1) In the USA some trains have special business купе for one person equipped with a toilet, a wash-basin, a откидная полка and arm-chairs; купе for two persons without удобства and large sleeping купе for the family. 2) The information about the номер платформы and times when trains прибывать and отправляться may be получать in the справочное бюро. 3) If you take носильщик to carry your багаж, it is appropriate to давать чаевые. 4) Foreign tourists are provided by AMTRAK [“ American Track” – the major passenger railroad company] with the railway билеты for 14, 21 and 60 days, which give them the right to ездить на любом поезде in any купе and to делать пересадку in any place and at any time. 5) To добраться до New Orleans we will have to делать пересадку in Birmingham. 6) When we заходить the compartment нижние полки had been already occupied by a woman with a child. She asked us to take верхние полки. 7) In Britain there are three types of trains: скорый intercity trains, поезда, идущие со всеми остановками and пригородные поезда. 8) One of the first things a foreigner замечать about the British railways is the platforms. They are almost on a level with the floor of the вагон. This makes it easier for passengers to заходить и выходить из вагона with their багаж. 9) Last year плата за проезд в поезде more than doubled because of inflation. 10) This train will proceed to its место назначения without any stops. 11) In the USA there is a special скидка for those passengers who buy билеты туда и обратно. 12) They got stuck in a пробка на дороге on the way to the airport. 13) If you drive быстро, you добираться до the village in two hours.
Ex.9. Complete the text with suitable words.
When I got to the railway ___ I saw a really long queue at the ticket ___. So I got my ___ from the ticket machine. Then I ran to the ___ and got ___ the train. The journey was fine. I managed to get some sandwiches and some tea from the ___ car. My train ___ in Edinburgh with a thirty-minute delay. The result was that I was ___ for the meeting and I didn’t ___ the train home. I had to spend the night at the railway hotel.
GRAMMAR REVIEW
(Modal verbs and their equivalents;
Present, Past, Future Continuous Active and Passive)
Ex.10. Read and translate the following sentences paying attention to the modal verbs must, can, may, need, should.
1) Drivers of express and fast trains must have a rest after 3 hours of work. 2) You should not ride a motorbike without a helmet. 3) You need not hurry up; you may take a later suburban train. 4) What can you do while traveling by train? You can read a novel or do a crossword puzzle, you can just stare out of the window or talk to your fellow-traveler, you can sit back and listen to the clicking of the carriage over the rails. 5) The tickets should not be thrown away as inspectors may check them during the trip. 6) Passengers should not walk across the railway lines; there is a footbridge at the end of the platform. 7) If you are traveling by air, you mustn’t carry anything in your luggage that can be used as a weapon, such as a knife or a pair of scissors. 8) You need not go to the railway station to buy tickets because you can book them at the nearest travel agency. 9) The Trans-European expresses are equipped with interurban telephones through which the traveler can contact office or home. 10) In Metro when the passengers get on the escalator, they should stand on the right so that people who hurry can run by on the left. 11) He can’t leave the country until the police return his passport.
Ex.11. Match the beginnings of the sentences with their endings.
1) The cursor on the screen can be moved a) till it stops raining.
2) You must not cross the street b) what you can do today.
3) You should hurry up; c) he couldn’t start it.
4) Can you show me d) the speed of 60 kmh within the city limits.
5) You may take any of these instruments e) we can be late.
6) You need not copy this text; f) taxes to the government.
7) Something was wrong with the car; g) I’ll give you a Xerox of this page.
8) Never put off till tomorrow h) I’ll phone them.
9) Drivers should not surpass i) the way to the station?
10) You may wait in the office j) because I don’t need them now.
11) Everybody must pay k) when the red light is on.
12) You need not write this letter; l) with the help of the mouse.
Ex.12. Read and translate the following sentences paying attention to the equivalents of the modal verbs. If possible, replace equivalents by the appropriate modal verbs.
1) We are not able to wait for them any longer, we are to ring them up and find out what has happened. 2) Passengers were not allowed to get off the carriage because the stop of the train lasted only three minutes. 3) If you buy railway tickets in advance, you have to pay some extra money. 4) Since the tape-recorder is still under guarantee, I will not have to pay for the repairs. 5) At the large terminal passengers are able to book hotel, transport, tickets for sporting and cultural events; to telephone or send mail to anywhere in the world; to hold a business meeting; to obtain information of interest; to buy goods they need and so on. 6) The staff is not allowed to use office telephones for private calls. 7) I will have to pay 50 rubles extra for my luggage because it is overweight. 8) Sixty extra police officers were to control the traffic outside the stadium. 9) If the weather is cloudy, passengers have to sit at the airport and wait for their plane for hours. 10) In England the speed of the first cars was not to surpass four miles per hour. 11) On weekdays cars are not allowed to enter the centre of the city. 12) This car is automatic, so you do not have to change gear all the time. 13) We were not able to repair the car ourselves and had to take it to the auto-service station. 14) Here all the workers are to wear protective clothing. 15) Do you have to change buses when you are going to work? 16) We were to leave for England on Saturday but because of the delay with our visas, we had to book tickets for Monday. 17) If you park in no-parking zone, the traffic police can tow away your car. You will not be able to pick it up until you pay a fine.
Ex.13. TEST. Choose the correct variant.
1) Я смогу встретить тебя на вокзале.
I _____ meet you at the terminal.