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lamisadel
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please helpe me
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dear colleagues I �m teaching means of transports and one of my pupils asked me about a picture but I couldn �t find its name : it is a kind of box hanged into a line that people use to move in the mountains . I hope that you got the idea .
please if any one knows it tell me its name and thank you in advance .
note: it the first time I dare to ask for help . |
3 Apr 2009
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alicjaniebo
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In the UK it �s called the cable car (in the US apparently the cable railway).  |
3 Apr 2009
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eng789
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Cable car is what we call it in Israel and Canada. |
3 Apr 2009
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lamisadel
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Thank you dear colleagues just in time before leaving to work
thaks again |
3 Apr 2009
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douglas
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Cable cars can also be the street cars in San Francisco. The cars hanging from cables are also called gondolas or ski gondolas. I have heard the entire system refered to as a sky lift or sky tram, but I wouldn�t teach these as proper English. |
3 Apr 2009
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lamisadel
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thank you alicjaniebo ,eng789 ,ariangie and Douglas for the information and for your care
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3 Apr 2009
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douglas
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No Problem, glad I could help.
Here is what wikipedia says:
An aerial lift is a means of transport in which gondolas or open chairs are hauled above the ground by means of a cable. Types of aerial lifts include:
- Aerial tramway, with fixed cable for suspending the gondola and another cable to pull the gondola along the cable.
- Funitel, with two moving loops of cable which support gondolas (gondolas attach to two cables each).
- Gondola lift, a moving loop of cable with gondolas attached to the cable.
- Funifor, two fixed cables for suspending the gondola, with another cable to pull the gondola along the cables.
(The above are often referred to as cable cars). Other types may include:
- Chairlift, with a moving loop of cable with chairs permanently attached to the cable.
- Detachable chairlift, a loop of cable moving at high speed, with chairs that can be clipped onto the cable at either station.
Aerial lift is also a proper term used in industry for mechanical devices used to elevate workers. Also referred to as manlifts. MEWPs (Mobile elevated work platforms), cherry pickers, and bucket trucks. |
3 Apr 2009
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lamisadel
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thank you Douglas for being so helpful and friendly |
3 Apr 2009
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khaled69
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salam allikm
i uplooaded one today
go to my home page and download it
regards
khaled
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3 Apr 2009
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Jayho
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In Australia the one in the glorious Blue Mountains is technically referred to as an aerial cable car. |
4 Apr 2009
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