- •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
Cars in cities
A. Work in pairs. Before you read the article, discuss the questions:
What will happen when the roads are so busy that there is no room for cars?
What’s like driving or being driven in the rush hours in your city?
How easy is to find a parking space in your city?
B. Five sentences have been removed from the article below. Choose from sentences A-F the one which fits gap 1-5. There is one extra sentence you don’t need to use.
A But parking a car in Japan is expensive.
B But the driving test in Japan is very expensive.
C For less experienced drivers, an ambulance is on standby.
D In order to register a car in Japan, the owner must have somewhere to park it.
E These allow two cars to share the same parking space.
F This provides buyers of four-wheel-drive vehicles somewhere to get their tyres dirty.
Ever wondered what the car industry will do when roads become so congested there is no longer enough room to squeeze in any more cars? That is what is starting to happen in Japan, where car makers are moving into the car-parking business and building special driving courses where motorists can go to escape the country’s traffic jams.
The impetus has come from tough new parking rules, bucked up by hefty fines, that came into force this summer. ……………1…………………… . The new rules require a sticker to be displayed to prove the owner has a parking space at home or near the office. ……………2………….. . Spaces in some residential areas in Tokyo can cost as much as $1,700 a month.
To help persuade households to buy a second car, some of Japan’s car makers have moved into the business of selling machines which make double-tier parking possible. ………….3………………… They work like a lift. The driver parks his first car on a platform, then flicks a switch which raises the platform to allow a second car to be parked underneath. Toyota now sells six such devices. Honda not only sells home-parking equipment, but also manages car parks and provides information on the availability of parking spaces for car buyers.
Nissan even offers a home-parking machine that lowers car into a pit below ground. Nissan has also opened a “mobility park” 140 kilometers outside Tokyo. …………4…………. . The park provides instructors and a variety of off-road courses, ranging from a beginner’s trail to an advanced course for more experienced off-roaders. ………………5…………………….. .
C. Choose one of these headlines for the article:
Safer motoring in Japan Running out of road
Keeping cars off the roads
D. Highlight any words or phrases in the article which you’d like to remember, and which you’d like to use yourself.
E. Work in pairs. Compare the words you’ve highlighted. Then discuss these questions:
Which of the ideas in the article do you think is the best?
Which ideas would work and not work in your country?
Speaking as a pedestrian or cyclist, what changes would you like to see to traffic management in your city or town?