سطح اول - آیلتس 5-4 (A2 - B1)
China builds a cross-sea bridge. It is the longest in the world. Now China finishes it. The bridge is open. It is 55 kilometres long. It connects Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macao. It cuts travel time from 4 hours to 45 minutes.
Many Hong Kong activists see the bridge symbolically. It shows Hongkongers that they are connected to China.
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Activist: طرفدار فعال
Symbolically: نمادین
سطح دوم - آیلتس 6-5 (+B1+ - B2)
Last Tuesday, people finished the longest cross-sea bridge and it opened. The Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macao Bridge is 55 kilometres long, and it reduces travel time from 4 hours to just 45 minutes.
Many Hong Kong activists see the project as a political statement. One Hong Kong politician said that Hong Kong is already connected to China in every way. She claimed that China needed the bridge as a political symbol to remind Hongkongers that they are connected to the motherland.
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Reduce: کاهش دادن
Political: سیاسی
Statement: بیانیه
Claim: ادعا کردن
Remind: یادآوری کردن
Motherland:سرزمین اصلی/مادری
سطح سوم - آیلتس 7+ ( C1 - C2)
The construction of the world’s longest cross-sea bridge finished and it opened last Tuesday. The Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macao Bridge is 55 kilometres long, and it reduces travel time from 4 hours to just 45 minutes.
People originally scheduled the launch for 2016, but the bridge was beset by a variety of problems.
Many Hong Kong activists see the project as a political statement. Hong Kong politician Claudia Mo said that Hong Kong is already connected to mainland China in every way (land, air and sea). Yet China, she claimed, needed the bridge as a political symbol to remind Hongkongers that they are connected to the motherland.
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Schedule: برنامه ریزی کردن/ زمانبندی کردن
Launch: افتتاح
Beset with/by something: احاطه شدن/ گریبانگیر شدن
A Variety of: مختلف/ متفاوت
