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A Chinese company is going to build a new shipping route [throughout / through] Central America. Nicaragua has [gave / given] the company a $40 billion contract to [construction / construct] a canal across the country. It will [join / joint] the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. This [means / meant] there will be two waterways to connect the two oceans. The [other / another] one is the Panama Canal, which opened in 1914. The new waterway in Nicaragua will be bigger and [lengthier / longer] than the 77-km-long Panama Canal. A spokesman said [lots / much] bigger ships would pass through Nicaragua's canal – twice [the / a] size of those that currently use the Panama Canal. The name of the company that will build the canal is still a [secret / secretive] . However, it will have a 100-year contract to maintain the project.

The new canal will be a very important trade route. Shipping companies will [save / saving] time and money [because / so] it will be farther north than the Panama Canal. It will [take / make] companies ten years to finish the project, but the first ships will use it [within / without] six years. It will be 22 metres deep and 286 km [length / long] . Not [all / every] Nicaraguans are happy about the canal. Congressman Carlos Langrand said: "This project [effects / affects] all Nicaraguans, the future of Lake Nicaragua, our [environmentally / environmental] resources, and the economy." He complained that the government was not being [honest / honesty] with the people. He told the "Nicaragua Dispatch" newspaper that: “We have [many / much] more questions than answers about this project.”