轨道交通行业英语 （ English for Rail Transit Industry） 课件 Unit 1 Chinas Railway Development.pptx

;;;Inrecentyears,thepaceofChinasrailway“goingglobal”hasbeenaccelerating,coveringAsia,Europe,NorthAmericaandAfrica,whichhasbecomeabeautifulcardoftheBeltandRoadInitiativeandinternationalcooperationinproductioncapacity,andhasalsocontributedChinasstrengthtoglobaldevelopment.InordertolettheworldknowthedevelopmentofChinasrailways,ChinaRailwayMuseumisnowlookingfortwodocentswhocanspeakgoodEnglishforitsmonth-longexhibition“100YearsofRailway”.;SupposeyouareastaffmemberoftheChinaRailwayMuseumandwishtoapplyforthepositionofthedocentforthisexhibition,pleasecreateamindmapandwriteanEnglishcommentaryforthisexhibition.;;railwaystation;serving;serveas充当，担任

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Thejudgesaidthepunishmentwouldserveasawarningtoothers.;;The14-kilometre-longnarrow-gaugerailwayfromShanghaitoWusongwasthefirstrailwaylineinChina.Itwasbuiltin1876byJardineMathesonand26otherBritishandAmericanfirmswiththebackingoftheirdiplomaticenvoys.StrongoppositiononthepartoftheChinesepeopleagainstthefraudinvolvedinthebuildingofthislineforcedtheBritishimperialisttolettheQinggovernmentredeemtherailwaywithsilver.;EventuallytheQinggovernmentcametoanagreementwiththeBritishinOctober1876tobuybacktheownershipoftherailwaywith285,000taelsofsilver.OnOctober21,1877theQinggovernmentofficiallytookpossessionofWusongRailway,andorderedtodismantletherails,leveledouttheroadbaseandtoredownthestations,leavingWusongRailwayentirelydemolished.;FollowingtheOpiumWarin1840whentheWesternimperialistsinvadedChinawithgunboats,theyviedwitheachotherinbuildingrailwaysinChinaasanimportantmeansofcarryingontheiraggression.;TofacilitatetheirplunderofChinasresources,theimperialistsbuilttherailwaysmainlyinthecoastal