- •Введение в специальность «организация перевозок и управление на железнодорожном транспорте»
- •Часть 1
- •Введение
- •II. Exercises:
- •2. Form nouns from the following adjectives, using the suffixes: -ity, -ence, -y, -ance, -ness
- •3. Give synonyms to the following word-combinations. Use your active vocabulary:
- •4. Fill in the blanks, using your active vocabulary:
- •Make up sentences using the word-combinations given in Exercise 3.
- •6. Say whether these statements are true or false. Give your reasons:
- •7. Put different questions to the following sentences and answer them:
- •8. Translate from Russian into English:
- •III. Read these micro – dialogues, get ready to reproduce them and make up your own ones:
- •Role – plays:
- •Imagine that you’ve graduated from the University with honors. You were awarded a Bachelor’s degree. You are at the Employment
- •2. Applying for a job
- •Interviewers
- •I. Text 2a. Railroads conquer the world
- •II. Exercises:
- •Put different questions to the following sentences and answer them:
- •8. Make up a summary of the text using the expressions given below:
- •III. Text 2b. From the history of railroad construction in russia
- •1. Complete the following sentences, choosing the right answer:
- •2. Translate the following word-combinations into Russian:
- •3. Answer the following questions:
- •IV. Text 2c. Advantages of transportation by railroad
- •V. Role – play:
- •I. Text 3a. Classification of stations
- •II. Exercises:
- •5. Translate the following sentences into Russian paying attention to the predicate and – ing forms.
- •6. Translate the following sentences into English:
- •7. Put different questions to the following sentences and answer them:
- •III. Text 3b. A railroad structure/what makes up a railroad
- •1. Complete the following sentences choosing the right variant corresponding to the contents of the text:
- •2. Translate the following expressions into English :
- •3. Answer the following questions :
- •IV. Text 3c. Terminal sidings / the efficiency* of terminal operation
- •V. Role – play:
- •I. Text 4a. A passenger station
- •II. Exercises:
- •Complete the questions:
- •Fill in the blanks: On the Train
- •Complete the sentences:
- •Write the word that matches the definition:
- •Word Family. Write the appropriate form of the underlined word:
- •Which underlined word is incorrect?
- •Read the following passage and answer the questions:
- •Read the following conversation and answer the questions:
- •Linking words.
- •The advantages and disadvantages
- •5. Translate sentences from Russian into English:
- •Read these dialogues, learn them by heart and act:
- •At the station.
- •Translate the following dialogues:
- •III. Text 4b. Passenger service
- •Complete the following sentences, choosing the right variant corresponding to the content of the text:
- •Translate the following word-combinations into English:
- •Answer the following questions:
- •IV. Text 4c. Intercity east coast welcomes you aboard the named trains
- •V. Role – plays:
- •I. Text 5a. Classification or marshaling yards
- •II. Exercises:
- •Translate the sentences into Russian, paying attention to the Infinitive:
- •Translate the sentences from Russian into English:
- •Read the dialogue and act it:
- •III. Text 5b. Improvements in yard operation on rzd. Ways of increasing yard capacity
- •Complete the following sentences, choosing the right variant corresponding to the content of the text:
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Iy. Text 5c. Read and translate the texts in writing: (30 minutes)
- •I. Australia’s first automated hump yard
- •II. Canadian pacific marshaling yard
- •Y. Text 5d. Render this text in English: применение эвм на сортировочной станции базель- муттенц
- •Supplementary reading Read and translate the texts: Text № 1. A through passenger station
- •Institute of r/y Engineers
- •Text № 3. Freight Train Working
- •Text № 4. Controlling Car Speed in Marshaling Yards
- •Text № 5. Improving Yards
- •Text № 6. Electronic Computers on Russian Railroads
- •Список литературы
Complete the following sentences, choosing the right variant corresponding to the content of the text:
1. Commuter coaches
offer extra services
do not provide seats for passengers
do not offer extra services, such as meals and refreshments.
Commuter trains carry
freight and mail between suburbs
suburban residents to and from work between large cities and
surrounding suburbs
passengers only in rush hours.
