ARCHITECTURE. Bridges of St.Petersburg. Unit 7. Language Leader UI.

Next lesson we are going to finish with the most remarkable architecture of the World (your homework task), the landmarks of the world. 

Then we go on with bridges. Your task is to be prepared for the talk about bridges in St.Petersburg. 

FIRST: 
Look through the questions and get ready to take notes while watching the video. 

Questions we are going to talk over the next meeting (lesson):

- What bridges of St.Petersburg have mentioned in the video? 

- Did Peter the Great have intention to build bridges initially? Why? 

- What were the first bridges built in St. Petersburg? What were the reasons to build them? 

- What was the first floating bridge? How did it look like? Can we see parts of the bridge today? Where?  Take notes about the details of the legend as well. 

- What was the purpose of the floating bridges in St.Petersburg? 

- When did the first granite bridges appear? Why? What did they look like? 

- What were the first bridges with towers? How did they look like? How did they function? Were they movable? Can we see them today? How do they function now? 

- Bridges of Nevsky prospect: Which of them are metioned? What important details are mentioned? 

- What were the obstacles to buld permanent bridges? What was the first permamnent bridge? Who was the architect? 

- What details, information, legends have attracted your attention? What touched your emotionally? 

What was the most meaningful/ remarkable one for you? Why? 

What legends / stories / books are metioned in the video? Have you heard the legends / stories  before? Have you read the books? 

Useful vocabulary (click to see the meaning)

• drawbridge, flap bridge, movable bridge, pivot bridge, 
• legend; tradition
• crossing, passage; ford (брод); temporary bridge,
• fate; fortune; destiny,
• intention, plan, design,  conception, idea, scheme 
• ferry(boat)
•  descendant, offspring, scion ; offspring, progeny
• floating, raft: floating bridge,
• slope, 
• granite
•  lantern; lamp; light, lamp (на локомотиве, на судне, на берегу || on a locomotive, ship, on shore); архит.(в крыше || in roof) light, skylight; (остекленный выступ в здании || jutting out from the wall of a building) bay (window),
• suspension bridge

SECOND:

Watch the video. Take nesessary notes for the discussion. 

Мосты Санкт-Петербурга 1

Bridges of St. Petersburg 

If you got interested in the topic, you can also see the related videos: 

Мосты Санкт Петербурга 2

Мосты Санкт-Петербурга 3 

etc... 

Important information for our discussion: 
The Comment to the video series "Bridges of St.Petersburg"

Опубликовано 21 февр. 2013 г.

В черте Санкт-Петербурга находится множество (в сумме 93) рек, рукавов, протоков и каналов (общей длиной ок. 300 км) и около 100 водоёмов (озёр, прудов, искусственных водоёмов), через которые перекинуто ок. 800 мостов (не считая мосты на территориях промышленных предприятий), в том числе 218 пешеходных.
Собственно городских мостов — 342, остальные — в пригородах (Кронштадт — 5, г. Пушкин — 54, г. Петергоф — 51, Павловск — 16, Ломоносов — 7); из них 21 мост был разводной по состоянию на начало 2008 года[1], к лету 2008 их стало 13[2](для разводных мостов в скобках указано традиционное время разводки в период регулярной навигации).

самый длинный мост — Большой Обуховский (вантовый) мост через Неву (полная длина мостового перехода — 2824 метров)

самый длинный разводной мост — Александра Невского через Неву (длина без береговых сооружений 629 м, вместе с пандусами — 905,7 м)

самый широкий мост — Синий мост на реке Мойке (99,5 метров).

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Additional info to know more about St.Petersburg's bridges (Wikipedia. not an academic resource, but anyway reliable):

List of bridges in Saint Petersburg

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PS: 

While I was preparing the material for you, I have found a fantastic video about the longest suspension bridge. I would strongly recommend you to watch it. It starts with the overview of the landmark bridges of the world followed by the amazing details of the longest one. 

The Longest Suspension Bridge in The World

Have a pleasant time!!