Dogs must be carried on the escalator - how well did you understand the podcast?
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Where did the first underground railway in the world run?
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Paddington to the City of London
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Oxford Circus to Marble Arch
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deep underground
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How did the railway company build the railway?
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they used steam engines
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they dug a trench in the middle of the street and put the railway at the bottom
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they bored a hole deep under London
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Building the railway was controversial. Why?
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it would make it easier for ordinary people to get to work
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the building work caused chaos in London's streets
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it damaged houses and other buildings
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The first trains on the underground were pulled by
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horses
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electric engines
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steam engines
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Traveling on the new underground railway was popular with people..
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..who suffered from asthma.
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...who needed to travel to work in London
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...who liked steam engines
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How did we celebrate the 150th birthday of the Underground?
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Prince Charles travelled on an Underground train for the first time in his life
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a steam engine pulled a special train at a railway museum
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the Post Office issued special commemorative stamps
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If I want to travel on the Underground from a station in north London to the centre of the city, I need to a train that is
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southbound
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northbound
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eastbound
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When you get on an Underground train, you should
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...mind the gap between the train and the platform
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...carry a dog
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...shake hands with everyone else on the train
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When you travel on an escalator you should...
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...be a tourist
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...run up the escalator
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...stand on the right-hand side
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What does "dogs must be carried on the escalator" really mean?
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If you have a dog, you must carry it on the escalator, so that the escalator does not injure it
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If you don’t have a dog, you must use the stairs and not the escalator
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the British are mad.