Английский язык. Жесткова М.В. - 14 стр.

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government granted great sums of money to renew the equipment and the roadbed of all the
railways.
VII. Перепишите и переведите данные словосочетания, обращая внимание на
правила перевода определений, выраженных существительными.
1) the traffic speed increase; 2) a bridge pile; 3) the passenger car characteristics
improvement; 4) the railway transport development problem; 5) the iron ore train; 6) the test
track construction plan; 7) the long-distance train schedule; 8) the commuter train derailment;
9) the electronic passenger information system; 10) the track repair team.
VIII. Перепишите предложения, употребив сказуемые, данные в скобках, в
отрицательной форме. Полученные предложения переведите.
1. The car repair (will take) much time. 2. There (were) many people near the booking
office. 3. I (expected) my friends to come to see me off. 4. His traveling expenses (were
covered) by the firm. 5. I (think) he will get this job because he (has) enough experience. 6. The
underground is a very convenient means of transport but it (suits) me because I live a long way
from the station. 7. He (has booked) a return ticket and now it may be difficult to buy it for a
through train.
IX. Перепишите и переведите
текст.
RIO REVIVES THE COMMUTER RAIL NETWORK
Rio de Janeiro’s suburban railway network has a long history of deterioration. It could
have disappeared entirely by now but for the fact that it was privatized in 1998. SuperVia, the
new private owner of the Rio commuter network, began the slow process of reviving railway
network. SuperVia inherited a large number of serious problems. Signaling did not work
properly. Only 35 out of a fleet of 180 four-car trains were operational, some of them only
barely. The condition of the track was poor, and only 50% of all journeys were completed, such
was the frequency of breakdowns.
Several accidents that occurred soon after privatization also gave SuperVia a very bad
public reputation at the outset, but the company quickly took measures It replaced the worst
sections of track and upgraded the others. Besides, SuperVia began rebuilding emus and this
work has increased the number of the working emus to 126 trains, while another 48 emus are
currently being restored. All the new and rebuilt emus are air-conditioned, an important design
element in the tropical climate of Rio.
In addition, 20 km of rails, 50,000 sleepers and 83 switches have been replaced. The
system of power supply is being upgraded and all 30 stations are being refurbished. Drainage
has also been improved to overcome serious flooding problems, which have halted traffic in the
past.
These measures have worked. Reputation of SuperVia is improving rapidly and
passengers have begun to come back. In 1998 the network carried just 170,000 passengers a
day but in 2001 traffic has reached 300,000 riders a day. The ultimate aim is to increase
passenger traffic to 1,4 million customers.
SuperVia’s image has been restored to such extend that the newly elected left-wing state
government, opposed in principle to privatization, has admitted that the operator is doing a
really good job!

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