Special text: Unusual railways Special text: Underground railways

Notes
1. Gliding Railway—железная дорога, основанная на принципе скольжения
2. balloon railway —железная дорога, на которой поезда приво­дились в движение с помощью воздушного шара –Ҳаво шари ёрдамида поездларни харакатлантирувчи темир йўли.3. slide — зд. ползунок-
4. stream-lined — имеющий обтекаемую форму-силиқ шаклга эга бўлган
5. tube-flight concept —идея скоростного «полета» в трубе -қуврдаги юқори”учиш” фикри

ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY

1	usual ['ju:3uəl]	а обычный	Odatiy
2	research [ri'sə:tf]	n исследование, научная работа	Izlanish
3	aim [eim]	n цель	Maqsad
4	cheap [tfi:p]	а дешевый	Arzon
5	point of view [vj:u]	точка зрения	Nuqtai nazar ,
6	without [wi'6aut]	prep без	-siz
7	wheel [wi:l]	n колесо	G’ildirak
8	move [mu:v]	v двигаться	Harakatlanmoq
9	base [beis]	v основывать	Asoslanmoq
10	attain [ə'tein]	v достигать	Erishmoq
11	prove [pru:v]	v доказывать	Asoslamoq, isbotlamoq
12	since [sins]	cj так как	Shunday qilib
13	investigate [in'vestigeit]	v исследовать, расследовать	Izlanib topish
14	apply [ə'plai]	и применять	Qo’llamoq
15	further [fe:bə]	а дальнейший	Keyinchalik ,qo’shimcha
16	strange [streind3]	а странный	G’ayritabiy
17	facilitate [fə'sliteit]	v облегчать	Yengillashtirish
18	instead of [in'stedəv]	prep вместо	O’rnida
19	load [loud]	v грузить	Yuklamoq
20	install [in'stכ:l]	v устанавливать	O’rnatmoq
21	like [laik]	adv как, подобно	Kabi, dek
22	decrease [di:'kri:s]	v уменьшать	Kamaytirish
23	friction [frikfən]	n трение	Ishqalanish
24	loss [lכs]	n потеря	Yo’qotish
25	expect [iks'pekt]	v ожидать, предполагать	Kutmoq, taxmin qilmoq
26	whether ['webə]	cj ли	Yoki
27	care [kεə]	п забота, внимание	G’amxo’rlik
28	source [sכ:s]	n источник	Manbaa
29	transfer [trsæns'fə:|	и перемещать, передавать	O’tkazmoq
30	rear [riə]	n задняя сторона	Orqa tomoni

THEME: UNDERGROUND RAILWAYS
I
(1) The underground railways as a kind of city transport appeared in the second half of the 19th century. The first underground system was proposed for London by Charles Pearson in 1843. But most people criticized the project. It was spoken of as a fantasy. Indeed, when constructed, the Metropolitan line, as it was called, was not a success. The world’s first underground railway, the London Underground, opened on the 10th of January, 1863. It was a short distance railway, only a few miles in length, and Londoners went on travelling by surface transport as they feared to get deep under the ground. But this situation did not last long. Wishing to attract more passen­gers to the underground railway Alfred Stanley, General Manager of the Metropolitan line, filled the stations with flowers and wild animals in cages_;
(2) While travelling, however, public experienced many discomforts. The tunnels were made as small as possible in order to reduce the construction costs. The coaches them­selves were small and narrow. No wonder¹ that people called this underground line a "sardine-box railway". The small windows in the trains were made in the roof so that passen­gers could see nothing. The oil and gas lamps used gave little light. So passengers wishing comforts while travelling, had to take candles with them together. The steam loco­motives filled the tunnels with steam and smoke. It was this discomfort that later on made engineers introduce electric traction for hauling train Ton underground railways.
(3) When put into service, electric trains , eliminated steam and smoke and ensured a much more frequent service for passengers: Since that time the construction of great rapid subway systems in such great cities as London, New York, Berlin and Moscow has become, practicable.
II
The Tashkent Metro (Uzbek: Toshkent metropoliteni) is the rapid transit system serving the city of Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. It is one of only two subway systems currently operating in Central Asia (the other one being the Almaty Metro). It was the seventh metro to be built in the former USSR, opening in 1977. Its stations are among the most ornate in the world. Unlike most of the ex-Soviet metros, the system is shallow .
The Tashkent Metro consists of three lines, operating on 36.2 kilometres (22.5 mi) of route and serving 29 stations. In 2013, the metro carried 59.2 million passengers, which corresponds to a daily average of approximately 162,200 riders.
The Tashkent Metro comprises three lines which operate on 36.2 kilometres (22.5 mi) of route and serve 29 stations. Planning for the Tashkent Metro started in 1968, two years after a major earthquake struck the city in 1966. Construction on the first line began in 1972 and it opened on November 6, 1977 with nine stations. This line was extended in 1980, and the second line was added in 1984. The most recent line is the Yunusobod Line, the first section of which opened in 2001.
A northern extension of this line is currently under construction, and a fourth line was to start construction in 2010, but has been delayed.
The depth of the metro's underground tunnels varies between 8–25 metres (26–82 ft). The strong construction of these three lines can resist earthquakes of a magnitude of 9.0 on the Richter scale.It sports a 1,520 mm gauge and a third rail power supply (825 V DC). The average station distance is 1.40 kilometres .