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Building the impossible: Golden Gate Bridge

 

    In the mid-1930s, two familiar spires towered above the morning fog. Stretching 227 meters into the sky, these 22,000-ton towers would help support California's Golden Gate Bridge.

   But since they were currently in Pennsylvania, they first had to be dismantled, packaged, and shipped piece by piece over 4,500 kilometers away. Moving the bridge's towers across a continent was just one of the challenges facing Charles Ellis and Joseph Strauss, the project's lead engineers. Even before construction began, the pair faced all kinds of opposition.

    The military feared the bridge would make the important harbor an even more vulnerable target. Ferry companies claimed the bridge would steal their business, and residents wanted to preserve the area's natural scenery.

    Worse still, many engineers thought the project was impossible. The Golden Gate Strait was home to 96-kilometer-per-hour winds, swirling tides, an endless blanket of fog, and the earthquake-prone San Andreas fault.

    But Strauss _________ the bridge _________ be built; and that it _________ provide San Francisco's commuters more reliable passage to the city. He was, however, a bit out of his depth. Strauss's initial plans to span the strait used a cantilever bridge. This kind of bridge consists of a single beam anchored at one end and extended horizontally like a diving board.

    Since these bridges can only extend so far before collapsing under their own weight, Strauss's design used two cantilevers, linked by a structure in the middle. But Ellis and his colleague Leon Moisseif convinced Strauss to pursue a different approach: the suspension bridge.

    Where a cantilever bridge is supported from one end a suspension bridge suspends its deck from cables strung across the gap. The result is a more flexible structure that's resilient to winds and shifting loads. This kind of design had long been used for small rope bridges. And in the 1930s, advanced steel manufacturing could create cables of bundled wire to act as strong steel rope for large-scale construction.

    At the time, the Golden Gate Bridge was the longest and tallest suspension bridge ever attempted, and its design was only possible due to these innovations. But cables and towers of this size could only be built at large steelworks on the country's east coast.

Abridged and adapted from: https://www.ted.com/talks/alex_gender_bui lding_the_impossible_golden_gate bridge/transcript).

Mark the option that completes the blank space, in the fifth paragraph, in the text above.

 

"But Strauss _________ the bridge _________  be built; and that it _________ provide San Francisco's commuters more reliable passage to the city."

Complete the sentence using the appropriate conjunction.

 

You should tell him the true story about yesterday's discussion. ____________ he'll get upset with you.

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Europe's hottest winter

 

    This January, temperatures across Europe reached an all-time high. Many nations are suffering from a warmer winter. For example, in Bosnia, the exceptionally warm weather prompted tourism authorities to consider a declaration of a natural emergency. In Switzerland, Alpine slopes lack the blanket of snow needed to ski. In Macedonia, low snow has kept away thousands of tourists from ski resorts. In Bilbao, Spain, the temperature reached 25.1 degrees Celsius, which was 10 degrees more than average for this time of year. According to scientists, extreme weather events are more frequent, more intense, and last longer because of human-induced climate change. Experts forecast the above-normal temperatures to last until mid-January.

(Adapted from: https://www.newsinlevels.com/products/europes-hottestwinter-level-3/)

Consider the title of the text: "Europe's hottest winter", which sentences are grammatically correct?

 

I- The best place to find cold weather in Germany is in the state of Bavaria.
II- The Strait of Dover is the narrowest part of the English Channel.
III- Italy is the eldest country in Europe.
IV- Austria is voted the worse country for skiing in Europe.
V- By surface area, France is the most large country and Malta the smallest.

Based on the comic strip, the answer question

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According to the sentence "Nothing goes on forever" from the comic strip, read the sentences below and choose the correct sentence, as far as the use of the indefinite pronoun is grammatically correct.

Based on the comic strip, the answer question

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According to the comic strip above, choose the correct alternative.

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World Teachers’ Day: UNESCO sounds the alarm on the global teacher shortage crisis

 

Claire O’Hagan
4 October 2022
Last update: 20 April 2023

 

    UNESCO’s estimates indicate the need for an additional 24.4 million teachers in primary education and some 44.4 million teachers for secondary education in order to achieve universal basic education by 2030. With some of the most overcrowded classrooms in the world, sub-Saharan Africa is also home to the most overburdened teachers and understaffed systems, with 90% of secondary schools facing serious teaching shortages.

    New UNESCO figures unveiled for 2022 World Teachers’ Day show that 5.4 million teachers are needed at primary level in sub-Saharan Africa, and 11.1 million teachers at secondary level, if we are to achieve the targets set by the 2030 Agenda. The region with the second largest deficit is Southern Asia: UNESCO projects 1.7 million additional teachers will be needed at primary-level, and 5.3 million at secondary-level.

    In low-income countries, the first obstacle is the heavy workload. According to a new UNESCO data, each primary teacher in these countries has an average of 52 pupils per class at primary level, while the global average is 26. The ratio is particularly high in sub-Saharan Africa – 56 pupils per teacher – and Southern Asia – 38. In Europe and North America there are only 15 pupils per teacher on average.

    Supervision difficulties are amplified by a lack of training, which means that teachers do not always have all the tools at hand to succeed in the classroom. UNESCO data shows that about 26% of primary and 39% of secondary school teachers do not have the minimum qualification requirements in low-income countries, compared to respectively 14% and 16% globally. […]

    The vocational crisis is also accentuated by non-competitive salaries. UNESCO data shows that 6 out of 10 countries pay primary school teachers less than other professionals with similar qualifications. This criterion is particularly evident in high-income countries. In 5 out of 6 countries in this group, primary school teachers earn less than other comparable professionals. Three high-income countries have a commendable teacher salary policy: Singapore, with an average salary equal to 139% of comparable professions, Spain (125%), and the Republic of Korea (124%).

Source: https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/world-teachers-day-unesco-sounds-alarm-global-teacher-shortagecrisis

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