- •"Кузбасский государственный технический университет"
- •Some facts about Cars (Немного об автомобилях)
- •I a. Read some facts from the development history of the Nissan Motor Company.
- •Fold-up car that fits in a case
- •B. Ask your partner about
- •IV. A. Complete this story. Put was, were, wasn’t and weren’t in the correct spaces.
- •V. Here is an advertisement for a car. Write a question for each item of information.
- •VI. Barry and James are talking about cars. Complete the conversation. Work in pairs and change your roles. B Have you got a car, James?
- •Guaranteed used cars
- •VIII. Study these ways of describing size and dimension.
- •Your information
- •Detroit
- •XII. A. You need to buy some cars for your company fleet and you are deciding whether to buy petrol- or diesel-powered models. First say whether you think these statements are true or false.
- •XIV. Here are some ways of comparing things. Study the examples.
- •1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
- •XVIII. Driving
- •XIX. A. Read the definitions and examples of phrasal verbs and try to understand their meanings.
- •XX. B. Complete the sentences using the following words: start up, pull up (to), jack up, back up, gas up, cut across, pull away (from), run out (of), cut off, let up (on).
- •G. Test
- •XX. A. Cars and stars.Which of the adjectives given below can describe people, which can describe cars, which can describe both? Fill in the table.
- •Love me, love my car
- •It’s in the Stars
- •XXII. A. Read the text about Hyundai Sonata. Make up a plan for resuming the text. Resume the text.
- •XXIII. A. Work with a partner. Read the text about Jeep Cherokee and ask and answer questions about it (Make up 10-12 questions).
- •XXIV. Read and learn by heart questions concerning cars.
- •XXV. Memorize the words. Environmentalists want to prepare for a future with fewer cars.
- •XXVI. A. Read the first paragraph of the text. Predict what the rest of the reading will be about, using the choices below. You may give more than one answer. Then continue reading the text.
- •Cars: passion or problem?
- •1. There are many cars in the world today.
- •XXVII. A. Read the text of the new Suzuki car and answer the questions:
- •3. What are the versions of the car and how much do they cost?
- •New-age offering to suit the family
- •Unit II glossary Read, translate and be ready to explain the meaning of the terms
- •Smart Cars to Enter Auto Market
- •You Don't Have to Know French
- •More Than Meets the Eye
- •Read the text and characterize the stages of automobile history Wheels of Change – The Car of the Future
- •California and the Electric car
- •Phrases for resuming the text
- •Contents
- •Some facts about Cars (Немного об автомобилях)
- •XIX. A. Read the definitions and examples of phrasal verbs and try to understand their meanings.
- •XX. B. Complete the sentences using the following words: start up, pull up (to), jack up, back up, gas up, cut across, pull away (from), run out (of), cut off, let up (on).
- •G. Test
Fold-up car that fits in a case
Engineers in Mazda, the Japanese car company, have designed a car you can fold in half and carry around in a suitcase.
The “Suitcase Car” is only 81 cm 61 cm 16 cm when folded, but opens to a length of 117 cm, a width of 102 cm, and a height of 41 cm. The vehicle weighs 30 kg and costs $1,400 to build. It only takes one minute to set up for the road.
The car is propelled by a specially-designed engine and it has a maximum speed of just under 30 km an hour. The invention won first prize in a contest arranged by Mazda to encourage (поощрять) original ideas from its employees. The winning team of seven engineers said they had always wanted to build a car that could be folded up in a traffic jam and carried away. The engineers also wanted to design a car that people could take on airplanes.
The portable car was not made for driving on roads, so it is only the first step towards achieving the engineers’ goal. A Mazda spokesman said the company had no plans to mass produce the “Suitcase Car”.
B. Ask your partner about
size and dimension of the ‘Suitcase Car”;
its price;
its inventors;
the reason of designing the car;
the goal of designing the car;
about Mazda’s plans;
specific features of the car.
C. Resume the text. You may use the following expressions:
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The main idea of the text is… |
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IV. A. Complete this story. Put was, were, wasn’t and weren’t in the correct spaces.
Car problems
A friend of mine was a car mechanic in a garage and one of his customers ….. (1) a lovely grey-haired old lady. All the mechanics ….. (2) very fond of her because she gave good tips, but they ….. (3) fond of her car. Most Morris Minors are reliable but hers ….. (4) a real problem. It ….. (5) impossible to start in summer, it jumped along the road like a kangaroo and it ….. (6) very thirsty. All the mechanics ….. (7) puzzled by it. They checked the fuel pipes but they ….. (8) the problem. They checked the engine but it ….. (9) that. The car ….. (10) in and out of the garage every week but they ….. (11) never able to locate the problem. One day my friend asked the lady to take him for a drive in the car so he could listen for any strange noises. She ….. (12) happy to help and jumped in to the driver’s seat and put on her seat belt. Then she pulled out the choke and hung her handbag on it. The mystery ….. (13) solved. That ….. (14) why the car ….. (15) so thirsty.
B. Answer the following questions: Why didn’t the mechanics like the old lady’s car? What was wrong with it? What was the real reason for its unsatisfactory work?
V. Here is an advertisement for a car. Write a question for each item of information.
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FORD CORTINA 2000 |
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Red, One owner. Good condition. |
b. How __________________ |
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35,000 miles. No accidents. $2000 |
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