Exercise 8. Read the Russian text, title and render it in English.

Изменение ситуации на транспортном рынке Европы показывает, что железные дороги смогли переломить негативные тенденции современности. Наглядным примером являются результаты референдума, проведенного в Швейцарии. Одобрено выделение капитальных вложений в размере 30 млрд. евро на увеличение пропускной способности железных дорог страны и существенное ускорение транзитных перевозок. Это позволит переключить большую часть трансальпийских перевозок на экологически чистый железнодорожный транспорт, а также дать европейской экономике удобный маршрут международных сообщений. Подобные инициативы будут иметь место в других странах Европы, испытывающих перегрузку путей сообщения и интенсивное загрязнение окружающей среды.

При разработке бюджетной и инвестиционной политики также важно понимание стоимости разных видов транспорта с учетом таких факторов, как безопасность, экология, нагрузка на территорию. Тогда будут очевидны все преимущества железнодорожного транспорта.

CER Bulletin, 2009, № 1.

Listening and speaking

Exercise 1. Before you watch a video about how to make London more sustainable with Siemens try to predict the answers to these questions.

1) How does traffic influence the quality of life in London?

2) What does Siemens do to improve the situation?

Exercise 2. Watch the video. Clap your hands when listen the following words.

environment, environmental, traffic, train, emission

Exercise 3. Watch again. In the following script differentiate logical parts and put punctuation marks.

Trafficaloneproduces10milliontonsofCO₂ayearinLondonaccountingfor20%ofalltheCarboneDioxideimmediatelyintheBritishcapitalLondoncityplannersarepartneringwithSiemenstorisetothechallengeofmanagingmassivevolumesoftrafficandenhancingmobilitywhileminimizingenvironmentalimpactSiemens’answeriscompletemobilityandintegratedtransportationconceptthatprovideshighlyefficientmobilitysolutionsbyelevatingandintelligentrecombiningthespecificadvantagesofrailbuscarandairtravel.

Exercise 4. Check what you remember. Put the statements below in the correct order.

1) Statistics confirms the success of Siemens’ complete mobility concept. Just a few months after the conjunction charge was launched, traffic in the city center had been reduced by 20 %.

2) Traffic alone produces 10 million tons of CO₂ a year in London.

3) In the first step to implement incomplete mobility, London collaborates with Siemens to offer commuters and attractive alternative to driving.

4) London is also a transportation center: five airports, serving 210 million passengers each year, an underground network with lines extending of more that than 400 km, some 8,000 public buses, and thousands and thousands of cars and tracks.

5) Traffic is now flowing faster with average commuting time having been cut by 1/6.

6) A fleet of 1,200 new comfortable commuter trains from the UK-Roman family head their way for a network linking regional transportation and the mass transit system.

Exercise 5. Look at the visuals that Larry West, a professional writer and editor who has written many articles about environmental issues, uses to support his ideas. Can you name them? What other visuals do you know?

A. The Rising Environmental Cost of Driving Alone (U.S.)

Carbon dioxide emissions of transportation	30%
Carbon dioxide savings/public transportation	1.5 million tons
Gasoline savings/public transportation	1.4 billion gallons
Trips are made by car	88 %

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