Active Vocabulary. allow v позволять, разрешать

Words

allow v позволять, разрешать

arrangement n расположение

casualties n потери убитыми и ранеными

conceal v скрывать, утаивать

concreet n бетон

contents n содержимое

exit n выход

fortunately adv к счастью

frequent а частый

furthermore adv кроме того, к тому же

manage v справляться

multistory а многоэтажный

quantity n количество

route n маршрут

staircase n лестница

surface n поверхность

topmost а самый верхний

vast а обширный

via prep через

Word combinations

control room диспетчерский пункт

false ceiling подвесной потолок

fire brigade пожарная команда

set fire to something поджечь что- либо

Notes

a.m.- anti meridian до полудня

p.m.- post meridian после полудня

etc.- et cetera, etcetera (Latin) и так далее, и тому подобное

6000m² - six thousand square metres шесть тысяч квадратных метров

ten centimetres wide десять сантиметров в ширину

Grammar Notes

Эмфатические конструкции it is (was, has been)... that (which, who) могут выделять любой член предложения, кроме сказуемого. Само сочетание не переводится, а эмфаза достигается выделением усилительных слов, изменением порядка слов, интонацией.

It was only in 1995 that this law was discovered.

Этот закон был открыт только в 1995 году.

Exercises

I. Practise the following for pronunciation:

shaft, concrete, allow, storey, serious, furthermore, route, familiar, expand, permanently, etcetera, flue, lining, topmost, ascend, obscure, seal, distortion, exit, via, casualties.

II. Read the international words:

Paris, post, airport, France, report, December, office, national, intensify, vertically, horizontally, act, centre, central, centimeter, gas, system, escalator, quantity, plastic, brigade, occupy, detection, permanently, extremely, control, apparatus, vertical, horizontal, decorative, element, metre, terminal, circulation.

III. Read and translate the pairs of nouns and verbs:

report- to report, centre to centre, fire- to fire, heat- to heat, smoke- to smoke, spread- to spread, start- to start, control- to control, cause- to cause, damage- to damage, result- to result, pass- to pass, help- to help, fire- to fire, act- to act, use- to use, group- to group, increase- to increase, amount- to amount, stop- to stop, combat- to combat, cover- to cover, level- to level.

IV. Write the following adjectives in the comparative and superlative degree:

hot, difficult, high, vast, impossible, weak, serious, central, poor, decorative, familiar, probable

V. Translate the words of the same root:

to destroy- destroyer; destruction- destructive; to pass- passage- passenger; to detect- detection- detective; to close- closed- closing- unclosed; to seem- seeming-seemingly; to control- controller- controllable- uncontrollable; visible- visibility-vision- visional; possible- possibility- impossible- impossibility; create- creation-creator- creative; to use- using- useful- useless; to cover- covering- discover-discovery- discoverer; to expand- expansion- expansive.

VI. Read and translate the noun groups:

firefighters' control room; ground storey; book-shop; post-office; timber lining; firefighters’ difficulties; cinema hall; fire detection system; cable covering; airport building; escalator walls.

VII. Find the suitable word and translate the sentences:

1. Smoke... is preferred in many situations.

detect- detection- detector- detective

2. The fire brigade arrived very...

quick- quickness- quickly

3. The threat of fire to historic buildings is a... problem.

serious- seriousness- seriously

4. The severity of the fires was much... because of the earthquake.

great- greater- greatness- greatly

5. Combustible ceiling tile... to the fire's spread.

contributed- contribution- contributor

VIII. Choose the translation of underlined words:

1. база

basement 2. (полу) подвальный этаж

3. основание

1. искривление

distortion 2. смущение

3. растяжение

1. распределять

allow 2. допускать

3. позволять

1. казаться

seem 2. являться

3. оказываться

1. ложный

false 2. справедливый

3. воображаемый

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1. cataclysm

несчастный случай 2. cause

3. casualty

1. routine

маршрут 2. route

3. row

1. to exist

расширяться 2. to expand

3. to expect

1. to ascend

подниматься 2. to assume

3. to astonish

1. to occur

завладеть 2. to occupy

3. to offer

IX. Read and translate the text "Fire at Orly Airport"

X. Fill in the blanks with one of the following words:

equipment, distortion, allowed, second, set fire to, poor, the fire-brigade

1. The fire started in the... basement.

2. Unsealed shafts... the fire to spread horizontally.

3. On reaching the ground storey the fire destroyed all the... in the control rooms.

4. This resulted in... of the walls and floors.

5. Above the escalators heat... to plastic tiles.... arrived very quickly. Very difficult conditions were caused by... visibility.

ХI. Put general questions to the following sentences:

1 The National Centre of Fire Prevention and Protection has sent a report of a fire.

2. The fire started in the second basement.

3. The fire caused serious damage to the metal framework.

4. The burning tiles increased the firefighters' difficulties.

5. Finally the fire reached the cinema hall.

6. The fire brigade arrived very quickly.

7. Very difficult conditions were caused by poor visibility.

8. There were no casualties.

9. Smoke and flames find openings in the weak structure of the building.

XII. Make the sentences negative:

I.The National Centre of Fire Prevention and Protection has sent a report of a fire.

2. The fire started just before 3 p.m.

3. Тhе report shows a picture of a very serious building fire.

4. The burning tiles were falling from the ceiling.

5. The burning tiles increased the firefighters' difficulties.

6. The fire reached the cinema hall on the top storey.

7. The alarm has been given by the fire detection system.

8. Very difficult conditions were caused by poor visibility.

9. The smoke has entered such areas as escalator walls, open stairway, etc.

10. Therefore the fire will rapidly expand to the topmost level.

XIII. Choose the right variant:

1. The fire at Orly airport happened in

a) 1980

b) 1973.

2. The report shows how

a) smoke and flames find openings in the weak structure

b) shortcomings in fire combat result in great losses.

3. On reaching the ground storey the fire destroyed

a) all the equipment in the control rooms

b) the central group of escalators.

4. The contents of the book shop, customs and post office helped to

a) delay the fire development

b) intensify the fire.

5. Above the escalators heat set fire to the

a) plastic tiles

b) timber lining.

6. Finally the fire reached the

a) false ceiling

b) cinema hall.

7. The fire brigade arrived

a) very quickly

b) with delay.

8. Very difficult conditions were caused by

a) cold winter

b) poor visibility.

XIV. Answer the following questions:

1. Who has sent a report of a fire?

2. Where did a fire happen?

3. When did it happen?

4. When did the fire start?

5. What did the fire destroy first of all?

6. What helped to intensify the fire?

7. When did firemen manage to control the fire?

8. Why were firemen under very difficult conditions?

9. Why was visibility poor?

10. How many square metres were damaged by the fire?

11. How many square metres were damaged chiefly by smoke?

XV. Find in the text the sentences describing:

1. a report of National Centre of Fire Prevention and Protection of France

2. the start of a fire

3. the fire on the ground storey

4. the fire on the first storey

5. the fire in the central group of escalators

6. the work of the fire brigade

7. damage caused by the fire

8. conclusion made after the fire.

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