1、单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,Module 6,Module 6 Old and New,Cultural corner,The Empire State Building,How much do you know it?,Match the paragraphs with,main ideas.,A.Facts about the Empire State,Building,B.Most of the tallest buildings were built in recent years.,C.The tallest buildin
2、gs in New York,Para.,1,Para 2,Para 3,Read the passage and find out the related information about the following figures.,102:,1931:,6,500:,The Empire State Building is 102,storeys,high,It was completed in May 1931.,The whole building has 6,500 windows.,From the observatory at the top,on a clear day y
3、ou can see five US states.,Lightning strikes the Empire State Building about 500 times a year.,The Empire State Building was the tallest building in the world for 41 year,5:,500:,41(1931-1972):,The worlds top,10 tallest building,s(2013),Name:,Duba,i,tower,(,迪拜塔),Function:,business,entertainment,Cost
4、16 billion dollars,Time taken:,5 years,(completed in 2004),Location:,in Arab,Height:,828m,Storey:,160,S,ize:,344,000 square meters,Name:,Taipei 101,(台北101大厦,),Height:,509m,Storey:,101,Location:,in Taipei,Size:,289,000 square meters,Time taken:,5years,(completed in 2003),Function:,business,tourism,
5、Name:,Shanghai World Financial Center,(,上海环球经融中心,),Height:,492m,Location:,in Shanghai,Size:,382,000 square meters,Time taken:,6 years(2003),Cost:,10 billion dollars,Function:,business,Name:,Petronas,Twin,Towers(双子星大厦),Height:,452m,Storey:,88,Location:,in Malaysia,Name:,S,ears,T,ower,(西尔斯大厦),Height:,
6、442m,Location:,in Chicago,Size:,418,000 square meters,Function:,used as offices,Name:,Zifeng,building,(,紫峰,大厦,),Height:,450m,Location:,in,Nanjing,Function:,business,entertainment,offices,hotels,Name:,Jin Mao building,(金茂大厦,),Height:,420.5m,Location:,in Shanghai,Size:,29,000 square meters,Storey:,88,
7、Time taken:,6 years,Function:,business,entertainment,Name:,2 I,nternational Finance Centre,(国际金融中心,二期,),Height:,420m,Location:,in Hong Kong,Storey:,88,Cost:,30 billion dollars,Function:,business,entertainment,Name:,CITIC Plaza,(广州中信广场),Height,:,391m,Location:,in Guangzhou,Size:,29,000 square meters,
8、Storey:,83,Time taken:,6,years(it,was completed in 2010),Function:,business,entertainment,Name:,S,hun,H,ing square(信兴广场大厦),Height:,384m,Location:,in Shenzhen,Time taken:,3 years,(completed in 1996),Function:,business,Why do you think there are so many tall buildings in the world now?,1.Does the writ
9、er of the email live in,Zigui,County?,No,she doesnt.,2.Why did she want to visit the region?,Because it is where her grandparents had lived.,Read the email and answer the questions.,3.What had changed since the last time she was there?,The area has been flooded because of the Three Gorges Dam.,Write
10、 an email to a friend about a visit to place which has changed since your last visit.,Firstly,write the topic of your message on the subject line.,Secondly,keep your e-mail as short as possible.,Thirdly,check e-mail for spelling errors and other mistakes.,Lastly,write your name at the end of your message.,






