- •7.090211 «Колісні та гусеничні транспортні засоби»
- •Передмова
- •Lesson 1 the reading module
- •After text activity
- •I. Reading Exercises:
- •The speaking module
- •II. Speaking Exercises:
- •The writing module
- •III. Writing exercises:
- •Lesson 2 the reading module
- •After text activity
- •I. Reading Exercises:
- •What is the best known maker of bulldozers?
- •The speaking module
- •II. Speaking Exercises:
- •Vehicle
- •The writing module
- •III. Writing exercises:
- •Lesson 3 the reading module
- •After text activity
- •I. Reading Exercises:
- •The speaking module
- •II. Speaking Exercises:
- •The writing module
- •III. Writing exercises:
- •Lesson 4 the reading module
- •After text activity
- •I. Reading Exercises:
- •The speaking module
- •II. Speaking Exercises:
- •The writing module
- •III. Writing exercises:
- •Lesson 5 the reading module
- •After text activity
- •I. Reading Exercises:
- •The speaking module
- •II. Speaking Exercises:
- •The writing module
- •III. Writing exercises:
- •Lesson 6 the reading module
- •After text activity
- •I.Reading Exercises:
- •The speaking module
- •II. Speaking Exercises:
- •The writing module
- •III. Writing exercises:
- •Lesson 7 the reading module
- •After text activity
- •Reading Exercises:
- •The speaking module
- •Speaking Exercises:
- •The writing module
- •Writing exercises:
- •Valve; via; without; along with; to the top; to rotate.
- •Lesson 8 the reading module
- •After text activity
- •Reading Exercises:
- •The speaking module
- •II. Speaking Exercises:
- •The writing module
- •Writing exercises:
- •Independent; when, stops; and; it is necessary.
- •Lesson 9 the reading module
- •After text activity
- •Reading Exercises:
- •The speaking module
- •II. Speaking Exercises:
- •The writing module
- •III. Writing exercises:
- •Lesson 10 the reading module
- •After text activity
- •Reading Exercises:
- •The speaking module
- •Speaking Exercises:
- •The writing module
- •III. Writing exercises:
After text activity
I. Reading Exercises:
Exercise 1. Read and memorize using a dictionary:
a tractor crawler; tracked vehicle; tracks; wheels; larger surface area; same weight; derailed tracks; railroad steam locomotive; haulers; commercial production; gasoline powered machines; two full length "track steer" machines; steering wheel; horizontal cylinders; a trolley car; steam powered vehicles; six wheel drive; tricycle arrangement; military use ; large military orders.
Exercise 2. Answer the questions:
What are the principal design advantages of tracked vehicles?
When did Alvin O. Lombard begin commercial production?
What experiments were done by H. Linn?
Who was a pioneer in snow removal?
Exercise 3. Match the left part with the right:
1. The principal disadvantage is |
a) to be taken to rivers in the winter |
2. Linn was a pioneer in snow removal |
b) before the practice was embraced in rural areas. |
3. The haulers allowed pulp |
c) was built by Lombard for Holman Harry (Flannery) Linn of Old Town, Maine |
4. In the meantime a gasoline powered motor home |
d) that tracks are a more complex mechanism than a wheel |
Exercise 4.Open brackets choosing the right words:
This dispute (resulted / began) in Linn departing Maine and relocating to Morris, NY, to (design/build) an improved, contour following flexible lag tread or crawler with independent suspension of halftrack type, (gasoline/steam) and later diesel powered .
The speaking module
II. Speaking Exercises:
Exercise 1. Describe patent; wheeled vehicle; wheel; six wheel drive; derailed tracks using the suggested words and expressions as in example:
patent
a special document; to give the right; to make; to sell; example; a new invention or product
example:
Patent is a special document that gives you the right to make or sell a new invention or product.
wheeled vehicle
any conveyance; to have wheels; be used; to take things; from one place to another.
wheel
a round thing; under a vehicle; to turn it; when it moves.
six wheel drive
a system; to give power of the engine; to all wheels; in a vehicle.
derailed tracks
continuous metal bands; to go over the wheels; to allow; to move over; uneven ground.
Exercise 2. Ask questions to the given answers:
1) Question: ___________________________________________ ?
Answer: Lombard began commercial production which lasted until around 1917 when focus switched entirely to gasoline powered machines.
2) Question: ___________________________________________ ?
Answer: The Phoenix Centipeed typically had a fancier wood cab, steering wheel tipped forward at a 45 degree angle and vertical instead of horizontal cylinders.
3) Question: ___________________________________________ ?
Answer: Although several were delivered for military use between 1917 and 1946, Linn never received any large military orders.