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KEY TERMS
transport and communications
maritime transport
maritime trading
international shipping
transport systems
shipment sizes
lead times
transport i komunikacija
pomorski prijevoz
pomorska trgovina
meunarodni prijevoz
transportni sustavi
dimenzije poiljke
vrijeme isporuke
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2) Put the names of transport inventions into the corresponding time periods .
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Symington's steamboat
Charlotte Dundas
Siemens Halske
electric train
Space shuttle
Kamens Segway
Wheeled cart
A self-driving car
GPS navigation
Chariot
Cayleys glider
Zeppelins airship
Paved roads
Gateway City,
container ship
McAdams roads
Maglev train
Compass
VOCABULARY EXERCISES
1) Unjumble the expressions from the text, first and last letter s are correct
tsroanprt and
coamimtiouncns
moajr instemvent
maimtire trsrpanot
barek eevn
ivnatinoon
rolinlg sctok
cpoe wtih
mneaicchal
eeennnriigg
sepmhint
laed tmie
cviil eginnineerg
meet the deadmns
elrectic mtoor
look bcak
+
?
Past Simple
add d or ed or irregular
I lived in Spain for ten years.
I went to Spain last year.
didnt verb
They didnt go to Spain this year.
did/didnt + verb, inversion
Where did you stay in Spain?
Didnt you live in Spain?
! But not for questions about the subject:
Who went to Spain with you?
Present perfect
have + past participle
I have lived in Spain for ten years.
I have been to Spain many times.
havent + past participle
He hasnt been to Spain recently.
have/havent + past participle, inversion
Where have you met her?
Havent you ever been to Spain?
Who has been to Spain recently?
Use
Past Simple
An action that started in the past and finished in
the past:
I lived in Spain for 10 years. (I dont anymore.)
An action repeated over a period of time that
started and finished in the past:
I often went to Spain as a kid. (I dont go there
anymore.)
Often indicated by finished time expressions
yesterday, last week, at 2 oclock, in 2003
Finished action with focus on time:
I went to Spain last year.
Finished action with no connection to the present:
I lost my keys in Spain. It was terrible! (No result. I
got new keys later.)
An action completed earlier in the past:
She moved to Spain a couple of years ago.
Present perfect
An action that started in the past, but still hasnt
finished:
I have lived in Spain for 10 years. (I still live there.)
An action repeated over a period of time that
started in the past, but hasnt finished yet:
Ive been to Spain twice this month. (I still go
there.)
Often indicated by unfinished time expressions
this month, this week, today
Finished action with focus on result or experience:
Ive never been to Spain.
A finished action with a result in the present:
Oh no, I've lost my keys! (The result is that I can't
get into my house now).
An action completed recently or just now:
Ive just recently moved to Spain.
Indicated by time expressions just, only just,
recently, only recently, just recently
GRAMMAR NOTES
GRAMMAR EXERCISES
1) Find all the verbs in past simple and present perfect in the summary The
World of Transport and explain their use.
2) Translate these sentences
a) Kako su stari Rimljani gradili ceste?
b) Nikad nisam putovao avionom.
c) Peter je nedavno dobio vozaku dozvolu.
d) Tko je napravio prvi elektrini vlak?
e) Ford je je proizveo svoj Model T 1908.
f) esto smo koristili podzemnu kad smo bili u New Yorku.
g) Jeste li ikad letjeli balonom?
h) Prije par dana sam pisao test iz prometnih pravila. Jesi li odgovorio na sva pitanja?
i) Koliko dugo ivi u Los Angelesu?
j) Kad si stigao u Chicago?
k) Upravo sam uo na vijestima da je podzemna zatvorena!
l) Los Angeles ima centar za upravljanje prometom od 1984.
VOCABULARY
advanced
break even
napredan
pokriti ulaganje,
biti na nuli
eksplozija, erupcija
ulaganje
ukljuivati
strojarstvo
trgovac
metro
occur
burst
carrier
civil engineering
conceive
cope with
depend on
discovery
electric motor
essential
expropriation
fascinated
frequent
imply
independent
innovation
internal
combustion
engine
investment
involve
lead time
look back
major
maritime
transport
mechanical
engineering
meet the
demands
merchant
prijevoznik
graevinarstvo
pojmiti
nositi se s
ovisiti o
otkrie
elektromotor
kljuan
izvlatenje
fasciniran, opinjen
est
podrazumijevati,
ukljuivati
neovisan
izum
motor s unutranjim
sagorijevanjem
ispuniti zahtjeve
podzemna
eljeznica
dogoditi se
permeable
reflect
regulate
reliable
rolling stock
scarcely
shipment
shipping
shoulder
spark off
spice
steam engine
steamship
tend
transport and
communications
undergo
wealthy
well before
propustan
odraavati
regulirati, propisati
pouzdanost
vozni park prunih
vozila
jedva
poiljka
pedicija
podnijeti, preuzeti
(rizik)
pokrenuti
zain
parni stroj
parobrod
biti sklon, naginjati
ili teiti emu
promet i
komunikacije
proi/prolaziti kroz
imuan, bogat
puno prije, puno
ranije