高中英语选修7(译林牛津版)Module 7 Unit 4 Public transport Reading.ppt

link up: to connect/ to join e.g. 1) The two islands will be linked up by a bridge. 2) If you link up the pieces of information, you will be clearer about what has really happened. provide v. to give something to somebody e.g. 1) The hotel provides a shoe-cleaning service for guests. 2) Have you heard of the project designed to provide young people with work/provide work for young people. 3. These new ways of digging accelerated the pace of the London Underground’s development. (L27) accelerate v. 加速，促进 e.g. The conference accelerated the pace of educational reforms. 这次会议加快了教育改革的步伐。 4. ___________ (see) the situation, a wealthy American businessman, Charles Yerkes, undertook improving the system in 1902 by obtaining ownership of the many different lines and setting up the Underground Electric Railways Company of London. (L33) Having seen by: by means of e.g. Alice left her keys at home. She had managed to get into her room by climbing through the window. He has improved his violin-playing skills by practising every day. 他通过每天练习提高了他拉小提琴 的技能。 5. …, the Metropolitan Line and all the different bus and train lines were placed under the authority of the Board. (L38) place v. to be in a state or situation 1) She placed a tape recorder in front of her on the table. 2) His uncooperative attitude placed us in an embarrassing situation. 3) This job places great demands on the workers, which can be quite stressful. 6. When London was bombed, many underground stations functioned as bomb shelters. (L43) function as: serve as e.g. This big room functions as a meeting room. 这个大房间用作会议室。 1. However, most trains to London only went to the outer city limits, because building railway tracks into the city would have caused damaged many old buildings. (P50) 难句解析 句子结构分析：在这个复合句中，most trains to London only went to th