THE FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION

l.How the world’s first metro system was built

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdZd5zYTKAw&t=272s
II. Now let’s find out about the origins of the London underground by
watching this video. Answer these questions:
1.In what year was the world’s first subway line completed?
2.How long was the first line?
3.On the first day, how many people traveled on the line?
4.The first line was built using what method?
5.After 30 years, London’s subway system had extended to _______.
6.What factors led to London becoming the site of the first subway?
7.Why are two different methods used to build subways?
8.Who was Charles Pearson?
9.
III. Explain the meaning of the underlined words:
a.It was the dawn of 1863.
b.Pub drinkers scoffed at the idea.
c.London, at the time the world’s largest and most prosperous city, was in a
permanent state of gridlock, with carts, costermongers, cows,
and commuters jamming the roads.
d.On one occasion, a heavy rainstorm flooded the nearby sewers and burst
through the excavation, delaying the project by several months.
e.Additional lines were soon built, and new suburbs grew around the stations.
f.Big department stores opened next to the railroad, and the railway company
even created attractions, like a 30-story Ferris wheel in Earls Court to bring
in tourists by train.
IV. In what ways does a subway system help a city and its population?

V. Watch this Tedtalk and summarize the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta9HuJbV-hQ