И. А. Курбасова Е. И. Силантьева

СЛОВООБРАЗОВАНИЕ

Суффиксы прилагательных: -an, -ar, -ary, -y

Суффикс прилагательных и наречий: -ward(s)


4. Переводите и запомните следующие слова с суффик­сом -ward(s),
Образец: southward(s) по направлению к югу, к югу, на юг upward(s), downward(s), inward, outward, toward(s), forward, backward(s), eastward.


5. Среди данных слов найдите прилагательные и пере­ведите их.
attention, customary (custom — обычай), organize, easy, secondary, suburban, difference, regular, American, faulty (fault—дефект), smoothness, noisy (noise—шум), Siberian, heavy, decidedly, subterranean (terra—земля).
6. Найдите в тексте слова с интернациональным кор­нем и определите их значение (абз. 2, 3, 5, 7, 10).
7. Определите значения выделенных слов и словосоче­таний, не пользуясь словарем.
1. The railway having one rail is called a monorail. 2. The engineers of the Riga Car Building Plant design electric trains for suburban service. Recently a passenger car of original design has been developed in Riga. 3. Any type of transportation means—a locomotive, a car, a motor cycle and so on — may be also called a vehicle. 4. A system which opens great possibilities for the development of tech­nology is a promising system. 5. The new branch line will link the metallurgical works with the port. 6. Many com­forts provided by the metro make it very convenient for people. 7. While running tramcars produce much greater noise than the trolley-buses. 8. Monorails can be built high above the streets. 9. If monorails are built above the ground, they occupy very little space; so one of the monorail's advantages is the economy or saving of space. 10. In de­signing a monorail the engineer must solve important prob­lems— instability, noise, structural design, etc.
8. Прочтите текст (5 минут на каждую часть) и (а) озаглавьте часть I, (б) скажите, в каких абзацах части Л говорится о применении и достоинствах моно­рельсовых дорог.