WHILE-LISTENING

Watch the video and put the following facts in the order of appearance in the track:

3.

A broken rock falls into a bucket wheel.
The automotive device presses the rock.
Vertical and horizontal position of a cutting head is constantly controlled.
While boring goes on, work on construction of a protective roof is carried on.
A complete ring of arch segments is transported to its final position.
The cutting head rotates under a pressure of 27 tons.
This TBM was specially developed for the hard rock.
A broken rock is transferred onto a conveyer belt behind the cutting head.
Steel arch segments are put under the protective roof.
Each cutter chips the rock away.

 

Watch the track again and answer the following questions:

4. How many cutters does the cutting head have?

5. What distance can TBM drive a day?

6. What is TBM compared to?

7. How long is the TBM shown in the track?

8. What is the length of the TBM compared to?