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Yulysess Posted 20 years ago
Linguistics Studies

a comprehension question?

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00To engineers, design typically has less to do with aesthetics and appearance and more to do with fabrication and performance. Engineers tend to focus on the structure behind the facade. They worry about how the building will be built, how it will stand, whether it will sway too much in the wind, whether it will survive an earthquake, whether it will crack or leak. Engineers designing the structural frame of hotel buildings take into account the strength and stiffness of ballroom floors, where large crowds will gather and rhythmic dancing will occur. Engineers are expected to think about how a building will be heated and cooled, how air will circulate among its spaces, how energy efficient it will be. In the ideal world, the design efforts of architects and engineers complement each other, resulting in a building that is both 01b00a 02b00joy to look at and a pleasure to use. But all too often in practice, things do not work out like that, and the users of the building pay the price. In most buildings, the work of the architect masks, cloaks and hides the work of the engineer. Engineering criticism is almost unheard of in public discussions of building design, although it does sometimes come to the fore when buildings fall down, as in the case of the collapse of the World Trade Center towers.00 02td
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01b0067. 02b00It is clear from the passage that, when engineers 01b00design a building, they 02b00----.02br
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00A)00 00take into consideration what it will be used for02br
00B)00 00make sure that the site is suitable02br
00C)00 00completely ignore aesthetic aspects02br
00D)00 00aim to make it multi-functional02br
00E) 00are very much limited by the amount of money that is allocated02br
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00I've seen this question to the Els Gramar section but I couldn't get any satisfying answer. This is why I open it again here, sorry for this. Which do you think is correct? I stuck between the options A; B; D. Please help! Thanks in advance.0-
  

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g. hotel with dance floor). There is no mention of the suitability of the site, the wish for it to be multi-functional, nor of costs (those are for someone else to worry about).

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  • hotel with dance floor).
  • There is no mention of the suitability of the site, the wish for it to be multi-functional, nor of costs (those are for someone else to worry about).
  • Aesthetics are said to be only of secondary importance (not completely ignored).
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0The description only speaks of construction aspects, bearing in mind the use for which the building is intended (e.g. hotel with dance floor). There is no mention of the suitability of the site, the wish for it to be multi-functional, nor of costs (those are for someone else to worry about). Aesthetics are said to be only of secondary importance (not completely ignored). So the answer is clear

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