Английский язык. Никитина С.Я - 16 стр.

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Another 26 coaches are being converted into air-conditioned restaurant/bar cars.
SRT has also tried to bring expertise from outside, such as Thai International line, to
improve the quality of its on-board services. “Unfortunately, we haven’t yet achieved
fascinating results as planned,” Mr Nakorn Chantasorn, SRT’s assistant general manager
admitted.
Ex. 15. Go back to the text, guess the meanings of the following phrases
and translate them into Russian:
long-term debts; more sound financial footing; air-conditioned restaurant/bar cars;
on-board services; assistant general manager.
Ex. 16. Search the text for the English equivalents of the following
Russian phrases:
финансовая деятельность; в течение нескольких лет; проблемы, которые
следует решить, привлечь внешних экспертов.
Ex. 17. Answer the following questions to the text. Do it in written form.
1. What was the result of the financial performance of State Railway of Thailand?
2. Did SRT want the government to take part in restructuring the railway? In what way?
3. What problem was the most important one for the railway? 4. How many coaches are
being painted in a new livery? 5. Will these coaches be equipped with air-conditioning? 6.
Do State Railway of Thailand want to acquire new trains? 7. Have they any difficulties in
buying the new rolling stock? 8. Do SRT work in cooperation with other companies? 9.
What are the results of this cooperation? 10. What is Mr. Nakorn Chantasorn? 11. Is he
satisfied with the results achieved?
Ex. 18. Go back to exercise 17 and pick out five sentences which you find
the most important ones to grasp the main idea of the text you’ve read.
LESSON FOUR
Ex. 1. Practice the reading of the following words and word combinations:
specifications, Japan, environment, simplified, maintenance, superconducting,
guideway, helium, niobium, titanium, certified;
for experimental purposes, aerodynamic performance, motion characteristics,
intermediate vehicle, minus 269degrees Celcium, the 42.8 km Yamanashi test section.
Ex. 2. These are the key words to lesson 4. You are to copy them and
memorize their meanings.

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