Unit 10 rail freight transportation

LOGO ENGLISH FOR LOGISTICS UNIT 10 VOCABULARY Train Railway Locomotive Car Boxcar Flat car Doublestack car Piggyback Container on flat car (COFC) Trailer on flat car (TOFC) Roll on-roll off (RO-RO) Rail yard Station Terminal Track Unit train Train [trein] A train is a series of railroad cars pulled by a locomotive (N – Page 40) Xe lửa loạt toa xe đường sắt kéo đầu máy Xe lửa, tàu hoả Railway ['reilwei] A railway is a railroad system that operates in a specific area (N – Page 39) Là hệ thống đường sắt hoạt động khu vực cụ thể Đường sắt Locomotive ['loukəmoutiv] A locomotive is a railroad vehicle that pulls railroad cars (N – Page 38) Đầu kéo xe lửa phương tiện kéo toa xe lửa Đầu tàu, Đầu kéo xe lửa Car [kɑ:] A car is a railroad vehicle designed to transport cargo or passengers (N – Page 34) phương tiện xe đường sắt thiết kế để vận chuyển hàng hành khách Toa xe lửa, tàu hoả Boxcar ['bɔkskɑ:] A boxcar is a railroad car that is enclosed and used to carry cargo (N- Page 34) toa xe lửa bao bọc sử dụng để vận chuyển hàng hoá Toa chở hàng có cửa trượt Flat car ['flỉtkɑ:] A flat car is a railroad car that has a flat deck to transport cargo that is too large to fit within a boxcar (N – Page 37) Toa trần loại toa xe lửa có sàn phẳng để vận chuyển hàng hóa q lớn khơng thể chứa toa hàng thơng thường Toa xe phẳng//toa sàn Double-stack car ['dʌblstæk kɑ:] A double-stack car is a railroad car designed to carry two shipping containers stacked one on top of the other (N – Page 36) Toa đôi toa xe lửa thiết kế để vận chuyển hai container xếp chồng lên Toa đơi/kép Piggyback ['pigibỉk] To piggyback is to place a unit of transportation loaded with cargo onto another unit of transportation for transportation to a destination (N – Page 38) Piggyback đặt đvị vận tải (container ) chứa hàng lên đvi vận tải khác (flat car ) để vận chuyển đến điểm đích phương tiện vận chuyển theo hình thức cõng LOGO LISTENING Listening 7) Listen and complete the conversation Logistician 1: We need to figure out the best way to get the shipment by the end of the week Logistician 2: Well, it’s _ _ means of transportation ? Logistician 1: Yes, but it’s also the most expensive By “best”, I mean cost efficient and timely Logistician 2: We could send it _ Logistician 1: That’s possible for part of the trip, but not all of it There’s no to the destination Logistician 2: So the shipment would have to be unloaded from the and loaded onto a trailer Logistician 1: That will take up time that we don’t have Logistician 2: Hmm… how about _ _ Listening 7) Listen and complete the conversation Logistician 1: We need to figure out the best way to get the Cross-country shipment by the end of the week Air _ the fastest means of transportation ? Logistician 2: Well, it’s _ Logistician 1: Yes, but it’s also the most expensive By “best”, I mean cost efficient and timely By train Logistician 2: We could send it _ Logistician 1: That’s possible for part of the trip, but not all of it Direct railway to the destination There’s no Logistician 2: So the shipment would have to be unloaded from Boxcars and loaded onto a trailer the Logistician 1: That will take up time that we don’t have Piggybacking _ the shipment Logistician 2: Hmm… how about _ Listening 6) Listen again and mark the following statements as True (T) of False (F) The man advocates using aircraft to transport the shipment The railway line runs all the way to the shipment’s destination The woman suggests having train cars piggyback the shipment Listening 6) Listen again and mark the following statements as True (T) of False (F) The man advocates using aircraft to transport the shipment F The railway line runs all the way to the shipment’s destination The woman suggests having train cars piggyback the shipment F T LOGO SPEAKING Speaking 8) With a partner, act out the roles below based on task Then, switch roles Logistician : We need to get this shipment crosscountry What you think is the best way? Logistician 2: Well, air transportation is the fastest Logistician 1: It’s also the