World News for Students of English

20-11-2020 07:00

The British government approved a $2 billion tunnel under Stonehenge.

Stonehenge is a prehistoric stone monument in southwest England that people built more than 5,000 years ago. Since 1986, Stonehenge has been on the list of world heritage sites.

The reason why officials decided to build a tunnel under Stonehenge was to deal with traffic in the area. There is a very busy road near Stonehenge which becomes narrow, and it often stops traffic. The tunnel will be about three kilometers long, and it will be about 50 metres farther away than the road.

Many people protest against the tunnel. They are afraid that it will destroy the stones and the landscape around them.

Difficult words: prehistoric (something that existed before people started to record information), monument (a large structure that people make to remember something; a monument is often made from stone), world heritage site (a place that is very special and people must look after it well to keep it for next generations), landscape (an area of land with its hills, fields, rivers and other things).

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