A passage under the ground. | ||
To move earth and make a hole in the ground. | ||
It means ‘very-very big’, ‘huge’. | ||
A group of people who work together, or play a game together against another group. | ||
It means ‘in a position on the other side of something’. | ||
A person who is travelling in a car (bus, train, plane, etc.) but who is not driving it. | ||
It means ‘the floor of the sea’, ‘the bottom’. | ||
Something that transports people or things from place to place (cars, bicycles, lorries, buses). | ||
It means ‘in the space in the middle of two things – people, places, objects, etc. | ||
A long narrow piece of high land along the top of hills or mountains. | ||
To make something by putting pieces, materials, etc., together. | ||
It means ‘in a position that is below something’. | ||
A wall built across a river to hold back the water. | ||
A deep cut that is made through land and filled with water for boats or ships to travel along. |
12. Fill in the gaps with one suitable word from the module:
1. | Look at this dam! It’s ………. !!! | |
2. | A new modern ……… was built across the river. | |
3. | A train disappeared into a ……… . | |
4. | TBMs are used to ……… tunnels. | |
5. | Which ……… has won the building project? | |
6. | There was a beautiful building on the ……… side of the street. | |
7. | What kind of ……… is used to transport TBMs? | |
8. | The train goes ……… this tunnel in 5 minutes. | |
9. | The bridge is not very high, so tall ships can’t pass ……… it. | |
10. | A lot of ……… usually travel in the train through the tunnel. |
13. Translate the following sentences into Russian. Translate the idea, not a word for word:
1. | The company has just finished building a new tunnel. |
2. | A new tunnel has just been designed by a group of young engineers. |
3. | Builders brought special equipment to dig the ground. |
4. | TBM is a special digging machine. |
5. | To build a tunnel builders dig the ground with the help of TBMs. |
6. | Builders need special equipment to dig tunnels. |
7. | TBM is an enormous machine. |
8. | Special enormous machines are used to dig tunnels. |
9. | It is important to work in a team. |
10. | This building was designed by a team of highly-skilled engineers. |
11. | These two buildings are located on opposite sides of the river. |
12. | Look! Our new Top Manager is sitting opposite the boss. |
13. | The Head of the Engineering Department was the first passenger on that train. |
14. | The first passenger train was designed many years ago. |
15. | Sometimes tunnels are built under the seabed. |
16. | Are you the owner of this vehicle? |
17. | What vehicles do you use to transport special equipment to a building site? |
18. | Tower Bridge goes across the River Thames in London. |
19. | The Millennium Bridge in Kazan goes over the Kazanka-river and joins the opposite sides of the city. |
20. | Building of dams is a very difficult but important process. |
21. | Safety is very important in the process of building tunnels, dams, etc. |
22. | Let me show you around the building site. |
23. | The ship went under the bridge. |
24. | The train goes through this tunnel in 7 minutes. |