most expensive Logistician 2: Good point How about sending it by train? Logistician 1: There isn’t a direct railway to the shipment’s destination Logistician 2: Well, we could piggyback the shipment Logistician 1: What you mean? Logistician 2: We load the shipment into truck trailers and put them on flat train cars WRITING 9) Use the textbook excerpt and the conversation from Task to write an email to the logistician Include information about the rail company’s name, whether or not the shipment can be piggybacked, and where the nearest train station is located in proximity to the buyer To: alice.brandon@eps.com From: Bryan.ta@eps.com Dear Alice, I contacted Connaught Railway Freight and spoke to them about our shipment They informed me that they are able to piggyback the loaded truck trailers on the flat cars They also told me that they have a unit train headed to the same train station we need our shipment to go to I found out the nearest train station to our buyer is located in Stanton, which is 200 miles away from our buyer Thanks, Bryan GRAMMAR 37 GRAMMAR Examples: How to use: Would you like a chocolate? - Yes, please We use would like or ’d like to say politely what we want, especially (Bạn có muốn ăn sơcơla khơng? - Vâng) when making offers and requests Would you like to drink some coffee? -No, thank you How to answer: - Agree, accept the offer: Yes, I would I'd love to Yes, please Yes, - Decline the offer: ( Bạn muốn uống cà phê không?-Không, cám ơn) Would you like to join the game with us? I would love to join with you but I need to go out No, thank you / I am sorry, I can’t (Bạn có muốn tham gia trò chơi với chúng / I would love to , but tơi khơng? Tơi thích tham gia với bạn tơi38 cần phải ngồi GRAMMAR - “Would like” has the meaning of expressions "want", but it is used for more polite Do you want some coffee? (This is less formal and polite We usually use this for friends, children, and etc.) Would you like some coffee? (This is more polite and formal.) - “Would you like?” can refer to an elegant pleasing to others, also “do you want?” not So the merchant or servant often uses ”Would you like?” - When not asking but just talking about your wishes you can use would like or want in the affirmative, questionable or negative Although there is no difference in meaning, i want to sound more confident than I would Like and I want often use for clear, specific wishes: I want to live on Mars (Tơi thích sống hỏa) 39 GRAMMAR Choose the right answers: 1.Would you like …… with him? A to traveling B to travel C Travel D traveling 2.Where would you ……? A like to stay B liking to stay C like to staying D like stay Would you like _ something? A to eat C to eating B eating D is drinking 40 Choose the right answers: Would you like _ with me? GRAMMAR A have dinner B to have dinner C having dinner D had dinner How _ your meal? A would you like B you would like C would like you like D you would Where would you like _ to? A Travel C Traveling B to travel D are travel I would like _ a singer in the future A Be B am C Do D to be 41 Choose the right answers: GRAMMAR 8.What gift _ she _ to take for her birthday? A would likes B would .like C like D would .do I _ a cup of coffee without sugar A want B wants C want to D wants to 10 _ you me to remove my shoes? A Do wants Does wants C Do .want B D Does wants 42 What are some benefits to transporting cargo by rail? What are some different types of train cars that are used to ship cargo? ... đơi/kép Piggyback [''pigibỉk] To piggyback is to place a unit of transportation loaded with cargo onto another unit of transportation for transportation to a destination (N – Page 38) Piggyback... [trein] A train is a series of railroad cars pulled by a locomotive (N – Page 40) Xe lửa loạt toa xe đường sắt kéo đầu máy Xe lửa, tàu hoả Railway [''reilwei] A railway is a railroad system that operates... Train Railway Locomotive Car Boxcar Flat car Doublestack car Piggyback Container on flat car (COFC) Trailer on flat car (TOFC) Roll on-roll off (RO-RO) Rail yard Station Terminal Track Unit train