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Compound Dictation Practice 1 Modern buildings we love them we hate them The world famous Louvre Museum in Paris is almost 500 years old and it faced a very modern problem there simply wasn t enough space for six million visitors each year In 1989 American 1 I M Pei designed a 2 glass pyramid in the building s center to be a visitor s 3 and shopping arcade But he also started an angry 4 Some people felt his glass building was a piece of art like the ones inside the museum Others said it was just an ugly modern mistake Kyoto Japan is the country s 5 capital and the heart of it s culture Its railroad station was too small for the millions of visitors In1997 the city 6 a new station in a huge shopping center right in the oldest part of the city Designed by Hiroshi Hara the building also 7 a hotel and department store Before it was built 8 said that the high wide modern building would destroy the city s 9 look On the other hand supporters said it would 10 the city center Modern buildings we love them we hate them The world famous Louvre Museum in Paris is almost 500 years old and it faced a very modern problem there simply wasn t enough space for six million visitors each year In 1989 American architect I M Pei designed a striking glass pyramid in the building s center to be a visitor s entrance and shopping arcade But he also started an angry debate Some people felt his glass building was a piece of art like the ones inside the museum Others said it was just an ugly modern mistake Kyoto Japan is the country s ancient capital and the heart of it s culture Its railroad station was too small for the millions of visitors In1997 the city completed a new station in a huge shopping center right in the oldest part of the city Designed by Hiroshi Hara the building also contains a hotel and department store Before it was built critics said that the high wide modern building would destroy the city s traditional look On the other hand supporters said it would bring new life into the city center Practice 2 Takeshi and Roberto walked by a 1 site and started talking about all the buildings that were being built in New York Takeshi then talked about how much he 2 the skyscrapers Suddenly Takeshi started 3 the site but Roberto couldn t understand why something famous might be there someday like a 4 hotel where the rich and famous would stay and he wanted to be the only one with the pictures of it before it was built But later Takeshi felt very 5 when Roberto asked one of the construction workers what was being built on the site and Takeshi learned it was to be a 6 garage Takeshi and Roberto walked by a construction site and started talking about all the buildings that were being built in New York Takeshi then talked about how much he admired the skyscrapers Suddenly Takeshi started taking pictures of the site but Roberto couldn t understand why something famous might be there someday like a fancy hotel where the rich and famous would stay and he wanted to be the only one with the pictures of it before it was built But later Ta