Ex. 2. These are the key words to Lesson 5. You are to copy them and memorize their meanings.

Word-box:

fixed ground equipment - постоянные (стационарные) сигналы; performance – рабочие характеристики; a guided radar – радиолокационный сигнал с дистанционным управлением; a classification yard / marshalling yard – сортировочная станция; to shunt – маневрировать, a shunter – маневровый локомотив, shunting operation –маневровая работа.

 

Ex. 3. Copy the following words and memorize their meanings:

to be under way (something) - находиться в процессе (чего-либо);

to comply (with) – подчиняться (каким-то правилам);

a cause – причина,

to cause – являться причиной, вызывать;

to eliminate – исключать, устранять;

an emergency – критическое положение, авария;

an obstacle – помеха, препятствие,

to overcome an obstacle – преодолеть препятствие;

to set – устанавливать;

a survey – исследование, изыскание,

to survey – наблюдать, изучать.

 

Read and translate the following sentences into Russian:

1. Every law passed by the Parliament must comply with the Constitution. 2. On this dangerous section trains must comply with the permissible speed. 3. Suddenly there was a power cut, causing the whole computer system to shut down. 4. The cause of the accident was a broken brake lever. 5. You can set the armchair in the corner over there, please. 6. The heating is set at 18 degrees. 7. The railway operation company hopes to eliminate needless deaths in fires by using more fire-resistant materials. 8. Make sure your children know what to do in an emergency. 9. In an emergency dial 911 for police, the fire department or an ambulance. 10. Bridges and tunnels are constructed to overcome natural and artificial obstacles. 11. The fact that nobody was able to translate this contract in time was a serious obstacle for the negotiators. 12. To get to Harvard she had to overcome the usual obstacles facing someone from a poor background. 13. The work on the project is under way. 14. The subject under investigation is of great theoretical and practical importance. 15. Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the accident. 16. The new automated control system will eliminate all types of accidents which can be caused by the driver error. 17. Experts surveyed the situation that had brought about the crisis. 18. The company carried out a survey of the people’s attitudes to housework. 19. A basic understanding of car engines can be very useful, especially in emergencies. 20. We can never eliminate crime from our society.

 

Ex. 4. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense form and translate the sentences into Russian:

1. Those drivers who (not to comply – Present Simple Active) with traffic rules must be fined. 2. Heavy traffic (to cause – Present Continuous Active) long delays on the roads. 3. Engine failure (to cause – Past Simple Passive) by careless driving. 4. After a long investigation faulty warning lights (to find – Past Simple Passive) to be the cause of the accident. 5. I (to set – Present Perfect Active) my alarm clock for six o’clock. 6. Under the agreement all trade barriers between the US and Canada (to eliminate – Future Simple Passive). 7. The staff (to train – Past Simple Passive) to deal with any emergency. 8. Before moving into the territory we (to survey – Past Simple Active) it carefully. 9. A survey of the area (to give - Past Simple Active) no information. 10. We (to force – Past Simple Passive) to join a technology company to do a research. 11. Diesel locos (to use – Present Simple Passive) for shunting operation because it is no economic to electrify a marshalling yard. 12. When a switch (to operate – Present Simple Passive), any train whose leading car or locomotive is on the track circuits affected (to bring - Future Simple Passive) to an emergency stop immediately. 13. On-board equipment (to check – Future Simple Active) the train’s actual speed against the allowed speed and (to slow or to stop - Future Simple Active) the train if any section (to enter – Present Simple Passive) at more than the allowed speed. 14. Engineers (to work – Present Perfect Continuous) to bring about two revolutionary changes in the field of communications and control.