TECHNICAL ENGLISH 2_unit1

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Titles Module Grammar Vocabulary 1 ELECTRICITY 1A - present simple tense - Electrical home appliances 1B - connectors: because, so, - Types of energy 2A 2B but, although - present continuous tense 3A 2 ELECTRONICS 3B - past simple tense - Words on electronics - past continuous tense - Verbs used with 4A - possessive pronouns electronic devices 4B 3 COMPUTER 5A - simple future tense - Words on computers 5B - present perfect tense - Words on computers 6A 4 IT 6B - defining relative clauses - Word-building: 7A - indefinite pronouns Computer technology 7B 8A - Words on cybersecurity 8B 5 INNOVATION 9A - comparatives - Collocation: Innovation 9B - superlatives - Greatest innovations in 6 MACHINE 10A - zero & first conditionals TECHNOLOGY 10B - quantifiers history - Parts of a machine 7 AUTOMATIVE - Medical devices - infinitive & gerund - Parts of a car - second conditionals - Parts of a car 8 WOOD - have to, don’t have to, must, - Compound nouns: Wood TECHNOLOGY mustn’t -Ways of drying wood - Words on aviation 9 AVIATION -so neither - should, shouldn’t, might, might not - passive: present & past - used to, didn’t use to - Words on aviation 10 MARINE & - past perfect tense - Parts of a ship SHIPPING - reported speech - Words on shipping

Reading Writing Listening Speaking Listening: Use of Electricity Reading: Renewable Energy Speaking: Describing a painting or a Reading: Can Machines Think? photo Listening: A Robot Vacuum Writing: Listening: A Robot Vacuum Writing about an event in Reading: Playing with Computers the past Listening: The Concept of IT Speaking: Reading: Cybersecurity Giving opinion Reading: Innovations That will Change Writing: our World Describing a place Listening: Invention of Printing Press Reading: Women in Machining Speaking: Listening: A Report on Medical Devices Comparing and contrasting Reading: Frankfurt Motor Show two or more things Listening: Interview with a Car Designer Writing: Reading: Types of Flooring Writing about a series of Listening: Drying Wood events Listening: Flying a Drone Speaking: Reading: The History of Aviation Giving advice Reading: The Mystery of Mary Celeste Writing: Listening: Interview with a Marine Preparing a leaflet on Engineer safety of woodworkers Speaking: Talking about a process Writing: Writing a report of a past conversation



UNIT ELECTRICITY 1 1A Vocabulary Electrical home appliances Grammar present simple tense connectors: because, so, but, although Listening Use of Electricity Speaking Describing a painting or a photo 1B Vocabulary Types of energy Grammar present continuous tense Reading Renewable Energy Speaking Describing a painting or a photo

1A ELECTRICITY WARM UP C. Use the words in exercise A to fill in the gaps below. A. Work in pairs. Read and discuss the questions below. 1. Please, put your dirty socks into the ________. 1. What is electricity? How does it work? 2. What do people use electricity for in 2. You should put the milk back in the ________ after breakfast. their daily life? 3. What are some examples of electrical 3. I cannot get up without a(n) ________ in the morning. devices that you use at home? 4. Can you imagine a life without electricity? 4. A(n) ________ is a device that you can use to style your hair. Why/Why not? 5. It is not dark inside. Turn off the ______ VOCABULARY to save energy. A. Look at the words of electrical home 6. We need a new _______ on hot summer appliances in the box below. Use a days. dictionary to study the words that you do not know. 7. Don’t touch the ________. It is too hot. 8. Edison invented the ________. fridge hair dryer light bulb 9. The ________ washes the glasses very alarm clock lamp washing machine iron dishwasher air conditioner well. LISTENING A. What are some uses of electricity that you see in a typical day? Give some examples. B. Match the words in exercise A to the photos below. 123 456 B. Look at the topics below. Listen to five 789 people talking about these topics. What do they talk about? Write the number of 6 the speakers next to the topics. • __________ Use of electricity in households • __________ Use of electricity in office • __________ Use of electricity outdoors • __________ Use of electricity in transport and communication • __________ Use of electricity in healthcare

