Study the following words and combinations:

do somebody’s best	-	зробити все можливе
to keep the system working	-	підтримувати систему у робочому стані
a body	-	кузов
a frame	-	рама
a bogie	-	теліжка
draft gears	-	амортизуючий пристрій
buffer	-	буфер
break	-	гальма
berth	-	полиця, спальне місце
driving carriage	-	привідний вагон
a fleet of	-	парк
parcel vans	-	поштово-багажний вагон
automatic coupling	-	автоматичне зчеплення
automatic breaks	-	автоматичні гальма
вox cars	-	критий товарний вагон
flat cars	-	вагон-платформа
self-discharging wagons	-	саморозвантажувальний вагон
in bulk	-	насипом
bucket wagons	-	бункерний полу вагон
bulky	-	громіздкий
livestock	-	крупний рогатий скот
double-decker	-	двоповерховий
liquefied	-	зріджений

Exercise 1 Answer the following questions:

1. What higher educational institution do you study at?

2. What speciality will you get after graduating from the Academy?

3. Where do the graduates of our Academy work?

4. What do the passenger rolling stock consist of?

5. What do the engineers try to obtain while designing passenger vehicles?

6. What do the freight rolling stock consist of?

7. What kinds of special wagons do you know?

8. What are they used for?

9. What is the most important facing railway transport industry?

Exercise 2 Ask your friend

1. …what department he studies at.

2. …what specialists your faculty trains.

3. …in what field of the railway transport he will work.

4. …what he’ll deal with after graduating from the Academy.

5. …what new types of passenger rolling stock he knows.

6. …what common features different cars have irrespectively of their usage.

7. …about different types of cars, what they are used for.

Exercise 3 Make up dialogues.

Exercise 4 Work in groups.

Think of advantages and disadvantages

1. of traveling by railroads

2. of traveling by train in the comparison with the other modes of transport

Exercise 5 Complete the following sentences.

1. The railway system of our country is very …………..

2. After graduating from the Academy I’ll deal with………………

3. All the cars have common elements: …………………………..

4. The …………………….consists of all-metal coaches of different types.

5. There is also a fleet of ……………………………transportation.

6. The …………………….consists of many different kinds of special wagons.

7. ………………….. are employed to transport products requiring protection from weather.

8. The solution of ………………….. which has given the most positive results is the transportation of freight in ………………

Exercise 6 PROJECT! Imagine yourself being a designer of rolling stock. Think, design and present your own project of a car of the Future. Use a sheet of Whatman (paper) to draw it. Also present an explanation to complete your project.

GOOD LUCK

Методичні вказівки до розмовної теми “Мій фах” з розвитку

навичок професійного спілкування для студентів 2 курсу спеціальності “Рухомий склад та спеціальна залізнична техніка (Вагони)”

(англійська мова)

Відповідальний за випуск : ст.викл. Токмакова Л.И., викл. Загрійчук Л.М.

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