Exercise 52 Comment on the use of the gerund in the following proverbs and sayings. Memorize them. Give their Ukrainian equivalents.

1. Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing him. 2. Doing is better than saying. 3. You can’t make an omelet without breaking eggs. 4. Clean handswant no washing.

Exercise 53 Look at this word train. The words are connected like the carriages of a train – the last letter of one word is the first letter of the next.

1 compartment 2 t  3  4  5 

6  7  8  9 

10  11  12  

13   14  

15   16  17 

18  19 

20   21 

Clues

1 section of a train carriage (11)

2 metal line of rails (5)

3 small metal objects for starting or locking a car (4)

4 the oldest trains used this form of power (5)

5 diagram showing the position of towns, roads, villages, etc. (3)

6 pavement in a station next to the track (8)

7 distance travelled in miles (7)

8 machine that drives the train (6)

9 way out (4)

10 apparatus for sending messages by the use of electric current along wires or by radio (9)

11 building where travellers can rent a room for the night (5)

12 secure container in which you can leave your suitcase or bag (two words: 7,6)

13 part of a train where meals are served (two words: 10,3)

14 ticket from one place to another and back (two words: 6,6)

15 car with driver that you can hire (two words: 4,3)

16 snack bar in a railway station or on a train (6)

17 underground passage through which a train or car can travel (6)

18 large luxurious car (9)

19 moving stairs (9)

20 special card which allows someone to travel free or cheaply (two words: 4,4)

21 train which has beds (7)

(Answers: luggage locker, escalator, rail pass, compartment, sleeper, restaurant car, hotel, keys, map, telegraph, return ticket, tunnel, steam, buffet, limousine, exit, track, platform, engine, mileage, taxi cab)

U N I T 8

Grammar: Infinitive

Attributive Groups

Text: High Speed Rail Network

Supplementary texts: A High-speed trains versus automobiles and airplanes

B What is Maglev?

C Russian / German High-Speed Pact

Word Building: Conversion, Compound Words

READING RULES

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