An Overheard Conversation

The ladies at the club were talking about a conversation they had overheard in the morning between a man and his wife.

‘They must have been at the Zoo,’ said Mrs A., ‘because I heard her mention the trained deer.’

‘Goodness me!’ laughed Mrs B. ‘What queer hearing you must have! They were talking about going away and she said, ‘Find out about the train, dear.’

‘Well, did you ever?’ exclaimed Mrs C. ‘I am sure they were talking about musicians, for she said a trained ear as distinctly as it could be.’

The discussion was beginning to warm up, when in the midst of it the lady herself appeared. They carried their case to her promptly and asked her to settle it.

‘Well, well, you do beat all!’ she explained after hearing each one. ‘I’d been out to the country overnight and I was asking my husband if it rained here last night ... .’

Reading and discussion Active Vocabulary

conveyance – n транспортування, перевезення; v convey

primarily – adv на початку, перш за все; syn firstly, basically

civil engineering – цивільне будівництво

deal with – phr v мати справу з, обговорювати

mention – v згадувати; n згадування, посилання

revenue – n доход; syn profit

meet the demands – відповідати вимогам

require – v вимагати, наказувати

experience – n досвід; v відчувати, переживати

solve – v вирішувати; syn solution

huge – adj величезний

complex – adj складний, сукупний

meet commitments – відповідати, виконувати обов’язки

lack – n нестача, відсутність

record – v записувати, вести звітність; n запис, звіт

accountant – n бухгалтер, економіст

specific – adj особливий, характерний

summarize – v підводити підсумок

financial statement – фінансовій звіт

balance sheet – бухгалтерський баланс

profit and loss account – рахунок прибутків та збитків

strength – n сила, міцність; adj strong

cover – v охоплювати, покривати

involve – v включати в себе, торкатися

steadily – adv стійко, міцно, рівномірно; adj steady

provide – v забезпечувати, гарантувати

improve – v поліпшувати, удосконалювати

gain – v здобувати, заробляти; n прибуток, вигода

share – n акція, облігація, частина; v ділити, розподіляти

relatively – adv відносно, порівнянно

recent – adj недавній, сучасний

flow – n потік, рух

through – prep через, впродовж

awareness – n інформованість, усвідомлення, обізнаність

ultimate – adj основний, кінцевий, остаточний

passenger (freight ) capacity – пасажиро- (вантажо-)місткість

reduce – v зменшувати, ослабляти, скорочувати

overcrowd – v переповняти

enhance – v поліпшувати, покращувати

end-to-end service – наскрізне обслуговування, обслуговування від відправника до одержувача

constant – adj постійний, безперервний

maintenance – n експлуатація, ремонт

rolling stock – рухомий склад

Irregular verbs

Infinitive	Simple Past	Past Participle	Translation
deal	dealt	dealt	мати справу (з)
fly	flew	flown	літати
hide	hid	hidden	ховати(ся)
learn	learned, learnt	learned, learnt	вивчати
rise	rose	risen	піднімати
sit	sat	sat	сидіти
wake	woke	waken	будити
win	won	won	вигравати

Exercise 37 Find synonyms among the following words.

Conveyance, to shut, to require, an idea, transfer, district, to involve, output, locality, to enhance, profit, to provide, shortage, primarily, to supply, commitment, productivity, revenue, to reduce, to close, efficiency, production, contribution, obligation, overpopulated, to include, a concept, to demand, input, overcrowded, to improve, essentially, to lessen, lack.

Exercise 38 Fill each gap in the sentences below with the correct form of the word in italics print above it.

profit

1. We may witness a decline in company ... . 2. Nobody ... by this transaction. 3. The advertising campaign proved very ... .

consume

1. A smaller vehicle will ... less fuel. 2. It will offer a wider choice of goods for the ... . 3. Vigorous exercise increases oxygen ... .

promote

1. A person who arranges and advertises box events is called a boxing ... . 2. I want a job with good prospects for ... . 3. Tomorrow they will hold a meeting ... trade between Taiwan and the U.K.

Exercise 39 a) Translate the sentences with the following verbs.

overcome: 1. He struggled to overcome his shyness. 2. The engineer was working on the freezer when he was overcome by gas. 3. Charles was overcome with grief. 4. Australia overcame the Netherlands 2:1.

compete: 1. The Renault Clio competes against such cars as the Peugeot 206. 2. She and her sister are always competing for attention. 3. How many runners will be competing in the marathon? 4. Melinda was plain and knew she couldn’t compete with her sister where boys were concerned.

involve: 1. What will the job involve? 2. These changes will involve everyone of the staff. 3. Try to involve as many children as possible in the game. 4. Reilly involves himself in every aspect of his company’s business.

satisfy: 1. Nothing I did would ever satisfy my father. 2. The program is designed to satisfy the needs of adult learners. 3. Having satisfied herself that no one was there, she closed the door. 4. Have you satisfied all the requirements for the general degree?

Exercise 40 Translate the word combinations from the text.

Conveyance of passengers and goods from one locality to another, cross-disciplinary study, meet demands for both goods and services, operating a business, traffic forecasting, capital investments, labour productivity, to interprete the figures, the financial strength of the business, market is steadily growing, higher customer’s safisfaction, a dynamic role, a clearly improved cost structure, to gain a greater market share.

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