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III. Are the following statements true or false? Explain your answers.

1. The industry's principal products are commercial vehicles.

2. The automobile originated in Europe and it completely dominated the world industry for the first half of the 20th century.

3. By the beginning of the 20th century western European countries and Japan became major producers and exporters of automobiles.

4. The main contribution of the automotive industry to technological progress was the introduction of full-scale mass-production.

IV. Answer the following questions.

1. The automotive industry is one of the main branches of national economy, isn't it? What does it include?

2. Why is the history of the automotive industry known to have exceptional interest?

3. The first road vehicles were steam-powered. Is the automotive industry rooted in the steam-powered engine?

4. What was the outstanding contribution to technological advance in the automotive industry?

V. Retell the text.

4.

Measurements

The Numeral. The Adjective

The Modern Automobile

Lead-in

I. Discuss the following questions:

a) Is an engineering project possible without knowledge of measurements?

b) Are you familiar with any units of measurement? If so, name them.

II. Learn how to speak about dimensions of different objects and shapes.

A

– How wide is the box?

– It's 2 centimetres wide.

– How long is it?

– It's 3 centimetres long.

– By the way, how high is it?

– It's 2 centimetres high.

– And what is the volume of this box?

– It's 12 cm3 (cubic centimetres).

В

– What's the width of the room?

– The width is 3 metres.

– And what's the length of the room?

– The length is 7 metres.

– So, what is the square of the room?

– Well, it is 21 m2 (square metres).

III. Complete the dialogues.

1. – How … is the book?

– It's … wide.

2. – What's the … of the block?

– The length is …

3. – How long is the ruler?

– …

Language Practice

I. Complete this following the example.

EXAMPLE: length – long

width –

height –

depth –

thickness –

II. Use the proper word in the following situations.

1. The distance is very long/length. The long/length of the route is 2 km.

2. The wide/width of the river is 57 m. It's not very wide/width.

3. – What's the high/height of the building?

– The building is rather high/height. It's about 60 m.

4. – Is this lake deep/depth?

– No, it isn't. The deep/depth of this lake is only 6 m.

5. It's a very thick /thickness wall. Its thick/thickness is 46 cm.

III. Study this table.

Write it like this:

Say it like this:

6,653

six thousand, six hundred and fifty-three

4.653

Four point six five three

3.01

three point oh one or three point zero one

0.87

point eight seven