Page 17 - Lifelines Pre-intermediate.Student's book

Every hour nearly 15,000 In one hour Volkswagen
babies are born. The world's makes 166 cars at its factory in
population increases by Volfsburg, Germany. In the
and the wodd same period of time the Hero
spends over $- on Bicycle Company of India

weapons. In one hour the w'orld drinks produces bikes
cans of Coca-Cola. and the Reynolds Tobacco
McDonald's hamburger shops Company in the United States

serve _ clrstomefs. produces -
People buy enough BIC cigarettes.
ballpoint pens to draw a line
In a lifetime of 65 years the round the equator 160 times.

aYerage person watches
television for twelve years, and
sleeps for alrnost years.

In one year people in Britain
drink cups oftea.
Your heart beats
Per head they eat 65 loaves of
approximately
bread and eggs.
times in a minute. In that
Each person drinks
same 60 seconds you breathe
216 pints of milk,
in about Every hour over
- bottles
times and planes take off or land
of wine and 207 pints
you biink seveflteen somewhere in the world, and
of beer. But Britain is
times. You lose between there are recorded
only twentieth in the
50 and hairs earthquakes.
league of alcohol
and more than a
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litre of sweat 'r rr
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