Match the numbers and abbreviations below with the words in italics from exercise 3 in the following table.
| 516m 110kph 3000cc (or cm³) 200km 300m 1.5l 593km² 2000kg | ||||||||
| 1 | height | 5 | weight | |||||
| 2 | length | 6 | distance | |||||
| 3 | area | 7 | liquid | |||||
| 4 | speed | 8 | capacity | |||||
Rewrite the measurements (1-9) below as numbers and abbreviations.
Note: In English, we say 5m x 7m as ‘five metres by seven (metres)’ when we are talking about area. In mathematics, 5x7 is ‘five times seven’ or ‘ five multiplied by seven’.
| 1 | Twenty-two kilometers per hour | |
| 2 | Two litres | |
| 3 | One point five square metres | |
| 4 | Six square kilometers | |
| 5 | Fifty milliliters | |
| 6 | Eighteen kilograms | |
| 7 | One hundred and thirty grams | |
| 8 | One point five metres by fifty centimeters | |
| 9 | Nought point seven five cubic metres |
Write true answers to the following questions.
1. How large is your classroom?
2. How tall are you?
3. What is the speed limit on the roads in your country/city/town?
4. How fast can you run?
5. What is the area of your desk?
6. How much does your bag weight?
7. How much did you weight when you were born?
8. How far is it from Kazan to Moscow?
SECTION B
What are the following things? What have the words got in common?
| Biro Braille guillotine Hoover Jacuzzi Levis Stetson |
Put the following words (standard international units) into the correct column.
| amp Celsius curie hertz joule kelvin newton ohm pascal volt watt | ||||
| Chemistry (1 word) | Electricity (6 words) | Physics (2 words) | Temperature (2 words) | |
Now complete the definitions (1-11) below with the units from exercise 2 and the people from the box.
| Andrè Marie Ampère (1775-1836) Anders Celsius (1701-1744) Marie Curie (1867-1934) Heinrich Hertz (1857-1894) James Prescott Joule (1818-1889) Lord Kelvin (1824-1907) Georg Simon Ohm (1787-1854) Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727) Count Alessandro Volta (1745-1827) James Watt (1736-1819) |
| 1. | A __________ is a unit of pressure equal to one Newton per square metre. It’s named after __________ , a French scientist. |
| 2. | A __________ is a unit of force. It’s named after __________ , an English mathematician. |
| 3. | __________ is the temperature scale that has the freezing point of water as 0°C and the boiling point as 100°C. The scale was developed by a Swedish astronomer, __________ . |
| 4. | A __________ is an amount of electric power. It is equal to one joule per second. It’s named after __________ , a Scottish engineer and inventor. |
| 5. | A __________ is a unit of electric force. It’s named after __________ , an Italian physicist and pioneer in the study of electricity. |
| 6. | An __________ is a unit of electric current. It’s named after __________ , a French mathematician and physicist, a pioneer in electrodynamics. |
| 7. | An __________ is a unit of electrical resistance named after __________ , a German physicist. |
| 8. | A __________ is a unit of energy named after __________ , a British physicist. |
| 9. | __________ is the temperature scale that registers absolute zero (-273.15C) as 0°K. It’s named after __________, a British scientist. |
| 10. | A __________ is a frequency equal to one cycle per second. It’s named after __________ , a German physicist. |
| 11. | A __________ is a unit of radioactivity. It’s named after __________ , a Polish-born chemist who discovered radioactivity in several elements. |
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4. Read the sentences from exercise 3 again and find the words that mean:
| 1. | A person who studies the elements and their compounds. | |
| 2. | A person who studies the universe. | |
| 3. | A person who studies the physical properties of materials. | |
| 4. | A person who thinks of new machines. | |
| 5. | A person who develops new ideas about a subject. |
Check the knowledge of active vocabulary from this module with the help of
“ACTIVE VOCABULARY” section.
JOB APPLICATION AND CV
(the material of the module is taken from: “Engineering” Workshop by Lindsey White, OUP;
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Unit 23, pg.26; Unit 24; pg.27)
SECTION A
Read the texts (letter A and letter B) and choose the correct answers to questions (1-5) below the texts.
| Letter A (1) (2) | 28 High Avenue Harlow Essex CM 16 7AY 01279 5743461 |
| (3) Admission Secretary Stevenage Technical College West Road Stevenage Herts ST6 8PI
(4) 30 April 2003
(5) Dear Sir/Madame, Please send me details of your foundation course in computer engineering.
Yours faithfully,
(6) Katy Evans | |
| Letter B (1) (2) | Stevenage Technical College West Road Stevenage Herts ST6 8PI 01438 7546392 |
| (3) Ms K Evans 28 High Avenue Harlow Essex CM 16 7AY (4) 17 May 2003
(5) Dear Ms Evans, Thank you for your enquiry. I enclose the details that you requested and some additional information about the college’s facilities. Please contact me if you require any further information.
Yours sincerely,
(6) Mrs LH Lee Admission Secretary | |
| 1. | Letter A is to/from Katy Evans. |
| 2. | Mrs Lee/Katy Evans works at the college. |
| 3. | Katy Evans is/wants to be a student at the college. |
| 4. | Katy Evans wants information about a basic/an advanced course. |
| 5. | Mrs Evans sends exactly what/more than Katy asked for. |
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