2. Match the following words and word combinations. Give definition to them

1)passenger train

2)mail train

3)goods train

4) parcel

5) carriage, car

6) to have few stops

7) local (suburban) train

8) long-distance train

9) to commute

10.)make a changing

11) board a train

12) through train

13) overnight train

14) compartment

15) lower/upper berth

16) day coach

17) sleeping car

1) пригородный поезд

2) нижняя/верхняя полка

3) пассажирский поезд

4) делать пересадку

5) поезд дальнего следования

6) почтовый поезд

7) поезд прямого сообщения

8) дневной поезд (без спальных вагонов)

9) поезд со спальными вагонами

10) товарный поезд

11) посылка

12) вагон

13) купе

14) совершать регулярные

поездки на поезде

15) спальный вагон

16) сесть на поезд

17) делать мало остановок

3. Answer the following questions

1. What are passenger trains, goods trains and mail trains?

2. What is a combined mail and passenger train?

3. What is the difference between slow and fast trains?

4. What is a non-stopping train? Does it mean that it never stops?

5. What places can you get to by a local train? by a long-distance train?

6. Where can you see suburban trains? Where can they take you? Why are they called suburban trains?

7. Why do you sometimes have to change trains (make a changing) while travelling?

8. Why is a through train convenient?

9. What is an overnight train?

10. What do you call a train which runs only by day?

11. What accomodation do you get on an overnight train?

12. What accomodation do you get on day coaches?

13. What is a corridor car?

14. How many people can travel in one compartment?

15. Which do you prefer: a lower berth or an upper berth? Why?

Dialogues

Study the vocabulary

booking-office – билетная касса

to book a seat – заказывать билет на поезд

a flight – самолет

a cabin – заказывать каюту

departure gate – выход к самолету

board a plane – садиться на самолет, поезд

a train

boarding pass – посадочный талон

s ingle(Br)

one way (Am.) ticket – в одну сторону

r eturn (Br.) ticket – обратный билет

round trip (Am.)

travel by train, by air, etc. – путешествие; путешествовать поездом, самолетом и т.д.

trip – путешествие, поездка, экскурсия

voyage – плавание, морское путешествие

flight – полет, рейс

non-stop flight – беспосадочный рейс

case – чемодан

brief-case – портфель

weigh luggage (baggage) – взвешивать багаж

guard (Br.) – проводник

conductor (Am.)

railway (Br.) – железная дорога

railroad (Am.)

weight – вес

be overweight – весить слишком много

be underweight – весить слишком мало

Your luggage is well underweight

Ваш багаж весит значительно

меньше положенного веса

ticket desk – регистрация (билетов и багажа)

label – бирка

disembark – высаживаться, выгружаться

destination – место назначения

departure – отправление

Passengers should proceed to gate 3. Пассажирам следует пройти в тоннель 3.

get the ticket punched – закомпостировать билет

lounge – зал ожидания

lower berth – нижняя полка

upper berth – верхняя полка

carriage (Br.) – вагон

car (Am.)

dining-car – вагон-ресторан

sleeping car– спальный вагон

(non) smoking car, (non) smoker – вагон для (не) курящих

van – багажный вагон

express train – экспресс

local train – местный поезд

long-distance train – поезд дальнего следования

a ticket for a train – билет на поезд

a seat on a train – место в поезде

an upper (lower) berth on a train – верхняя/нижняя/полка в поезде

I bought a ticket on the fifth of March – Я купил билет пятого марта

I bought a ticket for the fifth of March – Я купил билет на пятое марта

a train to Moscow – поезд на Москву

Read and practise the following flashes of conversation

A

1. Please, I want my ticket punched for the 4.35 (four-thirty-five) train to Omsk.

2. Just a moment. I've got only upper berths on that train.

1. It's О. К. I like travelling on an upper berth.

B. Very good, sir. Here you are.

A. Thank you.

В

A. Did you spend much time getting a ticket?

B. Oh no. I just booked by telephone in advance and had my ticket delivered.

С

1. Can you help me? What platform does the 5 o'clock train to Edinburgh leave?

2. From platform two, track four.

D

1. Two return tickets to London, please.

2. Here you are.

1. What platform do trains to London leave?

2. From platform one.

A. Thank you.

E

1. Did you make a changing in Moscow?

2. Oh no. We travelled by a through train.

F

1. When will you arrive in Kiev?

2. I don't know. We did not get tickets for a through train, so we'll have to change trains in Moscow.