Why Does the Pisa Tower Lean? New words in this story Notes: Trong lịch sử của ngành kiến trúc, hiếm có công trình nghệ thuật nào mà chính sự sai lầm trong quá trình xây dựng lại biến nó thành một tuyệt tác của nhân loại. Vậy mà ở Italy lại tồn tại một công trình như vậy, đó là ngọn tháp nghiêng Pisa nổi tiếng. The Pisa Tower is the best leaning tower in the world. It was built in 11 th century. It was made of white marble. It is 55.863 meters tall. However, after the 3 rd floor was finished in 1178, the Pisa Tower began to lean. The foundation caused the lean of the tower. It was only 3 meters deep . The foundation was built on clay . So, the land was not strong enough to keep the weight of the huge tower. After that, the Pisa Tower was stopped within 100 years. The government hoped that the soil would settle . And it would be strong enough to hold the weight of th

La Tomatina Festival in Spain New words in this story Notes: La Tomatina là một lễ hội cà chua được tổ chức tại thị trấn nhỏ Bunol, Valencia, Tây Ban Nha. Được biết đến như là cuộc đại chiến đồ ăn lớn nhất thế giới, cả trăm tấn cà chua được sử dụng để mọi người “ném nhau” trong lễ hội. La Tomatina is the world’s biggest food fight . The origin of the festival is when people attacked the government with tomatoes in an event. Then it became a tradition in Spain Every year, the festival is held on the last Wednesday of August in Bunol. People come from all over the world. They throw tomatoes to each other in the fight. In this festival, there are more than 100 tons of tomatoes that are used on the streets. Many trucks carry tomatoes into the center of the town. The tomatoes come from Extremadura, where they are very cheap.