Unit VII shipbuilding in belarus

Ex. 1. Read and remember the words:

Carriage, approach, sluice, patronage, access, specificity, scope, negotiation, turnover, forwarder, refinery, molasses, pulp, interaction, abolition, serfage, order, extraction, launch, elaboration, subdivision, item, joinery, pontoon, metalware, overhaul, combustion, spare;

Affect, strive, enhance, benefit, ensure, ransack, manufacture, fulfill;

Navigable, appropriate, acceptable, fair, flexible, internal;

To be underway, to be a stone’s throw away.

Ex.2. Insert the right word:

Flexible, turnover, underway, approaching, patronage, joinery, acceptable, manufactured, orders, ensures, spares, access, items;

1. The college is under the … of UNESCO and provides the possibility of students exchange. 2. The governmental … makes the largest portion of the plant production. 3. Different … are … by this shop. 4. Such shipment terms are not … for our company! 5. The … to the gate is embarrassed: the … road is blocked by the parked vehicles. 6. The … schedule of shipment is very convenient for construction works. 7. The chief architect … that the project is … . 8. … is produced by the woodworking shop. 9. The … of the port is greater now then ever. 10. The repair must be postponed: we don’t have necessary … .

Ex. 3. Change the words of italic type with their synonyms from your active vocabulary

1. Cooperation between these two companies will benefit the project. 2. The shipwrecks of this old ship were robbed long ago. 3. The development of new methods of welding speeded hull construction. 4. There has always been severe competition between cargo carriers, who struggle for new markets. 5. This shipyard produces motor tug boats and various metal structures. 6. A short sea journey will help you to restore your health. 7. The shipment expenses will be sure to increase unless there is no cancel of this toll. 8. This kind of a ship is very seaworthy due to its hull contours. 9. The peculiarity of the new method is its exceptional cheapness. 10. This company branch is in charge for business talks with other companies.

Ex. 4. Define in one word:

1. the capital repair;

2. the process of burning;

3. a kind of slavery when peasants work for the feudal;

4. a kind of transport or transportation;

5. to gain profits;

6. to be quite near;

7. a floating bridge;

8. pulling out of smth;

9. water gate;

10. taking place inside smth.

Ex. 5. Translate into Russian:

-river navigable routes

-bordering states

-Water Transport enterprises

-sand-gravel mixture

-building and repair of vessels

-cargo and passenger transportation

-wide range of products

-elaboration  and carrying  out

-a structural subdivision

-meet the needs in

-floating and portal cranes

-floating means

-shipping rules

-intergovernmental agreements

-great industrial growth

-mechanisms and spares

-the “river-and-sea” type

-the port of registration

-the total turnover of the port

-the second-largest national group

-key position

-the key suppliers of materials

-the basic raw material

-merchant or fishing fleet

-a well-developed transportation infrastructure

-the authorities of the city

-the former naval harbour

Ex. 6. Read and translate the text: