World's longest tunnel and a strange kind of race 世界最长铁路隧道,扛羊毛袋比赛
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World's longest rail tunnel to open 世界最长铁路隧道即将开通
An unusual kind of race 英国泰特伯里镇举行“扛羊毛袋比赛”
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The world's largest railway tunnel opens in Switzerland on Wednesday after nearly two decades of construction. The Gotthard base tunnel, 57 kilometres long, will carry high-speed trains through the heart of the Alps.
The annual running of the Tetbury Wool Sack Races: Competitors have to climb Gumstool Hill carrying a sack of wool. The men are lifting 27 kilos – the women carry 16 kilos. They run 220 metres up the hill. Tetbury was once a thriving wool town, hence this - a way of showing one's strength.