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The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 7.5 - Video: Beijing subway for the textbook Navigate Pre-Intermediate B1 - Coursebook with authors Caroline Krantz and Julie Norton from Oxford University Press

Question

Watch the video and answer the questions .

  1. What different ways do people cross the city of Beijing?
  2. Why is the subway so important to Beijing?
  3. What are the plans for the future of the subway?

Answer

  1. The video shows people in cars, buses, and taxis. Also mentions also bicycles (shows rickshaws) and the metro system.
  2. Because Beijing is an ancient city and its streets are too narrow for traffic.
  3. They want to expand it to more lines, more stations and more tracks.

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