LESSON 13
I. Read the following words:
Courses, engineer, hour, right, technical, higher, speciality, privileges, grant, throughout, entire, thoroughly, priority, curriculum, diverse, research, specialized, facilities, aids, scientific, library, physical, successfully, linen, lateral, breakage, cylinder, insufficient, locomotive, measure, triangle, flange, gauge, straight, bogie, depot, chemical, reliability, interference, dynamic, severely, chrome, maintenance, glue, bearing, automating, whole, survey, identify, unique, frequency, circuit, accident, science.
.II. Translate the words and word-combinations into English:
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III. Agree or disagree with the statements (use the text of the previous lesson):
1. An operator could see the approaching train at the distance of five kilometres.
2. The operator read the serial number of the cars aloud.
3. On another television set the operator saw the whole territory of the railway station.
4. If the operator wanted to see another station he (she) had to fulfill many different manipulations with the television devices.
5. Those installations were used in connection with the shifting of freight cars.
IV. Learn how to read the words correctly:
Massachusetts [,mæsə`t∫u:sets], colour [` kΛlə], bounce [bauns], beam [bi:m], division [dı`vıƷən].
V. Read the words and word-combinations and try to memorize them:
1. adoption ; 8. light beam ;
2. identification system ; 9. from bottom to top ;
3. to monitor ; 10. in such a manner ;
4. to design ; 11. to permit ;
5. reflective sheeting ; 12. to meet the needs -
6. strip , ; ;
7. to bounce ; 13. shipper
VI. Read the text and answer the questions:
1.What are the major components of the automatic car identification system?
2. How does the system work?
3. What is gained () by this system?
AUTOMATIC CAR IDENTIFICATION
The adoption of an industry-wide automatic car identification system to monitor the numerous freight car fleet has been announced. The system is designed and manufactured in Bedford, Mass (= Massachusetts). Major components in the new system are a trackside electronic scanner and the reflective sheeting. Strip of reflective sheeting are coded by colour and designed in such a manner as to represent members to the scanner.
A light beam from the scanner reads numbers from bottom to top. The retro-reflective sheeting bounces back numbers to the scanner while feeds them into centralized computer. The system works at train speed of up to 80 mph and is unaffected by weather conditions. The system makes possible to locate any freight car in the country. Strips of reflective sheeting are one of the main components in the new system. Train would provide the Car Service Division with complete reports of car location by railroads and car flows through principal rail gateways, and would permit more rapid distribution of the equipment to meet shipper need for freight cars.
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VII. Find in the text the translation to the following words and word-combinations:
1) ; 2) ; 3) ; 4) ; 5) ; 6) ; 6) ; 7) .
VIII. Cross out the word or word combination that doesnt match for one reason or another to the others in a line:
1. reflective sheeting scanner light beam identification system
2. diesel liner water jacket crankcase
3. to fill up cracks to repair locomotives to eliminate cavitations
4. elastomer film maintenance repairing operation
5. shaft gauges cones straight edges triangles
Grammar Revision
IX. Do you remember that:
Subjunctive Mood 䳿, - 䳿, , . 䳺 .
, : should, would ; , Past Indefinite.
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If I went to Odesa, I should see him. , .
, Past Perfect (had + V (III., -ed)); should, would + have + V (III., -ed).
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If I had gone to Odesa two months ago, I would have seen him. 2 , .
if , 䳺:
Had he received the tickets in time, he would have gone with the others. , .
Subjunctive Mood 䳺: to suggest, to propose (), to insist (), to demand, to require (), to order () . ( ) 䳺 should to.
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