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1. Why do people have a romantic outlook on the trains?
2. What is the impressive fact about the double-decker buses in Britain?
3. Why were school crossing patrols introduced?
4. What is the thing the British are enthusiastic about?
5. How can the private roads be connected with the pollution?
6. What are two possible ways to travel between any towns or cities?
7. What is the world`s oldest underground railway?
A. The British are enthusiastic about mobility. They think that the ability to travel far and frequently is their right. People can spend up to two or three hours commuting to London or another big city and arrive back at their homes in the countryside only late in the evening. They put up with the long journey because they want their families to avoid the unhealthy lifestyle of big cities.
B. Most journeys to work are made by private road transport. It leads to the pollution so familiar to many big cities, and to traffic jams. Congestion is especially high in Britain because the British do not welcome the idea of building new roads. They don’t like living close to them. Each proposal to build a new road is criticised so it’s not easy to improve the road situation.
C. Perhaps because the trains were the first means of transport in Britain many people still have a romantic outlook on them. Thousands of train-lovers spend a lot of time looking for information about trains, especially old steam engines. Many enthusiasts spend their free time restoring and repairing old trains. They even earn some money by offering rides to tourists.
D. It is possible to travel between any two towns or cities by either road or rail. In some parts of the country there is a very good rail network but most commercially successful trains run between London and the largest cities in the country. By modern European standards British trains are not fast. Coach services are generally even slower than trains but are much cheaper. It explains why they are still in use.
E. Britain is one of the few countries in Europe where double-decker buses are a common sight. Although single-deckers have been in use since 1960s, London still has many double-deckers in operation. They are world-famous, an image associated with the city. Another London icon is the black taxi. Normally, these traditional taxis cannot be hired by phone. You simply have to find one on the street.
F. On 9 January 2013, the London Underground (or the Tube) celebrated 150 years since the first underground journey. It is both the world's oldest underground railway and the oldest rapid transit system. It was also the first underground railway to operate electric trains. The Underground has 268 stations and 400 km of track, making it the longest metro system in the world by route length.
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speed, excitement, danger. you can find all these in the different extreme sports that have become popular last 10 years. take bungee jumping. you jump off a bridge and you fall and fall, and then, just before you hit the ground or water, an elastic rope pulls you back. in skysurfing you jump out of aeroplane and use a board to “surf” the air, doing gymnastics in mid-air! and extreme sports on land can be just as dangerous.
winter sports have always an element of danger. for example snowboarding, which has all the excitement of surfing but on snow, is more dangerous even than skiing. probably the most dangerous of all the new winter sports is snowrafting. you sit in a rubber boat and sail down a mountain at great speed – and you can't control the boat!
of course, water sports have always been fun. ice diving, for those people who are absolutely crasy. you put on diving equipment and dive under a frosen lake. and, if that's not enough, you try to walk upside down on the ice! i feel cold just thinking about it.
a lot of people are not fit nowadays. it's a big problem today. if you want to feel fit you'd better go in for one kind of sport or another. i think that everyone must do all he can to be healthy. good health is better than the best medicine. all kinds of physical exercises are very useful to make our bodies strong and to keep ourselves fit and healthy. to tell the truth i don't do sports regularly and it is not an essential part of my daily life. in the morning i do some exercises just to awake. in summer i go swimming as there is a beautiful lake with pure water where my granny lives. in winter i swim in the swimming pool. i like to ride the bike. i shouldn't call myself a sports fan. of course , i like to watch sports competitions on tv, like hockey or football. but most of all i admire extreme kinds of sport. i think they are really cool.