Read the text and fill in the sentences.

Английский язык

для студентов 2 курса факультета транспорта

Методические указания

 

 

Красноярск

СФУ

УДК 811.111:629 (07)

ББК 81.432.1 я 73

А 64

 

Составитель: Чебан Е.П.

 

А 64 Английский язык. Английский язык длястудентов 2 курса факультета транспорта: Методические указания / сост.Е.П. Чебан). – Красноярск: Сиб. федер. ун-т, 2011. – 32 с.

 

Предназначено для студентов 2 курса факультета транспорта всех специальностей. Основной целью является подготовка студентов к самостоятельному чтению на английском языке оригинальной технической литературы по специальности.

 

 

УДК 811.111:629 (07)

ББК 81.432.1 я 73

 

© Сибирский

федеральный

университет, 2011

Transport

Public transport

 

Transportation First

1830 First passenger train service: Great Britain

1863 First subway: London

1873 First cable cars: San Francisco

1896 First taxi cabs: Stuttgart

1910 First trolley: Los Angeles

1964 First bullet train (130 mph): Japan

1976 First passenger flights on a supersonic airplane: the Concorde

 

Read the text and fill in the sentences.

 

a) One of the best ways to travel across snow and ice in the Arctic region is on a dog-sledge.

b) And now it is the fastest way of transport.

c) The world’s poorer countries often rely on primitive methods for transport.

d) The supersonic Concorde is the fastest passenger plane in the world today.

e) There are three main kinds of transport – land, water and air.

f) In fact, the time it takes to travel from place to place has become more important than actual distances.

g) It opened in 1825.

h) The fastest way to cross the Atlantic now is by supersonic passenger jet.

 

Travel and Communication

 

Today the world seems smaller than it is because people can speed from one continent to another in just a few hours. _____________________________________.

In the middle of the 19^th century, sailing boats took one of three months to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Steam ships later completed the same journey in about 10 days. _______________________________________. Concorde, for example, takes only 3,5 hours to fly from New York to London. This is half the time taken by any other aircraft.

____________________________________________________. All these are vital for carrying people, food, raw materials and goods from one place to another. Countries in North America and Western Europe have advanced transport systems. _________________________________________ In China, for example, there are very few cars and many people use bicycles to get about. They can also be adapted for carrying light cargoes.

The earliest way of carrying things about was on the backs of people or animals. Horses, camels, elephants, yaks, llamas, donkeys and mules are useful animals either for carrying goods and people or for working in the fields and pulling carts. __________________________________________________. Camels are animals well suited to desert travel. They can go without water for many days and their broad hooves do not sink into the sand.

People still perform many important carrying tasks in poor countries. Goods may be put on the head so that the whole of the body takes their weight.

Railways were invented in the 19^th century in Britain and they soon spread to the rest of the world. The first steam train service ran between Stockton and Darlington in England. __________________________________________________________. Modern trains often run on electricity. It is a fairly cheep way of transporting heavy goods, but today many people and industries use motorways and roads instead.

Another important way of moving products and materials is by sea, rivers and canals. The type of boats used on a canal is called a barge. Container ships are easy to load and unload as all the goods are pre-packed in crates. By today aircrafts have replaced ships as the main way for passengers to cross the ocean. ___________________. There are now airports all over the world and people who want to travel quickly go by airplane. Travelling by air is becoming much more popular, especially with holidaymakers. Aircraft offer the fastest form of transport. ____________________________________________________However, they are not as suitable as ships or trains for carrying heavy cargoes.

 

Retell the text.

6. Read the definitions and using a dictionary define the words below:

Transport — means of taking goods or people from one place to another.

Vehicle — a machine usually with wheels and an engine which is used for transporting people or goods on land, particularly on roads.

