- •Answer these questions:
- •Are the following statements true or false?
- •Match words from the two boxes to find the exterior car parts:
- •Complete the sentences with the following words (exterior design):
- •Complete the sentences with the following words (interior design):
- •Here are some factors people consider buying a car. Match the factors with the definitions.
- •Read and translate this extract in written form.
- •Study the following information:
- •Complete the text ‘a handmade car’ with the following words.
- •Find the words hidden in the jumbles.
- •Internal combustion engine
- •Work with your partner to describe position of car components. Use the following phrases:
- •Match English word combinations with their equivalents in Ukrainian:
- •Match the word with its definition:
- •Translate this extract in written form:
- •Describe the components from the box below using words used to describe shape of car parts.
- •Find the words hidden in the jumbles.
- •Complete the text (a tour of a car factory) with the following words:
- •Complete the table:
- •Now complete the sentences with the words from the table:
- •Read and translate this extract:
- •Study the following information:
- •Match the words from these two boxes to make expressions:
- •Study the following information:
- •Match the expressions above with the following definitions:
- •Translate the sentences into Ukrainian:
- •Work in small groups to have the following meeting:
- •Complete the sentences about materials with words given below :
- •Translate this extract in written form:
- •Read and discuss the following passage. What do you know about traffic rules of our country? Do you obey them?
- •Answer these questions:
- •Complete the table:
- •What car parts are made of what materials? Pay attention to glass, leather, plastic, rubber, steel, textile, wood and others.
- •Read “The Mini Story”. Which three paragraphs are from the same article and which one is from a fashion magazine? Put the paragraphs from the article in the correct order.
- •Answer these questions:
- •Here are some factors people consider when buying a car. Match the factors with the definitions.
- •Are these sentences about the text true (t) or false (f)?
- •Find the words hidden in the jumbles:
- •Match these English phrases with their equivalents in Ukrainian:
- •Now use the expressions above to complete the sentences and translate them into Ukrainian:
- •Match the words and phrases to the correct headings.
- •Put the safety features into the correct column. Which of these safety features does your or your parents’ car have?
- •Match the questions (1 – 7) with their answers (a – g):
- •Imagine you are a transport consultant brought in to advise it on how to make cars safer. Prepare and deliver a presentation of your recommendations to the representatives of the design department.
- •Fill the missing words in. The first one has been done for you. Use them in the sentences of your own.
- •Read and translate this extract in written form:
- •Rewrite the sentences with a participle clause instead of a relative one.
- •Which instrument shows you:
- •Translate the following extract in written form:
- •Find the words hidden in the jumbles.
- •Match each column of the English words with its Ukrainian equivalent.
- •Translate these sentences into Ukrainian. Find the Infinitive and state its function.
- •What are your predictions for the next ten years for instruments and switches of the car? Prepare a short report or presentation.
- •Do you think the materials are clever, fashionable or formal? Read the text about ‘Smart materials’ and check.
- •Choose the correct answer:
- •Work with your partner. Choose one of the smart materials in the text. Think of five interesting ways it could be used. Compare your ideas with other students.
- •Find a better and cheaper way to produce parts and the auto industry takes notice! For example, hydroformed parts offer weight, design and cost advantages over stampings.
Choose the correct answer:
Smart materials change when
A the weather changes; B something affects them; C the light is switched on.
Plastic threads are used for
A sewing; B stitching; C knitting.
Climbing ropes with liquid crystals change colour to
A warn you; B amuse you; C make you heavy.
Complete the following sentences with words from the box:
alloys, react, environment, original, implant, compressed, expand, imagination. |
An ________ is something medical put inside the body, e.g. a heart valve.
You need a good ________ to think of new and interesting ideas.
The ________ is the first or earliest.
________ are materials made from mixing two metals.
To ________ means to become bigger.
To ________ is to change because something else happens.
The ________ is everything around a person or thing.
To be ________ means to be made smaller.
Work with your partner. Choose one of the smart materials in the text. Think of five interesting ways it could be used. Compare your ideas with other students.
AUTOMOTIVE MATERIALS
Materials are a fast-changing aspect for automotive engineers. Concept vehicles displayed demonstrate that new uses of plastics, composites, aluminum and other non-conventional materials are to be a part of future automobiles and light trucks. The engineer of the next generation must know the capability of a wide range of materials and the latest production processes for these materials.
By most accounts, aluminum is the most recently discovered commonly used metal that exists only in combination with other materials such as silicates and oxides. It has been produced commercially only since 1854. By contrast, the Iron Age, characterized by smelting of iron and its use in industry, began before 1000 B.C.
Considering its relatively recent entrance into not only the automotive industry but the metal industry as well; aluminum has made great strides in grabbing a respectable amount of the automotive spotlight from steel. Between 1991 and 1999 the use of automotive aluminum doubled and is expected to double again in the nearest future.
Audi 2 is claimed to be the world’s first aluminum car to be signed off for volume production. Its space frame is composed of 60% panels, 22% cast elements and 18% profiles. Audi’s A2 is aerodynamically efficient for a small car and uses the company’s aluminum space frame technology.
Among engineering alloys, titanium possesses the strength, density and modulus to use it in automotive applications. Various titanium alloys are suitable for making springs and exhaust system components. The cold spring winding and cold setting (blocking) are basically the same for titanium springs as for steel. But there are not as many turns required for titanium springs as steel springs. Since the density of titanium is about half that of steel, it can perform the same task as steel springs on most applications while weighing 60 – 70% less.
Unlike steel springs, titanium springs do not require protective coatings. A primary mechanical engineering property considered in the design of steel suspension springs is corrosion fatigue strength.