2. Vocabulary Focus

Find in the text the corresponding English equivalents to the following word combinations and phrases:

1. велика мережа залізничних ліній

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2. ділянки залізничної мережі, що отримують найбільші субсидії

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3. система рейкових колій та станцій

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4. використовуються у напруженому режимі

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5. на межі століття

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6. унікальна система, що надає право діяльності у визначеному районі

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6. транспортні потоки у регіонах

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7. робоча швидкість (рух)

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8. підвісні дроти

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9. великі перевезення місцевого значення

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3. Vocabulary Development

Match the verb on the left with the noun on the right. Use each word once only. Write your answers in the boxes.

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Set 1

1. agonise a. a building

2. apologise b. over decisions

3. hospitalise c. facts and figures

4. memorise d. innocent victims

5. modernise e. your life

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   organise f. your limitations

7. realise g. for your mistakes

8. specialise h. a patient

9. terrorise i. a phone box

10. vandalise j. in tropical medicine

Set 2

Now do the same with these words.

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1. alleviate a. an agreement

2. captivate b. the audience

3. cultivate c. a celebrity

4. eradicate d. a crime

5. generate e. a criminal

6. impersonate f. electricity

7. interrogate g. your garden

8. investigate h. in oil shares

9. speculate i. the pain

10. terminate j. a problem

Remember that learning words in partnerships will help you to make your English more natural and more effective.

3. Vocabulary Exercises

A. Fill in the correct words derived from the words in brackets

Go By Train – And Relax

British Rail say, in their new (1) advertising (ADVERTISE): ‘Don’t travel long distance by car. It’s bad for your heart. If you travel by train, you’ll feel much (2) __________ (GOOD).’ But is it true? How do they know? The advertisements say this:

Doctors from Leeds University did some scientific tests. They (3) __________ (START) the tests several years ago, and now they have results.

Test 1: Several businessmen travelled from Leeds to London – about 200 miles. They drove their cars on the motorway. (There was sometimes fog, and there was sometimes rain. There was a lot of traffic, and there were a lot of bad (4) __________ (DRIVE)). The doctors checked their heart-beats during the journey. They recorded the number of heart-beats per minute. The average number was very high: 93 beats per minute. Sometimes the number was 140 beats per minute.

Test 2: The businessmen travelled from Leeds to London on the Inter-city train. The doctors checked their heart-beats again. This time the average number was 72 beats per minute, and the maximum was only 80. The businessmen relaxed in the train, and were less (5) __________ (NERVE) and tense during their journey.

So British Rail say: ‘Driving makes you tense. (6) __________ (TENSE) makes you ill. Think of your heart and don’t go by car. Go by train – and relax!’

B. Fill in the correct words from the box below

car unlucky wardens uniforms ticket return parking collect hours expensive