Accident, driving license, pedestrians, driving test, traffic light, pavement

 

7. Some words on transport:

Cars:

 

bus автобус

bicycle = bike велосипед

coach туристический автобус, междугороднего

сообщения

ambulance скорая помощь

cart повозка

fire engine пожарная машина

scooter самокат, мотороллер, водный мотоцикл

breakdown truck «скорая помощь» для машинам

motorbike мотоцикл

van фургон

lorry грузовик

camper жилой туристический автоприцеп

tipper truck самосвал

dustbin lorry машина для уборки мусора

juggernaut многотонный грузовик

racing car гоночная машина

sports car спортивная машина

soft top кабриолет

hatchback пяти-дверная машина с люком

trailer трейлер

saloon car закрытый автомобиль

caravan кибитка, фургон

milk float молоковоз

hearse катафалк

estate car универсальный автомобиль с кузовом

to go by… ехать на чем-либо

to miss… пропустить, опоздать

to take… сесть (for example, to take a bus)

to overtake обгонять

kerb край тротуара, бордюр, обочина

roundabout окольный путь, объезд

crash авария

“No Parking” sign знак «Нет парковки»

traffic warder человек, ответственный за парковку

traffic light светофор

rush hour час-пик

traffic jam пробка

speed limit ограничение скорости

to slow down сбросить скорость

hitch-hiker человек, путешествующий автостопом

to get a lift подвести, подбросить

garage гараж

junction стык дороги

bend (to bend) поворот дороги, поворачивать

roadworks дорожные работы

road signs дорожные знаки

motorway шоссе

bridge мост

main road автострада, главная дорога

taxi такси

pedestrians пешеходы

crossing перекресток

pavement тротуар

petrol station заправка

to overtake обгонять

 

 

Catch a bus, take a taxi

 

Bus	Train	Plane	taxi	Bicycle	Car
Driver	Driver	Pilot	Driver	Cyclist	Driver
Drives	Drives	Flies	Drives	Rides	Drives
Fare	Fare	Air fare	Fare	—	—
Catch/take	Catch/take	Take	Take	Go on	Go by
Get on/off	Get on/off	Get on/off	Get in/out	Get on/off	Get in/out
Bus station	Railway station	Airport	Taxi rank	—	—

 

Read the dialogue.

A.: How did you get here?

B.: I came by bus.

A.: And the others?

B.: Sue and John came by car.

A.: And Paul?

B.: He missed the bus< so he had to take a taxi.

 

9. Read the text and find the synonyms to the words below:

 

Sometimes buses don’t arrive at the correct time. Where I live buses should come every ten minutes, but sometimes I wait at the place where buses usually stop to let passengers get on and off for half an hour with a long line of people, and then three buses come together, and they’re all full of people so that no more people can get on. On other occasions the bus is early and I don’t catch it.

 

Queue, miss it, punctual, full up, bus stop, run.

Car exterior:

windscreen лобовое стекло

windscreen wiper дворники

number plate номерной знак

wheel колесо

boot багажник

bonnet капот

bumper бампер

wing крыло

brake тормоза

exhaust pipe выхлопная труба

rear window заднее стекло

door handle дверная ручка

window winder кнопка для опускания окна

steering wheel управляющий руль

horn сигнал

seat belt ремень безопасности

glove compartment бардачок

ignition зажигание

gear level рычаг передач

clutch сцепление

 

10. Correct the wrong words:

 

a) You mustn’t drive a motorbike without a crash helmet.

b) She told him to get on the car and fasten his seat belt.

c) Bus tickets are getting more expensive.

d) We were late, so we had to catch a taxi.

e) I left my house a bit late and I lost the bus.

 

What are these vehicles?

 

· A vehicle used to carry a body in a coffin to a funeral;

· A large vehicle that drives from one house to another collecting rubbish from the dustbins outside;

· A small car usually with no roof which is designed for driving on rough ground;

· A vehicle is used to deliver milk to people’s houses;

· A large motor vehicle in which you can sleep, store a lot of equipment and often cook;

· A car with a lot of space behind the back seat and an extra door at the back for loading large items.

 

Imagine an accident — you were the only witness besides the driver(s). Or remember a real accident you have witnessed or been involved in. Write a very short report of the accident. Read it to other students, they must try to draw what happened.

 

Have you / a family member / a friend ever been involved in a car accident or been stopped by the police? Work in pairs or groups and tell your stories to each other. You can ask questions about your partner’s story. Than form new pairs and exchange stories again.

 

30. Read the newspaper report:

Driver forgets crashes

 

Motorist Lesley Aston doesn’t remember much about her trip home from work.

ü But villagers at Studley, Warwicks will never forget it.

ü First, her Austin 1300 rammed the back of another car waiting at a junction. She drove off without stopping, overtook cars waiting at a pedestrian crossing and swung into a roudabout on the wrong side. Then 20-year-old Lesley crashed head-on into a second car, swerved into a third and careered into a brick wall before coming to rest on a garage forecourt.

