Fantastic Bridges Written by Kerrie Shanahan
Fantastic Bridges
Fantastic Bridges
Text type: Report Level: H (14) Word count: 142 High-frequency words New: because down let over people these through Key vocabulary boats bridges build cars concrete fantastic high land river steel trains tunnel vines water Curriculum link • Science: The physical world Key concepts • Bridges go over land and water. • Bridges make it easier to get from one place to another. • There are different types of bridges. Reading strategy • Using the photographs and captions Paired book Jack the Explorer and the Hidden City © 2014–2015 EC Licensing Pty Ltd. This work is protected by US copyright law, and under international copyright conventions, applicable in the jurisdictions in which it is published. All rights reserved. The trademark “Flying Start to Literacy” and Star device is a registered trademark of EC Licensing Pty Ltd in the US. Purchasers of this book may have certain rights under applicable copyright law to copy parts of this book. Purchasers must make the necessary enquiries to ascertain whether and to what extent they have any such right in the jurisdiction in which they will be using the book. Photograph on cover and page 1 © 5dmarkii | Dreamstime. com; page 2 © Fverheij | Dreamstime.com; page 4 © Christian Degroote | Dreamstime.com; page 5 (bottom right) © David Goddard | Dreamstime.com; page 5 (top) © Diane White Rosier | Dreamstime.com; page 5 (bottom left) © Koi88 | Dreamstime.com; page 6 © Richard Semik | Dreamstime.com; page 8 © JENS SCHLUETER | Gettyimages; page 10 © Photofusion |Gettyimages; page 11 (top images) © Albin Olsson | Wikimedia; page 11 (bottom) © View Pictures | Gettyimages; pages 12 and 13 © Øresundbron; page 14 © Ashwin Kumar | Wikimedia; page 16 © Comstock | Thinkstock.
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Written by Kerrie Shanahan
Contents Introduction 4 A very high bridge
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Water bridge
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Rolling bridge
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Bridge-tunnel 12 The living bridge
14
Conclusion 16
Introduction All bridges go over land or water. Some bridges are very high. Some bridges can open up. Many bridges are fantastic!
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A very high bridge France
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This bridge is fantastic. It is very high and very long. The top of the bridge is a long way from the land below. 7
Water bridge Most bridges are for cars or trains, but this bridge is for boats. It is filled with water and boats go across it and under it.
Germany 8
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Rolling bridge This bridge rolls up. It rolls up to let boats go through.
It rolls down so people can go over it.
London 10
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Bridge-tunnel
Underwater tunnel
Most bridges go over water. This bridge goes over water, but it has a tunnel in the middle. The tunnel goes under the water.
Sweden/Denmark 12
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The living bridge
India
This bridge is fantastic because it is made from vines. It is very old and is still growing! Most bridges are made from steel and concrete.
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Conclusion People build bridges so they can go over land or water. Many of these bridges are fantastic!
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