Упр.10 What’s economic geography about? ГДЗ Enjoy English 11 класс

Work in pairs. What do you know about the greatest Russian railway lines Transib and BAM? Answer the following questions:

1. What is Transib short for? What’s its full name?
2. What do the letters BAM stand for?
3. Were the Transib and BAM constructed simultaneously?
4. What was their mission?
5. Has their mission been fully realised?

1. Transib is short for the Trans-Siberian Railway.
2. BAM stands for the Baikal-Amur Mainline.
3. No, they were not constructed simultaneously. The Trans-Siberian Railway was built earlier, and BAM was built later.
4. Their mission was to connect the remote regions of Siberia and the Far East with the rest of Russia and to help develop these areas.
5. No, not fully. They have played an important role, but the development of these regions is still continuing.