Julia Simonenko Sergey Ter-Sahakyan Lexical structure p

Julia Simonenko Sergey Ter-Sahakyan Lexical structure ( p. 183 )

• 1. electricity grid - interconnected network for delivering electricity from suppliers to consumers. Examle: Despite the novel institutional arrangements and network designs of the electrical grid, its power delivery infrastructures suffer aging across the developed world. Also: electricity cables/generator/national/pylons ( = electricity grid )

• 2. gas supply Total natural gas supply declined 1. 3% from last week gas appliance: device used in residential public buildings for food preparation, for heating water and rooms and for artificial cooling. Also: fields/industry/pipelines/works Gas pipelines is a list of pipelines used to transport natural gas. A gasworks or gas house is an industrial plant for the production of flammable gas.

• 3. oil industry - an industry that produces and delivers oil and oil products Also: exploration/field/refineries/slick/wells An oil well is a boring in the Earth that is designed to bring petroleum oil hydrocarbons to the surface. Oil Slick products are as unique as the demands of our customers. An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is industrial process plant where crude oil is processed and refined into more useful products.

• 4. railway/train infrastructure viaducts 1. Laigh Milton Viaduct in Ayrshire is the oldest surviving railway bridge in Scotland Also: railway/ train bridges/lines/tunnels 2. The Finland Railway Bridge (Russian: Финля ндский железнодоро жный мост) are a pair of parallel rail bridges across the Neva river in Saint Petersburg, Russia. 3. Tokyo is covered by a dense network of train, subway and bus lines, which are operated by about a dozen different companies.

5. satellite system A space vehicle that orbits the earth and also contains one or more radio transponders that receive and retransmit signals to and from the earth Also: channel/communication/dish/receiver/weather 1. A communications satellite or comsat is an artificial satellite sent to space for the purpose of telecommunications. 2. On 26 April 1982, the first satellite channel in the UK, Satellite Television Ltd. (later Sky 1. ), was launched 3. A satellite dish is a dish-shaped type of parabolic antenna designed to receive electromagnetic signals from satellites, which transmit data transmissions, such as satellite television.

• 6. water supply Water supply is the provision of water by public utilities, commercial organisations, community endeavors or by individuals, usually via a system of pumps and pipes. Also: filter/pressure/purification/tap/treatment/ 1. A water filter removes impurities from water by means of a fine physical barrier, a chemical process or a biological process. 2. Water purification is the process of removing undesirable chemicals, biological contaminants, suspended solids and gases from contaminated water. 3. A tap (also spigot or faucet is a valve controlling the release of a liquid ( also of a gas )

• highways/roads/lanes/artery/thoroughfare/toll road (vital east-west artery, turn Interstate 80 into a toll road) • Go entirely electronic (and not including cash lanes) • To streamline the process… (and increase profits) • (One of growing array of technologies that are changing the way agencies collect tools…) is the ubiquitous version

• Have a subtle and unexpected impact on (electronic tooling is having a subtle impact on motoring) • (radio tag systems are likely to remain…) because of their widespread use • While there are concerns about the reliability of (these systems and the privacy of the data) • (drivers …) are increasingly comfortable with… (electronic tolling)