After reading activity

Task 5. Answer the following questions:

1. When did the history of mechanical engineering begin?

2. What were the earliest types of machines?

3. What did the new inventions cause?

4. What do we call industrial revolution?

5. What are the four stages of the development of world industry and what are they characterized by?

6. What is the system approach and how can it be characterized?

7. How are the main features of the fourth industrial revolution?

8. What period of industrial revolution is happening at present?

Task 6. Decide which of the following statements are true (T) or false (F):

1. Industrial revolution started in the USA in 1750.

2. Industrial revolution took place in four stages between 1750 and 1830.

3. At first, different products had been made by handworkers.

4. One of the greatest achievements of the first stage was the steam engine.

5. The second stage, sometimes called the second revolution, took place mostly in Europe.

6. The third industrial revolution was dominated by biggest development in technology – electrical energy.

7. One of the achievements of the last stage of the revolution was remote-controlled machine.

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
T	T	T	T	T	T	T
F	F	F	F	F	F	F

Task 7. Put these words in the right order to make sentences:

1. resulted / industrial / about / work / in / revolution / ways / of / new / thinking/ The.

2. by / fourth / The / industrial / machines / characterized / revolution / will / automated / be/.

3. of / ordinary / caused / inventions / in / lives / changes / the / These / people/ profound/.

4. late / The / gradually / system / starting / the / approach / introduced / in / 1700s / was/.

5. Previously / craftspeople / goods / by / individual / had / manufactured / been/.

6. revolution / process / The / entire / is / the / called / industrial/.

7. advent / third / coincided / automation / revolution / with / The / industrial /of / the.

Task 8. Make up word combinations from the following words and translate them into Ukrainian:

system	instructions
mechanical	approach
combustion	revolution
automated	engineering
computer	life
manufacturing	engine
electronic	computer
human	processes
entire	machines
industrial	process

Task 9. Make up 6-7 sentences with word combinations from the task 4.

Task 10. Complete the definitions with the engineering terms:

1. ____ – a rigid bar resting on a pivot, used to help move a heavy or firmly fixed load with one end when pressure is applied to the other (noun);

2. ____ – a cultivated plant that is grown as food, esp. a grain, fruit, or vegetable (noun);

3. ____ – operated, moved, or controlled by a specified person or source of power (adjective);

4. ____ – exist or be found to be present in a place or under a particular set of conditions (verb);

5. ____ – the process of burning something (noun);

6. ____ – work or operate in a proper or particular way (verb);

7. ____ – a place where people work, such as an office or factory (noun);

8. ____ – the quality, condition, or fact of being exact and accurate (noun);

Task 11. Finish the following sentences using the information from the text:

1. Technical innovation and social change

2. The first stage, called

3. It was dominated by

4. The process of making things

5. The system approach was introduced

6. The third industrial revolution

7. The fourth industrial revolution

8. It will be characterized by

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