Literature used

1. Ray F. Kuns and Tom C. Piumridge, Automobile, 1946

2. Duncan J., Steam and Other Engines, London, 1950

3. Sedach M. Internal Combustion Engines, Lvov, 1969

4. Lynette Beardwood, Hugh Templeton, Martin Webber, A First Course in Technical English, Oxford, 1978

Contents

Unit One Motor Vehicles 3

Section A What an Internal Combustion Engine is 3

Section B Petrol Engines 5

Section C Diesel Engines 6

Section D Likeness and Differences between Engines 7

Unite Two Facts about Matter 10

Section A Three States of Matter 10

Section B Boiling Points of Water 12

Section C Molecules in Motion 14

Section D Engine Cooling System 17

Unit Three Motor Vehicle Maintenance 18

Section A Engines and Fuels 18

Section B Lubrication 20

Section C Engine Lubrication System 22

Section D Filters 23

Unit Four Electricity 28

Section A Electrolysis 28

Section B Batteries 31

Section C Automobile Electric System 34

Section D Battery Dowered Automobiles 35

Unit Five Properties of Engineering Materials 36

Section A Four Properties of Engineering Materials 36

Section B Ferrous Metals 39

Section C Tensile Strength and Hardness 43

Section D Aluminum Bronze 46 Grammar Exercises

1. Functions of «to be» and «to have». 50

2. Participles and the Participial Constructions. 51

3. The Gerund and its Constructions, 51

4. The Infinitive and its Constructions. 51

5. Tenses and Passive Constructions. 52

6. The Adverbial Clauses of Condition. 52

7. The Function of "should" and 'would". 53

8. The «ing-forms» 53

Supplementary Reading 54

Vocabulary 65