LESSON 5 THEME: UNDERGROUND RAILWAYS
Starter:
1. The advantages of the modern underground systems.
2. The disadvantages of the early underground railways.
Fowler‘s Ghost Locomotive, 1865. A London tube station circa 1900
The world‘s first underground railway, the London Underground, opened on
the 10th of January, 1863.
The first 3.75-mile (6 km) track ran steam locomotives pulling wooden carriages, and
ran between London Paddington station and Farringdon station.
Word formation
Prefixes:
dis-, under-, sub-
Suffix of noun: -
ness
a) Translate groups of words according to the pattern.
dis: disapprove
v не одобрять (approve одобрять)-maqullamoq
disorder
n беспорядок (order порядок)-tartibsizlik
under: undersea
а подводный –suv osti
sub : subtitle
n подзаголовок (title заголовок)
-sarlovha osti
subdivide
v подразделять (divide делить)-taqsimlamoq
discomfort, subsystem, disconnect, underwater (a), disappearance,
underload
underdeveloped (a), suburban,
disadvantage, subdivision, dislike,
underload
underproduction.
(б)
Example: dark темный — darkne
ss темнота
cheap (дешевый)—cheapness; bright (яркий) — brightness; near (близкий) —
nearness; great—greatness; corrosive — corrosiveness; smooth — smoothness.
TEXT A. UNDERGROUND RAILWAYS
I
(1) The underground railways as a kind of city
transport appeared in the
second half of the 19th century. The first underground system was proposed for
London by Charles Pearson in 1843. But most people criticized the project. It
was spoken of as a fantasy. Indeed, when
constructed, the Metropolitan line, as it
was called, was not a success.
The world‘s first underground railway, the London