16. What do you think:

1. Do skyscrapers have any chance to get ground in Belarus?

2. What do you know about construction industry in this country?

3. Does it follow the high-tech designs of Skidmore, Owings and Merril and other construction companies and businesses?

4. Can you imagine living in a penthouse or on the 41^st floor of a skyscraper?

5. Would you like to live there or just enjoy a breathtaking view from a sky deck or working in the office on the 100^th floor?

17. Make up the plan of the text.

18. Make a summary according to your plan. The following word-combinations will help you:

The title of the article is… .The article touches upon … . The article consists of … parts. The first part deals with such problems as… . The second/third part reports on … . Such designs as…are described. The advantage of this design is… . The article is provided (illustrated) with (photos, diagrams, tables). The final part of the article gives the information about… .

Language focus

19. Match the words with their synonyms:

1) walk-up 6) surround a) access f) tenement

2) design 7) adjacent b) beam g) reflect

3) construct 8) mirror c) design h) nearby

4) girder 9) reach d) light i) skirt

5) develop 10) illuminate e) build j) project

19. Match the words with their antonyms:

1) increase 6) install a) walk-up f) exterior

2) let (air) in 7) top b) reduce g) remove

3) tower 8) load c) demolish h) exhaust

4) construct 9) intake d) let out i) weight

5) interior 10) underground e) bottom j) subway

19. Match the words with their definitions:

1. expand a) to remove the building from the site

2. interrupt b) the top part of a building

3. slab c) finished with granite, glass or other material

4. impermeable d) the underground part of a building

5. walk-up e) a town house without elevators

6. excavate f) the company making part of the project

7. residential g) the unit between storeys of a building

8. plaza h) a part between two streets of any town

9. subcontractor i) to make wider

10. foundation j) the building equipment used on a tight construction site

11. demolish k) to make a break n a process

12. blasting l) not letting air n or out

13. roof m) the room with arches as a ceiling

14. backhoe n) to dig the ground for a foundation

15. clad o) making explosion

16. arcade p) a place for public activities or entertainment

17. block q) meant for people to live in

19. What do we call: (use the words from the list below)

(bracing , contractor , hydraulic, aluminium, exterior,

load, fabricate ,scaffolding, design, core, demolition, charge ,

commercial building, brick, depth, surface, crane,

basement, derrick, superstructure).

1. the person or organization signatory to a contract to do certain work within a specified time for payment.

2. a silvery grey metallic element with good corrosion resistance used in many light alloys.

3. structure members to stiffen it or to resist wind forces.

4. hydraulically powered tool on the jib of an excavator.

5. something outer or external.

6. an action applied to a structure, artifact or its surroundings.

7. construct or manufacture by a fabricator.

8. a broad class of mechanical devices for lifting and moving heavy loads.

9. a crane with a vertical mast.

10. the process of knocking down or pulling a building.

11. the distance from a surface innards.

12. a small rectangular block of fired clay used in building.

13. the part of a building or other structure above the foundation.

14. the outside part or uppermost layer of something.

15. having most of the space used for commerce; often including stores, offices, libraries, churches, museums, warehouses, government buildings etc.

16. a temporary structure to provide access or protection to temporary works; may be in timber or made of tubular steel poles.

17. to formulate an idea and turn it into a practical reality as a structure.

18. central or most important part of something.

19. a quantity of explosive inserted in a drill hole in a blasting operation.

20. the underground storey of a building.