- •М.В. Жесткова, с.Я. Никитина английский язык
- •Часть 1
- •Contents
- •Ex. 3. Translate the nouns into Russian and memorize their meanings.
- •Ex. 5. Read the sentences and translate them.
- •Ex. 7. Read the sentences, replacing the italicized Russian words with their English equivalents.
- •Ex. 9. Choose the appropriate alternative to translate the words and phrases.
- •Ex. 12. Mark the difference between the following pairs of words.
- •Samara State University of Transport (ssut)
- •Ex. 15. Answer the following alternative questions to the text.
- •(B) Entering the University
- •Ex. 18. Translate the following text into English.
- •Learning at samara state university of transport
- •Ex. 7. Match the English phrases in column a with their Russian equivalents in column b.
- •Learning at Samara State University of Transport
- •You are a freshman now
- •Grammar Review
- •To have
- •Train Model
- •Unit two traveling by train
- •Mistaken identity (after m. Twain)
- •Mistaken Identity
- •The man who took notice of all the notices
- •Ex. 4. Translate the following sentences, paying attention to the verbs:
- •To forbid – запрещать.
- •It doesn’t matter … – Не имеет значения …
- •The Man Who Took Notice of All the Notices
- •Eurostar
- •Ex. 6. Answer the following questions, using the information given in brackets. Translate the sentences into Russian.
- •Eurostar
- •Ex. 9. Mark the following statements as ‘True’ or ‘False’. Correct the false statements.
- •Ex. 10. In the sentences below, replace the words in italics with a word (or words) from the text. Translate the sentences into Russian.
- •The Paris terminal has left luggage small cupboards with locks where you can leave your things.
- •4.50 From Paddington (after a. Christie)
- •Grammar Review
- •On the Platform
- •To have to
- •To be able to
- •To be allowed to
- •Watch the Film and Discuss It (a) Traveling by “White Nights” steam express (Russian Railways)
- •(B) Traveling through China
- •(C) Traveling through Andalusia (Spain)
- •Краткий грамматический справочник
- •§ 1. Личные и притяжательные местоимения Personal and Possessive Pronouns
- •§ 2. Глагол to be
- •§ 3. Глагол to have
- •§ 5. Притяжательный падеж имени существительного Possessive Case
- •§ 6. Степени сравнения прилагательных и наречий Comparison Degrees of Adjectives and Adverbs
- •§ 7. Основные формы глагола
- •§ 8. Времена групп Simple, Continuous, Perfect в действительном (Active) и страдательном (Passive) залогах
- •Перевод глагола to write в разных временных формах:
- •§ 9. Согласование времён (Sequence of Tenses)
- •§ 10. Модальные глаголы (Modal Verbs)
- •§ 11. Эквиваленты модальных глаголов Equivalents of Modal Verbs
- •§ 12. Порядок слов в вопросительных предложениях
- •§ 14. Наиболее распространенные служебные слова
- •Библиографический список
4.50 From Paddington (after a. Christie)
Mrs. McGillicuddy was going along the platform, trying to catch up with the porter who was carrying her suitcase. Mrs. McGillicuddy was burdened with a large number of parcels; the result of a day’s Christmas shopping. Platforms were crowded; people were rushing in several directions at once, to and from undergrounds, left-luggage offices, tea-rooms, information bureaus, indicator boards, to the outside world.
At long last Mrs. McGillicuddy arrived at Platform No 3. She deposited one parcel at her feet and showed the ticket to the stern uniformed guardian at the gate.
At that moment, she heard a loud announcement: “The train standing at Platform 3 is the 4.50 for Brackhampton, Milchester and Roxeter. Passengers for Brackhampton travel at the rear of the train. Passengers for Carvil change at Roxeter”. The voice clicked off and then reopened by announcing the arrival of the 4.00 from Birmingham at Platform No 9.
The conductor clipped the ticket and let the elderly lady in. Mrs. McGillicuddy found her porter outside the door of a third-class carriage. “Here you are, lady.” - “I’m traveling first-class,” said Mrs. McGillicuddy. “You didn’t say so,” grumbled the porter. He took the suitcase and marched with it to the first-class coach. The 4.50 was almost empty, because the first-class passengers preferred either the faster morning express or the 6.40 with a dining car. Mrs. McGillicuddy handed the porter his tip, which he received with disappointment, considering it more suitable to third-class than to first-class travel. But Mrs. McGillicuddy, though prepared to spend money on comfortable travel after a night journey from the North and a day’s intense shopping, was at no time an extravagant tipper.
She made herself comfortable and opened a magazine. Five minutes later, the train started. Three minutes later she was asleep. She slept for forty minutes and awoke refreshed. It was quite dark now. “Serving last tea now,” said the conductor, opening the corridor door. But Mrs. McGillicuddy had already had tea at a large department store.
She looked at the window and saw a train traveling in the opposite direction. The train passed through a station, then it began to slow down and stopped. In some minutes it started to move forward again, gathering speed. For some time, two trains ran parallel. Mrs. McGillicuddy looked from her window through the windows of the parallel carriages. The other train was not very full and there were many empty coaches. Suddenly in one of the compartments of the passing train Mrs. McGillicuddy saw a man. His hands were round the throat of a woman who faced him; he was slowly strangling her…
Grammar Review
Ex. 1. Put the verbs into the correct tense form of Present Simple Active or Present Continuous Active.
As a rule, the workers to repair the track in summer.
The train to be late because the workers to repair the track.
Look! Two aircrafts to fly in the dark sky.
This overnight train always to arrive on schedule.
My TV set to work better now because we have installed the external antenna.
The arrow of compass always to point to the North.
The railways in the US to transport only 0.6 per cent of passengers.
All these passengers to wait for the suburban train arrival.
The train to London to depart from platform No 2 in 5 minutes.
Please keep the doors closed while the train to move.
Ex. 2. Put the verbs into the correct tense form of Past Simple Active or Past Continuous Active.