The Sydney Opera House: The Design That Nearly Failed

All levels48 minLandmarksLesson 5 of 6 · Outline

Aims

A rejected drawing, an unsolvable roof, a cost fourteen times the estimate and an architect who walked away. Ambition and compromise for B2 students.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. News10 min

    In the news: The story

    Read a 231-word news story: The roof nobody knew how to build

  1. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Words to know

    7 items

  2. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: The unsolved roof

    2 discussion questions

  3. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Cost

    3 discussion questions

  4. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Whose building?

    3 discussion questions

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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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