Traffic

Exercise 6. Find the words hidden in the jumbles.

Transform the following sentences according to the pattern of the sentence in part 4.

Exercise 5. In paragraph 4 one of the sentences has been underlined. Translate it into Ukrainian.

Exercise 4. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). Give the number of paragraph in which you can check your answers.

Exercise 3. The text provides answers to the following questions. Match the questions to the appropriate paragraph.

example: C – paragraph 1

a. What characterizes goods transport?

b. What determines the size and equipment of a terminal?

c. What is a terminal needed for?

d. What features are characteristic for passenger transport?

e. What are the functions of a terminal?

a. The operator is responsible for collecting vehicle load in both passenger and goods transport.

b. Services and facilities for passengers are independent of the volume of traffic or the length of journey.

c. SPARCS is applicable for both people and goods terminals.

d. Mechanical handling appliances are used at terminals for goods.

e. One of the functions of a terminal is to provide easy access to means of transport.

f. Interchange between vehicles or different modes of transport refers only to people.

1. If we stay longer, we can spend more time sightseeing.

The ………………………….. time we can spend sightseeing.

2. As he gets older, he becomes less tolerant.

The ………………………….. tolerant he becomes.

3. If we climb higher, the view will be better.

The ………………………….. the view will be.

4. As she gets richer, she becomes more extravagant.

The ………………………….. extravagant she becomes.

5. If a car is more reliable, it is also more expensive.

The ………………………….. a car is.

6. If you leave earlier, you will come back earlier.

The ………………………….. you will come back.

7. It got late and they became more and more worried.

The ………………………….. they became.

8. If you are rich, life can be comfortable.

The ………………………… life can be.

example:

the movement of vehicles on the roads CRFITAF

1. a device or machine that does a particular job PLNACIPAE

2. an interval of time between two connected events METI AGL

3. possibility of getting to a place CEASCS

4. a change in a level, amount or quantity AIINVTORA

5. the equipment, building, services, etc. that are

provided for a particular activity or purpose ACIFITLY

6. a process or an activity of producing something

that looks like something else NIUTSAMLIO

7. clear and detailed information on how to do

something NINTCOIUSTR

8. to put things into or onto a vehicle so that they

can be transported DLOA

All countries and nationality adjectives are written with a capital letter.

Exercise 7. Interpret the following nominal compounds:

example:

a roadside building = a building that is by the side of a road

a) roadside bus stop

b) passenger and goods transport

c) vehicle departure

d) computer simulation

e) terminal procedure

f) storage area

g) mechanical handling appliance

h) carrying unit

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