Retell the text in brief оr make your own project on the text. Text: A little locomotive(I)

Text: A little locomotive(I)

1.Read and memorize new words and expressions on the text:

gangway

royal passengers

to arrange in compartments

sleeping saloon

couch body construction

high-speed train

all-metal couches

to launch a train

pair of six-wheel saloons

had inter-coach gangways

a pantry

arranged in compartments

the sleeping saloon did not come into wide use

carriages increased in size, particularly in length…

coach body construction

designers turned their attention to all-metal coaches.

2.Read and translate the text

Queen Victoria's pair of six-wheel saloons built in 1869, respectively for day and night travel, had inter-coach gangways to allow the royal passengers to pass from one to the other through the coach ends, and a pantry in which hot drinks could be prepared.

By the 1870s sleeping saloons with proper beds had also been introduced. They were not always arranged in compartments and some beds were in large saloons, respectively for men and women. Nevertheless, the sleeping saloon did not come into wide use for another 20 years or so. During the 1870s railway carriages again increased in size, particularly in length…

By the end of the 1930s steel was being used to a far greater extent in coach body construction, usually for side and roof panels, with the timber framing retained. Once again designers turned their attention to all-metal coaches.