Read the text. What do the numbers below refer to? RUBBISH ISLAND ON THE MALDIVES
The Maldives are a group of beautiful tropical islands in the Indian Ocean. But the Maldives have got a dirty secret: Thilafushi, the orld!s biggest rubbish island. "hips bring more than ##$ tonnes of rubbish to Thilafushi every day from all over the Maldives. %or&ers %or&ers burn some of the rubbish and put the rest in the ground. The Maldivians built Thilafushi in '((). *t that time, they ere loo&ing for a place to thro out their rubbish. Nearly '$$,$$$ people ere living in Male, the capital city, and they ere producing a lot of rubbish rubbish every day. day. Male is only to s+uare &ilometres, so there as nohere for all this rubbish to go. The government decided to build Thilafushi to solve this problem. Today, oday, the Maldives are a very popular destination. More M ore than '$,$$$ tourists arrive every ee& and each tourist produces #. &g of rubbish. There is no so much rubbish on Thilafushi and it is groing at a rate of one s+uare metre a day. day. Today, oday, there is not much space on Thilafushi, so the Maldivians are sending some of their rubbish to India. "hips come to the Maldives to bring vegetables from India. In the past, the ships returned to India empty, but today they return ith empty cans, metals and cardboard. %hen they arrive in India, the Indians sell everything for recycling. The rubbish crisis in the Maldives is getting orse every day, but the tourists &no nothing about the problem. The tourists continue to sim in the blue sea and sunbathe on the sandy beaches. They have got no idea about the rubbish island only a short short distance aay. aay.
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David is interviewing Tom, a volunteer in an environmental projet. Tom has just got ba! from Thilafushi. Write David"s #uestions using the $ast %imple or the $ast &ontinuous. Then write Tom"s answers based on the information in the text. 1. when / the the Maldivia Maldivians ns / build / Thilafus Thilafushi hi
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