И. А. Курбасова Е. И. Силантьева

7. Прочтите предложения и определите значения вы­деленных слов и словосочетаний, не пользуясь словарем.
1. The telephone and the telegraph are means of com­munication; the railways are a means of travel. 2. Rail­ways use two types of trains: for transporting people and for transporting freight. So railways are used to carry passengers and freight. 3. Railways play a very important part in the transportation of freight; they are important for the economic development of a country. 4. Express trains are also known as "fast trains". 5. The early locomotives were not fast; they were very slow. 6. Modern locomotives can draw very long trains. 7. The first loco­motives were not strong and they often broke down. 8. George Stephenson called his locomotive the "Rocket". 9. Steam railroads used the power of steam for drawing trains. 10. The power used for drawing trains is known as tractive power or traction. 11. The fifst railways appeared in Eng­land and were used "to carry coal. 12. Locomotives are made at the locomotive-building works.
8. Прочтите текст (5 мин. на каждую часть) и кратко передайте содержание каждого абзаца на русском языке.