[00:02.03]Unit 22 Environmental Protection

[00:07.01]Language Awareness 7

[00:09.31]Wrapped Up

[00:10.99]People, bridges, buildings, rivers,valleys,

[00:14.47]even entire coastlines and islands,

[00:16.94]have all been wrapped up

[00:18.29]by the Bulgarian artist,Christo,

[00:20.69]his French wife, Jeanne -Claude,

[00:22.86]and their team of helpers.

[00:24.80]Stephen Treasure reports.

[00:27.36]One of their most spectacular projects

[00:29.80]was called Surrounded Islands.

[00:32.18]Eleven islands on the coast

[00:33.87]near Miami were surrounded by over six thousand

[00:36.80]square metres of pink plastic!

[00:39.86]Another project was wrapping up the German

[00:42.24]Parliament building.

[00:43.96]Many people thought that permission wouldn't

[00:45.86]be given, and some thought the project

[00:48.10]should never have been allowed.

[00:50.25]However, when the wrapping of the Reichstag

[00:52.23]in golden fabric had finally been completed,

[00:56.22]the glowing building received international

[00:58.44]acclaim, and Christo loved being appreciated.

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