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Reading workshop: International transport
Read the article Methods of international transport taken from the website
Exportiamo.it and complete the following reading comprehension tasks:
Based on the information presented in the article, answer the following questions:
1. What’s the articles’ main idea?
2. According to the article, what are some of the factors a company needs to take
into account when choosing the method of transport to deliver their goods?
a. Rail transport
b. Air transport
c. Road transport
d. Sea transport
a. Rail transport
b. Air transport
c. Road transport
d. Sea transport
5. What methods of transport require companies to spend more money on further
transportation costs to take goods to their final destination?
The following wordlist contains words from the article on methods of international
transport. For each word find a word with the same or similar meaning (synonym).
Word Synonym
Trade Transaction
Ensure Make sure
Efficient Effective
Requirement Condition
Quick Fast
Risk Danger
Send Allocate
Customer Buyer
Suitable Appropriate
Delay Extend
Deliver Offer
Currency Money
Insurance Protected
3. Find the missing words
Based on the article, make a concept map or mind map with information related to
modes of transport. Remember to complete the diagram by writing on it only main
ideas and key information from the reading passage that deals with methods of
international transport.
Headings are short sentences that summarize the information in a paragraph. You
have to pick the one that best summarizes the information in the following
paragraphs. Match each paragraph in the reading text to one heading. Be careful,
there are always more headings than paragraphs.
Headings
Road, sea, rail and air are four ways of import and export. As a first step the
company has to consider all part of their project, firstly, it is important what has to
be distributed including size, weight and which type of goods. For example, for the
transportation of foods or fruits, speed is important and it’s important to choose the
shortest and quickest way. Sending cost is another element very important and
depends on the agency. Destination, countries’ law, value of goods, risk of
transport are other elements to be considered and depend on company, country of
destination and customers’ requirements. So who wants to deal with international
transportation has to balance quality, cost, time and conditions.
Paragraph 2: Difficulties of transporting goods by rail
Rail transport is a cost-effective and efficient way to move goods. It offers the
following advantages: fast rail network throughout Europe. It is environmentally
friendly compared with other transport systems.
6. Making comparisons