basedonUnit1, Listening+ex.4
Listenandmatchthephrasesfromtheboxwiththecorrectpictures
Theworldfamoustowers. EverybodyknowstheEiffelTowerinParis.PeoplethinkthatitisasymboloftheFrenchcapital.Lotsoftouristscometoseeitduringdaytimeandatnight.ThetowerhasthenameofGustaveEiffel —theengineerwhosecompanybuiltitin1889.SotheEiffelTowerisfairlyold.NowitisthetallestbuildinginParisandformorethan40yearsitwasthetallestbuildingintheworld.VisitorscanwalkupthehundredsofstepsorgoupinalifttolookattheFrenchcapitalfromthetopofthetower.
TheOstankinoTVTowerinMoscowisoneofthetallesttowersintheworld.Itstandsmorethan540metreshigh.Itsbuildingtookfiveyears.In1967thenewtowersentoutitsfirstsignals.TheOstankinoTowerisoneofthesymbolsoftheRussiancapital.Youcanoftenseeitonpostcardsandinphotos.VisitorsoftheOstankinoTowercangoup300metresinaliftandlookatthebeautifulcityofMoscow.
TouristswhocometoBerlin, thecapitalofGermany,usuallyvisittheBerlinTelevisionTowerwhichis368metrestall.ThetowerisnearlyasoldastheOstankinoTower:itopeneditsdoorsonthe3rdofOctober, 1969.Everyyearmorethanamillionvisitorsfromdifferentcountriesgoup200metresandlookatthewonderfulever-changingcity.
- the oldest tower
- was the tallest building in the world
- the tallest tower
- this tower was built in five years
- 368 metres tall
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