Donatella Bottero

Raffaella Beolé

L'argomento Landmarks è un testo rivolto in particolare agli studenti dei corsi con indirizzo Costruzioni, Ambiente e Territorio e, più in generale a tutti coloro che hanno l’esigenza di utilizzare la lingua inglese come strumento di studio e/o di lavoro in questi settori. La struttura Landmarks è diviso in otto Moduli, ognuno dei quali è ripartito in due sezioni: Unità del Modulo – Contiene testi e attività che riguardano i contenuti specifici della specializzazione già affrontati in L1. Ogni Unità è suddivisa in brevi Capitoli su due pagine – teoria ed esercizi – per favorire sia uno studio più parcellizzato, sia la scelta antologica da parte dell’insegnante. I contenuti dei capitoli sono enucleati, cioè sono divisi in più paragrafi titolati per rendere la comprensione più agevole. Brevi link (verdi per i link attivi con attività, arancioni per quelli informativi senza attività) arricchiscono i brani per consentire una maggiore interattività con gli allievi. Alcune rubriche di approfondimento o curiosità, inoltre, permettono di ampliare le conoscenze sugli argomenti. Un ricco apparato iconografico correda i brani di lettura, per ognuno dei quali è previsto un esauriente glossario. Ogni Unità si chiude con una pagina di grammatica e una dedicata ad un’abilità linguistica. Alcune pagine sono strutturate secondo le indicazioni delle Prove Nazionali INVALSI.

MODULE 1 - THE ENVIRONMENT

Unit 1 - Ecology

Unit 2 - Pollution

Unit 3 - Energy Sources

VOCABULARY

REAL-LIFE SKILLS Reading charts

CASE STUDY Sundarbans, the sinking islands

FLIPPED CLASSROOM Tracking plastic in the ocean

BUILDING HIGHER Geopedology – Glaciers

ROUND-UP

MAPPING YOUR MIND

MODULE 2 - BIO AND MAN-MADE CONSTRUCTIONS

Unit 1 - Landscapes

Unit 2 - Eco-architecture

Unit 3 - Building materials

REAL-LIFE SKILLS Projecting eco houses

CASE STUDY The Edge, Amsterdam

FLIPPED CLASSROOM Twenty-one sustainable home ideas

BUILDING HIGHER Geology – Classification of common rocks

MODULE 3 - SURVEYING AND DESIGN

Unit 1 - Profession and equipment

Unit 2 - Mapping

Unit 3 - Building design

REAL-LIFE SKILLS A cover letter

CASE STUDY Cliff erosion pictured from the skies

FLIPPED CLASSROOM Architectural sketches

CLIL History – James Cook, navigator and cartographer

MODULE 4 -  BUILDING CONSTRUCTION

Unit 1 - Building elements

Unit 2 - Technical system

Unit 3 - Building renovation and restoration

REAL-LIFE SKILLS Understanding an energy performance certificate

CASE STUDY San Francisco’s Victorian ‘painted lady’ houses

FLIPPED CLASSROOM IoT, the future is already upon us

BUILDING HIGHER Building Construction – The Royal Palace of Venaria

MODULE 5 - PUBLIC WORKS

Unit 1 - Public transports

Unit 2 - Health, education and culture

Unit 3 - Entertainment and sport

REAL-LIFE SKILLS Assessing a school building

CASE STUDY The San Giorgio bridge, Genoa (Italy)

FLIPPED CLASSROOM The Metropolitan Museum of Arts

CLIL Literature – John Steinbeck, the voice of farmers’ migration

MODULE 6 - THE WORKPLACE

Unit 1 - Civil engineering

Unit 2 - Architecture and architects

Unit 3 - Safety in the yard

REAL-LIFE SKILLS Local wonders

CASE STUDY Saving Venice? – The MOSE system

FLIPPED CLASSROOM The future of earthquake – proof buildings

BUILDING HIGHER Land Management – Earthquakes

MODULE 7 - SETTLEMENTS

Unit 1 - The history of city planning

Unit 2 - Urbanisation

Unit 3 - The sustainable city

REAL-LIFE SKILLS How to describe a city

CASE STUDY A park will save Bangkok

FLIPPED CLASSROOM The charm of small towns

CLIL Physical Education – The Olympic Games

MODULE 8 - HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE

Unit 1 - From the beginnings to the 18th century

Unit 2 - Architecture of the 19th century

Unit 3 - The masters of modern architecture

Unit 4 - Contemporary architecture

REAL-LIFE SKILLS Describing architecture: city landmarks

CASE STUDY John Hancock Tower

FLIPPED CLASSROOM Renaissance in Florence

CLIL Mathematics – Proportions: the Golden Ratio

FURTHER MATERIAL

Film Clips

Architecture around the world

Conversion tables

2030 Agenda

Technical Glossary

ACQUISTA VERSIONE CARTACEA

vocabulary 1 Write the name of the building element. 1. ........................................................................................... 2 3. .......................................................................................... 5. ........................................................................................... 6. .......................................................................................... What kind of staircase is it? 4. ........................................................................................... 3 2. ........................................................................................... What kind of heating system is it? 7. ........................................................................................... 164 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION 8. ........................................................................................... 9. .......................................................................................... 

vocabulary 4 Fill in the sentences with the right words. 1. Electricity arrives at your house from your local ........................................... ........................................... by a power line or underground through a conduit. 2. In a forced air ........................................... ..........................................., heated air travels through a system of ducts and is expelled through vents. 3. In a solar thermal system, water flows through ........................................... which is heated by the exposure to the ............................................ 4. The drain-waste-vent system carries away the used water and waste to ........................................... or ........................................... ............................................ 5 5. In a ........................................... ..........................................., the heating system can be virtually eliminated. 6. If you live in a Smart Home, you can control devices at home from your ..........................................., anywhere in the world. 7. Insulation of walls and roof along with solar or photovoltaic panels are the best way for ........................................... ............................................ 8. When the external walls of a building are preserved while the internal part is totally reconstructed, we can call this approach ........................................... ............................................ Match the words with the right definition. 6 1. settlement a. permanent covering laid over the floor 2. grounding wire b. preventing water from penetrating a building 3. furnace c. a system for distributing heat generated in a centralized location 4. flooring d. trouble of parts of a building due to unequal compression of its foundations 5. water proofing e. buildings of historical or cultural importance 6. timber f. enclosed structure in which heat is produced 7. district heating g. carries currents away under fault conditions 8. heritage architecture h. wood processed into beams and planks Read the clues and complete the HOUSE PUZZLE. 1 ACROSS 5. Panel which grabs the energy of the sun. 7. You climb it to go up to a higher floor. 9. Visual projection of the completed house. 11. Technical system which takes water to your house. 12. Building material made from cement, sand and water. 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 11 12 10 8 DOWN 1. It provides hot water to a large part of a city. 2. Heating system that uses heat pumps to extract heat from the ground. 3. Units of roof covering. 4. A kind of building restoration. 5. A piece of cut rock used for covering roofs. 6. Form of energy used for heating, lighting and power. 8. Downward movement of the soil. 10. A house that does not need any heating. BUILDING CONSTRUCTION 165 

Manuale di inglese per studenti di Costruzioni, Ambiente e Territorio, con teoria, esercizi, glossario e attività interattive.

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English for the Construction Industry, the Environment and Land Management

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