Red Line 3, Coursebook

C The dea The idea for the London Eye began on a kitchen table in a London flat in 1993. Julia Marks and David Barnfield (1) read about a competition for the mil- lennium. After they had talked, they decided to enter it. They wanted to design a landmark to give people a new and exciting view of London from the air. The dream was beginning to come true. The two architects made a model (2) before they started to work on the real ‘Eye’. Workers on the Eye built a rim (3) first, from four large pieces of steel. When they had com- pleted the wheel, they slowly lifted it. (4) After they had lifted it, they added a platform and capsules. The London Eye is like the wheel of a huge bike, but the rim of the Eye is 400 times larger than the rim of normal bike wheels. The London Eye opened in 2000 and is nowoneof themost popu­ lar landmarks in the world. (5) They didn’t win the competition, but after they had worked so hard on it, they didn’t want to give up their dream. They called some reporters. After they had explained their idea, the reporters wrote articles for their newspapers. 4 3 2 1 5 34 th i r ty - four 1 The story of the Eye Put the notes in the right order. First the architects read about a competition. Then they … 2 The dream comes true What did the architects say? Finish the sentences. Example: 1. We decided to enter the competition after we had talked. 1. We decided to enter the competition after … 2. Some reporters wrote articles after … 3. We built the real Eye after … 4. We didn’t want to give up our dream after … 5. We added a platform after … You use the past perfect to make it clear that one thing in the past happened before another thing. He had already read the article when I arrived. GRAMMAR read about competition now – popular landmark talked to reporters opened – 2000 made model built a rim added platform and capsules ➝ WB 20, 1 – 2 ➝ G18 2 Check-in Language 3 Talkwise Text Wordwise Check-out Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv