III. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word or phrase.

1. Pillars on each side of the automobile body … .

2. are generally formed out of … .

3. It is impracticable for manufacturers to produce totally new designs every year because … .

4. New manufacturing techniques are now widely used … .

 

IV. Answer the following questions.

1. What does the category of an automotive body design depend on? Describe some of the main structural elements of body.

2. What prevents manufacturers from producing totally new designs every year? What is needed for a completely new design?

3. What materials were usually automotive body formed out of in recent times?

4. What reasons make the manufacturers of automobile search after and use new materials in motor-car industry?

 

V. Retell the text.

5.	Measurements
	The Numeral
	The Modern Automobile

Lead-in

I. Discuss the following questions:

a) Is an engineering project possible without knowledge of measurements?

b) Are you familiar with any units of measurement? If so, name them.

II. Learn how to speak about dimensions of different objects and shapes.

A

– How wide is the box?

– It's 2 centimetres wide.

– How long is it?

– It's 3 centimetres long.

– By the way, how high is it?

– It's 2 centimetres high.

– And what is the volume of this box?

– It's 12 cm³ (cubic centimetres).

 

В

– What's the width of the room?

– The width is 3 metres.

– And what's the length of the room?

– The length is 7 metres.

– So, what is the square of the room?

– Well, it is 21 m² (square metres).

 

III. Complete the dialogues.

1. – How … is the book?

– It's … wide.

2. – What's the … of the block?

– The length is …

3. – How long is the ruler?

– …

 

Language Practice

I. Complete this following the example.

EXAMPLE: length – long

width – ________

height – ________

depth – ________

thickness – _____

II. Use the proper word in the following situations.

1. The distance is very long/length. The long/length of the route is 2 km.

2. The wide/width of the river is 57 m. It's not very wide/width.

3. – What's the high/height of the building?

– The building is rather high/height. It's about 60 m.

4. – Is this lake deep/depth?

– No, it isn't. The deep/depth of this lake is only 6 m.

5. It's a very thick /thickness wall. Its thick/thickness is 46 cm.

III. Study this table.

Write it like this:	Say it like this:
6,653	six thousand, six hundred and fifty-three
4.653	Four point six five three
3.01	three point oh one or three point zero one
0.87	point eight seven

 

IV. Write down and read the following numbers.

47.04	2502.9
6,015	340.18
7.14	78,023
89,316	9.2023
97,012	0.52023
50.015	0.032023

 

V. Complete according to the table.

long –

longer –

(the) longest

 

short	–	…	–	(the) shortest
thick		thicker	–	…
thin	–	…	–	(the) thinnest
narrow	–	…	–	(the) narrowest
wide	–	…	–	…
large	–	…	–	…
small	–	…	–	…
high	–	…	–	…
low	–	…	–	…

VI. Compare the objects.

EXAMPLE: The nail is 6 cm long but the screw is only 3 cm long.

The nail is longer than the screw.

or The screw is shorter than the nail.

1. The wall is 6 cm long but the wire is only 4 cm long.

2. The frame is 2 m high but the glass is only 1 m high.

3. The car is 2 m wide but the truck is 4 m wide.

4. The lorry is 4 m high but the bridge is only 3 m high.

5. The instrument is 30 cm long but the box is only 20 cm long.

VII. Correct mistakes.

1. The room is a rectangular.

2. This lamp are circular.

3. Triangles have four angles and four sides.

4. – How width is the box?

5. The wide of the box is 6 cm.

6. This block is 30 cm length, 10 cm wide and 3 cm high.

7. It is the larger car in the garage.

8. This road is long than that one.

9. The area of this window is 2 cubic metres.

10. The volume of that room is 24 square metres.

IX. Translate the following sentences into English using your active vocabulary.

1. Яка висота цієї стіни? – Її висота – три метри.

2. Висота цього предмета пять сантиметрів, довжина – три сантиметри, ширина – один сантиметр, відповідно, його обєм – 15 см³.

3. Наша кімната прямокутна. ЇЇ площа становить приблизно 25 м².

4. В кімнаті одне вікно висотою 2 метри і шириною один метр.

5. Яка довжина класної кімнати? Між іншим, яка її ширина?

6. Насправді площа класної кімнати становить 30 м².

7. Цей предмет – великий, а той – ще більший. До того ж, третій предмет – найбільший.

8. Довжина цього блока 20 см, ширина – 5 см і висота – 10 см.

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