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-Coex Mall

-in SamsungDong

-shopping/ movies/ restaurants

-built as an important convention centre

-beautifully designed

-main meeting place for the young

I'm going to talk about Coex Mall because I think it is a very interesting building. It is located in Samsung Dong, next to Hyundai Department. It is one the biggest buildings in Korea, which consists of restaurants, movie theatres and shopping places. However, the main purpose of Coex Mall was for international conventions. To promote Korea to foreigners, Coex Mall was carefully designed by a very famous architect in Korea. One part of the mall represents Korean traditional aspects whereas the other part represents modern aspects of Korea. Because there are very many places to go, young people in Korea like to go to Coex Mall in their spare time. I also like to go there to hang around with my friends on weekends. Thus, I think it is one of the most interesting buildings in korea.

Follow-up Questions

1. Are there some old building in your hometown? Describe it.

There are not many old buildings in my hometown because Seoul is one of the most modernized cities in Korea. However, there are some palaces from Chosun dynasty lived in the palace. With the historical value of this palace, the government is trying hard to preserve it.

2.Compare the differences between the constructions in your city with them in    20 years ago.

I think there are many differences between the constructions in the past and the ones in present days. One of the biggest differences is the change in size of buildings. 20 years ago, the buildings were relatively short, not exceeding 20floors. However, nowadays, the buildings are very tall. Some of them are 60 story building.