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George Smith Duncan

1. Find the words in the article

navrhnout	to su _ _ _ _ _
síla	f _ _ _ e
založení	found_ _ _
vyřešit	to sol_ _
spojený	associat_ _
experimentální	exp_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

2. Complete the article about George Smith Duncan. Use the correct form of the verb in brackets.

George Smith Duncan ............. (to be) a young New Zealand engineer, who first ............. (to suggest) a cable tramway for Dunedin in 1879. He ............. (to be) from the engineering firm of Reid and Duncan and ............. (to be) the driving force behind the founding of the Roslyn Tramway Company. In 1881, when he ............. (to be) only 29 of age, he ............. (engineer) the first cable tramway to operate outside the United States.

Duncan ............. (solve) many problems associated with cable tramway construction. Much of his engineering ............. (to be) experimental because of local conditions.