POPULATION - раздел Образование, OXFORD Engineering Lindsay White What is engineering? : There Were (1) Twelve Point One Million
Children Aged Under (2) Sixt...
There were (1) twelve point one million
children aged under (2) sixteen in (3) two
thousand: (4) six point two million boys and
(5) five point nine million girls. This is fewer
than in (6) nineteen seventy-one, when there
were (7) fourteen point three million children.
In (8) two thousand, (9) thirty per cent of children in the UK were under five, (10) thirty-two per cent were aged five to nine years and (11) thirty-eight per cent were aged ten to fifteen. These proportions were similar in the (12) nineteen seventies.
3 Write the numbers in italics in figures.
4 Read the text again and decide if the sentences (1-3) below are true (T) or false (F).
1There are more boys than girls in Britain. T/F
2 The total number of children has increased since a census in 1971. T/F
3 In 1971 the same percentage of children were under five. T/F
Writing and Speaking
6 Do a survey in your class. First, write your question/s and decide how you will record the answers. Choose one of the topics below, or your own topic.
• how much people weigh
• your school canteen
• amount of time spent watching TV every day
7 Ask the other people in your class your questions and write down their answers.
8 Transfer the figures to a pie chart and write a paragraph describing your findings.
For example:
Get real
Use reference books or the Internet to find some unusual, strange, or interesting statistics. Bring them into class and create a Did you know? board.
Twenty people were asked, 'What do you think of the school canteen?' Ten percent are happy with the school canteen, 5% didn't know there is a canteen, 50% prefer to bring sandwiches, and the other 35% don 'tfeel very well.
Before you start... Work with a partner In your own language think of four words to describe... Reading...
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Lindsay White
Engineering Workshop
Contents
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What is engi
Writing and Speaking
6 Read the paragraph headings again. Do you agree with them?
7 Work with a partner. Choose one of the problems below or your own problem. Solve it using th
Writing and Speaking
5 Write your name and the type of engineer you want to be on a small piece of paper. Put your paper in a box and take out another student's paper. Write three questions
Speaking
8 Look at the list of materials in Exercises 3 and 5 again. Discuss the questions (1-3) below. Check any words you don't know in the glossary or your dictionary.
Materials
Smart - or shape memory - materials are an invention that has changed the world of engineering. There are two types: metal MlttWd and plastic polymers. The metal alloys were
Reading
3 Read the sentences below. What is the difference between 2D and 3D?
• An image on paper, for example a diagram or photograph, is two dimensional (2D).
•
A factory tour
1 'Good morning. I'd like to start by welcoming you and your teacher to FK Industries. "
2 The purpose of today's visit is to show you our new CAM - or CNC - system. As I expe
Vocabulary
There are 2,500 employees at the plant and the working environment is good. The car assembly line is designed ergonomically to be easy to use and comfortable for the operators. For example, th
Writing
8 Read these instructions for connecting a DVD to a TV. Are they clear? Explain why/why not.
Plug a special scart cable into the scart
(5)________ at the back of the DVD
Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI)
Any person who repeats the same movement a lot of times can develop repetitive strain injury. Factory workers, computer operators, sports people, and musicians are at the most risk because their jo
Vocabulary
Complete the definitions (1-9) below with the liTE3flK5iirailwords in the text.
Writing and Speaking
6 Write two advantages and two disadvantages of using optical fibres instead of copper cable. Compare your ideas with the rest of the class.
Reading
2 Read the text quickly and decide which structure it describes.
aThe Hoover Dam bThe Arlberg Tunnel cThe Channe
Writing and Speaking
6 Write questions about a building, tunnel, or dam. Use who, what, when, where, and how. Make sure you know the answers!
For example
How old
Reading
3 Read the text quickly and choose the correct answers the questions below.
1Trevor Baylis is aa doctor
b
Get real
Find out about a modern inventor from your country. What did he/she invent and why is their invention important?
18 Engineerin
Writing and Speaking
8 Design a robot to do a dangerous or boring job for you. Draw a rough sketch and make notes about how it works.
For example
What the robot is for It i
Strange but true
1In 1885 a young woman jumped off the Clifton Suspension Bridge. Her large, fashionable, nineteenth- century skirt acted as a (8) _________ and she
Vocabulary
4 What are the measurements in Exercise 1 used for? Complete the sentences (1-8) below by putting one word in each space. Use the words in the box.
Writing and Speaking
7 Write true answers to these questions. Use words, not numbers.
1What area is your classroom?
2 How tall are you?
3 What is the spe
Vocabulary
3 Now complete the definitions (1-11) below with the units from Exerci
Speaking
Discuss these questions with a partner:
• Which of the words in Exercise 2 and 3 are you familiar with in your language?
• Is anything named after a
Get real
Find out the answers to these questions:
• Who introduced Arabic numbers to European maths?
• Who developed the idea of 'zero'?
Reading
2 Read the curriculum vitae (CV) quickly and choose the correct answers to the questions below.
1What is a CV?
aA de
Vocabulary
5 Read these phrases from the CV and the advertisements. Choose the correct meaning (a or b) of the words in italics.
1... a covering le
Write your own CV in English using
qualifications you already have, or ones that you think you might get in the future. Use Gavin's CV as a model for your writing.
Reading
2 Read the letters (A and B) and choose the correct answers to questions 1-5 below.
1Letter A is to/from Katy Evans.
2 Mrs
Writing
8 Rewrite these formal phrases in informal English.
We'd be delighted if you could join us for drinks. Let's have a drink.
1 In response to your recent
Acknowledgements
The authors and publishers are very grateful to Norman Glendinning for specialist Engineering advice and to the teachers who read and piloted material and gave invaluable feedback.
Geert C
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