Баранова, Дули, 5. Учебник. Module 2i

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The Eiffel Tower and the Space Needle are steel towers.
The Eureka Skydeck 88 is a glass tower.
184 metres – the height of the Space Needle.
300 metres – the height of the Eureka Sky deck 88.
43 seconds – how long it takes to get to the top of the Space Needle.
324 metres – the height of the Eiffel Tower.
10.000 tonnes – the weight of the Eiffel Tower.
6 million – how many people visit the Eiffel Tower every year.
wood (n): a material that comes from trees
glass (n): a solid material that you can see through
brick (n): a rectangular building block made from clay
steel tower (n): a wry toll building or structure made of a strong metal material
stand out (phr v): to be very noticeable or obvious from a group
skyline (n): the shape formed by objects (buildings) against the sky
tonne (n): a unit of weight (1 tonne = 1.000 kg)
top (n): the highest port of sth.
sight (n): sth. that is worth seeing in a place / city: tourist attraction
cool (adj): great, impressive
spaceship (n): a vehicle used for space travel: spacecraft
second (n): a small measurement of time: l / 60of a minute
greatview (phr): a beautiful scene that can be seen from a certain position
hundreds of flats (phr): many flats (homes) in a building
glass cube (n): a solid structure with 6 equal sides made of glass
slide (out)(v): to glide smoothly out from sth.

1 great view
2 hundreds of fiats
3 gloss cube

The most impressive tower is the Space Needle because the top looks like a spaceship and it takes only 43 seconds to get there. That’s really cool!
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a very impressive building. It is in Pisa, a city in Italy. It dates from 1173. It is a marble tower and it is wry strange. It is famous because it is not straight. It is 55.7 metres high on one side and 56.6 metres high on the other side. This tower is popular with tourists.
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