Task 8. Answer the questions.

1. Why is the railway service in the UK expensive?

2. Where can the information about railway be found?

3. What are the prices on tickets depend on?

4. What is the difference between the first and second class?

5. Where can passengers book tickets?

6. What is the level of service on the British railways?

7. What information can you learn at every railway station?

Task 9. Find the English equivalents in the text.

Станция назначения; заказать билет заранее; плата за проезд; железнодорожная сеть; уменьшить стоимость проезда; объявления по радио; таблички; персонал на платформе; очередность прибытия поездов; обслуживание пассажиров.

Task 10. Translate the words and write those from which they are formed.

Railway, departure, seasonal, tourism, destination, arrival, announcement, station.

Task 11. Read the text and put the words in brackets into the correct form of the speech.

Travelling alone.

Debbie Chaplin, a (1 - medicine) student travelled by herself for eight months last year in Asia and South America. “I was not (2 -frighten) by the idea of doing a long trip without a (3- company).Some people think that wanting to travel alone is a sign of (4 - selfish), but are freer when you make all the (5 - decide) on your own. At the beginning, or when I was ill, I (6 - occasion) felt lonely, but I made many friends so I wasn’t (7 - care) to avoid obviously (8 -danger) situations. In some countries people stared and made rude comments. Sometimes I reacted (9 - aggression) because I was annoyed, but I never worried about my (10 - safe). I will definitely travel like that again. Next time I will be more (11 - patience) and I won’t try to do so much.”

Task 12. Read the dialogues and dramatize them.

At the booking office.

 I

A:Good morning, sir. What can I do for you?

B: Good morning. I’ve found out from the timetable that there are several trains to Brighton daily.

A: Yes, quite so. The nearest is at 12.20

B: Well, I’ll take it. One ticket, please.

A: Single or return?

B: Single, please.

A: Here you are. The train is leaving from platform 3.

B: Is there a buffet-car on the train, miss? I’d like to have a snack.

A: Unfortunately, no. But if you are hurry up, you can get a snack at a cafeteria in the station, otherwise you have to do without breakfast.

B: Thank you very much.

A: Not at all.

II

Passenger: Good evening.

Booking -clerk: Good evening, sir.

P.: I’d like three tickets to Glasgow for tomorrow.

B.: Which train?

P.: The 10.20 express .

B.: Second class?

P.: Yes, second-class sleeper.

B.: Single or return?

P.: Three return tickets, please.

B.: Just a minute. Let me see. Yes, I can give you three berths in one compartment. Here you are.

P.: Thank you.

GRAMMAR EXERCISES

Grammar Revision:

· Future tenses

· The structure to be going to

Exercise 1. Complete these sentences, using will or going to.

1. A: Poor Sue went to hospital yesterday.

В: I'm sorry to hear that. I _____to buy some flowers.

2. A: This room's very cold.

В: You're right. I ___ the heater.

3. A: Are you still going out with Alice?

В: Oh yes. We____ get married next year.

4. A: Oh dear. I can't do this homework.

В: Don't worry. I _____ you.

5. A: Did you remember to book seats for the theatre?

В: No, I forgot. I _____now.

6. A: It's John's birthday tomorrow.

В: Is it? I can't afford a present but I_____a card.

7. A: How old are you?

В: I'm 64. I ______retire next year.

8. A: Why are you buying so much food?

В: Because I _____cook for ten people.

9. A: Jack is very angry with you.

В: Is he? I didn't realize. I _____ring him and apologize.

 10. A: Why are you leaving so early?

В: Because the teacher gave us a lot of homework and I ____very       

  carefully.

Exercise 2. Complete the following sentences using will or going to in the correct form. Sometimes both will and going to are possible.

Exercise 3. Put the verbs in brackets into the Future Perfect.

1. By Christmas they___  (sell) over five million greetings cards. 2. By this summer the city council ___ (spend) £2 million on redecorating the old town. 3. By 2030 the climate in Europe ___ (become) much warmer. 4. By the end of this decade our town ___ (invest) $1 million in the tourist industry. 5. By the next Olympic Games many records in sport ___ (be) broken. 6. By the time scientists find a cure for AIDS, many thousands of people ___ (die).

Exercise 4. John is a promising young scientist. Use the cues and the Future Perfect to predict his achievements in the future.

1. by 2020/publish eleven books

2. by end of decade/discover a treatment that can cure all kinds of cancer

3. by the time he's thirty-five/become a professor

4. by end career/receive several honorary doctorates from famous universities

5. by end of next year/finish writing his PhD

6. by 2010/write a book about genetically transmitted diseases

7. by next summer/be to fifteen conferences

8. by 2015/do a lot of research on cancer

Exercise 5. Complete the sentences with a verb from the list in the Future Continuous.

give, work, write, watch, drive, put up, use

1. I won't be able to answer the phone in the afternoon. I____ a talk at a conference. 2. Why don't you drop by on Wednesday night? I____a tennis match and it will be more fun if somebody joins me. 3. I ___to town in the afternoon. Would you like me to give you a lift? 4. ___you ____your bike this afternoon? Could I borrow it for half an hour? 5. This time on Saturday I ____my tent by the lake. 6. We shouldn't disturb them tonight. Tricia ____her article and Nick ____on his lecture.

Exercise 6. These are predictions about the future of a group оf classmates in 2020. Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets in the Future Continuous or the Future Perfect.

1. Megan (work) as a columnist in a fashion magazine. 2. Peter (write) at least a few popular cookery books. 3. Kylie (take) part in a few expeditions to the Arctic. 4. Jeremy (receive) two Oscars for best special effects in sci-fi films 5. Pet (write) best-selling horror stories. 6. Andre (look) after his children at home.