I. Read and translate the text: British Transport.

You can come to Britain either by plane, by train, by car or by ship. If you go to England by car or by train you have to cross the English Channel. There is a tunnel under the Channel which links France and England.

In Britain they have left-hand traffic. In London you can take London underground or light railway only on weekdays and up to 21:30, also you can go by British rail and by bus. The first London bus started running in 1829, between Paddington and the City. In the late 19^th century trams pulled by horses became popular. In the early 1900’s the first motorized buses were introduced. The typical bus in London is a red double-decker. You can see all London sights travelling on the upper deck of a double-decker.

To save (economize) your money you can buy a travel card for all kinds of transport. London has twelve railway stations. British Rail (BR) run over ground train services from London to all parts of Britain. Every station has its own metro station. The world’s first Underground line was opened between Baker Street and the City in 1863. Now there are 273 London underground stations with the lines covering 404 km. Sometimes Londoners nickname the London Underground “the tube”. There are ten underground lines in London. Either you can buy a ticket

E-mail users can also have access to a mailbox, which they can call from anywhere in the world and retrieve messages. They receive a mailbox number and a password for confidentially. Messages can be printed out and kept for reference.

In comparison with telex, e-mail is relatively low in cost, and does not require a trained operator. It is also fast, relatively reliable, and messages can be sent or picked up anywhere in the world, and stored in the mailbox until they are retrieved.

This can be particularly advantageous for users who are communicating across international time zones.

Lesson 28.

Topic: A Computer.

Active vocabulary.

programming language мова програмування

machine-dependent машинно-залежний

a source program висхідна програма

assembly language мова ассемблера

symbolic language символьна мова

automatic coding language мова автоматичного кодування

utilization використання

to obey виконувати

an absolute address абсолютна адреса

disadvantage недолік

I. Read the text without a dictionary. Try to get the main idea of each paragraph. Render the text in Ukrainian. Programming Languages.

In order to communicate with each other, men use languages. In the same way, “languages” of one sort or another are used, in order to communicate instructions

called “Brit-Rail”. It is valid from 4 till 30 days. You can travel everywhere you want and so many times as you need using this ticket. To go by bus is cheaper than by train. The buses stop only at the bus-stops.

London also has a specific kind of taxi—so called “black cabs”. To get a taxi license drivers have to memorize hundreds of time-saving routes and pass a very strict exam under the title “The Knowledge”, so you can trust their knowledge and skills. The fare is shown at the indicator, usually you should pay a 10-per cent tip of this sum.

You can see a lot of private cabs. But they are not always reliable and you can’t trust them, because the drivers often don’t know the way to every point of the city. If you take a private cab, you should talk over the price before.

In the USA they have right-hand traffic. To use city transport is not very popular here.

Each city has an underground and each town and village has the bus. The bus goes on schedule. The fare is from 50 cents to 1 dollar. The ticket is valid for 2 or 2,5 hours. The bus stops at the bus stop and at any place you need.

If you don’t know how to get to the place you need, address the nearest gas station. The workers will always show you the way and give the map of the city.