Nouns and noun phrases
capacity -
certification -
commitment - ;
condition - ,
creation -
elaboration - ,
enterprise - , ,
expansion -
facility - ,
interaction -
investment -
joint venture -
leadership - ,
patronage -
realization - ,
restriction -
satisfaction - ,
treatment -
Verbs and verbal phrases
to affect - ,
to conclude - ,
to consider - , ,
to draw up - ,
to ensure - ,
to lease - c
to meet the needs -
to represent - ,
to strive - ,
to tug - ,
Adjectives
advanced -
appropriate - ,
bordering -
dramatic - ,
foreign - ,
intergovernmental -
navigable -
neighboring - ,
significant - ,
speedy -
Geographical names
Rechitsa -
Mozyr -
Pripyat -
WestDvina
the Dnepr-Bug Canal - -
the Belarusian Inspection of River Register
Belarusian River Navigation Inspection
Sea Belarusian Steam Navigation and Belarusian Navigable Company -
2. Read the following international words and guess their meaning.
| network | design | company |
| product | submarine | financial |
| formation | realization | policy |
| effective | passenger | optimal |
| service | export | pontoon |
| crane | portal | ministry |
| excavation | profession | legal base |
| commercial | transit | patronag |
3. Match the words and their transcriptions.
| enterprise | [sɪg'nɪfɪkənt] |
| science | [ə'prəuprɪət] |
| ensure | [haɪ'drɔːlɪk] |
| suburb | [ˌsɪm(ə)l'teɪnɪəs] |
| sluice | [sluːs] |
| hydraulic | [ɪn'ʃuə] |
| significant | ['saɪən(t)s] |
| appropriate | ['sʌbɜːb] |
| commercial | [kə'mɜːʃ(ə)l] |
| simultaneous | ['entəpraɪz] |
| issue | ['ɪʃuː] |
4. Look at the following list of nouns. Write down the corresponding verb in the space provided. The first one has been done for you.
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| NOUN | VERB | NOUN | VERB |
| connection | __ connect ____ | realization | _____________ |
| aim | _____________ | provision | _____________ |
| handling | _____________ | organization | _____________ |
| operation | _____________ | interaction | _____________ |
| adoption | _____________ | excavation | _____________ |
| creation | _____________ | installation | _____________ |
| consideration | _____________ | conclusion | _____________ |
Match the terms with their definitions.
| a) maritime | c) repair plant | e) capacity |
| b) navigation | d) passenger | f) fleet |
1) Availability of technical facilities, qualified workers, proper materials and enough orders to produce ships at a shipbuilding plant.
2) A person travelling by any kind of transport(train, ship).
3) A general number of ships and boats belonging to any country or nation.
4) Possibility of transporting any cargoes or passengers on water.
5) Special places where a ship can be technically served, painted, restored and rebuilt.
6) Professions linked with a work on sea (i.e. sail-making work).
6. Combine the words with the help of the preposition of.
| 1) a network | of | a) vessels |
| 2) carrying out the program | b) population demands | |
| 3) satisfaction | c) passengers | |
| 4) building and repair | d) the rivers for navigation | |
| 5) transportation | e) developing sea shipping | |
| 6) million tons | f) repair plants | |
| 7) significant efforts in the field | g) sea and inland transport development | |
| 8) the capacity | h) river navigable routes | |
| 9) the required depth | i) products | |
| 10) wide range | j) cargo |