ü She later told police that she had only vague memories of what happened, magistrates were told yesterday at Alchester, Warwicks.

ü Lesley, of Hewell Road was fined for reckless driving and failing to stop after an accident or report it.

ü Read the article again and try to guess the meaning of the following words and expressions:

Trip rammed head-on swerved vague fined reckless failing to stop

ü Read the following account of an accident and draw what happened.

Car A tried to overtake car B approaching a road junction. Car C, which was coming in the opposite direction, swerved to avoid car A and crashed into a tree on the corner of the junction.

 

31. Look at the text below and discuss these questions:

 

· What is your reaction to the slogan?

· What is the main message of the text?

· What advice about road safety do pedestrians, cyclists and drivers in your country need reminding about most? Note down two pieces for each type of road user.

 

In a crash at 30 mph, an adult back seat

passenger is thrown forward with a force NEVER

of 3.5 tons, equal to the weigh of FORGET

an elephant.

 

Without a seat belt Wherever you sit

this could result in death

or serious injury to the CLUCK CLICK

passenger and to other every trip

people in the vehicle.

 

· The slogan of the text tells us what to remember. What information and advice would be given with these slogans, do you think?

 

Sorry mate I didn’t See you

 

Kill your speed not a child

 

SON AND FATHER

 

The big Oldsmobile saloon cut through two miles of traffic on a busy four-lane highway with a nine-year-old boy at the wheel and a seriously ill man by the side.

Minutes earlier at Wilmington, Delaware, schoolboy Mark Spencer had been out for a drive with his father. Then 37-year-old Philip Spencer suffered a heart attack, just managing to stop before collapsing in agony.

Mark is only four feet tall, allowing him to peep over the top of the dashboard, while reaching the control pedals with toe. But he didn’t hesitate, pushing his father across the bench seat and setting off for the nearest hospital.

“I did drive trough a red light and had to honk the horn to get past other cars but there weren’t too many problems”, he said.

Mr. Spencer is recovering in hospital, where the opinion is that he wouldn’t have survived if Mark had hesitated, or even done the expected thing and phoned for an ambulance.

The Spencers are an exceptionally close and loving family, and, as Mark says: “We need my Dad, he’s really nice.”

His mother, Blanche, confirms what one suspected — that her son is “car mad” and, at the age of two, succeeded in reversing a station wagon down drive.

“Thank God he was with his father”, she said. “I would have panicked …because I can’t drive”.

34. Read three stories:

1. The time I remember was when Priers was quite tiny and for some long-forgotten reason Peter and I were over to some friends in Burton-on-Trent, and we were in separate cars. And I was trying to follow quite closely to, behind Peter, but he always says I leave to much space, and so I did when he went through some traffic lights on green, and I thought, “If I speed up a little bit I’ll just get through”. And I didn’t, and what I hadn’t noticed was that the only other car on the road, directly behind me, was a police car. He saw me go through the light on amber/red, I thought, but he thought it was red. So he followed us round the corner onto the bridge, overtook, stopped, and I sat tight in my car while Pete leapt out and defended me. We said that we didn’t want to make a noise because the baby was asleep in the back, but we didn’t get away with it, and I did get my license endorsed.

2. I was driving from France and it had been a long drive, and I had had a fairly depressing experience in France. I was driving as fast as I could through the west London suburbs to get home. I had got hot jazz blasting of the car cassette player at enormous volume, and as I pulled up at a traffic light I saw this large white car pull beside me. I played back things in my mind and realised that I had just overtaken a police car at 50 miles an hour in a 30 limit. And the policemen wound down his window, and wound down mine, and I was too perturbed to turn of the jazz. And he looked at me and he listened to this noise coming out of the car, and he looked at me again and said, “You must be bloody crazy!” And the light changed to green and he drove off.

3. The time that I recall was I think, I was up at university, and I was down in London at my parents’ flat. I hadn’t be out, moderately late, and drove a little Mini car back to the flat, which was in rather smart part of London. And you had to park the car under the block of flats in an underground car park. I did this one night and noticed out of the corner of my eye that there was a car parked opposite, sort of in a right-angled road, facing the opening of the basement car park. And I didn’t pay any attention to it. I got out of the car as usual and went to see the night porter. He saw me, recognised me, and came to the door. And at that moment the doors flung open, and just I like TV, you know, TV series, these plainclothes people whipped out their wallets and snowed their badges and said, “Just a moment” you know, and all that sort of stuff, and you had to sort of, in there, and you thought, “This is ridiculous”, you know, “this is I mean, can’t be serious”. But they were very serious, and they sort of almost frog-marched me to the car and asked me all these usual details, about did I know what license number it was, how many miles I’d gone, and they took some persuading that someone looking as scruffy as in a tiny little Mini could possibly live in such a smart block of flats.

