Unit 14: New Year, New Project
Present perfect with just, already and yet
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- 1 Nice to meet you!
- 2 What to wear
- 3 Like this, like that
- 4 The daily grind
- 5 Christmas every day
- 6 Great achievers
- 7 The Titanic
- 8 Travel
- 9 The big wedding
- 10 Sunny's job hunt
- 11 The bucket list
- 12 Moving and migration
- 13 Welcome to BBC Broadcasting House
- 14 New Year, New Project
- 15 From Handel to Hendrix
- 16 What's the weather like?
- 17 The Digital Revolution
- 18 A detective story
- 19 A place to live
- 20 The Cult of Celebrity
- 21 Welcome to your new job
- 22 Beyond the planets
- 23 Great expectations!
- 24 Eco-tourism
- 25 Moving house
- 26 It must be love
- 27 Job hunting success... and failure
- 28 Speeding into the future
- 29 Lost arts
- 30 Tales of survival
Session 4
In this session we read about the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona: a building that's taken over 100 years to build, but it's not finished yet...
Activity 1
The Sagrada Familia
Gaudi's 'masterwork'
Welcome to Session 4. This time, we're in the city of Barcelona in Spain – a place known for its food, culture and architecture. And one of the most famous buildings is the huge church called the Sagrada Familia, even though… it's not finished yet, over 100 years after they started building it!
In the listening exercise you'll find out more about the building. Then you'll answer some questions to practise all the language you've learned so far.
Listen to the audio and complete the activity
The Sagrada Familia is a symbol of Barcelona. The church attracts three million tourists a year and is considered to be the masterwork of the city's most famous architect, Antoni Gaudi.
It's a beautiful building, even though they haven't finished it yet…
Construction began in 1882. However, when Gaudi died in 1926 the building was only a quarter complete. Work continued, but was interrupted by the Spanish Civil War. The building is paid for by public donations so progress has been slow at times.
So, what's still left to do?
Well, they've now finished about two thirds of the project, including the Nativity Facade and the Passion Facade. Work began on the Glory Facade in 2002 but hasn’t finished yet.
Workers have already built 8 spires, but there are 10 more to go. They've just started construction of the central spire, which will be 170m tall. That will make Sagrada Familia the tallest church in the world.
And if all goes to plan, the Sagrada Familia will be finished in 2026, almost 150 years after the first stone was laid and exactly 100 years after the death of its famous architect, Gaudi.
To do
Have you learned all about the Sagrada Familia? Try this quiz to find out!
Sagrada Famila quiz
6 Questions
Read the questions and choose the best answer from the options.
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Read the questions and choose the best answer from the options.
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Listen again if you are not sure.Question 1 of 6
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Read the questions and choose the best answer from the options.
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Read the questions and choose the best answer from the options.
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Read the questions and choose the best answer from the options.
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Read the questions and choose the best answer from the options.
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Read the questions and choose the best answer from the options.
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Listen again if you are not sure.Question 6 of 6
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Well done. We hope you enjoyed reading about the Sagrada Familia. Maybe you will visit it one day - or maybe you've already seen it?
In the next activity, it's your turn to talk about a project of your own.
Session Grammar
just = a very short time ago.
She’s just finished her second year at university.
already = before now, or earlier than expected.
I've already done that module.
yet = 'before now', or 'until now'.
I haven't had lunch yet. Have you finished your essay yet?
Session Vocabulary
architecture
making and designing buildingsattracts
makes people interested so that they move closermasterwork
a work of art made with great skillinterrupted
stopped something from happening for a period of timefacade
the front of a buildingspires
the pointed tops of buildings like churcheslaid
(here) put carefully into position