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1 Add the necessary words to make up questions with the following cues and then answer the questions.

  1. How / may / intermodal transportation / to define / in general?

  2. What / intermodal transportation / to include?

  3. What / a multi-modal chain of container-transportation services / to link?

  4. Why / transportation / to provide / by several carriers?

  5. What / “door-to-door service” / to mean?

  6. Why / container transportation / to be / a major component of intermodal transportation and international commerce?

  7. What / to be / consequences of container-based transportation?

  8. What / to be / the main parts of intermodal transportation system?

2 Draw a diagram of a multimodal chain of container-transportation services and explain the process of intermodal freight transportation.

3 Complete the table. Put a stress mark in front of the stressed syllable in each word.

Verb

Noun – event

or action

Noun – person

ship

carriage

consign

operation

transport

handler

load

movement

4 Complete the gaps with words from Exercise 3. Pay attention to the grammatical context.

  1. … is a company that moves passengers or goods from one place to another.

  2. Some of the equipment was lost during ….

  3. Another … of nuclear waste is due to arrive tomorrow.

  4. We will need a big truck … all the boxes.

  5. The depot … over two million tonnes of freight a week.

  6. They … the truck now.

  7. The company … in Europe for two years.

  8. The agreement governs the free … of goods between countries.

5 Study the following:

When the verb shifts to the noun without any changes in the word form we can say that this is a case of conversion. Conversion is a kind of word formation. It is the creation of a word from an existing word without any change in form.

Example: to load – a load вантажити – вантаж

to place – a place розміщувати - місце

Conversion is particularly common in English because the basic form of nouns and verbs is identical in many cases.

6 Translate into Ukrainian.

  1. Several new roads will link the southern and northern regions of the country.

  2. They are studying a link between carbon emissions and climate change.

  3. Who is responsible for the transfer of military supplies?

  4. New cargo was transferred to the warehouse by rail.

  5. The traffic was barely moving.

  6. Abolishing the tax altogether would be a bold move.

  7. The pilot was able to land the plane safely.

  8. The land around a new cargo centre is quite flat.

  9. Drivers of lorries were encouraged to save fuel.

  10. You can fuel your car at the next filling station.

  11. The warehouse had been severely damaged by fire.

  12. Freight transport is doing irreparable damage to the environment.

7 Read the text and fill in the gaps with the phrases from the box above the text. Translate the text.

produces and consumers internal navigation intermediary firm transportation services customer demands examples of carriers

Demand for freight transportation derives from the interplay between … … … and the significant distances that often separate them. Producers of goods require … … to move raw materials and intermediate products, and to distribute final goods in order to meet … …. Shippers, which may be the producers of goods or some … …, thus generate the demand for transportation. Carries answer this demand by supplying transportation services. Railways, ocean shipping lines, trucking companies, and postal services are … … …. Considering the type of services they provide, seaports, intermodal platforms, and other such facilities may be described as carriers as well. Governments contribute the infrastructure: roads and highways, as well as significant portions of ports, … …, and rail facilities. Governments also regulate and tax the industry.