TGV DUPLEX – a train of the third generation

(B) Найдите в тексте английские эквиваленты следующих фраз.

1. постоянновозрастающийпассажиропоток

2. в обоихнаправлениях

3. частотадвижения в часпик

4. количествопассажиров

5. чтобыувеличитьпропускнуюспособность линии

6. сиденье с регулируемымнаклономспинки

7. по сравнению с TGV предыдущего поколения

8. всевагоныгерметическизакрываются

9. салонвагонананижнемэтаже

10. с техническойточкизрения

(С)Ответьтенавопросыктексту. Ответыпереведите.

1. What train was specially developed for the high-speed Paris-Lyon line?

2. How many TGVs operate on this railway in both directions at present?

3. Are 17 thousand passengers a year carried by this railway?

4. Why has French National Railways ordered from the company Alsthom 30 trains of the third generation?

5. Now many cars does TGV Duplex consist of?

6. What differences are there between TGV Duplex and a conventional TGV?

7. What improvements have been made to enhance the comfort level for passengers in second class?

8. Why are all cars pressurized?

9. Can passengers and trainmen pass along the whole train?

10. Why do passengers with heavy luggage prefer the lower deck?

Приложение

Часть 1

Упр. 1. Прочитайте предложения и переведите их, обращая внимание на видовременные формы сказуемых.

Active Voice

1. A dispatcher controls the movement of trains over a definite section of the track.

2. The 12.15 shuttle train to Atlanta will depart from platform seven.

3. The railways play decisive role in the transportation of freight.

4. I got off the train at the wrong station.

5. At the large railway stations, porters use electric baggage trolleys.

6. The Japanese bullet train covers the 192km distance between Hiroshima and Kokura in only 44 minutes.

7. Before 1895, only steam-driven locomotives operated on US railroads.

8. This railway operator will transport freight only.

9. The train arrived at the station on schedule.

10. Sleepers hold the two rails at the right distance and transfer the loads from the rails to the ballast.

Passive Voice

1. The first automatic driver was tested on the Moscow Underground.

2. Nowadays, all rails are made of steel.

3. Wood was replaced by steel as a material for constructing passenger cars.

4. From 2009, new commuter trains capable of 225 km per hour will be introduced on domestic services between London and Kent.

5. The first railroad track was built in Russia in 1837 between St.Petersburg and TsarskoyeSelo.

6. In the compartment, the passengers’ luggage is put into a special box under the lower berth.

7. Subway trains are used to transport large numbers of passengers within urban and suburban areas.

8. We were informed of our train delay.

9. Approximately 75 % of the railroads in Latin America are concentrated in Argentina, southern and eastern Brazil, and Mexico.

10. Before 1947, the Britain’s railways were owned by four private companies.