In pairs, ask and answer

1 Have you done any of the activities?

2 Did you like it or not? Why? Why not?

3 Do you want to try any of the activities in the future?

Can do

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AFRICA

ASIA

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OCEANIA

SOUTH AMERICA

ANTARCTICA

No more continents?

For centuries natural barriers such as rivers, mountains and seas have made travel difficult. Now. with modem technology, we are crossing these barriers and the world is becoming a much smaller place. Britain was an island for 8,000 years. But the Channel Tunnel opened in 1994 and connected Britain to mainland Europe. The Oresund Bndge and Tunnel opened in 2000 and connected Sweden to Denmark and the rest of Europe. Now there are more proiects to link different parts of the wodd. The Italian government is going to build a 5km long bridge between Sicily and the Italian mainland, and in Asia, Indonesia is going to build a tunnel between the islands of Java and Sumatra.

But there are bigger projects, to join continents! Spain and Morocco are going to build a tunnel connecting

Europe to Africa. They are thinking of building a 38km tunnel between Punta Palomas on the south coast of Spain and Punta Malabata in northern Morocco, near Tangier. And the United States and Russia are discussing a project to connect Alaska to Siberia, joining the continents of North America and Asia.

Reading and vocabulary

1 Look at the map. Answer the questions.