Active Vocabulary. emergency n - чрезвычайные обстоятельства

appoint v - назначать

boat n - лодка

cork n - пробка

cover v - охватывать

emergency n - чрезвычайные обстоятельства

employ v - держать на службе

enforce v - обеспечивать исполнение

expandv - расширять(ся); распространять

expense n - счет, цена

fall into (fell, fallen) v - распадаться на

notable a - выдающийся

ply v - плавать, курсировать

publicity n - реклама; пропаганда

rage v - бушевать, свирепствовать

staff n - штат, сотрудники

trap v - оказываться в ловушке

undertake (undertook, undertaken) v - брать на себя

waterman n - лодочник, перевозчик

Exercises

I. Practise the following for pronunciation:

design, insurance, huge, title, innovation, vehicle, cork, headquaters, manoeuvrable, wheel, hydrolic, authority.

II. Look through the text and find the international words

III. Read and translate the word of the same root:

general, generalize, generalization, generally;

combine, combination, combined;

care, careful, carefully, carefulness, careless;

insulate, insulation, insulated, insulating, insulator.

IV. Give three forms of the verbs:

to undertake, to set, to break, to burn, to find, to drive, to let, to withstand.

V. Find the translation:

1. пожарная машина a) engineering

b) engineer

c) engine

2. расширяющийся a) expand

b) expanding

c) expanded

3. маневренный a) manoeuvrable

b) manoeuvrability

c) manoeuvre

4. спасаться a) escape

b) escapement

c) escaper

5. обязанность a) responsible

b) response

c) responsibility

6. электрический бытовой прибор a) applicable

b) appliance

c) appliancy

VI. Match the synonyms:

a) emergency, boat, enforce, expand, publicity, staff, undertake, huge, attempt, appoint

b) vessel, advertising, large, effort, personnel, execute, assign, danger, engage, increase

VII. Read and translate into Russian the text “The London Fire Brigade”:

VIII. Answer the following questions:

1. When and why did fire brigades of insurance companies begin to cooperate?

2. Why was the Metropolitan Fire Brigade Act passed in 1865?

3. What did Captain Eyre Massey Shaw introduce?

4. How was the firemanship developed during the period between World War I and World War II?

5. When was the London Fire Brigade of today established?

6. What changes happened in the London Fire Brigade after 1963?

7. What kinds of work does the London Fire Brigade fulfil at present?

IX. Use the information in the text to complete the following table:

X. Write five questions to the text. Choose any of these question words to begin with:

When How many Why What What sort of Where

XI. Find in the text the equivalents to the Russian phrases:

1. зона наибольшего развития пожара

2. как можно ближе

3. за счет государства

4. паровые пожарные машины

5. работы по спасению жизни

6. быть готовым

7. медный шлем

8. пробковый шлем

9. пожарная лестница на колесах

10. подъемная платформа

11. пожарная часть

12. обеспечение соблюдения законов о мерах пожарной безопасности

13. жилые дома.

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