Bus Tram Plane Taxi Bicycle Car

driver driver pilot driver cyclist driver

drives drives flies drives rides drives

(£) fare fare air fare fare - -

catch/take catch/take take take go on (my) go by

get on/off get on/off get on/off get in/out get on/off get in/out

bus station railway station airport taxi rank - -

TEXT 3.THE BEST CAR IN THE WORLD (Past Simple)

Exercise 1. How do you read these words and numerals?

The first, often, part, sort, perfect, called, noise, advertisement, quietly, 1904; 1986; 1700; 1413; 1947; 1,876; 14,038; 8711; 45,712; 416,349.

Exercise 2.M atch the words.

a lot for

put down

go ---

famous of

break back

leave into business

Exercise 3. Translate the text into Russian.

Henry Royce did not like his Decauville car, which ran badly and often broke down. So he decided to make a better car himself, and in 1904 he produced his first two-cylinder model. Charles Rolls, a car manufacturer, was very impressed by Royce's car, and soon Rolls and Royce went into business together. One of their first models was the Silver Ghost. In 1907, a Silver Ghost broke the world's endurance record by driving 14,371 miles (23,120km) without breaking down once. After the drive, it cost just over £2 to put the car back into perfect condition. It is not surprising that the Silver Ghost was called 'the best car in the world'. Rolls-Royce cars are famous for running quietly: an advertisement for one model said 'the loudest noise is the ticking of the clock'. The cars are made very carefully. A lot of the work is done by hand, and they take a long time to manufacture: only twelve cars leave the factory every day.

Exercise 4. Look at the words and expressions; choose the best explanation for each.

1. It broke down.

A It made a noise. B Pieces fell oft it. C It stopped working.

2. Charles Rolls was very impressed by Royce's car.

A He thought it was good. B He wanted this car. C He did not understand it.

3. model

A picture B small car C sort of car

4. endurance

A going fast B going on for a long time C being easy to drive

5. Rolls-Royce cars are famous.

A They are very good. B Everybody knows about them. C They are very quiet.

6. ticking

A a sort of clock B a part of a car C a sort of noise

7. manufacture

A make B sell C finish

8. factory

A town B place where cars are made C shop

TEXT 4. ‘DRIVER FORGETS CRASHES’

Words and word combinations:

trip – поездка

ram – таранить

head-on – 'носом к носу'

fine – платить штраф

swerve – круто свернуть, отклониться

drive off – отбросить

reckless – пренебрежение, безрассудство

career – мчаться, нестись

failing to stop – не смочь остановиться

overtake – догнать, настигать

forecourt – передний двор

vague – смутный

Exercise 1. Read the newspaper report. Then look at the two maps and choose the map, which corresponds to the report. Find on the map: a roundabout, a pedestrian crossing, a junction.

Motorist Lesley Aston doesn't remember much about her trip home from work. But villagers at Studley, Warwicks will never forget it.

First, her Austin 1300 rammed the back of another car waiting at a junction.She drove off without stopping overlook cars waiting at a pedestrian crossing and swung into a roundabout on the wrong side.

Then 20-year-old Lesley crashed head-on into a second car, swerved into a third and careered into a brick wall before coming to rest on a garage forecourt.

She later told police that she had only vague memories of what had happened. Lesley, of Hewell Road, Redditch, Worcs., was fined £150 for reckless driving and failing to stop after an accident.

E xercise 2: Read the following account of an accident then draw and describe what happened.

Car A tried to overtake car B approaching a road junction. Car C, which was coming in the opposite direction, swerved to avoid car A and crashed into a tree on the corner of the junction.

Exercise 3. Imagine an accident – you were the only witness besides the driver(s). Or remember a real accident you have witnessed. Write a very simple report of the accident. Read it to another student: he or she must try to draw what happened.

Exercise 4. What do these road signs tell you to do or not to do?

Examples: Sign A tells you to turn left, sign B tells you not to park.