- •Transport
- •1. Public transport
- •2. Read the text and fill in the sentences.
- •Travel and Communication
- •3. Finish the sentences not looking to the text.
- •Catch a bus, take a taxi
- •8. Read the dialogue.
- •9. Read the text and find the synonyms to the words below:
- •15. What are these vehicles?
- •16. Think of two vehicles. Give the definitions of these words and let your partner guess them.
- •17. Complete the sentences:
- •18. Translate the sentences:
- •19. Fill the gaps using the words in the appropriate forms:
- •20. Explain what are these things for:
- •21. Translate the sentences:
- •22. Fill the gaps with the correct words.
- •23. Answer these questions about your own country.
- •24. Answer the following questions:
- •25. Translate the sentences:
- •Driver forgets crashes
- •31. Look at the text below and discuss these questions:
- •32. Fill the gaps in these sentences with suitable word.
- •33. Read the text: son and father
- •34. Read three stories:
- •35. Write a story of a motor accident.
- •36.Read the anecdotes:
- •37. Read the story. Fill in the blanks with words from the box.
- •Motorway ballad
- •Cars in cities
- •Additional material Honda’s sports car gets a name and a face
- •Words to learn:
- •Answer the questions:
- •32 Valves and 300 Horses
- •Words to learn:
- •Answer the questions, please:
- •Mitsubishi Galant gtz
- •Daewoo Leganza cdx
- •I. Answer the questions:
- •II. Retell the text.
- •Maserati 3200 gt
- •A comeback kid for the coming millennium,
- •Available at your local Ferrari dealership.
- •Английский язык для студентов 2 курса факультета транспорта
- •660041, Г. Красноярск, пр. Свободный, 79
- •660041, Г. Красноярск, пр. Свободный, 82а
19. Fill the gaps using the words in the appropriate forms:
Traffic jam, accident, to crash into, to be badly injured, main road, to break down, to come in the opposite direction, rush hour, to be badly damaged, to break, traffic jam, to prevent
There was a serious _________ in one of the main _________ into Stuttgard this morning. An old lorry __________ in the middle of the road, and the driver couldn’t move it. It was 8 o’clock, in the middle of the __________ so it soon created a terrible _____________. Drivers got very angry and a man in a Mercedes tried to go round the lorry. Unfortunately another car ____________. The driver _________ hard and tried to stop, but he couldn’t __________ the accident — the Mercedes _______ the front of his car. The driver of the Mercedes was OK, but the other driver was ________and both cars ___________.
20. Explain what are these things for:
sunroof
number plate
window winder
tyre
glove compartment
21. Translate the sentences:
С помощью этой ручки можно опустить окно.
А где здесь переключатель скорости?
Фонарик и дорожные карты должны быть в бардачке.
Запаску лучше всего хранить в багажнике. Вдруг колесо в дороге спустит.
У твоей машины нет первого колеса, дворники оторваны, помято крыло и бампер. Я надеюсь, что сумеешь ее починить.
Ветровое стекло отражало солнечные лучи и я подумал, что машина сильно нагрелась.
Я думаю, что с тормозами что-то не в порядке.
Не отрывай рук от руля, глаз от дороги.
22. Fill the gaps with the correct words.
Don’t forget to ________________your __________ belt when you ______the car.
There was a bad accident this morning. One driver died, the other driver was badly ______________, and both cars were badly ____________.
In the morning, the ___________ starts at about 7 o’clock and goes on until at least 9.30.Then it starts again about 4.30 in the afternoon.
It was raining, so when I ______________________the car didn’t stop quickly enough, and I _______________into the back of the car in front.
The bicycle hit me just as I stepped off the ________________ to cross the road.
The car ________________, so I phoned a garage and sent someone to repair it.
There was a terrible _______________ ____________, and that’s why it took me two hours to get home in the car.
I was doing about 65 mph on the inside _______________of the motorway and suddenly a car __________________ me doing about 90 mph.
23. Answer these questions about your own country.
Do you have a speed limit on motorways? If so, what is it?
How many lanes do motorways usually have?
Do drivers usually stop for pedestrians at pedestrian crossings?
Are most petrol stations self-service, or do people serve you?
24. Answer the following questions:
Does traffic in this country keep right or left?
Is parking allowed everywhere?
Is overtaking allowed on the right or on the left?
What should one do not to be injured in a road accident?
How should pedestrians behave?
What are the rules for drivers?
What may drivers be fined for?
How much may drivers be fined in this country?
Does traffic in England keep right or left? Where else does traffic keep left?
Why do you think the English don’t change their traffic system? What would they have to do if they decide to make traffic in their country keep right?
Does one have to take a test to be allowed to drive a car?
Is it difficult or easy to pass a driver’s test in this country?
What questions may one to be asked when taking a driver’s test?
You can drive, can’t you?
Have you ever had an accident? What happened? Who was injured in the accident? Was your car damaged? Did it need repairing? Who did the repairing?
Why would it be difficult for you to drive a car in London? How soon do you think you would get used to driving a car in London?
Is having a car fun or a nuisance?
Why do some people believe that having a car is great fun?
19. Why do others think it a nuisance?
20. Do you envy people who have a car or do you think that their life is miserable? Why?
21. When do you think greater damage would be caused, if two cars collided or if a car hit a parked car?