 

ü Choose a likely meaning for each of the numbered words:

1. amber

a) yellow b)broken c) fast

leapt

a) jumped b) kept c) shouted

endorsed

a) given back b) taken off the car c) marked with a bad point

 

2. blasting

a) coming very loudly b) coming very quietly c) falling

wound

a) broke b) thought c) turned a handle to move

 

3. flung

a) couldn’t b) stayed c) were thrown

scruffy

a) rich b) untidy c) sleepy

 

ü Choose one of the stories

ü Retell two of the three stories. Write five or seven questions about it for your partner to answer.

 

Motorway ballad

The road was icy,

The fog was dense,

He drove right trough

The central fence.

He met a van

The other way

And that was the end,

I’m sad to say.

But he woke again

A moment later

In the queue to reach

The gates of Peter.

Ahead is stretched,

That endless queue,

To the end of sight

And out of view.

And by the side

Of the waiting line

There stood a tall

Imposing sigh:

“Pearly Gate-widening in progress today;

God says sorry for any delay”

 

Cars in cities

A. Work in pairs. Before you read the article, discuss the questions:

ü What will happen when the roads are so busy that there is no room for cars?

ü What’s like driving or being driven in the rush hours in your city?

ü How easy is to find a parking space in your city?

B. Five sentences have been removed from the article below. Choose from sentences A-F the one which fits gap 1-5. There is one extra sentence you don’t need to use.

 

A But parking a car in Japan is expensive.

B But the driving test in Japan is very expensive.

C For less experienced drivers, an ambulance is on standby.

D In order to register a car in Japan, the owner must have somewhere to park it.

E These allow two cars to share the same parking space.

F This provides buyers of four-wheel-drive vehicles somewhere to get their tyres dirty.

 

Ever wondered what the car industry will do when roads become so congested there is no longer enough room to squeeze in any more cars? That is what is starting to happen in Japan, where car makers are moving into the car-parking business and building special driving courses where motorists can go to escape the country’s traffic jams.

The impetus has come from tough new parking rules, bucked up by hefty fines, that came into force this summer. ……………1……………………. The new rules require a sticker to be displayed to prove the owner has a parking space at home or near the office. ……………2…………... Spaces in some residential areas in Tokyo can cost as much as $1,700 a month.

To help persuade households to buy a second car, some of Japan’s car makers have moved into the business of selling machines which make double-tier parking possible. ………….3………………… They work like a lift. The driver parks his first car on a platform, then flicks a switch which raises the platform to allow a second car to be parked underneath. Toyota now sells six such devices. Honda not only sells home-parking equipment, but also manages car parks and provides information on the availability of parking spaces for car buyers.

Nissan even offers a home-parking machine that lowers car into a pit below ground. Nissan has also opened a “mobility park” 140 kilometers outside Tokyo. …………4………….. The park provides instructors and a variety of off-road courses, ranging from a beginner’s trail to an advanced course for more experienced off-roaders. ………………5……………………...

 

C. Choose one of these headlines for the article:

Safer motoring in Japan Running out of road

Keeping cars off the roads

D. Highlight any words or phrases in the article which you’d like to remember, and which you’d like to use yourself.

E. Work in pairs. Compare the words you’ve highlighted. Then discuss these questions:

· Which of the ideas in the article do you think is the best?

· Which ideas would work and not work in your country?

· Speaking as a pedestrian or cyclist, what changes would you like to see to traffic management in your city or town?

Additional material

Valves and 300 Horses

 

Trucks are still a new concept for the folks at Lincoln, but their cure for excess automotive flab as Yankee traditional as the old Green Bay sweep: more power.

