Английский язык. Жесткова М.В. - 12 стр.

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vending machines were installed, eliminating on board ticket collection. It enabled the railway
to reduce the price of tickets and the cases of fare evasion.*** Besides, VRE offers “free ride
certificates”**** for passengers whose trains are delayed or annulled. Coaches and locomotives
are washed every day. Train crewmembers are instructed on the optimum distance they should
be from the microphone as they are talking to passengers on the public address system, so as
not to be too loud or too soft.
“Details make perfection,” Waldron notes, “and we are striving for perfection. We know
we’ll never achieve it, but we’ll come damn close.”
Notes:
*highway gridlock – “пробка” на дороге
**director of operations – коммерческий директор
***fare evasion – неуплата за проезд
****free ride certificate – билет на бесплатный проезд
X. Составьте утверждения, выбрав правильный вариант согласно тексту.
1. VRE handles passenger traffic...
a) to New York. b) to Washington. c) to and from Washington.
2. The fare is reasonable, the schedule is convenient and the trains are…
a) sometimes delayed. b) always in time. c) often annulled.
3. Tom Waldron said: “Our customers are…
a) our bread and salt.” b) our bread and water.” c) our bread and butter.”
4. During a “station day” VRE officials talk to…
a) people on the trains and on the platforms. b) conductors. c) locomotive drivers.
5. The installation of new ticket vending machines enabled the railway…
a) to increase the price of tickets. b) to reduce the cases of fare evasion. c) to improve
passenger service.
ВАРИАНТ 4
I. Перепишите и переведите предложения, обращая внимание на
употребление времён групп Indefinite, Continuous, Perfect в действительном и
страдательном залогах. Выпишите сказуемые и укажите их видовременные формы.
1. The first bridge at Niagara Falls was built by Samuel Keefer but it was completely
destroyed by wind action in seven months after completion. 2. This express train will proceed
to the final destination without any stops. 3. Steel sleepers are particularly valued in desert and
tropical regions because great variations in day and night temperatures do not affect them. 4.
Japanese Railways has banned the passengers to use their cellular telephones on its commuter
trains. The railway company has recently received a lot of complains because passengers
speaking on their mobile telephones are shouting too loud and disturbing others.
II. Перепишите и переведите предложения, обращая внимание на
употребление эквивалентов модальных глаголов (to be allowed to; to be able to; to be to;
to have to). Подчеркните эквиваленты модальных глаголов в английских
предложениях
и в переводе.
1. We missed the last commuter train and had to go by bus. 2. We are not able to wait for
them any longer, we are to ring them up and find out what has happened. 3. If you buy railway
tickets in advance, you have to pay some extra money. 4. Passengers were not allowed to get

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