11. Arrange the words and word combinations from the box describing the Dynamic Tower into three groups.

Wind turbines, apartments, constructed in a factory, around one massive column, prefabricated parts, 124 square meters, villas, relative to the ground, the assembly facility, a parking space, 80 technicians, offices, 2,000 workers, to change its configuration, luxury hotel, traditional construction site, residential apartments, luxury villas, 600 people.

Construction

Rotation

Apartments

Answer the questions using the words from the groups above:

1. How many storeyes ate there in the Dynamic Tower?

2. How many wind turbines are there in the building?

3. What is the height of the building?

4. What types of apartments does the tower have?

5. Where were the prefabricated parts produced?

6. How many technicians did the project require?

7. How many workers could be required if the traditional method had been used?

12. Retell text 2 using the following plan and the words from tasks 10, 11.

• Structural skeleton of the Pompidou Centre

• Its services and escalator

• Dynamic Tower rotation

• Its apartments

• Construction process

13.Watch an episode of “bbc World News Today”. What are the three questions Tony Bakers answers about the Dynamic Tower during the interview?

1.

2.

3.

Fill in the gaps in the summary of Tony Bakers answers.

This tower is first of all is rotating, changing its ______ continuously, each floor rotates separately. It is “designed by ______ and shaped by ______”. At the same time this building is completely prefabricated. It is first building to be done in a factory. We should forget about old way of ______. The Dynamic Tower is the first to be done in an industrial facility in _____ (country).

They use very little energy to rotate the floor. They need the energy which is similar to ______ in the floor, and it is not too much. At the same time the building is completely self-powered. They are going to put ______ horizontally between the floors. So the building is going to be completely self-powered, completely _____.

The building is going to be occupied by _____ who would like to be on the iconic building, for wealthy people. For any kind of building whether it is rotating or not, they will reduce the costs of construction at least by ____ % worldwide.