A Shortage of Spare Parts for the Moscow Metro
Lesson Brief
Радио Свобода
Workers on the Moscow Metro have come out stating that there is a shortage of spare parts for repairs on the metro. Despite the modernization of many trains on the metro, many of the older trains still use parts that were fabricated and produced in the Soviet Union.
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Click and Match
- train (n.)
- поезд
- underground, subway, metro
- подземка
- spare parts
- запчасти
- to communicate with, to chat with, "to rub shoulders with"
- общаться, пообщаться с кем-нибудь
- to try, to test, to experience
- испытывать, испытать что-нибидь
- equipment
- оборудование
- outdated, dated
- устаревший
- spare, emergency, alternate (adj.)
- запасный
- trade union, labor union
- профсоюз
- repairs, renovation
- ремонт