Task 19. Complete the following sentences.

1. At holiday weekends several hundred people may be killed in road accidents in spite of …

2. Very often pedestrians may cause accidents by …

3. It is necessary for every driver to have … and to pass …

4. Safe-driving campaigns are organized in order to …

5. The courts impose heavy fines for …

6. The Highway Code tells people about …

7. The most frequent causes for road accidents are …

8. Drivers can take special courses in …

9. Young drivers should be especially careful when driving a car, because …

Task 20. A lawyer has made some notes about a traffic accident. Complete them by putting each verb in brackets into the correct tense form; (sometimes there is more than one possible answer); translate the notes into Russian.

1. The accident (happen) at 10.47 p.m. on October 23d at the corner of Campton St. and Brooks Rd., Milchester.

2. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson (be) on their way home. Mr. Johnson (drive).

3. The couple (visit) friends. They (drink), but Mr. Johnson (have) only one small whisky. He (finish) this drink at 10.15 p.m.

4. It (not rain) at the time but it (rain) shortly before, and the roads (be) wet.

5. At 10.47 p.m. Mr. Richard Hunter (cycle) north along Brooks Rd. He (have) his lights on.

6. Mr. Johnson (not stop) at the ‘STOP’ sign. As he (turn) into Brooks Rd., he (hit) Mr. Hunter and (knock) him off his bike.

7. Mr. Hunter (be) not badly hurt, but his bike (be) damaged. Mr. Johnson (stop) and (report) the accident.

8. Mr. Johnson (drive) for twenty years now. He (not have) an accident before.

Task 21. Read and translate the text.

The Problem of Transport

What are the cities for – cars or people? Do people without cars not matter at all? In some cities, such as Los Angeles, it is impossible to live without a car. A friend of mine used to live opposite a supermarket¹ in Los Angeles. Unfortunately the road was a six-lane motorway², and there was no way of crossing it. She had to drive two miles to a clover-leaf junction³ where she was able to turn round, drive two miles back and buy her food. By the time she reached her home again, she’d driven eight miles to cross the road!

All large cities have the problem of transport. In some of them people think that the only answer is to forbid cars from coming into the center of the city. But then what will all the people do? There must be better public transport with more buses and underground trains. Perhaps we will have monorails like they have in Tokyo. In London, Oxford Street, one of the most important and busy roads in the capital is closed to private cars, and a lot of roads have special lanes for buses. This helps traffic to move more freely, and stop traffic jams.

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¹supermarket /'sHpq"mRkIt/ - универсам; большой магазин

самообслуживания

²six-lane motorway /'mqVtqwei/ - шоссе с шестирядным движением

³clover-leaf junction /'klqVvq"lJf'GANkSn/ - развилка

Task 22. Speak for or against cars, give your reasons. Use the following hints.

For: - Cars allow people to travel faster.

• To travel by cars is more comfortable.

• Good motorways help the economy.

• Cars are necessary if you live in the country.

- When travelling by car you can stop wherever you wish and see all the beautiful places on your way.

• Cars save time.

Against: - Cars destroy the beauty of the countryside.

• People walk less and exercise less.

• Cars bring air pollution in our cities.

• There are so many cars that they leave no place for people.

• Cars don’t save time at all in large cities because of the traffic jams.

• You pass beautiful places without actually seeing them.

Task 23. Read and translate the following reports.