Unit 10

English for technical student

Unit 10

1. Words

 

oil– масло paper– бумага water-вода paint – краска sand– песок cement– цемент concrete – бетон gravel– гравий stone - камень petrol – бензин sack – мешок basket - корзина tin– жестяная банка/олово brick – кирпич

block – глыба beam - блок to break – ломать to bend- сгибать to send - отправлять to burn – жечь, сжигать to scratch – царапать some – некоторое количество material –материал about – около how many/how much - сколько a plank – доска, планка a sheet - лист heavy - тяжелый

a kilo -килограмм a litre -литр a pane – стеклянная панель rigid – жесткий., негибкий flexible – гибкий hard – твердый, крепкий tough –жесткий, упругий, плотный, прочный combustible - горючий non-combustible brittle - хрупкий soft - мягкий easily -легко light – легкий building - здание

2. Read these out:

1 kg;   20 kg;   5l;    3.5 kg;  13l;  30 kg;   1.05l;   17l;   70 kg.

Write these in numbers and letters:

nineteen kilos; seventy litres; fifteen cubic metres; eighty square millimeters; thirteen kilometers; eighteen square metres; one millimetre; ninety metres; thirty litres

3. Name materials for each sentence:

You can burn it It is brittle You cannot scratch it easily It is very tough

It is non-combustible You can bend it easily It is very hard It is rigid

 

 

 

 

 

4. Answer these questions and give reasons.

Example: Can you scratch a pane of glass easily? No, you can’t. Glass is hard material.

Can you break steel easily?

Can you bend rubber tyre easily?

Can you bend a plank of wood easily?]

Can you burn a stone block easily?

Can you break a pane of glass easily?

Can you bend a concrete beam easily?

Can you scratch a plank of wood with a knife easily?

Can you burn sheet of paper easily?

Can you bend iron easily?

5. Translate into English

- Пожалуйста, отправьте гравий / песок/цемент/краску.

-Сколько?

- 160 кг/20 мешков/30 банок. И отправьте кирпичей/мешков, корзин, бетонных блоков.

-Сколько?

- 2 машины/500 штук/.

6. Make questions and answers

Example: bridge/steel/tough

Why are bridges made of steel? Because steel is tough material. You can’t break it easily.

tyre/rubber/flexible

vice/iron/heavy

goggles/plastic/tough

building/concrete/rigid

file/steel/hard

helmet/plastic/light

match/wood/combustible

bulb/glass/non-combustible