English for Innovatics. Часть 1

МИНИСТЕРСТВО ТРАНСПОРТА РОССИЙСКОЙ 

ФЕДЕРАЦИИ 

Федеральное государственное автономное 

образовательное учреждение высшего  образования 

«РОССИЙСКИЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ ТРАНСПОРТА» 

______________________________________ 

Кафедра «Иностранные языки – 4» ИТТСУ 

 

Л.А. Лашина 

 

English for Innovatics 

Часть 1 

Учебное пособие 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                  МОСКВА – 2020

МИНИСТЕРСТВО ТРАНСПОРТА РОССИЙСКОЙ 

ФЕДЕРАЦИИ 

Федеральное государственное автономное 

образовательное учреждение высшего  образования  

«РОССИЙСКИЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ ТРАНСПОРТА» 

______________________________________ 

Кафедра «Иностранные языки – 4» ИТТСУ 

 

Л.А. Лашина 

English for Innovatics 

 Часть 1 

Учебное пособие 

 

 

 

 

для  студентов направлений «Инноватика», 

«Менеджмент» 

 

 

                                                     МОСКВА – 2020    

УДК 42 
Л 32 

Лашина Л.А. English for Innovatics. Часть 1: Учебное пособие. – М.: РУТ 

(МИИТ), 2020.  – 140 с 

Учебное пособие «English for Innovatics» является переработанной и 

дополненной версией этого пособия, изданного в 2014 году, демонстрирует 

концептуальный подход к предмету и состоит из трех частей. Первая и вторая 

части  составлена из двух модулей, а третья часть посвящена пятому семестру и 

включает в себя один модуль и набор текстов для самостоятельной работы 

студентов. Это соответствует пяти семестрам обучения английскому языку 

согласно 
рабочей 
программе 
третьего 
поколения 
для 
специальности 
« 

Инноватика». В каждом модуле три урока и в каждом уроке несколько  текстов 

разного уровня сложности.  

Тематика текстов охватывает наиболее инновационные области науки и 

техники. В каждом уроке имеется глоссарий, а также лексические и 

грамматические упражнения, которые помогут студентам быстрее усваивать новую 

лексику и терминологию за счет ее хорошей повторяемости. 

Работа целиком составлена на основе новейших оригинальных статей по 

инноватике. 

Рецензенты: ст. преподаватель кафедры «Лингвистика» РУТ ИЭФ  

Н.И.Львова ; 

КФН, доцент Е.В. Ковш кафедры индоевропейских и восточных языков   

лингвистического факультета ИЛиМГОУ 

 

 

 

 

 
       © РУТ (МИИТ), 2020 

Introduction 
Module1  
 Lesson1 
A. Innovations                                                                           5 
B. Rails in Great Britain and the USA                                     13 
С. Developing innovations in Russia                                       26 
 
 

 
Lesson 2 

           А.Innovation in Canada                                                          25 

  B. Hydrogen-powered trains are coming to Germany           28 

            C. Adapting formula one 1 technology to aid the rail sector 21 

 Lesson 3 
А. Maglev Trains                                                                      35 
В. High-Speed Trains May Be Coming to California              39 

С. Hyper Loop                                                                          44 

Module 11  

 Lesson 1 
А. Improving the efficiency of rail transport in Russia             53 
 
В. 4 innovations that changed history                                 56 

C. Big Technology Innovations of 2019                                   61 
                

 

 

Lesson 2 

A. Platform iPhone and iOServices                            67 
B. Generation HDD                                                    69 

  C. The Present and Future of 3D                               73 
 

       Lesson 3 

 A.  Artificial intelligence                                             75 

       B. Crystallizing the switch to Hydrogen                     77 

  C. Graphene's shining light could lead to super-fast Internet 

                                                                                            81 
      Texts for improving  convesational skills 
 

1. About myself                                                     88 
2. My speciality                                                     92 
3. RUT                                                                   99 

4.   History of Russion Railways                            106 

            5.   History of  PC                                                  117 

6.  Automation                                                        120 

            7. Ecology on railways                                           122 

8. London underground                                         128 
9. Moscow Metro                                                   135 
10. Moscow railway stations                                  136 

  
         Literature                                                                 139 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Introduction 

Данное 
учебное 
пособие 
предназначено 
для 

направлений «Инноватика», «Менеджмент» и для некоторых 

других инженерных специальностей. Оно целиком базируется 

на хорошо зарекомендовавших себя учебных изданиях, 

многократно апробированных в учебном процессе. Работа 

организована по возрастанию степени сложности заданий.  

Лашина Л.А. глубоко благодарна заведующей кафедрой 

«Иностранные языки-4», Сачковой Елене Владимировне за 

идею создания этого сборника и то вдохновение, которое 

передалось мне в процессе работы. 

Автор получила неоценимую помощь при подготовке 

рукописи к печати и созданию электронной версии книги и 

очень благодарна за это студентам ИТТСУ и кафедры 

«Инноватика»: Агафоничевой А., Авдееву Д., Арутюняну Д.,  

Антоновой Е..,  Ситдекову И., Шаровой К. 

