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II. Match the words with their opposites.

Text 2. THE HISTORY OF TUNNELING | COMPREHENSION CHECK | Text 2. THE HISTORY OF TUNNELING | Text 1. KINDS OF TUNNELS | COMPREHENSION CHECK | Text 2. SUBWAY | COMPREHENSION CHECK | III. Insert the words from the list | Find the following terms and memorize their meanings | Verb Noun Adjective |


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  2. A) Order the words to make sentences.
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  4. B) Complete the following sentences using forms of the words from the table above.
  5. B) Complete the following sentences using forms of the words from the table above.
  6. B) Read the story again and complete it with a connecting words or phrase.
  7. B) Read this introduction to a presentation. Choose the correct words or phrases in italics.

1. Solid a) pack

2. Extract b) remote

3. Add c) cheap

4. Long d) behind

5. Complete e) separate

6. Expensive f) permanent

7. Connect g) start

8. Ahead h) short

9. Temporary i) soft

III. Fill in the words: feet, shallow, circular, mining, steel, conditions, waterproofed, cost, dangerous, downward.

The … industry has been the primary constructor of shafts. Depth of several thousand … are common. In public works projects, such as sewer tunnels, shafts are usually only a few hundred feet deep and because of their high … are avoided in the design stage whenever practical … shafts find many uses. Being essentially vertical tunnels, shafts involve the same problems of different types of ground and water …. Inflowing water is far more … during construction and generally intolerable during operation. Hence, most shafts are concrete-lined and …, and the lining installation usually follows only a short distance behind excavation. The shape is usually …, although, before current mechanized excavation methods, mining shafts were frequently rectangular. Mining … is called shaft sinking. In soil, shallow shafts are frequently supported with interlocking … sheet piling held by ring beams.

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