The Petronas Towers: A Country's Ambition in Steel
Aims
Why a country builds the world's tallest thing, and what happens when someone builds a taller one. Cause, effect and argument for B2 students.
The lesson, stage by stage
- News10 min
In the news: The story
Read a 190-word news story: Why a country builds the tallest thing in the world
- Vocabulary8 min
Vocabulary: Words to know
7 items
- Discussion10 min
Discussion: Old city, new towers
2 discussion questions
- Discussion10 min
Discussion: Building it
3 discussion questions
- Discussion10 min
Discussion: The tallest for six years
3 discussion questions
Open the full lesson
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Target vocabulary
In a Tuton account these words become your student's vocabulary deck, so they come back in practice between lessons.
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