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did you do after leaving college? – I worked as an engine driver. 12. She ran five miles
without stopping.
Ex. 7. Read the text and translate it using a dictionary if necessary.
Q
UEENSLAND RAIL (QR) INTRODUCES NEW FREIGHT TRAINS
(1) Queensland is a state in NE Australia, whose capital and largest city is Brisbane.
Its products include sugar, wool, and many types of minerals, including coal. Queensland
Rail (QR) is the most important railway company. Special attention is paid to the
development of freight traffic.
(2) Queensland Rail is introducing 525 high-capacity 104-tonne coal wagons to
increase haulage capacity. During 2000-01, more than 450 existing 48- and 57-tonne grain
wagons were replaced by 350 63-tonne coal wagons modified for grain transport by
adopting covers and door seals. All new wagons have bogies equipped with mechanisms
which reduce wear and the rolling resistance, and as a result, improve fuel efficiency.
Better fuel efficiency is achieved thanks to optimized wheel profile which also reduces
friction caused by wheel/rail interaction.
(3) Over the last five years, QR has invested heavily in infrastructure and rolling
stock to support the increasing containerization of bulk freight. This has included track
upgrading to provide higher axleloads, so that standard ISO and supercube containers on
flat wagons can be carried. QR plans to increase freight car capacity by replacing 63-tonne
wagons with 80-tonne ones. The proportion of containerized freight has increased from
50% to about 80% during the past five years and is expected to reach 100% by the end of
this year.
Ex. 8. Go back to the text and using the paragraph reference, find words
which are similar to:
carrying capacity, a carriage, to upgrade, traffic, to decrease (paragraph 2);
to back up, car capacity (paragraph 3).
Ex. 9. The sentence below is followed by two paraphrases. Decide which
paraphrase (a, b) is closer in meaning to the original comment. Translate the
original comment and the paraphrases into Russian.
Over the last five years, QR has invested heavily in infrastructure and rolling stock
to support the increasing containerization of bulk freight.
a) QR spent much money to develop container traffic of bulk freight.
b) QR spent much money to buy containers for transportation of heavy goods.
Ex.10. Translate the text into English. Do it in written form.
Бризбейн – столица Квинзленда. В этом городе производят сахар и шерсть.
Большую роль в жизни города играет Квинзлендская железная дорога
, объем
грузоперевозок которой очень велик. Для улучшения обслуживания были введены в
эксплуатацию 104-тонные вагоны для перевозки угля. 48- and 57-тонные вагоны для
перевозки зерна были заменены на 63-тонные, которые в прошлом использовались
для транспортировки угля. Их оборудовали специальными уплотнителями дверей.
Кроме того, уменьшен расход топлива благодаря уменьшению трения колес вагона.
Руководство Квинзлендской
железной дороги планирует также замену 63-тонных
вагонов на 80-тонные.

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