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 * __Before Reading __**

In think the text will talk about the day a day of an architect, the works he or she has to develop and all the thing that can be done being an architect, that isn’t just designing buildings, it’s also about solving problems on an already design buildings.  I guess the text will answer questions like: how wide the profession is? Which are the most common works for an architect? What it takes to be an architect?  The text might have words like: profession, design, qualities, problems, construction and develop.
 * What can you predict about the content of the text by reading the title? **
 * What questions will be answered? **
 * What vocabulary might be included? **


 * __After listening the podcast __**

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">An architect should be an expert planning buildings, developing a way to adapt the different elements of the building taking into account the economical part. He must know about other subjects, combining them to create not just a beautiful design, but also useful. Between these subjects, we can find industrial techniques and technical sciences. The architect also has to have a creative ability and be able to think in three dimensions. A good architect combines all this knowledge to create an integral design. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The three dimensions of architectural design consist in the ability of visualize the work in plan, section an elevation in such way that the resultant composition is expressive and beautiful.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">What makes a good architect? **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">What are the three dimensions of architectural design? **

//**<span style="font-style: normal; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">How are architecture and urban planning different in terms of the qualifications needed for each? **//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> Architects work with a smaller scale than urban planners, that’s why they have to consider less elements or more specific elements than urban planners, which have to take into account the needs of more people, also the traffic and the connections between the different structures the city has.
 * __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">After reading __**<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">

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//**<span style="font-style: normal; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">After today's reading, how do you feel about your future profession? **// //<span style="font-style: normal; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I feel like it is expanding. Through the years, architecture has taken something from every science, becoming a more complete career. “Architecture is nourished by the civilization that produces it” so it will grow along with it. //  media type="file" key="question 2.wav" //**<span style="font-style: normal; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">What is the role of architects / urban planners in today's world? **// //<span style="font-style: normal; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Their role in today’s world is run with the unrestrained science, being able to satisfy the human needs while they are changing, but without denying the past and, of course, accepting the future. //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">

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