- •Методические указания к практическим занятиям по дисциплине «Английский язык» для студентов 1 курса очной и заочной форм обучения специальности «Автомобили и автомобильное хозяйство»
- •Unit 1 Brands
- •1. Read the article and answer the questions which follow.
- •Brand dna
- •2. Answer the questions:
- •3.Here are some of the factors people consider when buying a car.
- •4. Work with a partner to label the types of cars.
- •5. Find the cars which fit the description.
- •6. Match words from the two boxes to form expressions .
- •7. Complete the sentences using the expressions from the two boxes above.
- •Unit 2 Car parts
- •1. Read these short descriptions of well-known cars. Can you guess which cars they are?
- •2. Сomplete the following dialogue between a driving instructor and a learner taking a first driving lesson.
- •3. Can you remember which nouns can follow which verbs? Complete the table.
- •4. Look at this extract from a tour of a car factory and complete the text with the words below.
- •5. A spokesperson for a major car maker is giving a presentation about a new car model. Complete the sentences from the dialogue below with the features. Three features are extra.
- •6. Match the words from the two boxes to make expressions.
- •7. Now match the expressions above with the correct definition.
- •Unit 3 Safety
- •1. Read the article and answer the questions which follow.
- •3. Translate the following information:
- •4. Complete the text about car recalls with words below:
- •5. Now report on the results of the meeting. Write an email to your subsidiary in France explaining your decision. Complete the table.
- •5. Now complete the sentences with words from the table.
- •Unit 4 Materials and their properties
- •1. Read this text and answer the questions.
- •Aluminium – the car maker’s metal of the year.
- •2. Answer the questions:
- •3. Complete these sentences about materials and their properties using the words :
- •4. Read the presentation by a car designer and put the six extracts in the correct order.
- •5. Are the following sentences about the presentation true of false?
- •6. Match the design vocabulary on the left with the correct definition on the right.
- •3. Match the words from the two boxes to make expressions.
- •4. Now use the expressions above to complete the sentences.
- •5. The phrases below are used to talk about the future. First put them in the table.
- •6. Now use the phrases to discuss the following statement in small group. Do you think these things will happen in the next five/ten/twenty years?
- •7. Work with a partner. Prepare a short presentation on one of these topics.
- •Supplementary Reading What Was The First Car? a Quick History of the Automobile for Young People
- •How The Car Changed The County, Town by Town
- •The Atomic Automobile
- •Bentley. The new generation
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Методические указания к практическим занятиям по дисциплине «Английский язык» для студентов 1 курса очной и заочной форм обучения специальности «Автомобили и автомобильное хозяйство»
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«ТЮМЕНСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ НЕФТЕГАЗОВЫЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ»
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Тюмень 2009
Unit 1 Brands
1. Read the article and answer the questions which follow.
Brand dna
Every car has а brand DNA which makes it distinctive and instantly recognizable. When you see а BMW or Rover, for example, you know exactly what it is. The importance of national culture in brand DNA is critical, even though global takeovers, mergers, and partnerships are constantly reshaping the car industry. Volvo, based in Sweden, is now owned by an American company, and Britain's Jaguar, Rolls-Royce, and Bentley are no longer British-owned Chrysler, that most American of manufacturers, is now part of а German company. Spain's Seat and the Czech car maker Skoda are owned by Germany's Volkswagen. And General Motors has controlled Sweden's Saab for а number of years.
Brand DNA consists of corporate identity and an unmistakable design which is influenced by culture. 'Britishness' or 'Frenchness' is important. But how can 'Americanness' or 'Italianness' be defined by а few hundred pounds of sheet metal bent over а frame and set down on four wheels?
То Fiat, Italian means 'sporty'. "People buy Italian cars because they look Italian," said Richard Gadeselli, head of corporate affairs for Fiat Auto S.p.А. "Even the humble Seicento (Fiat's smallest car) has а sporty feel. In everything we design, we try and strive for that. If we took the badges off, people would say, 'I don't know what that is, but it feels Italian’.”
Similarly, Japanese design is unmistakably Japanese because of its Zen-like purity and simplicity. Akira Fujimoto, chief editor оf Japan's Car Styling magazine, says that the level of detail is the key to Japanese design. "With an American car, you can see the differences at 300 metres. With а Japanese car, you see the differences at three metres. Japan is а small country so there's no need to see the differences from far away."
Peter Horbury, chief designer for Volvo Cars, although British himself, says he believes the Swedish essence of Volvo is something the company should keep even if it is owned by Ford Motor Со. But what is Swedishness? "Sweden is known as а caring society," he said. "Swedish cars are safe, practical, and functional and have а timeless quality."