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3.1 Choose a), b), or c) to complete the sentences below.

1. Alex wanted to go to Washington by train because it was … than by plane.

a) much cheaper

b) less dangerous

c) more interesting

2. The great advantage of traveling by train is that you can …

a) eat on the train

b) see the countryside

c) sleep on the train

3. The conductor placed seat markers above the passengers’ seats with … written on them.

a) their names

b) their seat numbers

c) the names of places they were going to

4. The hotel was …

a) near the station

b) a long distance from the station

c) just across the road

4. Learning more words from the text.

4.1 Match the following words from the text to their definitions. Suggest the Russian.

1 carriage (US = car)

2 compartment

3 countryside

4 destination

5 conductor

6 Capitol

7 bellman

8 tip

9 snack

10 to confirm

a) rural area (contrasted with urban area)

b) gift of money to a porter, bellman, taxi driver, etc. for personal services

c) wheeled vehicle for passengers on a railway train

d) light, usu. hurriedly eaten meal

e) one of several separate divisions of a railway carriage

f) man employed in a hotel to carry luggage, messages, etc.

g) building in Washington where the United States Congress meets

h) to make sth firmer or stronger; to repeat

i) place to which sb is going

j) person in charge of passengers on a train

4.2 Match the following word-combinations from the text to their Russian equivalents.

1 to book tickets

2 to manage sth

3 a splendid view

4 to feel worn-out

5 they get cramped and stuffy

6 to take one’s mind off sth

7 a partial solution

8 sleep comes in snatches

9 It took us just about three hours

10 literally

11 within sight

12 within walking distance

a) замечательный вид

b) отвлечься от чего-либо

c) Нам потребовалось три часа

d) заказать билеты

e) буквально

f) в пределах видимости

g) они становятся тесными и душными

h) справиться с чем-либо

i) в пределах шаговой досягаемости

j) сон приходит урывками

k) частичное решение (проблемы)

l) чувствовать себя измотанным, изможденным

4.3 Fill in the synonyms from the list.

car; seldom; to eat; single; railroad (US); to fill in (Br.); to get on the train; to reserve; exhausted;

to book (a ticket)

to have a meal

to board the train

one-way (ticket)

worn-out

railway

carriage

rarely

to fill out (US)

3.2 Match the parts to make up the word-combinations from the text.

1 passenger

2 sleeping (dining)-

3 comfort and pleasure

4 a splendid

5 cramped and

6 sleep comes in

7 within

8 within walking

9 hotel

10 we checked

11 we filled out

a) snatches

b) sight of the Capitol

c) carriages

d) reservation

e) registration forms

f) view

g) in

h) cars

i) stuffy

j) distance

k) combined