Complete the definitions (1-8) below with the I words in the text.

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  Engineering Workshop   Contents   i 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

A job in Engineering
5 chemical   §Q There are lots of different t

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

Read the text again and decide if the sentences (1-6) below are true (T) or false (F).
1The First Diploma is a beginner level course. 2 Students learn general things about engineering. 3 The course isn't practical. 4 Students take o

Writing
Answer the questions (1-6) about your course and write a leaflet for it. 1Who is the course for? 2 What qualifications do I need?

Read the text quickly and choose the correct answers to questions 1-3 below.
1What is the leaflet about? aEngineering courses at Coalport Technical College bAll courses at Coalport Technical College

For more information please visit our website or return this form to the departmental secretary.
Name __________________^^ Address Telephone/e-mail Date of birth___ Please send me details of: LEVEL 1 Certificate in Engineering L

Complete the form for your partner.
Get real Use the Internet to find college information or contact a college in your area and ask for leaflets ab

Matcb the properties from the table (1-6) with their opposites (a-f). Use the glossary or your dictionary to help you.
aheavy btough copaque drigid eweak fsoft 1breaks easily 2 clear 3 easy to shape 4 hard 5 lig

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

Speaking and Writing
Get real Look at Exercise 4 again. Are there any unans

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

Speaking
 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONNECTING THE DVD TO THE TV
Switch off your TV set. from

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

Design and draw a sign for each rule.
9 Show your signs to another pair. Can they work out the meaning? Get real Use th

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

Read the text quickly and choose the correct answers to the questions below.
1Are the paragraphs about alots of topics? bone topic? 2 Which is the best title? aImaginary robot

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

Read how the Tay Bridge collapsed. Match the sentences (1-5) with the diagrams (a-e) below.
1There was strong wind when a train was crossing the bridge. 2 The base of one of the columns lifted. 3 This (lifting) caused the strengthening parts of t

Reading
2 Read the text and choose the best title, A, B, or C. A Good jobs and good pay B Ancient engineering C The rulers of China and Egypt Tide:

Vocabulary
2 Match the words in the box with labels (a-j) on the diagrams below. bottom ■ centre ■ corner

Ask another person to try to make the object.
  I Get real Find examples of different types of instructions, for example furniture assembly instruction

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

Complete the text by putting a word or number in each space (1-10). Use the words and numbers in the box.
  * half ■ -5° ■ -40° ■ 88% ■ Hundreds ■ 200 ■ 14,000 σ

Match the numbers in the box with the words (1-9) below.
V2" 1,000,000/1 m« 2.5 ■ 327 ■ 2,580 ■ 0 ■ V4 ■ 2/3 3

Get real
Find out the answers to these questions: • Who introduced Arabic numbers to European maths? • Who developed the idea of 'zero'?

POPULATION
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

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

Vocabulary
I'll show you couhd ...

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

Match the formal and informal messages with the same general meaning.
Engineering 33 Glossary

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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Workshop The Workshop series gives lower-intermediate students a practical foundation for the English they need in the real world. You can use the 25-30 self-contained lessons in