- •English for Telecommunications and Radio Technologies in Rail Transport
- •Merger (n) – объединение
- •Read the text and make a summary: telecommunications
- •After reading the text above answer the following questions:
- •Match the words with their definitions.
- •Complete the sentences with the words from the box:
- •Translate the following words and word combinations into English:
- •Work in pairs. Discuss the following questions with your partner:
- •Grammar Focus – noun chains (n-n-n…- n) (1)
- •Practise translating noun chains into Russian. Use the dictionary if needed:
- •Unit 2 telecommunications resources
- •Read the text below and make a summary: telecommunications resources
- •After reading the text above answer the following questions:
- •Match the words with their definitions.
- •Complete the sentences with the words in the box:
- •Grammar Focus – noun chains (n-n-n…- n) (2)
- •Practise translating noun chains into Russian. Use the dictionary if needed:
- •Unit 3 radio communication
- •Radio Communication (1)
- •4. Make two questions to each paragraph of the text and ask you partner to answer them.
- •5. Make the verbs from the nouns:
- •6. Complete the sentences with the words from the box below:
- •7. Match the words with their definitions:
- •Grammar Focus
- •Translate the sentences into Russian paying attention to Ving forms:
- •9. Read and translate the text «Radio Communication» Part 2, then put the paragraphs in the correct order: Radio Communication (2)
- •10. Discuss the following questions with your partner:
- •The properties of electromagnetic waves
- •1. Discuss the general knowledge questions connected with the topic of the unit:
- •2. Read the words and learn them by heart:
- •3. Read the first part of the text «Properties of Electromagnetic Waves» and translate it using the words from exercise 2. The properties of electromagnetic waves
- •Make questions to the text. The first word and the answer are given for you:
- •Read the second part of the text «The Properties of Electromagnetic Waves» and give the definitions of the phenomena describing in the text by your own words:
- •Rendering/summarizing an article/text – Реферирование статьи/текста
- •Your opinion of the article and of the issue/problem raised in it
- •Render the whole text «The Properties of Electromagnetic Waves» according to the plan above.
- •Grammar Focus
- •Translate the sentences into Russian paying attention to Ved forms:
- •Translate the sentences from Russian into English:
- •Unit 5 semiconductors
- •Before reading the text discuss the following questions:
- •Read the words and learn them by heart:
- •3. Read and translate the text using the words from exercise 2. What are the most important uses of semiconductors?
- •4. Write 5 questions to the text and ask your partner to answer them.
- •5. Make the nouns from the verbs.
- •6. Complete the sentences with the words from the box below:
- •7. Read the text about conductors, insulators and semiconductors:
- •Insulators
- •8. Fill the table with the information from the text above:
- •Grammar Focus Passive Voice
- •9. Put the verb in brackets in the correct tense of the Passive Voice:
- •Convergence on digital transmission
- •Read the words and learn them by heart:
- •Read the text and make a summary: convergence on digital transmission
- •4. After reading the text above answer the following questions:
- •5. Match the words with their definitions.
- •6. Complete the sentences with the words from the box:
- •7. Translate the following words and word combinations into English:
- •Grammar Focus – numerals (1)
- •8. Practice saying numerals and translating the sentences into Russian. Use the dictionary if needed:
- •9. Work in pairs. Discuss the following questions with your partner:
- •Unit 7 how satellites work
- •1. Before reading the text discuss the following questions:
- •2 . Read the words and learn them by heart:
- •Self-contained (adj) – автономный
- •Read the text below and make a summary: how satellites work
- •After reading the text above answer the following questions:
- •Match the words with their definitions.
- •Complete the sentences with the words from the box:
- •Translate the following words and word combinations into English:
- •Work in pairs. Discuss the following questions with your partner:
- •Read the following text and render it.
- •Satellite (n) – спутник
- •Read the text and make a summary: satellite applications
- •After reading the text above answer the following questions:
- •Match the words with their definitions:
- •Complete the sentences with the words from the box:
- •Translate the following words and word combinations into English:
- •Grammar Focus – numerals (2)
- •Practise saying the numerals and translating the sentences into Russian. Use the dictionary if needed:
- •Work in pairs. Discuss the following questions with your partner:
- •Match the phrases and abbreviations below with their Russian equivalents:
- •Read the words and phrases and learn them by heart:
- •Translate the following noun chains into Russian. Use the dictionary to help you:
- •Read the text and match the headlines below with the paragraphs:
- •Complete these statements about gsm-r using information from the text:
- •The numbers below are mentioned in the text. What do they mean?
