4 Agree or disagree with three statements given below using the remarks from the box.

I completely/fully agree that … I disagree with the statement that … I’m afraid that not quite right. I wouldn’t say that … It’s (not) true that … That’s (not) (quite) right that … There is no information in the text about that.

1 The city planners intend to rely on the individual motor cars.

2 A large metro circle line is being built in Mos­cow.

3 The express lines radiating from the circle line will run in different directions within the city limits.

4 In the future all “satellite towns” will be connected with Moscow by metro lines.- I completely agree that in the future all “satellite towns” will be connected with Moscow by metro lines

5 The buses running on diesel fuel are more economical than those operating on liquefied gas.-

I’m afraid that not quite right the statement.

6 Improved finishing of passenger saloons makes mod­ern trolleybuses more attractive.

7 The tram does not find any use in Moscow streets.

8 Traffic jams at some busy crossroads are avoided thanks to the “Start” system.- I wouldn’t say that traffic jams at some busy crossroads are avoided thanks to the “Start” system.

9 The system’s TV cameras control the crossroads inside Sadovoye Koltso, one of the quietest thoroughfares of the capital.

10 The cameras transmitted all the necessary information to the dispatcher’s centre and now there are other means of traffic control.

11 The ven­tilation system of trolleybus provides heating in winter as well as cooling in summer.

12 In order to make the capital’s air cleaner new buses are being put into service which run on liquefied gas.

13 The trolleybus of today consists of two articulated parts over 22 m in length which can carry more than 300 passengers.

14 The tram of today has an all-metal, streamlined body, an automatic control system, improved finishing of the passenger saloon, a ven­tilation system which provides heating in winter.

15 The main disadvantages of the tram are its noise and the necessity of using rails.

Exercises

5 Match up 5 English equivalents from the text above with the following Russian ones.

отвечать экологическим требованиям- to meet the ecological requirements

«пробка», уличный затор- a traffic jam

развивать скоростной городской транспорт

обеспечи­вать перевозки пассажиров- to provide transit of passengers

построить большую кольце­вую линию метро

соединить Москву с городами-спутниками, аэропортами и зонами отдыха

работать на новом топливе

автоматическая система управления

иметь большую вместимость

контролировать уличные перекрестки

одна из самых оживленных магистралей столицы- one of the busiest thoroughfares of the capital

избегать заторов

в среднем 30 км в час

главные улицы – general streets