- •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
II. Exercises:
1. Form nouns from the following verbs, using the suffixes: -ment, -sion, -tion, -ing, -ance, -er
to establish, to found, to organize, to train, to institute, to combine, to accommodate, to graduate, to enter, to require, to complete, to manage, to teach, to pay, to supervise.
2. Form nouns from the following adjectives, using the suffixes: -ity, -ence, -y, -ance, -ness
curious, able, electric, academic, important, technological, competent, intelligent, lazy, creative, reliable, responsible, special, scientific.
3. Give synonyms to the following word-combinations. Use your active vocabulary:
a highly skilled specialist, to train specialists, to acquire knowledge in higher mathematics, to establish, elective subjects, to research, station, classification yard, educational program, the teaching staff, to present a thesis, deep knowledge, general educational subjects, to do lab tests.
4. Fill in the blanks, using your active vocabulary:
Railroad is one of the most important ....
The Far Eastern State Transport University trains ... ... specialists for railroad transportation.
The Operation, Automation and Telecommunication Institute was ... in ... on the basis of 2 faculties.
Two years ago I ... the University with a speciality in... .
My friend is a very ... student, he never misses classes.
Senior students attend lectures and seminars on ... .
The students are provided with ... .
In the curriculum there are not only obligatory but also ... subjects.
I’m a second-year student and in three years I’ll ... from the University.
After receiving ... ... the students may continue one or two more years for a ... .
The graduates work not only at large ... ..., but also in any other branch of national economy ... ... and other parts of Russia.
... help gifted students do ... , .... their reports at annual students' scientific conferences.
Operational engineers design ... , control ... and coordinate ... .
Make up sentences using the word-combinations given in Exercise 3.
6. Say whether these statements are true or false. Give your reasons:
The railroads do not play a decisive role in the political, economic and cultural ties between various territories of Russia.
The Operation, Automation and Telecommunication Institute trains specialists only in transportation service control on railroads.
At present, it is possible to imagine the operation of railroad transport without means of automation.
The Institute was established in 1993.
The students acquire superficial knowledge at University labs.
Senior students study basic laws of developing automated control systems, information systems and principles of projecting stations and junctions.
The training may last from 3 to 6 years.
The students of the Institute are paid grants.
The speciality of an operational engineer deals with the creation of modern automatics and telemechanics mechanisms and systems for Russian railroads.