5. Learn the following dialogue.

A. What are slow trains and fast trains?

B. Well, that's clear. Slow trains move slowly. It's because they stop at all the stations. Fast trains pass many stations without stopping. They only stop at very large stations.

A. I see. And that's why they move faster, don't 176 they?

В. Of course. They are also called non-stopping trains.

A. And slow trains are stopping trains, aren't they?

B. That's right.

6. Render the dialogue in indirect speech.

7. Practice reading the following words and word combinations. Learn them by heart.

distance ['distans] расстояние

a local train местный поезд

a long-distance train поезд дальнего следования

comparatively [kam'pserstivli] сравнительно

8. Learn the following dialogue.

A. What's a local train?

B. Well, it's a train which travels comparatively short distances, like...

A. Like what?

B. Like, say, a hundred or a few hundred kilome­tres.

A. And what if I want to go a very long distance?

B. Oh, then you go by a long-distance train. It can take you as far as the other end of the country.

A. Thank you.

9. Render the dialogue in indirect speech.

10. Practice reading the following words and word combinations. Learn them by heart.

to explain [iks'plem] объяснить

difference ['difarsns] разница

as a matter of fact в сущности, собственно говоря

a suburb [*8лЬэ:Ь] пригород

a suburban [8лЬ'э:Ьэп] train пригородный поезд

an electric train электричка

to connect [ks'nekt] соединять

11. Learn the following dialogue.

A. What's a suburban train? It's not a long-dis­tance one, is it?

B. Oh no, it isn't. It travels only short distances.

A. Then it's a local train. Or isn't it? Can you ex­ plain the difference to me?

B. Well, a suburban train is a local train, of course. But not every local train can be called a subur­ ban one. As a matter of fact, suburban trains connect large cities with the suburbs.

A. Ah, I see. Like electric trains that go from St. Petersburg to the small towns and settlements around it.

B. That's right.

12. Render the contents of the dialogue in indirect speech.

13. Practice reading the following words and word combinations. Learn them by heart.

recently ['riissntli] недавно

a term |Чэ:т] термин

an overnight train ночной поезд

to leave покидать, оставлять, уезжать, отправляться

to arrive [a'raiv] прибывать

a day coach [koutj] дневной поезд

14. Learn the following dialogue.

A. I've recently heard the term "overnight train." What does it mean?

B. It means that you spend the night on this train. For instance, some trains running between St. Petersburg and Moscow are overnight trains. You leave St. Petersburg late at night and arrive in Moscow in the morning.

A. And there are other trains by which you leave St. Petersburg in the morning and arrive in Moscow in the evening. Are they "overday" trains?

B. Oh no! They are called day coaches.

15. Render the contents of the dialogue in indirect speech.

16. Practice reading the following words and word combinations. Learn them by hearts.

to prefer [pn'fs:] предпочитать

sleeping accommodation [3,kom3'deijn] условия для сна

a compartment [kam'paitmsntj^ear купейный вагон

separate ['зерэгп] отдельный

a sleeper спальный вагон

for short для краткости, сокращенно

a lower [1оиэ] berth [Ьэ:6] нижняя полка

an upper [Чрз] berth верхняя полка

bedclothes постельные принадлежности

bedding "постель" /постельные принадлежности, которые вам дает проводник/

a guard [ga:d] проводник

to waste time понапрасну тратить время