Repeat the words after the teacher

tare, purposes, projecting, degrees, facilitate, counterbalanced, transversally, height, access

Read and translate the international words

design, prototype, operation, operator, compact, tare, fixed, ramp, balance, module, standard, logistical, risk

Translate the verbs, give 3 forms of the irregular ones

approach, develop, carry, know, collapse, put, weigh, accommodate, stow, project, fix, provide, rotate, fold, interlock, reposition, offer, save, show, set up, avoid, return, drive, restrict, allow, dismount

Give the derivatives of the words, translate them

collapse, ship, know, rack, ice, weigh, load, transverse, high, position, add, restrict, full, drive

Give Russian equivalents

UK-based CSA, new car carrying design, well-known, collapsible flatrack, put into trial operation, tare weight, due to, open gate design, for stowage purposes, projecting beneath the gates, lower level, to facilitate loading, counterbalanced corner posts, fold transversally, can be interlocked, for empty repositioning purposes, according to, a number of advantages, savings in costs, is close to, bottom side rails, access for drivers, is unrestricted, fully opened, without risk of impact, to dismount from the side of the unit

Translate the sentences (grammar revision)

1. UK-based Clive-Smith Associ­ates (CSA) has developed a new car carrying design.
2. Two proto­type 40ft units have been put into trial operation by Icelan­dic operator Eimskip.
3. The 40ft unit, which has a tare weight of just 2750 kg, is capable of accommodating three compact cars or two larger vehicles.
4. The full 40ft length can be used for stowage purposes.
5. Seven empty units can be inter­locked into an 8ft 6in high module.
6. Car doors can be fully opened with­out the risk of impact.
7. The 40ft CONPAC collapsible car carrier can carry three compact cars or two larger units.
8. When folded, seven units can be interlocked for empty repositioning.

Find answers to the questions in the above article

1. What design has CSA developed?
2. Where were the first units used?
3. What is the weight of one unit?
4. How many cars can one unit accommodate?
5. What does 40ft mean in the name of the “40ft CONPAC unit”?
6. In what way can the full length of the unit be used?
7. What is provided for a simple drive-on/drive-off operation?
8. In what way do the end gates open?
9. What is the difference between a conventional flatrack and the new design?
10. In what way are the new units interlocked for empty repositioning purposes?
11. What are the advantages of the new CONPAC design?
12. In what way do the drivers dismount from the units?

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