Fonteesporte de aventuraTreviesporte de aventuraRoma é reinaugurada após dois anos:esporte de aventura
Transcript
The black boxes of the Russian flight which crashed on Saturday over the Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 on board, are now being investigated for clues to what might have brought down the plane. In the US there are reports that satellite imagery detected heat infrared flashes around the passenger jet just before it went down.
Police in Frankfurt have raided the headquarters of the German Football Association – all part of an investigation into the lead-up to the 2006 World Cup. There are allegations that money was paid to Fifa to secure votes to host the tournament.
These crowds have come to see something that nobody here in Rome's been able to see for almost two years: the Trevi fountain, one of the city's biggest attractions. For a long time artisans worked behind scaffolding to restore the fountain that was begun back in the 18th Century. Rome's city hall worked out that it didn't have the money to renovate all this itself so it asked for donations and in the end a major fashion house decided that it would spend around two million euros to restore this site.
Transcriçãoesporte de aventuraportuguês
As caixas-pretas do avião russo que caiu no sábado sobre a Península do Sinai, matando todas as 224 pessoas a bordo, estão sendo investigadasesporte de aventurabuscaesporte de aventurapistas sobre as causas da queda. Nos Estados Unidos surgiram informaçõesesporte de aventuraque imagens capturadas por satélite detectaram sinaisesporte de aventurainfravermelhoesporte de aventuracaloresporte de aventuravolta do aviãoesporte de aventurapassageiros pouco antesesporte de aventuraele cair.
Políciaesporte de aventuraFrankfurt fez uma batida na sede da Federação Alemãesporte de aventuraFutebol - como parte da investigação sobre como a Alemanha conquistou o direitoesporte de aventurarealizar a Copa do Mundoesporte de aventura2006. Há alegaçõesesporte de aventuraque houve suborno pago à Fifa para garantir os votos necessários para sediar o evento.
Essas multidões vieram ver algo que ninguém aquiesporte de aventuraRoma conseguiu veresporte de aventuraquase dois anos: a fonteesporte de aventuraTrevi, uma das principais atrações da cidade. Por um longo tempo, especialistas trabalharam atrásesporte de aventuraandaimes para restaurar e fonte, que começou a ser construída no século 18. A prefeituraesporte de aventuraRoma tinha concluído que não teria o dinheiro para renová-la por conta própria e resolveu pedir doações; no final, uma griffeesporte de aventuramoda decidiu que gastaria cercaesporte de aventura2 milhõesesporte de aventuraeuros para restaurar o local.
Words, phrases and definitions
to secure (here) to get something with difficulty
artisans skilled workers who make things with their hands
donations money or things given to an organisation to help them
Exercise
Use one of the words or phrases from Lingohack to complete each of these sentences. Note that you may have to change the form of a word or phrase to complete the sentence correctly.
investigated / to secure / artisans / donations
1. The bread baked by the _______ bakery tasted so much better than the stuff I bought in the supermarket.
2. Since my father died of cancer we have received so many _______ for the charity that cared for him.
3. A series of crimes in our neighbourhood is being _______ by the police.
4. My football team is going to do well now that they've managed _______ the signing of one of the world's best strikers.
Answers
1. The bread baked by the artisan bakery tasted so much better than the stuff I bought in the supermarket.
2. Since my father died of cancer we have received so many donations for the charity that cared for him.
3. A series of crimes in our neighbourhood is being investigated by the police.
4. My football team is going to do well now that they've managed to secure the signing of one of the world's best strikers.