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- It may look like a tram but, in fact, it's a theatre.In Mexico City, vehicles normally used for public transport have been getting a makeover.Mexicans hardly ever scrap their buses. These, donated by Japan over 20 years ago, have been rebornas community centres and shops.This lorry carries knowledge. It's a mobile library, offering space for children's activities and seminars.
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- makeover
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Exercise
Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from BBC news reports.
Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence correctly.
tram/ makeover/ scrap/ reborn/ lorry
1. The government says it will ______ or change more than 3,000 regulations. It says its drive to cut bureaucracy will save companies millions of pounds.
2. ______ services went far beyond the city boundary extending to Milngavie, Paisley, Renfrew, Clydebank, Uddingston and Airdrie - all at rock-bottom fares and at high frequencies that are unheard of today.
3. A stretch of motorway between junctions 22 and 21A was closed after a _______ crossed the central reservation on Thursday morning.
4. Ten years ago on Friday, an old flour mill on the banks of the River Tyne was _______ as a temple to modern art when Gateshead's Baltic gallery opened its doors.
5. Electricity pylons, little changed since the 1920s, may get a _______ with a new international design competition. Are transmission towers icons or eyesores?
