- •Contents
- •Vocabulary
- •Elements and compounds
- •1.6. Read the following text and say if it is true that interatomic distance is fixed in all states of a metal. Read again to answer the questions after it.
- •Vocabulary
- •Three states of matter
- •1.10. Learn to read the following measurements.
- •1.11. Read out the numbers.
- •1.12. A) Compare the spanners. Make sentences.
- •At the Descriptive Geometry Class
- •Vocabulary
- •Characteristic Features of Some Elements
- •Vocabulary Test
- •Grammar Test
- •Vocabulary
- •Materials science in the past and present
- •2.9. Form nouns from the following words:
- •Vocabulary
- •Engineering materials and their properties (Part I)
- •2.12. Reread the text and rewrite the following according to the model, replacing the words in italics with an expression from the text which has a similar meaning.
- •2.16. Read and translate the following text. Talk about the properties of engineering materials in your own words.
- •Vocabulary
- •Engineering materials and their properties (Part II)
- •Vocabulary Test
- •Grammar Test
- •Unit 3. Metals: properties, classification and crystal structure
- •Read the list of words below and choose the ones related to science of materials:
- •Vocabulary
- •Metals, alloys and their uses
- •3.4. Reading comprehension. Read the text Availability, Properties and Classification of Metals and for questions 1–5 (after the text) choose the best answers from a–d.
- •Vocabulary
- •Availability, properties and classification of metals
- •3.5. Use the questions and talk giving the main ideas of the text above.
- •Vocabulary
- •Metallic crystal structure
- •Vocabulary Test
- •Grammar Test
- •Unit 4. Engineering materials. Iron and ferrous metals
- •4.2. Read the text Iron and Its Properties. Answer the following questions. What new have you learnt from the text?
- •Vocabulary
- •Iron and its properties
- •Vocabulary
- •4.4. Connect the two matching parts of the sentences related to the blast furnace operation.
- •Vocabulary
- •Ferrous metals
- •From the history of steelmaking
- •Alloy steels
- •Grammar and Vocabulary Questionnaire
- •Structural steels for shipbuilding
- •Vocabulary Test
- •Grammar Test
- •4.17. Just for fun.
- •4.18. Read the text and agree and disagree with the statements after it.
- •4.19. In the above text, find the English equivalents for the following words and word combinations:
- •4.20. Read the text and write a list of titanium and its alloys qualities that make titanium different from other metals. A wonder metal
- •Long-term corrosion protection for hulls and water jets
- •Nonmetallic materials
- •4.24. What kinds of non-metal things do people use at home and at work in the office? Entitle the text below. Compare metals and non-metals as structural materials.
- •Unit 5. Materials technology
- •Vocabulary
- •Processing and heat treatment of metals
- •Visit to a Plant
- •Hardening plain carbon steel
- •Vocabulary
- •Welding processes
- •Gas welding
- •Hard to define
- •Nanotechnology
- •Larger to smaller: materials perspective
- •References
- •Appendix Summary tips Аннотирование и реферирование
- •Аннотация и реферат
- •Структура реферата
- •Этапы реферирования и аннотирования
- •Некоторые рекомендации по составлению аннотации и реферата
Visit to a Plant
PM. |
I’m glad to welcome you to our plant, Mr. Ranchi. |
FR. |
The pleasure is mine. I’ve been looking forward to visiting your plant. We are ready to negotiate with you a contract for your products. |
PM. |
Mr. Ranchi, we’ll be glad to take your orders. What products do you have in mind? |
FR. |
Well, actually, we would ask you to produce rolled plates, bars and angles to our specifications. |
PM. |
All of them are our line. We use up-to-date technology and employ good engineers and skilled workers, but we’ll have to see the drawings and specifications first. |
FR. |
Well, that’s reasonable. Mr. Belov, we need 100,000 t within 6 months. |
PM. |
All right. Our facilities and current schedule allow us to meet that. |
FR. |
How do you ensure quality control, Mr. Belov? |
PM. |
Well, it’s usually done by our quality control department. As to your orders, final inspection can be done in the presence of your engineers. |
FR. |
Could you possibly show me round your plant, Mr. Belov? I’d like to see your production facilities and technology. |
PM. |
It goes without saying, Mr. Ranchi. Come this way, please.
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5.4. Use may, might, can and could to express possibility:
1. “She’s probably _____ be recognized by the orange streaks on its wings.
2. Peter _____ have a big screwdriver. I’ll go and ask him.
3. Infections _____ sometimes actually be made worse by taking antibiotics.
4. Moving to a new job _____ be a very stressful experience.
5. I think Michael _____ enjoy himself if he joins the foolball club.
6. This 17 century chair _____ be of interest to you.
7. With the factory closing next week, he _____ lose his job.
5.5. Read the following paragraph about the improvement of metal properties and complete the sentences with the words from the word list.
example, temperature, be, brittle, harder, are, materials, to, cooling, which, obtain, machined
The properties of a metal can (1) ………. further improved by use of heat treatment. Heat treatment is the term given (2) ………. a number of different procedures in (3) ………. the properties of metals and alloys (4) ………. changed. It usually consists of heating the metal or alloy to a selected (5) ………. below its melting point and then (6) ………. it at a certain rate to (7) ………. those properties which are required. For (8) ………., hardening is used to make metals (9) ………. . Tempering makes them softer and less (10) ………. . Annealing is carried out to make the metal soft so that it can be (11) ………. more easily. In this way, metallic (12) ………. can be produced to meet every kind of engineering specification and requirement.
5.6. a) Read the text, entitle Fig. 1, Tables 1 and 2. b) Use Fig. 1, Table 1 and Table 2 to recommend the correct carbon content, heating temperature and type of quenching bath for the requirements stated in Table 3.