(A) Перепишите предложения и переведите их. Выпишите сказуемые и укажите их видовременные формы.
Model: The train departs at 7 pm. Поезд отправляется в 7 часов вечера.
departs – Present Simple Active (to depart)
1. New plastic and synthetic materials are widely used for the interior and exterior finishing of passenger carriages.
2. Concrete sleepers first appeared in Europe in 1868, mainly because of the shortage of durable wood in some countries.
3. The Adtranz company manufactures electric and diesel locomotives, high-speed trains, streetcars and underground trains, as well as signal and traffic-control systems.
4. Some of the new metro stations in Hong Kong will be equipped with high-speed lifts instead of conventional escalators.
5. The railway line between two large Japanese cities Yamagata and Akita was opened for traffic in March 1997. It became so popular that passenger turnover between these cities immediately increased by more than 50 %.
(B) Перепишите предложения, поставив глагол в нужную видовременную форму, и переведите их.
1. A railway (to divide – Present Simple Passive) into sections, usually four or six miles in length and each section (to maintain – Present Simple Passive) by a section gang.
2. Heavy snowstorms (to disorganize – Past Simple Active) the movement of trains in this region.
3. The Class 373 train (to be – Present Simple Active) a high-speed emu that (operate – Present Simple Active) between Britain, France and Belgium via the Channel Tunnel.
4. The bodies of the first passenger cars (to build – Past Simple Passive) of wood and their trucks (to have – Past Simple Active) many wooden parts.
5. This train (to proceed – Future Simple Active) to its final destination without any stops.
Упр. 2. Оборот there + to be
(A) Перепишите предложения и переведите их.
1. There were no conductors on the first railways and an engine driver collected the passenger fares himself.
2. In the US, there is a special discount for those passengers who buy round-trip tickets.
3. There are four pairs of sliding doors on each side of a Metro car.
(B) Перепишите предложения, поставив глагол to be в нужную форму, и переведите их.
1. Nowadays, there tobe underground railways in 80 cities all over the world. (Present)
2. There tobe no trains today because the railroad workers are on strike. (Future)
3. In April 1998, there to be a 300 km traffic jam on the N 4 motorway – the main road from London to Wales – at the end of the Easter holidays. (Past)
Упр. 3. Притяжательный падеж существительных
Перепишите предложения и переведите их.
1. The first section of Korea's first high-speed line was officially opened on March 30 2004 by the country's president, Mr Goh Kun.
2. On a large diagram in a dispatcher’s room, small lights display the location of each train.
3. The new four-car trainsets were developed by Danish State Railways’ design office for express passenger services in Denmark and Sweden.