Public transport

3. passengers were transported in carriages without windows, which were pulled through the comparatively narrow tunnels by steam engines.
4. having seen the situation, a wealthy american businessman, charles yerkes, tried to improve the system by buying many of the different lines and setting up the underground group.
5. all the different bus and train lines were placed under the authority of the board.
6. the london underground system is working to transport millions of people effectively as it has done for many years.
7. this notice is aimed at increasing people’s awareness of the problem because it has become quite extreme.
8. drivers have to take the responsibility to watch out for people crossing the road, especially older people who may walk slowly and young children who may not look before stepping into the road.
9. many cyclists do not pay attention to the cars that surround them and often ride too close to cars to allow them space and time to stop.
10. this lack of control is an invitation to accidents.
11. some cyclists make the assumption that traffic laws do not apply to them.
四.句型拓展
1. however, most trains into london only went to the distant boundary of the city because building railway tracks into the city would have caused damage to many historic buildings. (p50) 但是大部分通往倫敦的火車只到倫敦城的遠郊，因為在市區內修建鐵路會損壞許多古建筑。
distant  adj.  a distant country
she could hear the distant sound of fireworks exploding.
in the distant past/future
at some point in the distant future i would like to have my own house.
quite soon:  they plan to have children in the not-too-distant future.
distance  n. [c or u]
he travels quite a distance (= a long way) to work every day.
does she live within walking distance of her parents?
高考鏈接
the faces of four famous american presidents on mount rushmore can be seen from a _____ of 60 miles.（全國）
a. length      b. distance     c. way     d. space
答案：b
historic  adj.   historic buildings   a historic day/moment
in a historic vote, the church of england decided to allow women to become priests.
historical   adj.  connected with the study or representation of things from the past:
she specializes in historical novels set in eighteenth-century england.
historically   adv.
the film makes no attempt to be historically accurate.
historically (= over a long period in the past), there have always been close links between france and scotland.