Shadowing Practice: Frank Lloyd Wright- Reading Story - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Anna Lloyd-Jones had big dreams for her son.
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She put pictures of English churches on the walls of his room.
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She gave him special blocks to play with.
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She said he would grow up to build beautiful buildings, and he did.
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Frank Lloyd Wright is known as the father of modern architecture.
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Although he never finished college or even high school, he achieved more than his mother ever dreamed.
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His first homes were called prairie houses.
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These kinds of homes were a part of their environment.
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If they were in a forest, then they were made of wood.
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If they were in a rocky area, then they were made of stone.
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This was called organic architecture.
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Wright's architecture was unique in many ways.
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He designed the furniture, floors, windows, and even the toilets in each of his homes.
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Earlier architects only designed the outside of the house.
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Wright designed everything inside it too.
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He also liked Japanese art and thinking.
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He used many eastern ideas in his designs.
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His most famous home is called Falling Water.
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It was built in the forest right over a waterfall.
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It fits perfectly into its environment.
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You can't tell where the house ends and the ground begins.
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Wright also designed the Guggenheim Museum in New York City.
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It is shaped like a seashell.
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The inside is open and a long ramp curves up the walls.
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Visitors walk up the ramp slowly, looking at all the beautiful art.
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Do you want a Frank Lloyd Wright house?
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Well, today they are very expensive and hard to find, but there is another way.
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Wright influenced many architects.
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He died in 1959, but his ideas are still alive today.
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Do some research and maybe someday you could build your own right house.

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