- •Unit 3: Engineering/ machine-building
- •1. Read the text and say what engineering is.
- •1. Read the text and say why engineers must become more scientific and specialized.
- •2. Match the following words with their translation.
- •4. Using the information from the text complete the following diagrams.
- •1. Read the text and say what the role of mechanical engineering is.
- •3. Answer the following questions to the text.
- •1. Read the text and say what modern engineering trends are mentioned in it.
- •2. Match the following words with their translation.
- •4. Answer the following questions to the text.
- •1. Read the text and say what the main shops in a machine-building plant are.
- •2. Find the following phrases in English in the text.
- •1) Machine-building in Ukraine
- •I. Copy the underlined words and word-combinations, translate them into Ukrainian and learn them.
- •II. Write out from the text: a) the characteristic features of machine-building in Ukraine; b) the priority industries; c) its main tools.
- •2) Machine-building in Berdychiv
- •I. Copy the underlined words and word-combinations, translate them into Ukrainian and learn them.
- •II. Give a short summary of the text in English in a written form.
- •3) The main trends in modern machine-building industry
- •I. Copy the underlined words and word-combinations, translate them into Ukrainian and learn them.
- •III. Answer the following questions.
- •4) The role of mechanical engineer at manufacture
- •I. Copy the underlined words and word-combinations, translate them into Ukrainian and learn them.
- •III. Answer the following questions.
- •5) Efficiency in engineering operation
- •I. Copy the underlined words and word-combinations, translate them into Ukrainian and learn them.
- •III. Make up the summary of the text.
- •1. Choose the correct variant.
- •2. Fill in the gaps in the following description of different branches of engineering.
- •3. Choose the correct word from the brackets in the text. Mechanical engineering and machine-building
4. Answer the following questions to the text.
1. What is modern engineering characterized by?
2. What do engineers in industry work with?
3. What is time-study engineering?
4. What are the recent trends in the engineering profession?
Machine-building plant
Word list:
an excursion – екскурсія a plant – завод, фабрика, підприємство a shop – цех foundry – ливарний forge – кувальний engineering – механічний assembling – монтувальний casting – лиття, відливання; відли-вок, литво to melt out (down) – витоплювати a furnace – піч; топка to pour – лити, відливати mould - (ливарна) форма to cool – охолоджувати(ся); остига-ти (часто cool down) |
to be ready for smth – бути готовим до чогось an ingot – зливок металу to forge – кувати; виковувати a part – деталь to harden – загартовувати, зміцню-вати to anneal – випалювати, обпалю-вати machining – механічна обробка proper – належний, відповідний lathe – (токарний) верстат to assemble – монтувати automation – автоматизація |
Exercises to the subject:
1. Read the text and say what the main shops in a machine-building plant are.
We went on an excursion to a machine-building plant. The plant has four main shops. They are foundry, forge, engineering and assembling shops.
One of the basic processes of the metal-working industry is the production of metal castings. Casting is the process consisting of melting out metal in a furnace and poring it into molds where it cools down and is ready for further processing.
And what about the forge? Its main tools are different broad drop forging machines and presses. Here the ingots are forged into parts that are further hardened and annealed.
The machining proper is done in the engineering shops where you can see all kinds of modern lathes. Lathes are complex and accurate devices. They have turning, milling, planning lathes, boring and polishing lathes.
The assembling shop assembles the ready parts into units and fits them on the body of the machine.
The most important thing of all is that automation of the production processes is under the way.
2. Find the following phrases in English in the text.
1. головні процеси; 2. металообробна промисловість; 3. виробництво металевих заготовок; 4. плавлення металу в печі; 5. розливання металу у форми; 6. подальша обробка; 7. головні інструменти/знаряддя; 8. великі машини та преси для кування або штампування під падаючим молотом; |
9. усі види сучасних верстатів; 10. складні та точні прилади; 11. токарні верстати; 12. фрезерні верстати; 13. поздовжньо-стругальні верстати; 14. свердлильні верстати; 15. шліфувальні верстати; 16. готові деталі; 17. корпус машини; 18. проводиться. |
3. Fill in the following table using the information from the text. Speak about machine-building plant.
Shops |
Processes |
Products |
1. Foundry shop |
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2. Forge shop |
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3. Engineering shop |
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4. Assembling shop |
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