1A C. Listen again. Then answer the questions Mini Grammar Box with the number of the speakers. Who…? Connectors: because, so, but, although 1. likes being alone most of the time Because & so • We use because to talk about a reason, and 2. finds it impossible to do his/her job without electricity we use so to talk about a result. Electricity is important for us in modern life 3. gets up too early in the morning because it helps us in many different ways. 4. uses electricity every day although It is too dark, so I have to switch on the lights. she/he can do his/her job without it But & although if she/he wants • We use but and although to show a contrast. • We can use although at the beginning or in 5. lives far away from his/her family the middle of a sentence. GRAMMAR present simple I want to watch TV, but there is a power cut. Although electricity is a clean energy to use, A. Look at some extracts from the listening. Tick the ones that are correct. Try to its production can increase air pollution. correct the incorrect ones. Electricity is a clean energy to use, but its 1. The light don’t function without electricity. production can increase air pollution. 2. My parents live in my hometown. Electricity is a clean energy to use although its 3. I has many enjoyable things to do at production can increase air pollution. home on my own. 4. All of these devices run on electricity. C. Complete the sentences with because, 5. I wake up when it is still dark outside in so, but or although. the morning. 1. ________ it is rainy today, she doesn’t want to take her umbrella with her. 2. I don’t prefer eating fast food ________ I know that it is unhealthy. 3. She is afraid of seeing a dentist ________ she has a terrible toothache. 4. The roads are icy, ________ you should drive carefully. 5. He has the application on his phone, ________ he doesn’t know how to use it. 6. We cannot go on holiday this summer ________ we don’t have enough money. 7. You don’t study hard, ________ you will fail the exam. 8. You shouldn’t touch the oven ________ it is very hot. 9. My bicycle is really old, ________ it is still fast. 10. ________ she is a nice girl, she doesn’t have many friends. 7

1B ELECTRICITY WARM UP READING A. Work in pairs. Read and discuss the A. See the picture below. Describe it. What questions below. message does it give? 1. What is renewable energy? B. Read the text below and see what you 2. What kinds of renewable energy sources know about renewable energy. are there? A renewable energy source means energy that is 3. Are renewable energy sources popular sustainable because it will probably not finish in the near future. Today, countries are using the sun, wind in your country? or water instead of fuels such as oil or coal to produce 4. How can renewable energy sources energy. The term ‘alternative energy’ also refers to renewable energy sources. It means sources of energy protect the earth? that are alternative to common sources of energy like coal. VOCABULARY Here are some popular renewable energy sources that people are using nowadays: A. Look at the words in the box below. Use a dictionary to study the words that you Solar Energy do not know. Sunlight is one of our planet’s most abundant energy resources, because we have a lot of sunlight every solar energy wind energy day. The amount of solar energy that reaches the earth hydro energy biomass energy in one hour is more than the planet’s total energy need geothermal energy tidal energy for a whole year. Although it sounds like a perfect renewable energy source, the amount of solar energy B. Match the words in exercise A to the that we can use changes according to the time of day, photos below. the season of the year and geographical location. However, solar energy is becoming increasingly 12 popular to meet the need of energy all around the world. 34 Wind Energy 56 Wind is a great source of clean energy. Wind farms are getting more popular in many countries. Countries 8 are using wind turbines to drive generators to produce electricity from wind energy. These generators transmit electricity into the National Grid. Like solar energy, domestic generation systems are also available in some countries. This means that people are producing electricity at home with a wind turbine on their own field. Also, governments encourage people to have domestic generation systems.

C. Read the text and decide if the statements 1B below are TRUE or FALSE. SPEAKING ___ 1. Alternative energy is a term that includes some traditional sources of energy such as A. Look at the list of top seven tools coal or oil. electricians have in their toolbelt or toolbox. Match the tools to the ___ 2. There are some factors that affect the pictures below. efficiency of solar energy as a renewable Top Seven Essential Tools for energy source. Electricians ___ 3. Governments do not allow people to generate electricity from wind turbines • Insulated Screwdrivers individually on their own property. • Side Cutters • Drill ___ 4. It is possible to store electricity that is • Head Torch produced by hydro energy for future use. • Hammer • Voltmeter ___ 5. Some environmentalists are against the • Pliers idea of using biomass energy to produce electricity. Describing a painting or a photo When we describe a painting or a photo, D. Match the words to the definitions. we often start with There is / There are __ a. sustainable 1. more than enough and then use the present continuous __ b. abundant 2. related to buying to talk about what is happening in the __ c. commercial picture. and selling e.g. There are two boys in the photo. They 3. able to continue over are playing a ball. a period of time B. Work in groups of four or five. Look at the picture below. Discuss GRAMMAR present continuous: the picture in your group and am/is/are + verb + describe the picture to each other. -ing Try to give details. Then choose a spokesperson to describe the A. Look at some sentences from the picture to the whole class. text. Scan the text and complete the sentences. 9 1. Today, more and more countries __________ the sun, wind or water rather than fuels such as oil or coal to produce energy. 2. Solar energy __________ increasingly popular to meet the need of energy all around the world. 3. This means that people __________ electricity to use at home with a wind turbine on their own field.