Galvanized by cross-town competition from Cadillac, another unlikely purveyor of trucks, Lincoln plans to keep the Navigator sport-utility out front with a substantial infusion of extra muscle. In fact, with 300 horsepower from a twin-cam, 32-valve version of Ford’s corporate 5.4-liter V-8 truck engine, the Navigator will be able to claim output edge over all of its brute-ute rivals from general Motors-the Suburban twins, the Chevy Tahoe, the GMC Yukon/Yukon Denali, and most important the Cadillac Escalade.

Ford’s powertrain engineers have already mined more thrust out of the SOHC 16-valve, 5.4-liter Triton edition of this powerplant for 1999, raising horsepower from 235 to 260 and torque from 330 pound-feet to 345. The Triton V-8 is the upgrade engine for the Ford Expedition and is standard in early-’99 Navigators.

However, from December 1998 on, all Navigators will be propelled by the Intech version of the 5.4 V-8, which is similar to the 4.6-liter variant employed in the Mustang Cobra: more valves, more cams, with more aggressive cam profiles, and-natch-more power. In fact, the Intech 5.4-liter V-8 packs a bigger horsepower punch than Ford’s 6.8-liter Triton Cadillac Escalade’s 5.7-liter overhead-valve V-8.

The Navigator made do with a more 230 hp during its first year or so on the market. Harnessed to curb weights of 5700 pounds, the first –generation Triton V-8 produced acceleration that could only be described, generously, as deliberate. It required 10.3 seconds for a 5736-pound Navigator to reach 60 mph in our July 1997 road test, and its top-gear passing times fell close to the realm of peril.

A brief stint behind the wheel of a pre-production ’99 Navigator was enough to convince us that the new engine, which will initially, at least, be exclusive to Lincoln, lends a tangible increase in giddyar to this pavement Percheron. We’ll have to wait for formal instrumented testing to specify the benefits of additional horsepower in real-time terms, but C/D intramural speculation forecasts a decrease of one second in the 0-to-60-mph dash with corresponding improvements in passing times.

Whereas horsepower in the big news for this biggest of Lincolns in1999, there’s also a small innovation — adjustable brake and accelerator pedals — that seems certain to appeal to shorter drivers. Adjustable pedals aren’t new (they are standard equipment in the current Dodge Viper, for example), but power adjustability gives the Navigator a unique touch. Controlled by a rocker switch mounted just to the left of the steering column, the system moves the pedals back and forth by as much as three inches, and adjustments can be made with the vehicle stationary or in motion.

Aside from the major power increase and power-adjustable pedals, The Navigator is otherwise unchanged for 1999. And overweight or not, no diet is contemplated in the foreseeable future.

 

1) Words to learn:

2) Answer the questions, please:

1. Is Triton-8 the upgrade engine for the Ford Expedition?

2. What is the weight of Navigator?

3. How many seconds did it required for Navigator to reach 60mph?

4. What does power adjustability give the Navigator?

5. What is a small innovation for Lincoln?

 

Mitsubishi Galant GTZ

(More over, Passat — here’s

another stylish, lively-driving alternative to the Accord and Camry)

 

When it comes to getting publicity, being bigger is almost always better. Toyota had little problem getting the world out about its restyled Camry a couple of years ago. And Honda had no problem with the new Accord last year. These huge selling cars are backed by commensurate ad budgets and they draw lost of attention from the mainstream press.

Mitsubishi, which sells less than a quarter as many cars as Honda or Toyota does, isn’t so fortunate. It is determined, though, not to let its new Galant go unnoticed. Many prime-time-TV viewers will have noticed the sepia-toned ads showing a sleek four-door in constantly changing camera angels, cruising city streets and country roads. The advertising message is clear: «Sedans can be cool, and there's a new one of Mitsubishi that doesn’t look or drive like others».

We'll pass on whether family sedans can be cool, and we’ll concede that new Galant doesn’t look like its rivals. The basic three-box shape is nothing new, but other elements distinguish this car. The Galant's sheetmetal works like Italian suit — not particularly sharp-edged in any of the details, yet it somehow manages to look stylishly angular. The Mitsubishi’s rounded ducktail looks as though it was borrowed from the last-generation BMW 3-series, but the front end is what we’re drawn to. It’s stretched around a tight rectangular grille that just forward aggressively, with drawn-back headlamps on each side. This is one of those noses that are as interesting to gaze at form the side as from the front.

