伦敦地铁150岁了！
<p>伦敦地铁150岁了！像红色电话亭和红色公交车一样，伦敦地铁也是这座国际化大都市不可或缺的文化标志。其实，地铁就是一本现代化城市的故事书，记载着最细微的人文关怀和最广阔的文化图景。伦敦算是一位现代化进程中的长者，中国的城市正在经历的城市化过程中的很多或喜或忧的元素都是伦敦昨日的再现。所以，这趟伦敦地铁之旅对于同样挤地铁上班的你一定是别有一番感受吧。</p><p><span word="It">It</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="grey">grey</span>, <span word="chilly">chilly</span> <span word="English">English</span> <span word="winter">winter</span> <span word="morning">morning</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="I">I</span>'<span word="m">m</span> <span word="making">making</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="busy">busy</span> <span word="concourse">concourse</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Paddington">Paddington</span> <span word="Railway">Railway</span> <span word="Station">Station</span>. <span word="I">I</span>'<span word="m">m</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="begin">begin</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="eye">eye</span>-<span word="opening">opening</span> <span word="travel">travel</span> <span word="tours">tours</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="life">life</span>. <span word="I">I</span>'<span word="m">m</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="hop">hop</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="train">train</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="London">London</span>; <span word="instead">instead</span>, <span word="I">I</span>'<span word="m">m</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="hop">hop</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="travelling">travelling</span> <span word="underneath">underneath</span> <span word="it">it</span>.</p><p><span word="On">On</span> <span word="January">January</span> 9 <span word="th">th</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="London">London</span> <span word="Underground">Underground</span> <span word="turned">turned</span> 150. <span word="This">This</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="important">important</span> <span word="birthday">birthday</span>, <span word="because">because</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Tube">Tube</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="subterranean">subterranean</span> <span word="train">train</span> <span word="system">system</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="miraculous">miraculous</span> <span word="feat">feat</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Victorian">Victorian</span> <span word="engineering">engineering</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="section">section</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> "<span word="Metropolitan">Metropolitan</span> <span word="Railway">Railway</span>" <span word="opened">opened</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Paddington">Paddington</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1863 - <span word="using">using</span>, <span word="incredibly">incredibly</span>, <span word="steam">steam</span> <span word="locomotives">locomotives</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="travel">travel</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tunnels">tunnels</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="instant">instant</span> <span word="hit">hit</span>, <span word="carrying">carrying</span> <span word="around">around</span> 26,000 <span word="passengers">passengers</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="day">day</span>.</p><p><span word="Like">Like</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="Londoners">Londoners</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Underground">Underground</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="granted">granted</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="works">works</span> <span word="smoothly">smoothly</span>, <span word="whizzing">whizzing</span> <span word="me">me</span> <span word="miles">miles</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="matter">matter</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="minutes">minutes</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="moan">moan</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="it">it</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="overcrowded">overcrowded</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="delayed">delayed</span>. <span word="So">So</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="honour">honour</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="birthday">birthday</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="decided">decided</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pay">pay</span> <span word="homage">homage</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="labyrinthine">labyrinthine</span> <span word="arterial">arterial</span> <span word="system">system</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="lies">lies</span> <span word="beneath">beneath</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="feet">feet</span>.</p>
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