Training terms:

2. Pronounce correctly the following terms:

Freight traffic, national economy, transport, transportation, location, globalization, pollution, installation, station, operation, operator, industry, industrial, movement, cable, infrastructure, vehicle, necessary, canal, terminal, warehouse, depot, automobile, bicycle, helicopter, aircraft, procedure, financing, legality, policy, private, public, passenger, scheduled, services, economic, growth, types, amount, planning, essential, to restrain, urban, sprawl, to develop skills, consignee

3. Translate the following word combinations containing terms:

The movement of people and goods, from one location to another, to be performed by air and by water, the procedures set for this purpose, public or private, to provide scheduled services, to play an important part, economic growth and globalization, to cause water pollution, to use large amounts of land, good planning of transport, to be essential for, to make traffic flow, to restrain urban sprawl, to organize right freight traffic, fuel saving, efficient loading and discharging, rational routes of delivery, time saving, correct stowage, traffic intensity, perishables, highly inflammable and poison goods, large dimensioned cargo, harmless freight traffic, to injure the environment, to avoid demurrage and detention of containers, to keep all safety regulations, keeping freight quality and quantity, damaged goods

4. Find pairs of synonyms:

1. freight aim

2. location transportation

3. to perform correct

4. railway to carry out

5. truck cargo

6. purpose place

7. installation railroad

8. traffic lorry

9. right equipment

5. Translate the sentences; choose the correct word given below:

1. Transportation is ……… of people and good from one location to another.

2. Transport plays an …. part in economic growth and globalization.

3. Installations …… for transportation are roads, railways, airways, waterways, canals, pipelines and terminals.

4. Most types of transport …… air pollution.

5. Good planning of transport is …….. to make traffic flow, and to restrain urban sprawl.

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To cause, important, movement, essential, necessary

6. Read the text and understand it. Be ready to answer the questions to the text: cargo transportation

Cargo transportation is an important field of national economy. It is developing at a high rate. It is very important to organize the right freight traffic. Transport or transportation is the movement of people and goods from one location to another. Transportation is performed by air, rail, road, water, cable, pipeline and space.

Passenger transport may be public, where operators provide scheduled services, or private. Transport plays an important part in the economic growth and globalization, but most types of transport cause air pollution and use large amount of land. Good planning of transport is essential to make traffic flow and restrain urban sprawl.

Specialists in organization of transportation deal with freight traffic. This profession is very responsible and hard. People of this profession must plan freight traffic very carefully. They must constantly develop their skills. Logisticians have to solve many problems.

While planning transportation of goods, they must take into account fuel saving , efficient loading and discharging, rational routes of delivery, time saving, correct stowage, traffic intensity and many other factors. They transport perishables, highly inflammable and poison goods, large dimensioned cargo and other kinds of freight. Transport specialists must provide harmless freight traffic not to injure the environment and people. They must avoid demurrage and detention of containers. They must keep all safety regulations. People of this profession must think of keeping freight quality and quantity. Freight mustn’t be delivered the consignee damaged. It must be delivered in time.