Exercise 38 Translate the expressions with international words from the text.

Standard rail methods, an experimental Japanese magnetic levitation train, intermodal service, multi-national companies, integral part of a global transport system, unprecedented forms, purpose-built high-speed track, rail system interoperability, administrative and social level, pan-European rail corridors, the Ukrainian Railway Development Project, the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development, intercity mode of transport, transport logistics systems, satellite navigation systems and telematics, global systems for mobile communication, to transport nationally and internationally, door-to-door international transport service, to compete in the new global economy, the world’s largest high-speed development projects, designed for transit hauls, innovative electronics and software solutions.

Exercise 39 Pre-text discussion.

1. Are you optimistic about the future for railways? What makes you think so? 2. Technical progress tends to accelerate with each coming decade. Name some of the recent innovations on railways which seemed fantastic not so long ago. 3. Are we ready for the changes that will come? 4. What will the railway of the future be like? 5. What are the main challenges we’ll have to face?

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