Text A. The port Saint Petersburg.

Big port Saint Petersburg is the state enterprise providing the organization of trading navigation in sea port Saint Petersburg and behind its limits in established zones of responsibility of the Russian Federation. The port St.-Petersburg is located on islands of Neva Delta, in Neva Bay in east part of gulf of Finland of Baltic sea. Big port St.-Petersburg includes moorings of sea trading, wood, fish and river ports, the oil terminal, ship-building, ship-repair and other factories, sea passenger station, river passenger port, and also moorings of Kronstadt, Lomonosov, Gorskaya, Bronka. From a deep-water part of the sea to them the branched out system of channels and waterways conducts. This economy is served by railway stations of October railway. The port fleet serving the Big port Saint Petersburg, includes a considerable quantity of the auxiliary vessels belonging to the various organizations, including more than twenty tow boats of varying thickness, ice breakers, oil garbage disposal vessel, water carrying boats, bilge water collectors, fuel vessel ships, pilotage vessels, road boats, a fire vessel, various not self-propelled waterborne vehicles. Historically port borders have not been defined that disturbed to work of the stevedore companies is under the law in such territories import-export cargoes cannot be overloaded. Borders tried to coordinate since 2006, with 2006 on 2008 it was not possible to coordinate borders in the absence of is standard-legal base, in 2008-2009 to pass this law disagreements between St. Petersburg government and the Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation did not allow. As a result, the prime minister of Russia Vladimir Putin August, 20th, 2009 has signed the order number 1225-r, in the appendix to which geographical coordinates more than 6,7 thousand points of border of port are listed. It will allow to realise scale investment projects of the stevedore companies. In Big port Saint Petersburg mineral oil, metals, wood cargoes, containers, coal, ore, chemical cargoes, scrap metal are overloaded. The port turnover of goods for 12 months 2008 has made 59,945 thousand tonnes. The basic stevedoring companyes working in territory of the Big port Saint Petersburg, are Open Society "Seaport St.-Petersburg", companies "Nevas-metals", "Baltic balkerniy terminal", "Mobi-Dik", "Petersburg oil terminal", "First Container Terminal", Open Society "Petrolesport".

Words to be remembered.

to establish — устанавливать, основывать, создать

mooring - швартовка

auxiliary — дополнительный, вспомогательный, обслуживающий

garbage - мусор

disposal - расположение

bilge- подводная часть судна, льяло

to branch out — расширяться, отходить

wood — лес, древесина

conduct — проводка судна, экскортирование

appendix -добавление, приложение

to list — составлять список, вносить в список

turnover of goods – товарооборот

Exercise 2. Ask all types of questions to the following sentences.

1. Big port St.-Petersburg includes moorings of sea trading, wood, fish and river ports, the oil terminal, ship-building, ship-repair and other factories, sea passenger station, river passenger port, and also moorings of Kronstadt, Lomonosov, Gorskaya, Bronka.

2. This economy is served by railway stations of October railway.

3. The port fleet includes a considerable quantity of the auxiliary vessels belonging to the various organizations.

4. the prime minister of Russia has signed the order number 1225-r, in the appendix to which geographical coordinates more than 6,7 thousand points of border of port are listed.

5. The port turnover of goods for 12 months 2008 has made 59,945 thousand tonnes.

Exercise 3. Complete the following sentences.

1. Big port St. Petersburg includes moorings of …....... .

2. There are 20 tow boats of varying thickness ….......... .

3. Historically import – export cargoes cannot be …...... .

4. Since 2006 the borders ….... .

5. ….... to coordinate borders in the absence of standard legal base.

6. The Prime Minister of Russia ….... the order in the appendix to which geographical coordinates more than 6,7 thousand points of ….... of port are listed.

Exercise 4. Give English equivalents.

Проводка судна, приложение, мусор, расположение, создать, льяло, древесина, швартовка, лоцманские суда, перегружать, вспомогательный, расширяться, вносить в список.

Exercise 5. Give Russian equivalents.

Mooring, bilge, conduct, to establish, garbage, auxiliary, disposal, pilot ships, wood, appendix, to list, to branch out, to coordinate, thickness, turnover of goods.

Exercise 6. Translate the words and choose the right meaning for the word.

1. мусор

a) garbage; b) gabage c) cabbage d) carbage

2. швартовка

a) dooring b) mooving c) mooring d) moving

3. льяло

a) bill b) bilge c) belg d) beegle

4. приложение

a) appendix b) apendix c) ependix d) eppendix

5. древесина

a) tree b)stick c) forest d) wood

Exercise 7. Make up your own sentences using the words given in ex. 5.

Exercise 8. Find the proper Russian equivalents to the given English terms.

1. to establish	1. древесина
2. mooring	2. дополнительный
3. auxiliary	3. товарооборот
4. garbage	4. устанавливать
5. disposal	5. расширяться
6. bilge	6. расположение
7. to branch out	7. экскортировать
8. wood	8. мусор
9. conduct	9. вносить в список
10. appendix	10. льяло
11. to list	11. добавление
12. turnover of goods	12. швартовка

Exercise 9. Give the summary of the text.

Exercise 10. Read and translate the text, using the words below.