Unit 12. Ex.4: E.g. Kirow’scranes – carrying a jib and other necessary hoisting and controlling equipment, for work with

Ex.4: E.g. Kirow’scranes – carrying a jib and other necessary hoisting and controlling equipment, for work with, wheels of the pneumatic type, working below rail level and at boom heights beyond 15m, without a separate counterweight, useful in areas with limited space;

other types of cranes –for work with, rope-operated, not high, etc.

Ex.5: mobile – fixed, hydraulically operated – rope operated, prefer – not to be overfond of, high – low, better – worse, handle – bring down, versatile – one-sided, steel – wooden, available – unavailable, out – in

Ex.6: Various types of cranes are available, the type and size best suited for a specific operation being influenced by the following factors: the nature of the work on which it is to operate, the weight of load it has to handle.

Cranes of this type usually take the form of a frame carrying a jib, a winch, and other necessary hoisting and controlling equipment, the whole being mounted on a cast-iron bed plate fitted with road wheels of the pneumatic type.

At present rope-operated mobile cranes are being superseded by hydraulically operated ones in which all working operations but traveling are performed with the help of hydraulic rams.

Optional task

Ex.1:

Ex.2:

i. Bracket, breakdown, bridge-building, crawler, erecting, hand power, hoisting, jib, lorry-mounted, mobile, railway, slewing, telescopic, track-laying, truck, whirler cranes.

ii. They hoist and lower loads.

Test 12

1. 1-d, 2-b, 3-c, 4-a

2. a)True b)False c)True d)True e)False

3. 1-b, 2-d, 3-f, 4-g, 5-c, 6-h, 7-a, 8-i, 9-e

4. 1-b, 2-a, 3-c

5. 1-c, 2-a, 3-b

Unit 13

Ex.3: self-propelled – loco hauled, to lift out – to put down, to tow – to push, to tidy – to ruin, depletion – excess

Ex.4: Машина для тяжелых работ; со скоростью 100 кубометров в час; условия покрытия; стрелка и разъезды; самоходный; на и с рабочего места; производитель машины; высота над уровнем рельсов; оси; тормоза; тяга; выход двигателя; глубина резания; стрелы, установленные на платформе; пропускная способность; общая длина; мощность при буксировке; резать и убирать балласт; облегчить подбивку; заново обработать скат пути; ехать со скоростью; воздушно-охлаждаемый двигатель; гидравлический; машина, обслуживающая путь

Ex.5: the ballast; panels, replace them; depleted; support, capable; switch and crossings

Optional task

Ex.4: 1) place 2) with 3) crane 4) of 5) gantry

Test 13

1. 1-g, 2-i, 3-d, 4-c, 5-f, 6-e, 7-a, 8-h, 9-b

2. 1-h, 2-d, 3-j, 4-e, 5-l, 6-m, 7-f, 8-i, 9-n, 10-a, 11-g, 12-b, 13-o, 14-c, 15-k

3. 1)True 2)False 3)False 4)True 5)False

4. 1-c, 2-b, 3-a, 4-e, 5-d

5. a, c, e, f