Miami Airport’s recently activated MICS (Miami International Cargo System), the first totally integrated automated cargo processing system of its kind in the U.S., permits (ACTIVE) all documentation to be processed electronically and tracks (ACTIVE) all shipments in and out of Miami. It links (ACTIVE) the airlines, freight forwarders, brokers, customs and the Department of agriculture. British Telecom Applied Technology, developer of MICS, based (ACTIVE) its design on BTAT’s pioneering LACES (London Airport Cargo EDP System) which was installed (PASSIVE) at London Heathrow Airport in 1969, and LACES’ descendants, ACP 80(1981) and 90(1987). 2. When LACES was installed (PASSIVE), there was (ACTIVE) an immediate drop in average clearance times for cargo at Heathrow from four days to less than an hour, with 85% taking only 30 minutes. Clearance time for trans-shipments was (ACTIVE) virtually instantaneous. 3. LACES became (ACTIVE) obsolescent when the airlines began (ACTIVE) installing their own on line tracking systems tailored to their own specific needs. Usually these could not exchange (ACTIVE) data with other systems, including LACES, so the airlines had to enter (ACTIVE) consignment details separately into both the airport system and their own system. But advances in computer technology and software now make (ACTIVE) it possible to provide interfaces that allow (ACTIVE) data to flow freely between different systems.
1) Dear Mr. Smith, thank you so much for your kind invitation to take part in the International Congress to be held next month.
2) Dear Mr. Smith
3) ПРАВИЛЬНЫЙ ВАРИАНТ: a) Hoping to hear from you soon. Yours faithfully, S. Voronin Director ИЛИ b) I hope to hear from you soon. Yours faithfully, S. Voronin Director ИЛИ c) I look (am looking) forward to hearing from you soon. Yours faithfully, S. Voronin Director У ВАС ТАКИХ ВАРИАНТОВ НЕТ. ПОЭТОМУ НЕ ЗНАЮ!
4) It gives me pleasure to accept your invitation and I look forward to seeing you and other friends of mine.
5) If I can help in any way, please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to a successful working relationship in the future. Best regards, Director S. Voronin
6) We are informing you of this delay as soon we are advised in order to give you as much time as possible to make alternate arrangements, if necessary.
7) Meeting you next Tuesday. Yours sincerely, S. Voronin Director
2. When LACES was installed (PASSIVE), there was (ACTIVE) an immediate drop in average clearance times for cargo at Heathrow from four days to less than an hour, with 85% taking only 30 minutes. Clearance time for trans-shipments was (ACTIVE) virtually instantaneous.
3. LACES became (ACTIVE) obsolescent when the airlines began (ACTIVE) installing their own on line tracking systems tailored to their own specific needs. Usually these could not exchange (ACTIVE) data with other systems, including LACES, so the airlines had to enter (ACTIVE) consignment details separately into both the airport system and their own system. But advances in computer technology and software now make (ACTIVE) it possible to provide interfaces that allow (ACTIVE) data to flow freely between different systems.