- •Mechanical Engineering
- •Section 1
- •1. Master the key terms and words:
- •2. Read the following text.
- •2. Choose from the text and put down the English equivalents to the Russian word combinations given below:
- •3. Complete the sentences with given verbs:
- •1. Match the beginning of the sentence with its end.
- •2. Match the words to their definitions.
- •3. In pairs, ask and answer the following questions:
- •1. Match the English combinations with the corresponding Russian ones:
- •2. Read the text.
- •3. Find the answers to the following questions. Write down the questions in the order they are asked.
- •Section 2 mechanics of materials
- •1. Scan the texts and find English equivalents for the following words:
- •Text 3 scope of treatment
- •2. Fill in the gaps with the words and right prepositions from the texts:
- •2. Complete the sentences with one possible answer:
- •3. Insert the preposition wherever necessary:
- •Vocabulary to use:
- •1. Label the parts of the car.
- •2. Match words from the two columns to find the exterior car parts:
- •3. What car parts are made of what material? Work with a partner to complete the table.
- •4. Complete the sentences about materials and their properties with the following words:
- •Section 3 the history of the automobile
- •1. Before you read the text try to guess the answer to the following question:
- •2. Find the synonyms to the word “automobile” in the text above.
- •3. Fill in the gaps with the suitable words and words-combinations from the text:
- •4. Answer the questions:
- •Vocabulary to use:
- •Read the first paragraph of this text. Predict what the rest of the reading will be about, using the choices below. You can circle more than one answer. Then continue reading it.
- •2. Number the following main ideas in the order they appear in the text:
- •3. Complete the following lists with information from the text:
- •2. What ideas did the environmentalists discuss at the meeting?
- •3. Environmental awareness will become increasingly important in the future. How environmentally-conscious are you?
- •4. Read and translate the phrases used to talk about the future:
- •Work with a partner. Prepare a short presentation of these topics. Look at the useful phrases for help with presentation language.
- •1.1 Make up comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives and adverbs in the expressions listed below and translate them:
- •1.2 Translate these sentences into Russian. Pay attention to the comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives and adverbs:
- •1.3 Translate the following word-combinations into English:
- •2.1 Translate the following sentences into Russian. Change the sentences into negative and questions:
- •3.1 Read the following sentences, find modal verb or its equivalent and translate the sentences:
- •4.1 A. Form Participle I, using the verbs from the 1st column.
- •4.2 Translate the following sentences, find Participles. State the form and the function:
- •5.1 Translate into Russian. Determine the Tense of the verb:
- •6.1 Translate into Russian. Determine the Tense of the verb:
- •6.2 Put the verbs in brackets in the right form and translate them into Russian:
- •7.1 Translate the following sentences:
- •8.1 Translate the sentences and define the type of Conditional:
- •Section 6 supplementary reading
- •Vocabulary to use:
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- •Vocabulary to use:
Vocabulary to use:
conclude |
заканчиваться |
scrapping |
сдача в лом |
approximately |
приблизительно |
account for |
составлять |
environmental impact |
воздействие на окружающую среду |
acquisition |
добывание |
processing |
переработка |
consumption |
потребление |
copious amounts |
огромное количество |
involve |
включать |
release |
выделять, выпускать |
assembly plant |
сборочный завод |
pollutant |
загрязняющее вещество |
coating |
покрытие |
wastewater |
сточные воды |
trash |
мусор |
scrap metal |
металлолом |
emission |
выброс, выделение |
The life cycle of an automobile begins with concept and design and concludes with retirement (end-of-life scrapping). Today, a vehicle consists of approximately 15 000 parts. Steel, iron, glass, textiles, plastic, and non-ferrous metal dominate automobile construction. They account for more than 80% of the material used in today’s vehicles. A common trend in the material composition of a car is toward increasing the use of light-weight materials, especially numerous types of plastics and light metal alloys (such as aluminum and magnesium). The environmental impacts and concerns that arise from the acquisition and processing of virgin resources that serve as input for automotive material include the substantial consumption of resources (material and energy). In addition, copious amounts of energy are consumed in heating, cooling, and producing millions of tons of steel, aluminum, plastic, and glass. Processing these materials involves a variety of heavy metals, toxic chemicals, chlorinated solvents, and ozone depleting chemicals. More than half of all releases and transfers of pollutants originate from the painting and coating operations. The largest solid waste streams generated by an automobile assembly plant are wastewater treatment sludges, waste oil, plant trash, and scrap metal. The utilization of an automobile accounts for approximately 80% of the total primary energy consumption of the life cycle of an automobile. Most of the CO2 and CO emissions are released during the utilization. Besides the resource consumption when running a vehicle and the necessary infrastructure (e.g. highways, service- and gas stations), the maintenance and service operations contribute significantly to the environmental effects of automobile use.
Opportunities for environmental improvement exist during each life-cycle stage of an automobile. Significant changes in the material and process selection and management are necessary to reduce the overall environmental impact throughout the entire life cycle of an automobile.
Literature used:
U. Mildenberger, A. Khare / Technovation 20, 2000.
Marie Kavanagh English for the Automobile Industry: Aнглийский язык для автомобильной промышленности – Oxford University press, 2011.
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Гниненко А.В. Современный автомобиль как мы его видим: учебник английского языка.-М.:Астрель:АСТ:Транзиткнига, 2005.
Шляхова В.А. Английский язык. Контрольные задания для студентов технических специальностей вузов: Учеб.-метод. пособие.-2-е изд., испр. и доп.- М.: Высшая школа, 2005.
Hornby A.S. Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Current English. – Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.
Галевский Г.В., Мауэр Л.В., Жуковский Н. С. Словарь по науке и технике (Англо - Русский) – М.: Флинта: Наука, 2003.
Рябцева Н.К. Научная речь на английском языке. Руководство по научному изложению. Словарь оборотов и сочетаемости общенаучной лексики: Новый словарь-справочник активного типа. – М.: Флинта: Наука, 2006.
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The Fascination of Technology – Issue 02/2008.
CONTENTS
SECTION 1 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING…………………………………….3
Text 1 Mechanical engineering as a future profession …...............................................3
Text 2 Automotive engineering ………………………………………………………..5
Text 3 Automobile production…………………………………………………………7
SECTION 2 MECHANICS OF MATERIALS……………………………………..11
Text 1 Basic principles…………………………………………………………………11
Text 2 Force and load classifications…………………………………………………..11
Text 3 Scope of treatment……………………………………………………………....12
Text 4 Applied mechanics…………………………………………………….………..13
Text 5 Properties of metals and their uses……………………………………………...15
SECTION 3 THE HISTORY OF THE AUTOMOBILE………………………….20
Text 1 Where does the word “automobile” come from? ...............................................20
Text 2 The early days of the automobile…………………………………………........21
SECTION 4 CAR INDUSTRY AND ENVIRONMENT………………………… 25
Text 1 Cars: passion or problem? ..................................................................................25
Text 2 Planning for an environment-friendly car………………………………...…. .28
SECTION 5 GRAMMAR EXERCISES…………………………………...…........30
SECTION 6 SUPPLEMENTARY READING………………………………….....35
Text 1 The changing expectations of automotive engineers …………………………35
Text 2 Metals……………………………………………………………………...…..36
Text 3 Alloys………………………………………………………………………….37
Text 4 Definitions …………………………………………………………………….38
Text 5 The history of the automobile …………………………….…………………..40
Text 6 The automobile life cycle …………………………………………………….42
LITERATURE USED……………………………………………………………….44