All the ’99 Galants share these cues, including the low-line DE, the mid-level ES, and the higher-line LS MODELS. Interesting is the sporty new GTZ model, which is almost chrome-free and comes with a standard rear wing. The wing looks a little sophomoric, but GTZ’s mid-night-black paint and body-color grille gave it an absolutely sinister look.

The insides, created at Mitsubishi’s design center in Southern California, are less bold. It’s a tasteful execution with no surprises, except perhaps for the center stereo that interrupts the dash. On our GTZ, nearly every visible surface — carpeting, dash, seats, door pillars — is finished in the sober grey color of a winter sky. The faux wood on the dashboard and doors is a welcome interruption. The carpeting — stiffly molded, lacking fuzz and difficult to clean is about the only tactile letdown.

Functionally, the Galant is in the game. The controls are convenient. The leather front seats in our GTZ appeared overstuffed for a sports sedan, but they were comfortable nonetheless. The driver’s seat-cushion height adjusts separately from the seatback, a feature usually found in more expensive cars. There are 55 cubic feet of room in the front and 43 cubic feet for the rear passengers. A Camry has room like that. And Accord has 52 and 45 front and rear and the Passat scores 51 and 42. The Galant’s rear-seat space is generous for two, but for three, have the height-challenged human take the middle-seat — its humped cushion cuts headroom significantly. The right rear seatback folds down to accommodate long items, but not the entire seatback, unlike the rear seats in most of the Galant’s competitors. The trunk has a flat floor and can carry 14 cubic feet of dirty gym clothes and empty All Sport bottles.

So the Galant looks slicker than its competitors. Inside, it has what it takes, more or less. So good so far, but what about driving it?

There are two different engines available — a 145-hp, 2.4-liter that was used in the last Galant, and a 195-hp V-6 (190 horses in LEV states) for higher-line models, including the GTZ. That big motor is, unfortunately, married to a four-speed automatic — meaning that the Galant can’t serve up the kind of fun the Camry V-6 and Mazda 626 V-6 can, with their available row-it-yourself gearboxes.

One of the reasons for the good ride is Goodyears. The Galant also has a rubber-isolated drivetrain cradle that helps filter out engine and road vibrations. It’s made of light but stiff cast aluminum — high-tech for a sedan priced at less than $25,000.

Tat price is competitive. The Galant starts at $17,410 for a base four-cylinder DE model with power windows and locks, air conditioning, a cassette player, and an automatic transmission. (A less expensive manual is due later). A 1989 Camry CE optioned similarly is $19,434. A ’98 Accord LX, with cruise and power mirrors, costs $19,485.

For a smaller automaker like Mitsubishi, competing with big guns Toyota and Honda, with their almost limitless resources and instant model-name recognition, is probably very much like getting a sharp stick in the eye. The new Galant, though, is a gallant effort from Japan’s fourth-largest car seller. The GTZ can’t match the performance of many of its competitors, but it feels swift enough when you drive it. And the Galant doesn’t match the refinement of its competitors’ products, wrapped in sportier, more distinctive styling, at a slightly lower price.

That’s not a very clearly defined hook to hang your marketing hat on, is it? Don’t stop running those raucous TV ads any time soon, Mitsubishi.

 

Answer the questions:

1. How many cars does Mitsubishi sell?

2. Why does the Galant’s sheetmetal work like Italian suit?

3. Describe the sporty new GTZ model.

4. How many cubic feet of room are in the front and for the rear passengers?

5. Does the trunk have a flat floor?

6. How many cubic feet of dirty gym clothes can the trunk carry?

7. What engine was used in the last Galant?

8. What engine is used in the GTZ?

9. What is one of the reasons for good ride of the GTZ?

10. Does the Galant have a rubber-isolated drivertrain cradle?

11. What is the cradle responsible for?

12. Why is competing with Toyota and Honda for Mitsubishi like getting a sharp stick in the eye?

 

Daewoo Leganza CDX

The Leganza puts Daewoo’s best foot forward. Its cabin is spacious — on par with a Camry’s or an Accord’s — although the rear-seat cushion is uncomfortably flat. Its Italian styling looks fresh and ritzy, dressed up with tasteful chrome accents, and it is assembled to remarkably high standards of panel fit and paint finish, contrary to the image Korean cars have acquired. The interior eschews Japan, Inc, anonymity for a bold design that works well and is executed in similarly high-grade soft-touch plastics with superb color match. Like Korean rivals Kia and Hyundai, Daewoo has tried to offer features and amenities that would add up to between two and three grand more on similarly equipped Japanese or North American competitors.