Intercity passenger trains
do not have special cars
do not make longer runs
have dining cars and sleeping cars.
European high speed trains
do not provide comfort and speed
offer a number of luxury services
do not operate in Japan and Great Britain.
Amtrak
doesn’t hire its own train crews
doesn’t handle ticket sales
handles ticket sales and receives incomes from this.
Translate the following word-combinations into English:
освежающие напитки, пригородный поезд, вагон-ресторан, спальный вагон, междугородний поезд, разгрузить затор в движении в час пик, доход, перевозить почту и срочные посылки, выхлопные газы, уменьшить загрязнение воздуха, высокоскоростные междугородние поезда, комфортные условия, нанимать бригады, осуществлять продажу билетов, жители, мужская и женская парикмахерская.
Answer the following questions:
1. What is a commuter train?
2. Do commuter coaches provide any extra services? What is their assignment?
3. What is an intercity train?
Where do the fastest intercity trains operate? What is their highest speed?
What services do high-speed trains provide?
What company operates intercity passenger trains in the USA?
Where does Amtrak maintain the tracks?
What operations does Amtrak perform?
IV. Text 4c. Intercity east coast welcomes you aboard the named trains
Read and translate the text about the traveling rules. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of traveling by train in Great Britain. Translate passage 2 in writing (30 minutes):
1. These famous Named Trains are just three of more than 30 which travel between England and Scotland on the East Coast Main Line daily.
The 10.00 hrs departure from King Cross has been a «special» since the latter years of the 19th century. By the 1930s it had become the world famous «Flying Scotsman»* linking the English and Scottish capitals non-stop. The Flying Scotsman today is powered by a 6300hp* electric locomotive. The train covers the 450 miles of its journey to Glasgow in under 5 1/2 hours and at speeds of up to 125 mph. The Northern Lights and The Highland Chieftain are both powered by two diesel locomotives with a combined power of 4500 hp. It was an InterCity 125 which, in 1985 set the world speed record for diesel traction at 144 mph, north of Peterborough – a record which still stands.
2. As with all InterCity East Coast trains the Named Trains offer an excellent on-board catering service* to enhance your journey. To Edinburgh on weekdays (not public holidays or the Christmas /New Year period – 23rd Dec. – 3rd Jan. inclusive) in the restaurant you can eat as much as you like (main meals from Ј6.95) or as little as you like (appetizers* from Ј1.65). Main meals usually offer a meat, fish or vegetarian course plus starters* and dessert (including the famous Scottish Cheese Board*). Children traveling in family groups eat free if they are under 5 and half price between 5-11 years old when an accompanying adult purchases a main meal.
Always available, of course, is the tea and coffee service. If traveling makes you really thirsty try one of our great British beers – Bass Draught Ale*£, McEwans Export Bitter or the current regional guest beer.
The restaurant and buffet are situated in the middle of the train between the First Class and Standard accommodation. If you don’t visit them, the buffet will visit you – a trolley service will pass along the train during the course of the journey.
There is a public, card operated telephone on the train adjacent to the buffet. Phonecards can be purchased from the buffet counter. The journey from London to Edinburgh costs £46.
3. At King Cross, porters are available to help with your luggage for a small fixed fee.
Disabled and elderly customers are most welcome on InterCity services. Children under 5 travel free, subject to a maximum of two per fare paying adult. Children aged 5-15 inclusive pay half the adult fare.
Seats can normally be reserved any time from two months in advance, and in most cases up to two hours before your train is due to leave London – or for early morning trains, the previous evening. Please ask for any personal preferences – non smoking or smoking, window or aisle seats, facing or back to the direction of travel*. You can choose any combination when you book your seat.
Notes:
* Flying Scotsman – «Летучий шотландец»
* hp = horse power – лошадиная сила
* catering service – обслуживание в вагоне-ресторане
* appetizer – закуска
* starter – первое блюдо
* Scottish Cheese Board – «шотландский сырный стол»
* Bass Draught Ale – бочковое пиво из американской липы
* aisle seats, facing or back – места в проходе, размещенные по to the direction of travel ходу и против хода поезда.