V. Make up questions to the following sentences.

1. The conventional transmission consists of two shafts? (How many…?)

2. Overdrive is designed to increase the speed of a car. (For what..?)

3. The torque- converter type of transmission provides an unlimited number of gear rations. (Does…?)

4. The turbine causes the drive shaft to rotate. (What…?)

5. In high gear the two shafts turn at the same speed (When…?)

VI. Translate the following sentences into English.

1. Гидравлическая трансмиссия не требует охлаждения в эксплуатации.

2. Трансмиссия – это механизм, передающий скорость и мощность от двигателя к колесам.

3. Шестерни имеют различный диаметр.

4. На задней скорости рекомендуется поворачивать ведущий вал в сторону противоположную обычному вращению.

5. Гидравлическая трансмиссия имеет источник гидравлической энергии.

VII. Translate the following words and word combinations.

Жесткая передняя не вращающаяся ось, агрегаты , прикрепленные к раме, поперечная рессора, труба с раструбом, поддерживающие колеса, завися от местоположения в транспортном средстве, смещающие полуоси, соединяющий с трубой, прикрепляя полые оси, запуская двигатель, смещая ходовую часть, соединяя вместе, называя осями в виде банджо, значительно уменьшая вес.

VIII. Let’s have fun. Read and translate the story.

A driver pulled up beside a rundown farmhouse. He got out and knocked at the door. A very old woman answered the door, and he asked her for directions to Des Moines.

"Don't know," the woman said.

He got back in his car and pulled away. Then he heard voices. He looked in his rearview mirror and saw the woman and an equally old man waving for him to come back. So he made a U- turn and drove up to them.

"This is my husband," the old woman said. "He doesn't know how to get to Des Moines either."

TEXT II

Front- and Rear-Wheel Drive

I. Translate the text.

Depending on the vehicle’s design, engine power is transmitted by the transmission to the front wheels, the rear wheels, or to all four wheels. The wheels receiving power are called drive wheels: They propel the vehicle forward or backward. Most automobiles either are front-wheel or rear-wheel drive. In some vehicles, four-wheel drive is an option the driver selects for certain road conditions; others feature full-time, all-wheel drive.

The differential is a gear assembly in an axle that enables each powered wheel to turn at different speeds when the vehicle makes a turn. The driveshaft connects the transmission’s output shaft to a differential gear in the axle.

Universal joints at both ends of the driveshaft allow it to rotate as the axles move up and down over the road surface. In rear-wheel drive, the driveshaft runs under the car to a differential gear at the rear axle. In front-wheel drive, the differential is on the front axle and the connections to the transmission are much shorter. Four-wheel-drive vehicles have driveshafts and differentials for both axles.

II. Learn the vocabulary.

rear-wheel drive – задний привод

front-wheel drive – передний привод

drive wheel - ведущее колесо; приводное колесо

gear assembly – механизм

output shaft - выходной вал

III. Match two parts of a sentence.

1. The wheels receiving power 2. Most automobiles either are front-wheel 3. The transmission usually is located 4. The transmission, also known as the gearbox, transfers power 5. Four-wheel-drive vehicles have 6. Gears are selected with a shift lever located

1. on the floor next to the driver or on the steering column. 2. just behind the engine. 3. are called drive wheels. 4. drive shafts and differentials for both axles. 5.from the engine to the driveshaft. 6. or rear-wheel drive.

IV. Disclose the meanings of the following word combinations.

A gearbox, a clutch, a shift lever, a front-wheel drive, four-wheel drive, a differential gear.

V. Summarize the information about the drivetrain.

VI. Translate the Participle constructions into Russian.

Having incorporated cooling and lubricating systems, moving parts requiring lubrication, having increased power consumption, damaging the component parts, being used for many trucks, uncontrolled fuel burning,pinging noise of wheels,while reducing the speed, passages leading to various bearings, having lubricated all moving parts.