Golden Bridge

An amazing footbridge
in Vietnam has been
getting a lot of
attention, both from
tourists and on the
internet. Read the brief
article and complete the
ten gaps with the
correct passive tense.

Scores of tourists ______________ (attract) to Cau Vang or the “Golden Bridge” in

Vietnam’s Ba Na Hills since it opened in June 2018. Despite the COVID-19 restrictions, even
now, the spectacular bridge ________________(visit) by hundreds of local tourists each
week, eager to see a novel piece of architecture famed for its unusual design.

The pedestrian walkway ________________(design) by TA Landscape Architecture in Ho Chi

Minh City. The bridge ________________(locate) over 1,000 metres (3,280 feet) above sea
level and extends over the treetops from the edge of a leafy cliff face, offering tourists
uninterrupted views of the majestic landscape beneath.

The bridge __________________ (position) to evoke the image of the “giant hands of Gods,
pulling a strip of gold out of the land,” said Vu Viet Anh, Design Principal at TA Landscape
Architecture. “It creates a walkway in the sky, among the foggy and fairy-like lands of Ba Na
mountain,” said Anh, who added that he ___________________(surprise) by the level of
attention his firm’s design had attracted both locally and internationally.

It is the supports of the bridge, two huge stone-colored human hands styled in such a way
that it looks as if the jungle is struggling to reclaim them, which have garnered the most
attention from visitors and internet surfers alike. At first glance, one might think the hands
__________ (make) of stone, but they are not. The skeletons of the hands ___________
(build) from steel mesh and then coated with fiberglass. Later, theming ___________ (add)
to make the hands look like they were made from stone.

The company says it took them about a year to build the majestic bridge which is part of
a $2 billion investment in local tourism. The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism
stated that the Ba Na Hills, a popular getaway for the French during the colonial occupation
of Vietnam, received over 2.7 million visitors last year. It is anticipated that the Golden
Bridge _________________(visit) by over a million visitors in 2021.

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Scores of tourists have been attracted to Cau Vang or the “Golden Bridge” in Vietnam’s Ba
Na Hills since it opened in June 2018. Despite the COVID-19 restrictions, even now, the
spectacular bridge is visited by hundreds of local tourists each week, eager to see a novel
piece of architecture famed for its unusual design.

The pedestrian walkway was designed by TA Landscape Architecture in Ho Chi Minh City.
The bridge is located over 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) above sea level and extends over the
treetops from the edge of a leafy cliff face, offering tourists uninterrupted views of the
majestic landscape beneath.

The bridge is positioned to evoke the image of the “giant hands of Gods, pulling a strip of
gold out of the land,” said Vu Viet Anh, Design Principal at TA Landscape Architecture. “It
creates a walkway in the sky, among the foggy and fairy-like lands of Ba Na mountain,” said
Anh, who added that he was surprised by the level of attention his firm’s design had
attracted both locally and internationally.

It is the supports of the bridge, two huge stone-colored human hands styled in such a way
that it looks as if the jungle is struggling to reclaim them, which have garnered the most
attention from visitors and internet surfers alike. At first glance, one might think the hands
are made of stone, but they are not. The skeletons of the hands were built from steel mesh
and then coated with fiberglass. Later, theming was added to make the hands look like they
were made from stone.

The company says it took them about a year to build the majestic bridge which is part of
a $2 billion investment in local tourism. The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism
stated that the Ba Na Hills, a popular getaway for the French during the colonial occupation
of Vietnam, received over 2.7 million visitors last year. It is anticipated that the Golden
Bridge will be visited by over a million visitors in 2021.

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