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Nidea Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
Unified project
Hi!
What is the "unified project" ? I do not get it! Do you have any good idea? Thanks for your help!
(This context is from my TOEFL listening material, which is talking about urban studies)
The agricultural revolution of ten thousand years ago started the great shift from rural to urban living. As human settlements evolved from simple groups of huts to larger villages, and then to towns and cities, their basic pattern changed. ... ... The concept of a tree-lined village green has a long history, but one of North America's first public parks - that was sort of created as a unified project - was Central Park in New York City. Central Park was designed by landscape architects Olmsted and Vaux in the late nineteenth century. ... ...
What is the "unified project" ? I do not get it! Do you have any good idea? Thanks for your help!
(This context is from my TOEFL listening material, which is talking about urban studies)
The agricultural revolution of ten thousand years ago started the great shift from rural to urban living. As human settlements evolved from simple groups of huts to larger villages, and then to towns and cities, their basic pattern changed. ... ... The concept of a tree-lined village green has a long history, but one of North America's first public parks - that was sort of created as a unified project - was Central Park in New York City. Central Park was designed by landscape architects Olmsted and Vaux in the late nineteenth century. ... ...
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If this was one of the first public parks, obviously people lacked experience in how to go about organizing the project. Maybe in the past, a park would just be some space that happened to be unused - perhaps not even publicly owned land. " "Unified" seems like a strange word.
- If this was one of the first public parks, obviously people lacked experience in how to go about organizing the project.
- Maybe in the past, a park would just be some space that happened to be unused - perhaps not even publicly owned land.
- " "Unified" seems like a strange word.
- Let's say that all the government agencies got together and planned this thing in an organized (unified) way.
- They weren't all working against each other.
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If this was one of the first public parks, obviously people lacked experience in how to go about organizing the project. Maybe in the past, a park would just be some space that happened to be unused - perhaps not even publicly owned land.
I'd call it an "organized project." "Unified" seems like a strange word. Let's say that all the government agencies got together and planned thi
I'd call it an "organized project." "Unified" seems like a strange word. Let's say that all the government agencies got together and planned thi
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AvangiIf this was one of the first public parks, obviously people lacked experience in how to go about organizing the project. Maybe in the past, a park would just be some space that happened to be unused - perhaps not even publicly owned land.
I'd call it an "organized project." "Unified" seems like a strange word. Let's say that all the government agencie
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