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purpose. Unfortunately, the text has been damaged and some letters are
missing. You decided to reconstruct the text …
M
OBILITY FOR A MOVIN… WOR…D
More a…d more people are …hanging thei… min…s. They’re …inding out
h…w eas… and comforta…le it is to ge… somewhere b… rail. When the… take a
subw…y, com…uter or hig…-…peed ICE (Inter-City Express) train, they can …ead,
pr…pare for meet…ngs or s…mply rela… while tra…elling through cities and
countryside – and …ithout burdenin… the en…ironment. R…il s…stems are gentle
wa… to br…ng …eople toget…er in the …orld tod…y. We’re workin… for bet…er
desi…ns and high…er speed…, for more …omfort and easier informat…on. So, even
more people c…ange …heir m…nds and en…oy the benefits of t…avelling …y rai… .
Are you ready? How did you like this task? Haven’t you changed your
mind to joint the company? Before taking your ad to the manager translate it
into Russian to make sure you understand it properly!
LESSON NINE
Ex. 1. These are the key words to lesson 9. You are to copy them and
memorize their meanings:
Word-box:
overhaul – капитальный ремонт;
to shunt, to switch – маневрировать, сортировать;
a shunter – маневровый локомотив;
a battery electric locomotive – аккумуляторный локомотив;
traction current – тяговый ток.
Ex. 2. GRAMMAR REVISION: phrasal verbs.
Phrasal verbs are combinations of a verb and adverb, or a verb and
preposition - to switch on
, to look through, etc. Often they are difficult to
understand because they have not only its normal meanings but also mean
something different.
Translate the following sentences paying attention to phrasal verbs.
A. 1. Who will look after the children while you go out to work? 2. The two
brothers look so much alike that even their own mother can hardly tell the difference
b
etween them. 3. She looked at him in great surprise wondering what he meant.
4. What results are you looking for? 5. Looking through a magazine in the doctor’s
waiting room I found a photograph of my own daughter’s wedding. 6. If you don’t
know the meaning of a word, look it up in a good dictionary.

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