Words and Expressions to be Remembered

Path n., smooth a., passage n., load v., sleeper n., bed n., resilient a., formation n., fitting n., fishplate n., joint bar, fishbolt, n., trackbolt n., thread v., permanent way, final layout, conveyance n., drain v., gauge n.

Words and Expressions to be Reviewed

Hallway track, produce v., vehicle n., speed n., tie n., hold v., throughout prp., transfer v., load n., provide v., level n., distribute v., area n., fix v., depend on v., consideration n., manufacture v., join v., through prp., distinguish v.,

Exercises

Exercises 1. Pronounce the following correctly:

Pass, smooth, passage, vehicle, hold, exact, gauge, throughout, transfer, ballast, resilient, level, area, various, consideration, manufacture, join, threaded, definition, conveyance, earth, distinguish.

Exercises 2. Match definitions:

1 permanent way	1 the distance between the rails
2 rails	2 the combination of rails, ties and ballast
3 gauge	3 the mechanism which moves the trains from one track to another
4 ties (sleepers)	4 long steel bars (полоса) on which the trains run
5 switch	5 the place where the ends of the rails meet in the track
6 joint	6 wooden supports (опора) for rails

Exercises 3. Give Russian equivalents of the following word combinational

Railway track, smooth passage, heavily loaded vehicles, at great speed, at the exact distance or gauge throughout, transfer the loads from the rails to the ballast, a resilient bed, to keep the sleepers in the correct position and at the correct level, to distribute the load from the sleepers to a large area on the bed or formation, various other considerations, standard lengths, permanent way, temporary tracks, final layout.

Exercises 4. Find English equivalents of the following word combinations:

ж.-д. путь, поезда большого веса, плавный ход, верхнее строение пути, в неизменной ширине колеи, передавать давление от рельсов к балластному слою, упругое подрельсовое основание, передавать давление на возможно большую площадь земляного полотна, капитальная трасса.

Exercises 5. Give verbs corresponding to the following nouns and translate them into Russian:

Patterns:	1	effect n. – осуществление; effect v. – осуществлять.
	2	hammer n. – молот; hammer v. – битъ молотом.
	3	rail n. – рельс; rail v. – прокладывать рельсы.

Vehicle n., speed n., tie n., load n., ballast n., bed n., level n., track n., bolt n., bar n.,

Exercises 6. Find in the text synonyms of:

рresent v., even a., car n., retain v., precise a., elastic a., base n., right a., location n., allot v., way n., let out v., diverse a., reason n., make v., unite v., determination n.

Exercises 7. Find in the text antonyms of:

Little, rough, approximate, rigid, wrong, flow (into), Identical, non-standard, separately, temporary, permanent, initial.