## Step 1 - Speaking

Famous buildings
In the introduction you have looked at famous buildings.
Answer these questions in the second column of the schedule below.
We have already answered the one of the Statue of liberty.
Answer these questions for the other buildings.

- What is the name of the building?
- What type of buildings is it? In most cases the answer is in the name.
- Do you know who built this building?
- Do you know what their purpose was?

Download here the schedule Google doc 'Famous buildings', make a copy and fill in. It looks like this:

Buildings | What is it?
| The Statue of liberty in NYC. It is a statue. It was a present to the people of New York from France. It was built by Gustav Eiffel. It is a symbol of freedom and welcome to immigrants to the USA.

Discuss with a classmate
After this you are going to talk to your classmate and answer these questions together.
Give details in your answers.

1. Which of the buildings have you visited?
   When did you visit them? Are there any that you would like to visit? Why?
2. You must remove two buildings and add two of your own to this list of Top Buildings to visit.
   Which would you remove and which would you add? Explain your choices.
3. Compare your new list with your classmates.

Compare the experience of visiting a building and looking at a 3D tour on the computer.
Many buildings were closed due to COVID-19 in 2020/2021. Then it is the perfect time to experience a virtual tour of a monument. Some people also think that the 3D tour is better: it’s cheaper, there aren’t any queues and it’s free.
What do you think? Give three reasons. Discuss with your classmates.

| #### Answers famous buildings