VI. Barry and James are talking about cars. Complete the conversation. Work in pairs and change your roles. B Have you got a car, James?

J Yes, I have.

B What ________________

J It’s Volvo.

B _____________________

J I’ve had it for eighteen months, I think.

B _____________________

J $5,5600. It was second-hand, not new.

B _____________________

J It hasn’t done a lot, actually. About 10,000. I only use it at weekends.

B _____________________

J In 1999. I passed first time. I was lucky.

B _____________________

J Yes, I have. It was a rainy evening last November, and I skidded into the car in front. Nobody was hurt, fortunately.

VII. Choose one of the first two cars advertised below. Then look quickly at the rest of the advertisements, and find the cheapest car with all of these:

a) a similar colour to yours	c) the same number of doors as yours
b) a much lower mileage than yours	d) similar accessories to yours

Guaranteed used cars

NOT JUST AS GOOD AS NEW – BETTER THAN NEW!

THIS MONTH’S

BARGAINS

FORD ESCORT 1600, 5 door,

powder blue, radio-cassette, sunroof, 34,000 miles,

price $2,600.

BMW 318i, 4 door, red,

electric windows, fog lamps,

radio-cassette, 14,000 miles,

price $6,250.

Nissan Stanza 1.6GL, 5 door, sky blue, radio-cassette, sunroof, 34,000 miles,

$2,100.

MG Maestro 1.6i, 4 door, cherry red, air conditioning, 5,500 miles, $6,200.

Saab 900 Turbo, 5 door, Admiral blue, electric sunroof, radio-cassette, only

1,500 miles, $9,200.

Volvo 34DL, 5 door, deep red, sunroof, radio-cassette, 8,000 miles, $7,000.

Renault 11 TSE, 5 door, white, sunroof, radio-cassette, electric windows, 17,000 miles, $4,200

Mercedes-Benz 500SEL, 4 door,

diamond blue metallic, electric

sunroof, air conditioning, 28,000

miles, $22,500

Jaguar XJ6 3.4 automatic, 4 door, ruby red, stereo radio-cassette, electric sunroof, electric windows, fog lamps, only 4,000 miles, $15,650.

Volvo 245DL, 4 door, deep red, radio-cassette, fog lamps, sunroof, electric windows, 6,000 miles, $8,500.

Peugeot 505, 5 door, royal blue, radio-cassette, 4,200 miles, $6,850.

Ford Capri 2.8i, 4 door, dark red,

fog lamps, radio-cassette,

125,000 miles, $900.

Metro 1.3L, 5 door, light blue, fog lamps, 17,000 miles, $3,800.

Nissan Sunny 1.5GL, 4 door, green

metallic, fog lamps, radio-cassette,

35,000 miles, $3,200.

VIII. Study these ways of describing size and dimension.

How long is it?	How wide is it?	How high is it?
It’s 484.5 cm long.	It’s 165.0 cm wide.	It’s 157.5 cm high.
The length is 484.5 cm.	The width is 165.0 cm.	The height is 157.5 cm.

How heavy is it?	It weighs 2,570 kg.
How much does it weigh?	The weight is 2,570 kg.
Weigh v. Весить	Weight n. Вес
How much can it carry?	It can carry 1,160 kg.
What’s the maximum load?	It’s 1,160 kg.

IX. A. A transport manager is thinking of buying some pick-up trucks for his fleet. Act out the conversation with the salesperson. Ask and answer questions about the size and dimension of the truck below.

mm	max. load 1,160 kg
	weight 2,570 kg

B. Work with a partner. You look at the information below. Your partner uses the information from File I, page 43. You want to transport some large steel components to a customer in Rome. Ask a salesperson questions about the trucks.

mm	max. load 1,815 kg
	weight 3,370