Oásis no Egito tem hotel feitocassino resortsal:cassino resort

Transcript

The Siwa Valley is a remote oasis in western Egypt.

Here you can find a hotel made entirely of salt.

The building materials come from the shores of lakes like this one. The crystals are used for food while the rocks are turned into bricks by artisans.

Small sculptures, the walls and even the beds are made of salt.

But doesn't it dissolve in water? Workers at the hotel say it's resisted the rain so far. So, no need to take this story with a pinch of salt.

Transcriçãocassino resortportuguês

O Valecassino resortSiwa é um remoto oásis no oeste do Egito.

Aqui você encontra um hotel feito inteiramentecassino resortsal.

O materialcassino resortconstrução vem das margenscassino resortlagos como este. Os cristais são usados na alimentação enquanto as rochas são transformadascassino resorttijolos por artesãos.

Pequenas esculturas, as paredes e mesmo as camas são feitascassino resortsal.

Mas ele não dissolve com a água? Funcionários do hotel dizem que ele resistiu à chuva até agora.

Então, não há necessidadecassino resortencarar essa história com certa desconfiança.

Vocabulary

shores - edge of a lake, sea or river

crystals - natural mineral substances which are clear

artisans - craftsmen; workers who are good at producing objects with their hands take with a pinch of salt - believe something only partly because it might not be 100% true

Exercise

engine / licensed / pioneer / taboo / on an equal footing

1. "I didn't know anyone else who was building a little house at the time, anywhere," Williams recalls. A warm, energetic woman, Williams is a __________ in the tiny-house movement and was the keynote speaker at the Tiny House Conference.

2. "Summer schools will ensure pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds can start secondary school ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬__________ with their peers, setting them up to succeed."

3. Whereas once it was greatly frowned upon for a Jew of any stream to marry a non-Jew, today, among unaffiliated (no synagogue), non-denominational (those who don't identify with any movement), conservative or reform Jews, it is not the __________ it once was. The intermarriage rates of non-denominational Jews approach 80%, he says.

4. A New Forest taxi driver says too many cabs trying to use the rank at Brockenhurst railway station is making it dangerous for pedestrians.

South West Trains says 17 taxis are _________ to use it but it has not had any complaints about safety.

5. The fact that car manufacturers are achieving these targets suggests the internal combustion __________ is far from dead yet, despite the push towards electric vehicles.

Answers

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3. This is a lush, quiet place, not far from the shores of Lake Victoria. But many of these youngsters are likely to have to follow the path of migration from the country into the cities to look for work.

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4. "Our experience shows that their track record is not very convincing and I think one should take these kind of promises not only with a pinch of salt but a sack full of salt."

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5. From a battered cardboard box Andrea produces a cylinder 15cm long and 3cm wide, encrusted with crystals of a beautiful silver-coloured metal. It is, he tells me, titanium.

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