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were a lot of people on the bus. It was … usual. 10. I like living in the countryside. It’s
… living in a town. 11. You’ll find your way around the town … if you have a good
map. 12. In some parts of the country, prices are … in others.
Ex. 8. What do you say in these situations? Use a superlative + … ever … .
Use the words given in brackets (in the correct form).
1. You’ve just been to the cinema. The film was extremely boring. You tell your
friend: (boring/film/see).
That’s the most boring film I’ve ever seen.
2. Your friend has just told you a joke, which you think is very funny. You say:
(funny/joke/hear). That’s … .
3. You’re drinking coffee with your friend. It’s really good coffee. You say:
(good/coffee/taste). That’s … .
4. You’re talking to a friend about Mary. Mary is very patient. You say:
(patient/person/meet). She is … .
5. You have just run ten kilometres. You’ve never run further than this. You say
to your friend: (far/run). That … .
6. You decided to give up your job. Now you think this was a bad mistake. You
say to your friend: (bad/mistake/make). It is … .
7. Your friend meets a lot of people, some of them famous. You ask your friend:
(famous/person/meet?). Who …?
Read the text and translate it using a dictionary if necessary.
EFVM
INVESTS TO MEET GROWTH IN TRAFFIC
EFVM is a private Brazilian railway owned by Compania Vale de Rio Doce
(CVRD), one of the world’s largest iron ore producers, and it has no shortage of funds
to invest in the latest technology to handle heavy-haul traffic.
(1) Brazil’s Vitoria a Minas Railway (EFVM) is currently investing in new
rolling stock and control systems which will increase its capacity and improve
efficiency on a heavy-haul network which must handle an increasing amount of freight
traffic.
(2) EFVM began operating iron ore trains consisting of 160 wagons during the
1970s. These wagons, each 100 tones gross in weight, were hauled by two GM-built
DDM-45 locomotives – modified versions of SD-45 locomotives, which were fitted
with four-axle bogies to adhere to the 25-tonne axle load limit of EFVM’s meter-gauge
track.
(3) In 1995, the state-owned railway began buying GE-built BB 40-9s, which are
modernised conventional C40-9s. At the same time, the iron ore trains remained 160
wagons long, despite the growing traffic demand.
(4) However, since it was privatized in 1997, EFVM has been revising its
operating practices, and tests have begun recently with the operation of longer trains.

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