Globes Remain Popular — Even with Google Earth — VOA Learning English
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Next time you see a globe, close your eyes, and turn it quickly so it spins. Then stop it with your finger.
Chances are that you will stop on a body of water. That is because water covers 71 percent of the Earth’s surface.
If you do not land on water, maybe you will discover a place you have never visited, or even knew about. Depending on the age of the globe, the place might be called something other than what it is called today. Politics changes national borders and city names over time.
You can use a globe to see what is on the other side of the world from where you are. Looking at a globe might make you think more about the April 8 eclipse, when the moon temporarily blocked the sun as seen…
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