 

 

 

 

Module 1 

Lesson1 

Text А 

1. Innovations 

Innovation is the development of new values through solutions that 

meet new requirements, inarticulate needs, or old customer and 

market needs. 

This is accomplished through more effective products, processes, 

services, technologies, or ideas that are readily available to 

markets, governments, and society. 

Innovation differs from invention in that innovation refers to the 

use of a better and, as a result, novel idea or method, whereas 

invention refers more directly to the creation of the idea or method 

itself. 

Innovation differs from improvement in that innovation refers to 

the notion of doing something different rather than doing the same 

thing better. 

Innovative management is connected both with techniques 

and technology as well as with economics, especially with 

management. It deals with searching for new technologies, 

discoveries; bringing them to the modern market, management of 

this process and replacing outdated gadgets, tools, technologies by 

the modern, the most innovative ones and ensuring their effective 

application. 

2. Innovations and inventions 

1. Innovation is a term in economics. It should not be 

confused with invention which is generally associated with 

technology. Innovation is using invention for the benefit of 

the customer. Invention is born in the laboratory, while 

innovation takes place in the business enterprise and the 

market. The invention of the steam engine was a 

technological achievement but the building up a system of 

railways was an innovation. 

2. Innovations can be classified into technical and social. 

Adoption of new types of machines and processes are 

technical innovations. New methods of marketing, changes 

in price policy and new methods of management are social 

ones. 

3. Innovative business includes such activities as: 

1. Introduction of new technology 

2. Development of new products or radical change in 

existing ones 

3. Exploration of new markets 

4. Using new types of raw materials, for example, plastic 

in place of glass 

5. New methods of production, for example, automatic 

machines 

6. New methods of management, for example, 

management by objectives (целевое управление) 

7. New methods of marketing 

Point out which of the paragraphs (1,2,3) contains the 

following information: 

Innovation may be of two types. 

Determine if the statement is true, false or not mentioned in the 

text 

Innovation is made in laboratory; steam engine is a good example 

of it. 

Answer the question: 

How can innovations be classified? 

1. They man include new methods of marketing, management 

and changes in price policy. 

2. They may include new types of machines. 

3. They may be social and technical. 

4. They may be classified into four categories. 

Is there any difference between innovation and invention? 

Варианты ответов: 

1. Да. 

2. Нет. 

3. Нет информации в тексте. 

 Choose the information in the text and insert it into this 

sentence: 

New methods of production, management and marketing…… are 

innovative activities. 

Варианты ответов: 

1. New technology, development of new products, exploration 

of new markets 

2. New types of raw materials, exploration of new markets 

3. New technology, development of new products, new types 

of raw materials, exploration of new markets 

Answer the questions: 

1)  What is required for the development of innovation? 

2) How is it usually accomplished? 

3) What’s the difference between invention and innovation  and 

between improvement and innovation? 

4) Where was the innovative management primarily applied? In 

what fields of study and production? 

What is it connected with?  

What does it deal with? 

 What does it replace ? 

3. Innovation management in transport 
The modern economy has such huge transport needs that 
traditional investment in production factors does not 
guarantee their satisfactory coverage. Already today we 
reach the limits of traffic intensity. Therefore, it seems 
necessary to popularize new technologies that allow for the 
change of traffic organization in a limited economic space. 
Analyzing innovation in the organization should pay 
attention to the issue of knowledge management and 
technology. The development of new products, the 
rebuilding of the production process, the creation of new 
ideas and marketing depend on them. The managers and 
entrepreneurs, their ambition, creativity, dynamics and 
leadership style have a significant influence on innovation. 
Modern organization management is associated with skills 
and flexibility and adaptation of management qualifications 
to the changing market expectations. An important factor of 
competitiveness is the possibility of a dynamic response to 
changes in the micro and macroeconomic processes. 
Skillful introduction and use of innovative information 

technologies gives the organization the chance to develop 
modern technologies that contribute to improving the 
attractiveness of the company in the market. Entering a 
supportive IT management system in an organization is a 
very important stage nowadays. Knowledge about the 
development and possibilities of using devices and 
programs is the basic factor in the implementation of the 
virtual reality management system. Logistics companies in 
the world compete with each other in newer applications of 
electronic technology. Innovations are often combined with 
changes. Innovations also contribute to higher quality, 
lower costs and reduced customer service time. Thanks to 
innovations, we can meet more consumer needs, while 
increasing the profitability of the company.  
 

 4. Innovative management. 
Innovation is an omnibus of change agents. The basic objective of 
innovation is to introduce change to a process – a change that is 
favorable, attainable and lucrative. Innovation can be applied to 
any field – an idea, product or a service. Innovation principally 
necessitates imaginative thinking, combined with the collection of 
relevant information and an initiative to obtain greater benefits 
from available resources. Innovation has more to do with the 
adaptability that it has with inventing. Successful innovation 
mandates that the process embraces any changes in the 
environment and changes itself so that it can deliver better results. 
The process of innovation invariably includes the component of 
risk, as newer paths are discovered, and uncharted territory is 
explored. Risk-taking is an irreplaceable element of innovation.