Today, a lot of canals are left into oblivion, with no other use than to age and degrade, as most of them were built in the times of rising industry and urbanization. But there are some, a fraction of all that were built in the past, that are still used today. They preserve their...
Canals are also used to carry water to mills and factories. The water from a river is kept at a higher level than the river until it reaches the wheel of the mill. Then the water is poured over un61 it reaches the wheel of the mill. Then the water is poured over the mill wheel,...
[Cloze 5]Venice is considered to be one of the most1 beautful (beauty)cities in the world. It has beenknown as the“City of Canals(运河)”“City ofBridges",and“City of Water". The city is madeup of about 100 2 islands (island),150 canals,and 400 bridges. There 3 are (be)no...
Most people have heard of the Great Wall, but not many people outside China know about the Grand Canal. This man-made waterway—known to the Chinese as the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal—is the longest as well as one of the oldest canals in the world and a place of interest. It's 1...
Venice is considered to be one of the most 26(beauty) cities in the world. It has been known as the“City of Canals(运河)”,“City of Bridges”, and“Cityof Water". The city is made up of about 10027(island), 150 canals, and 400 bridges. There28(be) no roads in the city, so...
Venice is considered to be one of the most 1 (beauty)cities in the world. It has been known as the "City of Canals(运河), "City of Bridges" and" City of Water". The city is made up of about 100 2 (island), 150 canals, and 400 bridges. There 3 (be)no roads in the city,...
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Venice is considered to be one of the most 42 (beauty) cities in theworld. It has been known as the “City of Canals(运河)”,“City ofBridges", and “City of Water". The city is made up of about 100 43 (is-land), 150 canals, and 400 bridges. There 44 (be) no roads in the...
away so many bikes into the canals, but this habit of throwing things into the canals goes back a long way.In the old days, the canals used to be an open sewer.There was no answer system in Amsterdam, so the canals were like an open toilet and trash—can for the people of ...
Friendly people and one of the most famous cities in the world sees the Netherlands (not Holland!) make the top 30 most visited countries. Most visitors, much like Prague, are European city-breakers visiting Amsterdam. but the tulips, canals and windmills elsewhere mean there is a lot more ...