Skills Test 2

Track 3

Kate: Look at my new book! It's got lots of information about different things. What is the tallest building in the world, Mark?

Mark: I don't know. Is it in America?

Kate: No. It's the Taipei 101 building in Taiwan. It's 508 metres tall.

Mark: Wow!

Kate: They finished it in 2003. Before that the tallest building was in Malaysia.

Mark: Cool or what! Ask me another question.

Kate: What is the most expensive boat in the world?

Mark: It's the Queen Elizabeth.

Kate: No. It's the Queen Mary 2. It cost £540 million and it can take 3,850 people on it.

Mark: Wow! How big is it?

Kate: It's 345 metres long and 41 metres wide. That's bigger than the Titanic. The Titanic was only 269 metres long. And the Queen Mary 2 has got five swimming pools!

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