4. Answer the following questions:
Ответьте
на
вопросы:
1. What was a major advance in the 20-th century manufacturing?
2. What is automation?
3. When is the term automation also used?
4. Can you give any examples of fixed automation?
5. What do you know about programmable automation?
Complete
the text using words from the box below. Use each word only once.
Заполните текст, используя слова из
рамки ниже. Используйте каждое слово
только один раз.
energy –
энергия
|
bending - выгибая
|
machinery
– механизмы,
машины
|
utilize
–использовать,
расходовать
|
extract
–
извлекать, вытаскивать
|
manufacture
–
производить
|
skill
–
навык,
способность
|
resources
–
ресурсы
|
Technology in use
In the past it was though
that only man could make and 1
… tools, but now it is known that some animals have this 2
… too. Chimpanzees use pieces of wood to 3
… ants from ant-hills, while captive birds have been observed 4
… a piece of wire and using it to get food out of a tube. However,
only man is able to make use of natural 5
… such as metals, and sources of 6
… such as heat and electricity, in order to 7
… sophisticated 8
… .