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decline of cattle driving cowboys when lines dipped down into Texas. No longer did cowboys
need to drive their herds north – now the train could do it quicker and cheaper.
[4] The railways profoundly shaped the United States and continued to do so until about the
1930s. From that point on until the mid-seventies, road and air transport competed with the
train and slowly caused many lines to go out of business. In the 1970s, for example, 10 major
lines went bankrupt and the Federal Government bought a good portion of this dying service
industry. The new system was called Amtrak and provided passenger service between major
urban centers.
[5] Today, however, most Americans prefer to travel by plane. Prices for long distance flights
are just slightly higher or equal to train tickets to the same destination. Factor in the time
passengers save by flying, plus convenience, and you can easily see why American rail can never
be what it once was. Although people prefer to travel quickly and comfortably by air, freight
goods are still transported by rail.
LESSON FOUR
UNDERGROUND RAILWAYS
Ex.1. Practice the reading.
► ou, ow
▪ amount, council, dismount, announce, discount, fountain, soundproof, compound, layout, output,
found, pronounce, about, bounty, accountancy, shout, proud, boundary, aloud, arouse,
paramount, power, crowd, downtown, gown, glower, powder;
▪ owing, own, narrow, borrow, rainbow, arrow, shallow, blow, flow, follow, grow, below;
▪ BUT: group, route, could, would, should, acoustic; double, couple, trouble, country, touch,
courage; soul.
► ere, ure, are, ire (yre), ore
▪ merely, atmosphere, here, sincere, adhere;
▪ cure, demure, premature, secure, endure, purely, mature;
▪ declare, software, carefully, beware, barely, prepare, compare, square, share, fare, rarely,
mare, aware, stare, dare;
▪ desire, tire, tyre, entire, requirement, hire, firework, esquire, satire, wireless, retired, acquire,
inquire;
▪ core, explore, moreover, restore, store, therefore, score, bore, semaphore, shore, adore.
Words and word combinations to be remembered
1) to accommodate – вмещать
2) capacity – мощность, вместимость, грузоподъемность
carrying capacity – пропускная способность
3) to carry out – выполнять, осуществлять
4) to control – управлять
control – управление
5) to cost – стоить
cost – цена, стоимость
costs – расходы, издержки
6) current – ток
alternative current (a. c.) – переменный ток
direct current (d. c.) – постоянный ток
7) to damage – повреждать, причинять ущерб
damage – повреждение, ущерб
8) empty – пустой, порожний

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