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I. Match English and Russian words.
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| 1) cut and cover method 2) alignment 3) excavate 4) concrete 5) drive 6) reinforce 7) launch 8) adjacent 9) pipe 10) jack | a) копать b) запускать c) вбивать d) разработка открытым методом e) усиливать f) бетон g) выравнивание k) смежный l) домкрат m) труба |
II. Fill the gaps with one of the words.
1. A single ………. was used to drive each tunnel.
a) pipe
b) cantilever
c) TBM
2. It will house ventilation ………. installed to control smoke in the event of a tunnel fire.
a) sleeper
b) pad
c) plant
3. Great Eastern Railway brick ………. across Millwall Park will remain.
a) baseplate
b) viaduct
c) jack
4. The flat bottom rail is secured by Pandrol clips to prestressed concrete ………. on ballasted sections.
a) sleepers
b) walkway
c) chamber
5. The concrete deck was cast ………. in sections by the balanced cantilever method because of the limited access from below.
a) bentonite
b) in-situ
c) upstand
6. Booking office will be moved into the new station complex, which will also offer good interchange with over 30 bus routs that serve this ………. point.
a) focal
b) slurry
c) halfway
7. The TBM cut through both and walls, using its cutter teeth to remove ………. which had been left unreinforced over the affected area.
a) support
b) concrete
c) slide
8. Excavated ………. was mixed with the slurry and piped to the surface.
a) slab
b) spoil
c) clip
9. The box had been fully excavated and the bottom ………. cast so the 180 tone machine could be jacked through.
a) slab
b) pad
c) drop
10. The station building of the London and Greenwich Railway was dismantled and ………. when the line was extended.
a) diverged
b) exposed
c) relocated
III. Decide if the sentences are true (T) or false (F).
1) Mitsui-Nishimatsu is responsible for boring the tunnel.
2) The viaducts at Mudchute and Island Gardens will be demolished.
3) Tunnel boring machine was launched for the first drive at Cutty Sark station.
4) On the viaduct the maximum curve radius was of 100 m.
5) Jacking was used to slide four concrete boxes under the track to form a running tunnel and two passengers interchange subways.
6) To reduce noise and vibrations where the tunnels pass under the town of Greenwich, the slabs float on steel springs.
Unit 7
The Eresund Fixed Link
From European Railway Review, Autumn 1999, Volume 5, Issue 3
Try to guess from the heading what this text will be about. Then read and check if you were right.
The fixed link between Denmark and Sweden will be completed in less than a year, helping in the development of a single region on both sides of the Eresund.