- •Match the words with their definitions.
- •Complete the sentences with the words in the box:
- •Incompatible benefits availability guarantee implemented enabling surveillance communication
- •Translate the following phrases into English. Use the text of the unit to help you:
- •Work in pairs/small groups. Discuss the following questions with your partner:
- •Unit 10 radio communication systems between train and trackside (rstt)
- •1. Before reading the text discuss the following questions:
- •2. Read the words and learn them by heart:
- •3. Read and translate the text using the words from the exercise 2: radio communication systems between train and trackside (rstt)
- •4. After reading the text above answer the following questions:
- •5. Read the definition and give the suitable word. Use the words from exercise 2:
- •Complete the sentences with the words from the box below:
- •7. Discuss the following questions in pairs or small groups:
- •Glossary
- •Banking (n) – банковские операции
- •Equitable access – равный доступ Error-checking –проверка ошибок Exceed (V) – превышать
Practise saying the numerals and translating the sentences into Russian. Use the dictionary if needed:
“We’re also learning about the coverage we can achieve with 5G New Radio on our new 3.4GHz spectrum, both indoors and in densely cluttered streets.”
At the end of October 2018, Vodafone switched on a new site in Greater Manchester, claiming its demonstration marked the first time that data traffic had been carried over a live, customer-facing 5G network, while Three, which has a significant advantage in spectrum holdings thanks to the 2017 acquisition of UK Broadband, has just announced it has now spent £2bn on preparing its network for 5G.
The variable-bit encoding rule would use only one bit 50 percent of the time, two bits 25 percent of the time, and three bits 25 percent of the time. On average it would use 1.75 bits per sample rather than the 2 bits per sample used in the standard code.
The statistic depicts the global nurse call equipment market size in 2016 and 2022. In 2016, revenue of the nurse call equipment market worldwide stood at 870 million U.S. dollars. Over the forecasted period the market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 13.7 percent.
This statistic shows global information technology (IT) spending, broken down by segment from 2012 to 2019, with additional forecasts for 2020 and 2021. Global spending on devices such as PCs, tablets, mobile phones, printers, etc., came to 712 billion U.S. dollars in 2019 and is expected to decrease in 2020 by 13.4 percent, to around 616 billion U.S. dollars, as a result of the recession brought about by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020.
Work in pairs. Discuss the following questions with your partner:
Satellites or land-based systems: which are better?
How many types of services do you know and what services are provided by satellite services?
What is the connection between satellites and cell phones?
How do corporations and organizations use satellites?
How are satellite communication technologies used during natural disasters and emergencies?
Describe the advantages and disadvantages of satellites.
Think about how often your life is associated with satellite services.
Describe how «point-to-multipoint» communication works.
What are hybrid satellite solutions?
UNIT 9
GSM-R
Match the phrases and abbreviations below with their Russian equivalents:
Phrase and Abbreviation |
Russian equivalent |
1.Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) |
a.Европейская железнодорожная сеть подвижной радиосвязи |
2.European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) |
b.Служба групповых голосовых вызовов |
3.Mobile Radio for Railways Networks in Europe (MORANE) |
c.Протяженная абонентская линия; междугородная линия связи |
4.European Integrated Railway Radio Enhanced Network (EIRENE [aı`ri:nı]) |
d.Европейская система управления движением поездов |
5.Voice group call service (VGCS) |
e.Глобальная система мобильной связи; стандарт GSM |
6.Voice broadcast service (VBS) |
f.Европейская интегрированная развитая железнодорожная сеть радиосвязи |
7.European Train Control System (ETCS) |
g.Международный союз железных дорог
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8.Long Line Public Address (LLPA) |
h.Услуга голосового вещания |
9.International Union of Railways (IUR) |
j.Европейская система управления железнодорожными перевозками |