After more than 20 years in the auto business, Daewoo has yet to engineer and manufacture its own car engine. The cut-rate close-out motor that GM’s Australian Holden division supplies for the Leganza doesn’t do the car justice. This aging 2.2-liter DOHC four-cylinder makes 131 “cars-power”, and it thrashes noisily to 60 mph in 11.0 seconds — almost a second off the pace set in a comparison of similarly sized and priced sedans last December. Although Daewoo hired Lotus of Britain to prove input in tuning the chassis, Korean cushy is the predominant ride mode. An above average 0.80g of grip is on tap, but it’s attended by prodigious body roll and tire squealing.

New engines developed under the keen eye of former Porsche chief engineer Ulrich Bez will appear in a year or two. We’d wait. By that time, the Leganza may have established a track record for reliability and resale that help us to better assess its overall value.

 

I. Answer the questions:

1. Is the cabin of Daewoo Leganza specious?

2. What can you say about style of this car?

3. Does Daewoo manufacture its own car engines?

II. Retell the text.

 

Maserati 3200 GT

Английский язык

для студентов 2 курса факультета транспорта

 

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Методические указания

 

 

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А 64 Английский язык. Английский язык длястудентов 2 курса факультета транспорта: Методические указания / сост.Е.П. Чебан). – Красноярск: Сиб. федер. ун-т, 2011. – 32 с.

 

Предназначено для студентов 2 курса факультета транспорта всех специальностей. Основной целью является подготовка студентов к самостоятельному чтению на английском языке оригинальной технической литературы по специальности.

 

 

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Transport

Public transport

 

Transportation First

1830 First passenger train service: Great Britain

1863 First subway: London

1873 First cable cars: San Francisco

1896 First taxi cabs: Stuttgart

1910 First trolley: Los Angeles

1964 First bullet train (130 mph): Japan

1976 First passenger flights on a supersonic airplane: the Concorde

 

Read the text and fill in the sentences.

 

a) One of the best ways to travel across snow and ice in the Arctic region is on a dog-sledge.

b) And now it is the fastest way of transport.

c) The world’s poorer countries often rely on primitive methods for transport.

d) The supersonic Concorde is the fastest passenger plane in the world today.

e) There are three main kinds of transport – land, water and air.

f) In fact, the time it takes to travel from place to place has become more important than actual distances.

g) It opened in 1825.

h) The fastest way to cross the Atlantic now is by supersonic passenger jet.

 

Travel and Communication

 

Today the world seems smaller than it is because people can speed from one continent to another in just a few hours. _____________________________________.

In the middle of the 19^th century, sailing boats took one of three months to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Steam ships later completed the same journey in about 10 days. _______________________________________. Concorde, for example, takes only 3,5 hours to fly from New York to London. This is half the time taken by any other aircraft.

____________________________________________________. All these are vital for carrying people, food, raw materials and goods from one place to another. Countries in North America and Western Europe have advanced transport systems. _________________________________________ In China, for example, there are very few cars and many people use bicycles to get about. They can also be adapted for carrying light cargoes.

The earliest way of carrying things about was on the backs of people or animals. Horses, camels, elephants, yaks, llamas, donkeys and mules are useful animals either for carrying goods and people or for working in the fields and pulling carts. __________________________________________________. Camels are animals well suited to desert travel. They can go without water for many days and their broad hooves do not sink into the sand.

People still perform many important carrying tasks in poor countries. Goods may be put on the head so that the whole of the body takes their weight.

Railways were invented in the 19^th century in Britain and they soon spread to the rest of the world. The first steam train service ran between Stockton and Darlington in England. __________________________________________________________. Modern trains often run on electricity. It is a fairly cheep way of transporting heavy goods, but today many people and industries use motorways and roads instead.

Another important way of moving products and materials is by sea, rivers and canals. The type of boats used on a canal is called a barge. Container ships are easy to load and unload as all the goods are pre-packed in crates. By today aircrafts have replaced ships as the main way for passengers to cross the ocean. ___________________. There are now airports all over the world and people who want to travel quickly go by airplane. Travelling by air is becoming much more popular, especially with holidaymakers. Aircraft offer the fastest form of transport. ____________________________________________________However, they are not as suitable as ships or trains for carrying heavy cargoes.