Match the opposites.

increase	remove
fix	accept
rigidity	decrease
transmit	elasticity

 

* Make sentences of your own using the words from this list.

Match the words to make phrases.

to ensure	requirements
to meet	loads
to transfer	safety
to transmit	drainage
to provide	pressure

* Make sentences of your own using the words from this list.

Complete and translate the following sentences.

a) All elements of the PW must be strong and durable in order to (обеспечить безопасность) of travel.

b) (Балласт) is the foundation of the railway which holds the track in line and (обеспечивает необходимый дренаж).

c) Sleepers or ties hold the two rails at the exact distance and (передают нагрузку) from the rails to the ballast.

d) Only perfect tracks allow the railway to achieve the high (скорость) and greater (пропускную способность).

e) The largest and heaviest rails are to be found in the (магистральных линиях) which carry the largest (объем грузовых и пассажирских перевозок).

 

IV.

First, student A will write three questions using three of the words in the first column, and student B will write three questions using three of the words in the second column. Underline the Vocabulary word in each of the questions you write. Then partners will exchange papers and write the answers using the underlined word.

Discuss your answers with your partner.

 

Student A Student B

distance wooden

gauge high-speed

temporary quality

permanent difficulty

distribute concrete

 

 

V.

 

Listen to the information twice and put the words denoting mechanical properties instead of ……...

Track components	Mechanical properties
……..	……..	……..	……..
Rail profile		x		x
Fastening system	x		x	x
Sleepers		x	x	x
Ballast	x		x	x
Slabs		x		x
Track support system	x		x	x

 

VI.

A Memo is an internal company document that is normally impersonal and formal in style. It can be sent to one person or a number of people within the organization and may be put on a notice board. It should:

- state who it is to

- state who it is from

- have a title (subject) explaining what it is about and a date

- state the purpose in the opening paragraph

- be as brief as possible.

 

e.g.

Memo

To: Bradley Cage

From: Dr. William Edison

Date: 16 July

Subject: Conference Participation

 

It’s my pleasure to inform you that the Committee will fund your participation in the Conference. If you need some help with your arrangements, please let me know. I can be contacted on personnel@cam.uk

William Edison

 

 

Complete the memo by putting the information a) – d) in the correct place.

Memo

To: Shipping Department

(1) _____: Clancy Atkinson, Personnel Director

Date: (2) ___________

(3) _____: Conference Participation