Building Bridges

True/ False
If you are in Iceland, you have to pass through another country to go to the beach.
Landlocked countries are the ones which are surrounded by land.
Uzbekistan is one of the two doubly landlocked countries in the world.
Some countries were landlocked in the past and are not any more or vice versa.
The reason why so many countries are eager to have a coastline is to be able to fish.
European industrialization started early because of existence of navigable rivers.
In Asia and Africa there are a lot of rivers that take you from the interior to the sea.
There are 42 landlocked countries in the world and 71 % of them are developing ones.
Landlocked countries are not major exporters of manufactured goods as they pay 30 to 50% more for transport costs than coastal nations.
The only way to deal with the problem of being landlocked is to move the mountains or make rivers.
Martial Arts
Everybody was kung-fu fighting, Those cats were fast as lightning, In fact it was a little bit frightening, But they fought with 1__________ timing (Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas)
Martial arts have never been more popular. Recent Hollywood action blockbusters featuring acrobatic fight 2________ like The Matrix and Charlie’s Angels have been hugely 3__________, and the 4_________ of martial arts films from Hong Kong, China and Taiwan have turned actors like Jet Li and Jackie Chan into 5_________ superstars. While the closest that many martial arts 6__________ get to a dojo is playing Mortal Combat and Street Fighter in front of a TV screen in their living room, others are keen to 7__________ the mats and have a go at martial arts themselves. From the graceful, dance like moves of tai chi and capoeira to the explosive fighting styles of kung fu and karate, there is a martial art to 8________ every taste. Rock stars to bus 9________, vicars to politicians - people of 10________ and from all walks of life are discovering the 11________ and 12________ benefits of practising a martial art.