Ex. 4. Read the sentences and translate them

1. As soon as snow melts away, the road master is to inspect the railway line to prepare a schedule (график) for repair work in summer.

2. Netherlands Railways has decided to purchase (=buy) a fleet of Sprinter emus to replace trains dating from the 1960s.

3. For the safety of running trains, all railways except the very short ones are divided into divisions. Divisions may be of different lengths.

4. Uralmash was converted into a joint-stock company at the end of 1992 with 1.8m shares (акции).

5. Moscow is a major junction: over 300 long-distance and 2, 000 commuter trains depart from 10 Moscow railway terminals daily.

6. The invention of the steam locomotive changed bridge building because stronger spans were needed.

7. A marshalling yard is an area where individual cars, arriving from various points, are sorted according to their destinations and assembled in trains.

8. The engine driver’s work on the automatically controlled trains is to supervise that the equipment operates properly and to take over manual control in case of emergency.

9. The largest three- span arch bridge in Japan is called the Kobe Bridge. It spans the channel of 200 m wide.

10. Trains connecting cities can be divided into two groups - inter-city trains, which do not stop at small stations, and trains that serve all stations, usually known as local trains or ‘stoppers’.

Ex. 5. Match the two parts of the sentences.