Stonehenge Tunnel – level 1

20-11-2020 07:00

Stonehenge is a very special place in southwest England. People build Stonehenge more than 5,000 years ago. They make a big stone circle in a field.

The stones are very big and heavy. Scientists do not know exactly how people build Stonehenge. A busy road goes very near Stonehenge. There are many cars. There are often traffic jams.

Officials make a project. They want to build a tunnel under Stonehenge. The British government approves the project. The tunnel will be about 3 kilometers long. It will be 50 meters farther than the road. It will cost $2 billion.

Some people do not agree with the tunnel. They are afraid that it will hurt Stonehenge.

Difficult words: traffic jam (a line of cars that stop or they move very slowly), project (a plan or work), approve (to agree with something officially).

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