Английский язык. Жесткова М.В. - 25 стр.

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the eight o’clock whistle blew, Pledger went out of the pit, stretching and yawning. He and his
assistant poured water on their hands, trying to wash the grease off. Pledger’s partner walked
off into the coach yard, and returned after a few minutes with a bottle of coffee.
They sat down on the bench outside the wheel pit house* to eat their sandwiches. In front
of them, the workers’ gang was making up the midnight express. The coach cleaners scrubbed
the sides of the cars with their long-handled brushes, while the Pullman commissary men**
pushed along trucks loaded with bedding and food. From the rear of the train, Pledger saw the
little carknocker*** going along the train, tapping the wheels with his hammer and flashing his
lantern at the coupling connections. When the carknocker reached the head end of coaches the
diesel locomotive arrived, and the carknocker eased it**** towards the train with motions of
his lantern until the coupling knuckles***** clanged together. Then, setting his lantern on the
ground, he crawled between the engine and the cars to hook up the air hose****** and safety
chains*******.
In the cab window, Pledger saw the engine driver leaning on his elbow smoking a pipe,
while the night yard foreman stood around beside the engine, waving his arms and yelling. The
carknocker came out from between the cars, blew out his lantern, and walked over to the bench
by the wheel-pit house, where Pledger was waiting for him.
Notes
: *wheel pit house – ремонтная мастерская
**Pullman commissary man – экипировщик спальных вагонов
***carknocker – осмотрщик вагонов
****to ease smth to smth – осторожно подвести что-либо к чему-либо
*****coupling knuckle – коготь автосцепки
******air hose – рукав (шланг) для сжатого воздуха
*******safety chain – предохранительная (запасная) цепь
X. Укажите, какие утверждения соответствуют содержанию текста.
Исправьте неправильные высказывания. Используйте фразы: It is true. It is false.
1. In summer of that year Pledger McAdams returned to his old work. 2. He worked as an
engine-driver at the Great Midland Railway. 3. His work was to fix axles and wheels of the
damaged cars. 4. Pledger worked in the wheel pit alone. 5. At 7 o’clock repairmen had a
supper-hour. 6. The workers’ gang was making the day express. 7. The coach cleaners scrubbed
the sides of the cars with their brushes. 8. The carknocker pushed along trucks with food. 9.
Then the carknocker eased the diesel locomotive toward the train with motions of his lantern.
10. The engine driver was waiting in the locomotive’s cab, smoking a pipe.
ВАРИАНТ 4
I. Выберите нужное причастие (Participle I or Participle II) из данных в скобках.
Предложения перепишите и переведите.
1. Tank cars (transporting; transported) gas or cement should be made of aluminum or
stainless steel. 2. An unusual locomotive (building; built) for running on ice was developed in
Great Britain in the 18
th
century. It was sent to Russia for carrying freight on sledges across
(freezing; frozen) lakes. 3. When we came to the station, the train had already (leaving; left).
4. The plane (flying; flown) with great speed leaves behind a stream of white smoke.
II. Перепишите и переведите предложения, обращая внимание на
многофункциональность глаголов to be и to have.

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