Isambard Kingdom Brunei was a famous nineteenth century engineerIsambard Kingdom Brunei was a famous nineteenth century engineer. He (1) _________ born in 1806 in Portsmouth, a seaport (2) ________ the south of England. In 1823, after studying (3) _________ two years in Paris, he started (4) _________ for his father, (5) _________ was an engineer and inventor. He had been born near Rouen in France but in 1792 had left France (6) ________ the USA and had later settled in England. Both father and son were responsible for the design (7) _________ construction of the first tunnel (8) _________ the River Thames. The digging of this tunnel was (9) _________ in 1825 and completed twenty years later. Today, it (10) _________ a part of the London Underground System. Isambard Kingdom Brunei went (11) _________ to design the Great Britain (1845), (12) _________ was the first large ship to be built (13) _________ iron instead of wood. It was powered (14) _________ steam and made regular (15) _________ of the Atlantic. Remarkably, this ship is (16) _________ in existence. It (17) _________ been restored and can be seen in Bristol (18) _________ it was originally built. (19) _________ of Brunei's great engineering achievements was the construction of the Great Western Railway from London to Bristol. He designed all the stations, bridges, tunnels and viaducts (20) _________ the line. Giúp mik rồi mik vote cho 5 sao |