Supplementary reading

Ex. 2.

1-b; 2-c; 3-d.

Script 2. Unit 2

London is Europe’s most popular city, a centre of culture, commerce and finance. It is also a transportation output: five airports, serving in total of 210 million passengers each year, an underground network with lines extending of the more that than 400 km, some 8,000 public buses, and thousands and thousands of cars and tracks. This pulse-setting metropolis is increasingly played by gridlocks with all the negative replications this has for the economy, the environment and the quality of life of the city’s inhabitants. Traffic alone produces 10 million tons of CO₂ a year in London, accounting for 20 % of all the Carbone Dioxide immediately in the British capital.

London city planners are partnering with Siemens to rise to the challenge of managing massive volumes of traffic and enhancing mobility while minimizing environmental impact. Siemens’ answer is complete mobility and integrated transportation concept that provides highly efficient mobility solutions by elevating and intelligent recombining the specific advantages of rail, bus, car and air travel.

In a first step to implement incomplete mobility, London partners with Siemens to offer commuters and attractive alternative to driving. A fleet of 1,200 new comfortable commuter trains from the desire UK-Roman family head their way for a network linking regional transportation and the mass transit system.

Air travel is also integrated when the Heathrow express opened connecting Europe’s largest airport with London’s public transport network. In a subsequent move, the city introduced traffic management systems and launched the conjunction charged scheme to help regulate automobile traffic.

The most recent measure to improve the quality of life in the city was the introduction of the Low Emission’s Zone scheme in February, 2008. The equals over 1.5 tons, which do not meet the final emission standards have two PFC. Digital cameras that automatically register license space effectively enforce this within the low emission zone.

Statistics confirm the success of Siemens’ complete mobility concept. Just a few months after the conjunction charge was launched, traffic in the city center had been reduced by 20 % - slashing due to emissions by 150,000 tons a year. At the same time, traffic is now flowing faster with an average commuting time having been cut by 1/6.

Progress Test 3

1. Match English and Russian word combinations.

1. combustion product	a. экологически рациональный
2. diesel particulate emission	b. ухудшение качества окружающей среды
3. greenhouse gases	c. загрязнение атмосферы
4. environmentally sustainable	d. вид транспорта
5. negative impact	e. качество почвы
6. soil quality	f. выделение твёрдых частиц с выхлопными газами дизеля
7. mode of transport	g. оказывать воздействие
8. environmental degradation	h. негативное воздействие
9. air pollution	i. продукт горения
10. affect	j. парниковые газы

2. Match these definitions with the terms.

1. a system or means of conveying people or goods from place to place	a. fossil fuel
2. a substance that pollutes, especially a chemical or similar substance that is produced as a waste product of an industrial process	b. transport
3. a natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms	c. environment
4. the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates	d. pollutant