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1、Unit1OL2(A)Jack:Ithinkweshouldbuyabiggercar.Bigcarsaresafer.Kayla:Yes,butontheotherhand,theyconsumemoreoil.Jack:Theyalsolookreallycool.Kayla:That’strue,buttherearesomeSUVswhicharenotbigbutalsoverybeautiful.Jack:AndIthinkbigcarsaremorefuntodrive.Kayla:Butth
2、enagain,it’sveryexpensive.Jack:Well,let’sgetmoreinformationaboutseveralkindsofcars,okay?OL2(B)MycountryhastwoveryfamousbuildingscalledthePetronasTowers.Thebuildingsaremadeofglass,steel,andconcrete.TheyweredesignedbyanAmericanarchitect,butheusedaMalaysianst
3、yle.Theywerefinishedin1998,andtheywerethetallestbuildingsintheworldatthattime.Eachtowerhas88floors,andis452metershigh.IreallylikethePetronasTowers.TheyshowboththemodernandthetraditionalsideofmycountryOL3Modernbuildings:Welovethem,WehatethemTheworld-famousL
4、ouvreMuseuminParisisalmost500yearsold,anditfacedaverymodernproblem:Theresimplywasn’tenoughspaceforsixmillionvisitorseachyear.In1989,AmericanarchitectI.M.Peidesignedastrikingglasspyramidinthebuilding’scentertobeavisitorentranceandshoppingarcade.Buthealsosta
5、rtedanangrydebate.Somepeoplefelthisglassbuildingwasapieceofart,liketheonesinsidethemuseum.Otherssaiditwasjustanugly,modernmistake.Kyoto,Japan,isthecountry’sancientcapital,andtheheartofitsculture.Itsrailroadstationwastoosmallforthemillionsofvisitors.In1997,
6、thecitycompletedanewstationinahugeshoppingcenter,rightintheoldestpartofthecity.DesignedbyHiroshiHara,thebuildingalsocontainsahotelanddepartmentstore.Beforeitwasbuilt,criticssaidthatthehigh,wide,modernbuildingwoulddestroythecity’straditionallook.Ontheotherh
7、and,supporterssaiditwouldbringnewlifeintothecitycenter.OL4Thefuturebuildingboom?Interviewer:Whatdoyouthinkisthebiggestproblemfacingourcities?Erika:Ithinkit’sovercrowding.Talktoanyonelivinginamajormetropolitanareaandtheywillsaythesamething:There’snospace.Ev
8、enthesuburbsaregettingcrowded.Interviewer:Well,insomeplacestheresimplyisn’tanylandleftforbuilding,right?Erika:Yes,that’strue,butyouhavetothinkcreatively.Youcan’tgiveupsoeasily.Interviewer:Thinkcreatively?What
