,

that the person approaching is intrigued and wonders what will be inside.

And this flat wall also has another purpose.

At night time, projectors are switched on and it functions as a huge screen onto which images are projected.

The auditorium itself seats 1 ,500 people, the floors supported by 10 massive pads.

These are constructed from rubber and so are able to absorb any vibrations from outside and prevent them from affecting the auditorium.

The walls are made of several layers of honey -coloured wood, all sourced from local beech trees.

In order to improve the acoustic properties of the auditorium and to amplify the sound, They are not straight, they are curved.

The acoustics are also adjustable, according to the size of orchestra and the type of music being played.

In order to achieve this, there are nine movable panels in the ceiling above the orchestra, which are all individually motorised.

And the walls also have curtains, which can be opened or closed to change the acoustics.

The reaction of the public to the new building has generally been positive.

However, the evaluation of some critics has been less enthusiastic.

In spite of Harrison's efforts to use local materials, they criticise the style of the design as being international rather than local,

and say it doesn't reflect features of the landscape or society for which it is built.

That is the end of Section 4.

You now have half a minute to check your answers.

That is the end of the listening test.

You now have ten minutes to transfer your answers to the answer sheet.

Please stop writing and wait for your question booklet to be collected.

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Questa lezione di conversazione si basa sul video “Cambridge 11 Test 2 Section 4 Listening”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: design, architect, wall, location, site. Questo video contiene 52 frasi e 771 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 7:22. Chi parla lo fa lentamente, circa 105 parole al minuto, quindi c’è tempo per imitare ogni suono. Il 86% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare.

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

15 parole del video che vale la pena imparare, con pronuncia e significato:

Parola	Pronuncia	Significato
architect sostantivo	/ˈɑɹ.kɪˌtɛkt/	ideatore, ideatrice
reflect verbo	/ɹɪˈflɛkt/	riflettere
acoustic aggettivo	/əˈkuː.stɪk/	acustico
auditorium sostantivo	/ˌɔ.dɪˌto.ɹi.əm/	sala, auditorium
orchestra sostantivo	/ˈɔː.kɪs.tɹə/	orchestra
ignore verbo	/ɪɡˈnɔː/	ignorare
primarily avverbio	/ˈpɹaɪ.mə.ɹə.li/	principalmente, fondamentalmente
mystery sostantivo	/ˈmɪs.t(ə.)ɹi/	mistero, arcano
refer verbo	/ɹɪˈfɜː/	riferire
architecture sostantivo	/ˈɑː.kɪˌtɛk.t͡ʃə/	architettura
layer sostantivo	/ˈleɪ̯ɚ/	strato
sheet sostantivo	/ʃit/	foglio
discover verbo	/dɪˈskʌvə/	scoprire, trovare
entrance sostantivo	/ˈɛn.tɹəns/	entrata
collect verbo	/ˈkɑlɪkt/	raccogliere, bottinare

I phrasal verb che sentirai

Parola	Significato
run down verbo	investire, mettere sotto

La grammatica di questo video

Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:

Struttura	Nel video
Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa	been completed · be used · is used
Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso	that's recently been completed · has been ignored · has been
Frasi relative who / which + frase — un’informazione in più su una persona o una cosa	orchestra, which are · curtains, which can
Possibilità con “might / may” might/may + verbo — qualcosa di possibile ma non certo	may also be · might sound

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 4 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come doesn't, I'll, I'm. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

I suoni “sh” e “zh”: sheet /ʃit/, impression /ɪmˈpɹɛʃn̩/, relation /ɹɪˈleɪʃ(ə)n/, evaluation /ɪˌvæljuˈeɪʃn̩/, vibration /vaɪˈbɹeɪʃən/
Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: auditorium /ˌɔ.dɪˌto.ɹi.əm/, primarily /ˈpɹaɪ.mə.ɹə.li/, architecture /ˈɑː.kɪˌtɛk.t͡ʃə/, evaluation /ɪˌvæljuˈeɪʃn̩/, significance /sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: architect /ˈɑɹ.kɪˌtɛkt/, reflect /ɹɪˈflɛkt/, acoustic /əˈkuː.stɪk/, sheet /ʃit/, entrance /ˈɛn.tɹəns/
/æ/ — più aperta della “e”: canal /kəˈnæl/, evaluation /ɪˌvæljuˈeɪʃn̩/, pad /pæd/, enthusiastic /ɪnˌθjuːzɪˈæstɪk/, absorb /æbˈsɔɹb/

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