Theme : “Road construction I” ( 2 hours) Road Construction I read and translate the text

Theme : “Road construction I” ( 2 hours)
Road Construction
I
Read and translate the text
A road is a thoroughfare, route, or way on land between two places, which has been paved or otherwise improved to allow travel by some conveyance, including a horse, cart, or motor vehicle. Roads consist of one, or sometimes two, roadways (British English: carriageways) each with one or more lanes and also any associated sidewalks (British English: pavement) and road verges, Roads that are available for use by the public may be referred to as public roads or highways.
F or purposes of international statistical comparison, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) defines a road as "a line of communication (travelled way) using a stabilized base other than rails or air strips open to public traffic, primarily for the use of road motor vehicles running on their own wheels," which includes "bridges, tunnels, supporting structures, junctions, crossings, interchanges, and toll roads, but not cycle paths. In urban areas roads may diverge through a city or village and be named as streets, serving a dual function as urban space easement and route.
Modern roads are normally smoothed, paved, or otherwise prepared to allow easy travel. Historically many roads were simply recognizable routes without any formal construction or maintenance.
Read out the following words and memorize them

1. thoroughfare 2. conveyance 3. junctions 4. interchanges 5. smoothed 6. ambiguity 7. highway 8. access 9. footpath l0. Bridleway

магистральная улица перевозка перекрёсток развязка сглаженный двузначность автомагистраль подъезд пешеходная дорожка дорога для всадников

Answer the following questions:
1. Who defines a road as "a line of communication (travelled way)?
2. What is Vehicle Excise Duty?
3. What is British word for “sidewalks”?
Match the English words with their Russian equivalents:

Road	Международный
Public	Двигатель
Travel	дорога
international	тротуар
motor	дорожное покрытие
communication	общественный
sidewalk	охватывать
include	эксплуатация
pavement	путешествовать
maintenance	связь

Combine the words with the help of the preposition of.
Translate these word combinations:

a line	road motor vehicles running
for the purposes	international statistical comparison
roads consist	any other road
any length	communication
for purposes	one, or sometimes two, roadways
any length of highway or	the English law, Highways Act 1980
for the use	highway