news bulletin – answers

Ice shelf hangs by a thread

correct the sentences

1. Scientists are supporting the ice shelf mechanically with threads. they are almost collapsing – ‘hanging by a thread’ means ready to fall
2. The ice shelf is only 500 metres wide. at its narrowest part only
3. The ice shelf broke up 10 years ago. it has been breaking up over 10 years the process is not complete
4. The helicopter used the GPS transmitter to land in the shelf. the transmitter is being installed in the ice to monitor the ice shelf
5. The professor is not surprised that the shelf is so thin. he is surprised that the shelf is still there -(‘miraculously’ tells us about his surprise)
6. The width of the shelf measures more than the length. the other way around
7. 30% of the shelf has gone in the last 50 years. in the last 10 years
8. The ice shelf will finally go in the summer. it is difficult to predict but the summer is more likely
9. Final cracks are appearing now. not yet but he expects this to happen very soon
10. 9 other shelves are beginning to disappear. some of these have already collapsed