Reading2Unit4ThefirstundergroundintheworldWhatinformatio
ndidyougetabouttheLondonUndergroundfromthetext?reaso
nsdevelopmentunusualfunctions/usesexpansion&popularityThe
briefintroductiontotheLondonUndergroundWelcometotheLon
donUnderground,orasitis________known,thetube.usually
Ithasthe_________ofbeingtheoldestandmost_______underg
roundsystemintheworld.(L2)1.Theschoolmakesnodistinct
ionbetweenmaleandfemalestudents.2.Noonetodaydoubts
YaoMingisabasketballplayerofdistinction.distinctioncom
plexWhydowecallitthemostcomplexundergroundsystem?Many
differentpartsarecloselyconnected.MyGod,thecaseisso__
_______!Canyouguesswhatthedetectiveissayingtohimself?
complexWhydidtheybuildsuchacomplexundergroundsysteminst
eadofusingtrainsorothervehicles?Thereasonsforbuilding
theundergroundsystemMosttrainsintoLondononlywentt
otheoutercity.Iftherailwaytracks________builtintothe
city,theywouldhavecauseddamagetomanyoldbuildings.had
beenSotrainsonlywenttotheplacesthatare_____awayfrom
thecity.farBecausebuildingrailwaytracksintothecitywoul
dhavedamagedmanyoldbuildings.Horse-drawnbuses,trams,c
absandcarriageswereusedtoconveypeopletoandaroundtheci
tycentre.(L5)Wouldyoupleasefindanotherwordtoreplace“
convey”?Allthisinformationcanbeconveyedinasimplediagra
m.2.Yourluggagewillbeconveyedtothehotelbytaxi.expres
sedcarriedUnfortunately,thenumberofvehiclesontheroadcau
sedunbelievabletraffic________,andtheroadbecamesobusyth
atnoonecouldtravelanywhere.(L7)Asituationwhereitisd
ifficultorimpossibletomovebecausetherearemanycars.jam
sThistrafficproblemledtothedevelopmentoftheunderground
system.thedevelopmentoftheundergroundsystemTheBritish
governmentgaveapprovaltotheconstructionbytheMetropolitan
RailwayCompanyof….1854However,newtrainshadtobedevelo
pedandtheplanrequiredraisingalargeamountofmoney,sothe
diggingwas_________until1860.postponeddelay,putoffSoth
ecompany_______________until1860.postponeddigging1863T
heinitialtunnelswereopenedandwasbeneath….beginningPassen
gersweretransportedincarriageswithoutwindows,whichwerepu
lledthroughthenarrowtunnelsbysteamengines..underBe
causeofthesmokefromthesteamengines,earlyundergroundline
sneededlargeholesleadingtothesurfaceatregularintervals,
sothatpeoplecouldgetfreshairandwouldnotchoke.(L21)
Shechokedtodeathonafishbone.“Ican’tbearit,”hesaidin
achokedvoice.Thegardenischokedwithweeds.窒息哽咽阻塞，充满
In1868,thenextsectionoftheundergroundsystemwasopenedi
nthesouthofLondonbyanothercompanycalledtheMetropolitan
DistrictRailway..partIn1884,theMetropolitanRailwayComp
anyandtheMetropolitanDistrictRailwaylinkedupandprovided
theundergroundservice.ThislaterbecametheCircleLine.(L20)
connectedtheMetropolitanRailwayCompanytheMetropolitanDis
trictRailway1.Facingthefinancialcrisis,whatshouldsmall
companiesdotoreducethecompetition?3.What’sthepurposeof
thisorganization?Wouldyoupleaseanswerthefollowingquestio
nswiththephrase“linkup”?2.Whatdothepolicemanusuallydo
withtheclueswhenlookingintothecase?Whatelsehappenedi
n1884?Asbetterproceduresfordiggingtunnelsweredevelope
d,thefirstrailwaytunnelundertheRiverThameswasdugin188
4.ThesenewwaysofdiggingacceleratedthepaceoftheLondonU
nderground’sdevelopment.(L24)Theadvancedwaysofdiggingtunn
elsmadethedevelopmentoftheLondonUnderground_______thane
xpected.fasterTheFerrariMondialcan__________from0to60m
phin6.3seconds.accelerateItisfamousforitsexcellent__
_________.accelerationNewtechnology__________thedevelopme
ntofcarindustry.acceleratedIn1890,theCityandSou
thLondonRailwayopenedthefirstelectricundergroundrailway.
Overthenexttwenty-fiveyears,sixindependentdeepundergro
undlinesweremade.Travelingontheselineswasnotconveni
ent,aseachlinewaspossessedbyadifferentcompany,andmany
wereveryfarfromeachother.have,ownDifferentcompanyisin
possessionofeachline.Eachlineisindifferentcompany’spos
session.Travelingontheselineswasnotconvenient,aseac
hlinewaspossessedbyadifferentcompany,andmanywereveryf
arfromeachother.__________(see)thesituation,aweal
thyAmericanbusinessman,CharlesYerkesundertookimprovingthe
systembyobtainingownershipofthemanydifferentlinesandse
ttinguptheUndergroundElectricRailwaysofLondon.(L30)Havin
gseenAfterCharlesYerkeshadseenthesituation,getsomethin
gthrougheffortthefactofowningsth.beresponsiblefora
pieceofworkwereplacedundertheauthorityoftheboard
LondonTransporttheUndergroundElectricRailwaysofLondo
ntheMetropolitanLineallthedifferentbusandtrainlines
werecontrolledbytheboardWhenLondonwasbombed,many
undergroundstationsfunctionedasbombshelter.(L41)servedDur
ingWorldWarII,theundergroundsystemhadsomeunusualuses.
Whatotherfunctionsdoestheundergroundsystemhave?AfterWo
rldWarIIendedin1945,morepeopletravelledontheundergroun
d.Sothesystemwasandmorelineswereadded,i
ncreaseinsizeorscale…includingtheVictoriaLine,whichwas
linkedwithotherlinesatalmosteverystation.helpedmaketh
esystemmoreuser-friendly.ThisenlargedeasytouseThelastl
ineaddedwastheJubileeLine,whichwasopenedin1979inhonou
rofthetwenty-fifthanniversaryElizabethIIbecomingthequeen
.thepopularityofthesystemSo,whynottakeatri
pontheoldestundergroundsystemtoday?Visitourticketoffice
andbuyoneofthetravelcardsthatyoutotravel
allovertheundergroundsystem.permitallowsomethingtohappe
n,especiallybyanofficialdecisionThenetworkincludestwelve
linesandgoestwenty-sixmilesoutofcentralLondon.TheLond
onundergroundsystemisworkingtotransportmillionsofpeople
asithasdoneformanyyears.Threemillionpeopletravelontheundergroundeveryday.Thisclubdoesnotpermitsmoking.Thesecuritysystemwillnotpermityoutoenterwithoutthecorrectpassword.+ingformofverb+object+toinfinitivepermit(permitting/permitted)LanguageinuseCanyouusethewordslearnedinthetexttosaysomethingabouttheundergroundsysteminChangsha?Book10_课件_U1_Reading2-8Book10_课件_U1_Reading2-8Book10_课件_U1_Reading2-8 |
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