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Е. Г. Черновец. Vehicle construction. Unit I. Motor vehicle outside and inside view. Vocabualry. 1. Look at the terms in the box and guess if there is any difference in their meanings
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Министерство образования и науки
Российской Федерации
Санкт-Петербургский государственный
архитектурно-строительный университет
Е. Г. ЧЕРНОВЕЦ
VEHICLE CONSTRUCTION
Student’s book
Level A
Учебно-методическое пособие
Санкт-Петербург
УДК
Рецензент
доктор пед. наук, профессор Е. И. Чиркова (Санкт-Петербургский государственный архитектурно-строительный университет)
Черновец, Е. Г.
Vehicle construction. Student’s book. Level A: учеб. -методическое пособие / Е. Г. Черновец; СПбГАСУ. – СПб., 2020 - с. 106
Соответствует типовой программе по иностранным языкам по автомобильным специальностям неязыковых вузов. В пособие включены оригинальные адаптированные и неадаптированные тексты на английском языке по устройству автомобиля. Тексты пособия в полной мере отражают специфику профессионального обучения по автомобильным специальностям и мотивируют студентов к овладению иностранным языком для специальных целей. Предлагаемое пособие может быть использовано как во время аудиторных занятий под руководством преподавателя, так и во время индивидуальной самостоятельной работы студентов.
© Е. Г. Черновец, 2020
© Санкт-Петербургский государственный
архитектурно-строительный университет
UNIT I. MOTOR VEHICLE OUTSIDE AND INSIDE VIEW
Vocabualry
1. Look at the terms in the box and guess if there is any difference in their meanings
| vehicle, motor vehicle, automobile, car, motor car, truck, lorry |
2. Read the description and say if you were right or wrong
A vehicle can be any type of machine that transports persons or goods especially on the land such as a car or a truck.
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The motorcar carries passengers in the sitting position and their luggage.
The automobile is a type of vehicle which moves on the ground under its own power. It carries a driver, a small number of passengers, and a very limited amount of other load.
An automobile, motor car or car is a motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seats for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels, and to be constructed principally for transporting people rather than goods.
A truck is a large road vehicle used to carry goods. It consists of a cab where passengers sit and a bed that is used to carry goods. In the truck’s cab there are seats for two to three people.
A lorry is a large vehicle for carrying heavy loads. A truck is described as a light vehicle. On the other hand, a lorry is described as heavy vehicle.
Grammar
3. Some predicates have been removed from the text and translated. Choose the correct translation
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transports | a. перевозят |
| b. перевозит | |
| c. перевозится | |
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moves | a. двигаться |
| b. двигается | |
| c. двигают | |
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are designed | a. предначать |
| b. предназначает | |
| c. предназначены | |
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is used | a. использует |
| b. используется | |
| c. используются | |
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to specify
| a. определяет |
| b. определяется | |
| c. определять |
4. Read the text, study the pictures and fill in the scheme beneath the text. Pair up and tell each other about the types of vehicles
Vehicles are grouped into different types. The most broad definition is between passenger and commercial/goods vehicles. Commercial vehicles are generally used to carry goods rather than people. From this broad category, passenger vehicles fall into several different groupings that may be based on weight, body style, or other criteria.
Passenger vehicles are classified as light and heavy. Cars are examples of light passenger vehicles, buses and coaches belong to heavy vehicles.
Commercial, or goods vehicles are also classified as light and heavy. Vans, light trucks belong to light commecial vehicles while trucks, dump trucks and trailors are examples of heavy ones.
| Vehicles |
| Passenger vehicles |
| heavy vehicles |
| trucks, dump trucks |
5. Learn the words for the parts of the car illustrated below. Work with your partner and make sure that you know all the words
| roof rack bonnet bumper tire exhaust pipe windscreen wheel engine headlight mirror steering wheel aerial boot wiper wing body cabin (cab) |
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