Interesting facts about canals

1. The best examples of canals used forewarning) land are found in Holland, where much of the country is below sea-level Dams are used to prevent flooding and since 1932 over 300,000 acres of land have beat drained. In winter the Dutch people use the frozen canals for ice-skating.

2. In a hot dry country such as Egypt water is scarce, and to prevent the land from becoming dry long canals are built from dams. These canals must be continually kept ерш, for the Egyptian farms and cotton fields cannot exist without these life lines of water.

9 Many inland waterways are used for the transport of heavy goods by barges. This method of carrying materials is not so widely used now, for although it is cheaper, it has the disadvantage of being much slower. Speed

10 Упражнения предназначены для перевода с английского языка на русский.

11 Номера параграфов соответствуют номерам параграфов грамматического справочника.

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