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From the Ted Talk by Xavier Vilalta: Architecture at home in its community

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(Laughter)

After seeing a few of these buildings — there are many in the city — we relizead that they have three very big points. First, these buildings, they are almost epmty because they have very large shops where people cannot afford to buy things. Second, they need tons of energy to perform because of the skin treatment with galss that creates heat in the inside, and then you need a lot of cooling. In a city where this shouldn't happen because they have really mild weather that ranges from 20 to 25 degrees the whole year. And third is that their image has nothing to do with arcfia and with Ethiopia. It is a pity in a place that has such rich cluurte and tiaidrotns.

Open Cloze


(Laughter)

After seeing a few of these buildings — there are many in the city — we ________ that they have three very big points. First, these buildings, they are almost _____ because they have very large shops where people cannot afford to buy things. Second, they need tons of energy to perform because of the skin treatment with _____ that creates heat in the inside, and then you need a lot of cooling. In a city where this shouldn't happen because they have really mild weather that ranges from 20 to 25 degrees the whole year. And third is that their image has nothing to do with ______ and with Ethiopia. It is a pity in a place that has such rich _______ and __________.

Solution


  1. empty
  2. africa
  3. realized
  4. glass
  5. traditions
  6. culture

Original Text


(Laughter)

After seeing a few of these buildings — there are many in the city — we realized that they have three very big points. First, these buildings, they are almost empty because they have very large shops where people cannot afford to buy things. Second, they need tons of energy to perform because of the skin treatment with glass that creates heat in the inside, and then you need a lot of cooling. In a city where this shouldn't happen because they have really mild weather that ranges from 20 to 25 degrees the whole year. And third is that their image has nothing to do with Africa and with Ethiopia. It is a pity in a place that has such rich culture and traditions.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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