- •Unit 1. Career planning
- •Vocabulary
- •A Resume
- •Categories of an interview questions
- •Interview sample questions
- •Supplementary reading Exercise 1. Read the text about how to write a successful cv and answer the following questions.
- •Write a killer cv
- •By Margie Sheedy, Sydney Morning Herald http://content.Mycareer.Com.Au/advice-research/resume/write-a-killer-cv.Aspx
- •Unit 2. The Environmental Impacts of Transportation
- •Vocabulary
- •The Environmental Impacts of Transportation
- •Capacity* of urban transport modes per metre of infrastructure width
- •Introduction and thesis statement (Say what you want to do)
- •The body of the paper (Do it)
- •Conclusion (Say what you have done)
- •Supplementary reading Exercise 1. Read the text about the Environmental Impacts of Transportation and answer the following questions.
- •The Environmental Impacts of Transportation
- •Exercise 2. Finish the statement according to the text read.
- •Unit 3. Globalization
- •Vocabulary
- •Meanings of globalization
- •Positive impacts of globalisation
- •Negative impacts of globalisation
- •Bbc News
- •Unit 3. History of the railway transport.
- •Vocabulary
- •From the history of railway transport
- •The Oldest Railway In Russia
- •Начало строительства железных дорог в России.
- •The Trans-Siberian Mainline
- •Unit 12. Safety requirements in maintenance documentation
- •Vocabulary
- •Technical Measures Documents
- •Exercise 1. Case studies illustrate the importance of maintenance procedures. Find information about one of them and report your findings to the rest of the class.
- •Exercise 1. Read the text about railway safety and answer the following questions.
- •Railway safety
- •Unit 13. Carriage of dangerous goods
- •Hazardous materials
- •Vocabulary
- •Carriage of dangerous goods
- •Vocabulary notes:
- •Exercise 1. Read the text about transportation accidents and answer the following questions.
- •Transportation accidents
Vocabulary
Exercise 1. We use a number of special words when speaking about carriage of dangerous goods. Fill the gaps in the text with the words given.
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_____________ (1) are liquid or solid ____________ (2) and articles containing them, that have been tested and assessed against internationally-agreed criteria – a process called classification – and found to be potentially dangerous (hazardous) when carried. Dangerous goods are assigned to different _____________ (3) depending on their predominant ______________ (4). There are _______________ (5) to deal with the ______________ (6) of dangerous goods, the purpose of which is to protect everyone either directly involved (such as _____________ (7) or carriers (8), or who might become involved (such as members of the emergency services and public).
Exercise 2. There are several types of vehicle to transport dangerous goods by rail. Match a type of vehicle in A with its definition in B.
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bulk container |
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multimodal assemblies of cylinders, tubes and bundles of cylinders that are interconnected by a manifold and assembled within a framework and service equipment or structural equipment necessary for the transport of gases in the cylinders and tubes |
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gas container |
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a receptacle for dangerous goods and service equipment or structural equipment that enables the receptacle to transport the goods |
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tank |
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a container, with or without a liner or coating, that has a capacity of 1m3 or more and is intended for the transport of solid dangerous goods that are in direct contact with the container |
Reading
Exercise 1. Look at the following table and explain the relation between dangerous goods’ classes and transport categories.
Dangerous Goods |
Transport category |
Infectious substances in risk group 4 |
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Packing Group I goods Toxic gases Organic peroxides type b or c Self-reactive substances type b or c Temperature controlled substances Infectious substances in risk group 3 |
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Packing Group II goods, other than those specified elsewhere Flammable gases Infectious substances in risk group 2 |
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Packing Group III goods, other than those specified elsewhere Non-flammable, non-toxic gases UN 2990, UN 3072 Any other dangerous goods not listed elsewhere |
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Empty, uncleaned packaging (except those containing infectious substances in risk group 4 and toxic gases) |
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Exercise 2. What modes of transport are used to carry dangerous goods? What do we do to carry them safely? Now read the text and check your answers.