UNIT 4: LOCAL KNOWLEDGE

Goals: - Describe landmarks- Talk about landmarks where you live

Landmark= A building or structure that’s striking and easily recognized, especially one that helps you know where you are

Where they are?How big they are?What they’re made of? • 1. C • Dublin, Ireland• 120m high (3m wide at the base, 15 cm

wide at the top)• Steel

•Monument= A building or other structure that is built to make people remember an event in history or a famous person

•Statue= A figure that looks like a person or animal, usually made from stone or metal

•Sculpture = A piece of art that is made from stone, wood, clay, etc.

• To commemorate a past event• To celebrate something• In honour of somebody• To signify an idea• To amuse people• To make people think

Which landmark does Cian/ Beryl/ Dominika talk about? How do they feel about it? • Cian (The Millennium Spire)• He didn’t like it at first but is used to it now.

• Beryl (The Angel of the North)• She doesn’t think it’s a wonderful sculpture,

but likes it.

• Dominika (Greetings from Jerusalem Avenue)• She likes it.

• Millennium Spire• 1. on O’ Connell Street in the middle of Dublin, Ireland• 2.at the end of 1999• 3. to celebrate the Millennium• 4. Controversial and criticised at first, but people are

beginning to like it, are more used to it

• Angel of the North• 1. • 2.• 3.• 4.

• Greetings from Jerusalem Avenue (Palm tree)• 1.• 2.• 3.• 4.

Millennium Spire• 1. on O’ Connell Street in the middle of Dublin, Ireland• 2.at the end of 1999• 3. to celebrate the Millennium• 4. Controversial and criticised at first, but people are beginning to like it, are more used to it

Angel of the North• 1. On a hill by the side of the A1 road, near the city of Gateshead in the north of England.• 2. during the 1990s• 3. to signify an arrival somewhere• 4. Everyone says “Look!” when going past it.

Greetings from Jerusalem Avenue (palm tree)• 1. on a main street in Warsaw, Poland• 2. a few years ago• 3. to brighten up a bleak part of the city, surprise people, show them something unexpected• 4. Puzzled at first, controversial, but now they love it, look forward to seeing it.

• It was unveiled at the very end of 1999.• It was opened to the public in 2006.

“Unveil” = uncovered or shown to the public“Open to the public” = letting people go inside

• It caused a lot of controversy.• It made a big impression on people.

“controversy” = a lot of disagreement and argument “a big impression” = a strong feeling, usually favourable

• It became a landmark.• It became a tourist attraction.

“a landmark” = A building or structure that’s striking and easily recognized, especially one that helps you know where you are

“a tourist attraction” = a place many tourists want to go to

• People see it as part of the landscape.• People regard it as en eyesore.“part of the landscape” = something accepted as normal in its surroundings“An eyesore” = something that looks ugly compared to the things around it