Paris fecha ponte para remover 'cadeados do amor':jogos da copa amanhã palpites
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It’s the end of the affair.
Attaching a 'love lock' to the Pont des Arts before throwing the key into the River Seine in Paris has become a tourist jogos da copa amanhã palpites tradition.
But the romantic gesture has turned into an jogos da copa amanhã palpites eyesore and also a jogos da copa amanhã palpites hazard. The bridge is jogos da copa amanhã palpites weighed down with nearly 50 tonnes of metal.
Last year, one section of the railings jogos da copa amanhã palpites gave way.
The bridge has been closed as workers remove the locks.
Transcriçãojogos da copa amanhã palpitesportuguês:
É um fimjogos da copa amanhã palpitescaso.
Prender um 'cadeado do amor' na Pont des Arts antesjogos da copa amanhã palpitesatirar a chave no rio Senajogos da copa amanhã palpitesParis se tornou uma tradição turística.
Mas o gesto romântico acabou criando uma vista que ofende os olhos e também um risco perigoso. A ponte carrega quase 50 toneladasjogos da copa amanhã palpitesmetal.
No ano passado, uma parte do alambrado acabou cedendo.
A ponte foi fechada para que trabalhadores removam os cadeados.
Vocabulary:
eyesore ugly sight in a public place
hazard dangerous thing
weighed down (here) carried too much weight, felt heavy
gave way collapsed
Exercise:
Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from news reports.
Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence correctly.
tradition / eyesore / hazard / weighed down / gave way
1. "We have two reservoirs which are deep and cold and at night they would represent a __________ to people messing about.”
2. At least eight people have died after a cement factory partially collapsed in Bangladesh, police say.
About 70 people were in the building in the port town of Mongla, 200km (125 miles) south-west of the capital Dhaka, when the roof __________. The factory had been under construction.
3. Her kitchen roof consists of sheets of corrugated iron __________ with stones.
Her family is especially hard-hit by rising costs and on some days they don't get to eat a full meal.
4. Mr Reeks said a "minimal" amount of fish were caught using the technique and stocks had "not deteriorated much" in the last few years.
Another fisherman, Malcolm Cameron, said: "It's a huge __________ that's been going on for hundreds of years for generations."
5. "Anyone passing by might think these buildings are __________ but it's about familiarity," says Thomas Lane, editor of Building Design magazine, which gives out the annual Carbuncle Cup to the ugliest building in the UK.
Answers:
Source: Warning over youths using Londonderry’s Creggan reservoir http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-32895418
2. At least eight people have died after a cement factory partially collapsed in Bangladesh, police say.
About 70 people were in the building in the port town of Mongla, 200km (125 miles) south-west of the capital Dhaka, when the roof gave way. The factory had been under construction.
Source: Bangladesh Mongla cement factory collapse kills eight http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-31849576
3. Her kitchen roof consists of sheets of corrugated iron weighed down with stones.
Her family is especially hard-hit by rising costs and on some days they don't get to eat a full meal.
Source: Sri Lanka’s tea workers fear for their future http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17674937
4. Mr Reeks said a "minimal" amount of fish were caught using the technique and stocks had "not deteriorated much" in the last few years.
Another fisherman, Malcolm Cameron, said: "It's a huge tradition that's been going on for hundreds of years for generations." Source: One-fish rule ‘threatens’ River Severn tradition http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-32807833
5. "Anyone passing by might think these buildings are eyesores but it's about familiarity," says Thomas Lane, editor of Building Design magazine, which gives out the annual Carbuncle Cup to the ugliest building in the UK.
Source: The industrial ‘eyesores’ we just can’t part with http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-31707643