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  1. Make sure that you know how to pronounce and translate these terms:

Multi-purpose vehicle, steering wheel, hood, streamlined profile, luggage compartment, rear bench seat, twin-camshaft, twin-carburetor engine, kite-shaped grilles, to revolutionize car design, gearbox, seatbelt, padded dashboard, windshield, streamlined 4-door sedan, air-cooled flat-six engine, swiveling headlamps, disc brakes.

  1. Match English word combinations with their equivalents in Ukrainian:

  1. petrol engine

  1. електрод

  1. four-cylinder engine

  1. чотирьохциліндровий двигун

  1. fuel/air mixture

  1. камера згорання

  1. electrode

  1. система запалювання

  1. ignition system

  1. повітряно-паливна суміш

  1. ignition process

  1. свічка запалювання

  1. combustion chamber

  1. процес запалювання

  1. sparking plug

  1. бензиновий двигун

  1. tail pipe extension

  1. запасні частини

  1. spare parts

  1. глушник

  1. Translate these sentences. Find the Gerund in them.

  1. Every machine needs oiling, fueling and cleaning.

  2. Driving of Bugatti car gives us both confidence and luxury.

  3. Speaking foreign languages is important for every educated man.

  4. This passenger car needs fuelling every 300 miles.

  5. After graduating from the University he worked for the well-known automotive company.

  6. There are different ways of obtaining good maintenance results.

  7. I remember his having been interested in engines of this company.

  8. A parking brake is an auxiliary mechanism that activates rear brakes for parking.

  9. Science requires experimenting.

  10. Instead of repairing his old Audi, he decided to buy a new BMW.

  1. Act out a conversation between a car salesperson and a customer. Ask for the detailed information about family cars, minibuses, sedans or vans. Express concerns about price. Ask for a test drive. Use the expressions listed:

Could you tell me…? I’d like to know about …? Have you got …?

I’m a bit worried about …? What about …? I’m not sure about …?

Text 15.

THE HISTORY OF THE AUTOMOBILE

(E) Most people have never heard of Cisitalia, but without it today’s cars would look very different. It was the first car to establish leading Italian stylists. Its hood was lower than its front wings; its headlights blended into the body rather than being freestanding; and its unadorned, low-slung profile broke away from the bulky, traditional look that cars still retained. Its wings, for instance, were totally integrated into the bodywork rather than suggesting old-fashioned fenders, but its overall shape was utterly harmonious. Critics soon recognized its masterpiece status. Thanks to extremely slippery aerodynamics, the car topped 161kph. It was a single-seated racing car with Fiat front suspension and engine. In 1949, Cisitalia faced bankruptcy due to over-ambitious plans for a Porsche-designed car.

Hudson was among the last of the American ‘independents’ – carmakers that struggled and ultimately failed in the face of the mighty Ford, General Motors and Chrysler. Its cars were mostly unremarkable. They were nicknamed ‘Step Down’, because driver and passengers stepped down into their seats due to a unitary-construction method. Instead of the body being bolted on top of the chassis, the floor pan was suspended from the bottom of it. All the occupants sat within the chassis side members, which acted as a strong, encircling perimeter frame. As a part of the design, the chassis extended around the outside of the rear wheels. Hudson’s stylists then came up with sleek and handsome bodywork that made a 1948 Hudson the ‘car to own’. The range went from the budget-priced Pacemaker to the Commodore.

TASCO is an acronym for The American Sportscar Company. It featured an enclosed cockpit like that of a light aircraft. Above the heads of driver and passenger were lift-out glass panels in the first-ever rendering of the ‘T-bar’ roof. The cast-magnesium wheels were fully enclosed in their own fairings. The front two were made from fiberglass and turned with the wheels. Gordon Buehrig, an extremely talented stylist who had worked all over the American car industry, but was most closely associated with the 1935 Auburn Speedster and 1936 Cord 810. Buehrig was never happy with the TASCO, saying it was designed by the investors. No doubt, car and design students today would disagree.

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