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Page Unit Topic
Engineering Courses Materials Mechanisms Forces Electric motor Student Central heating Safety at work Young engineer Washing machine Racing bicycle Lasers
Technician Refrigerator Scales Portable generator Road breaker Disc brakes Stdengineer Lawn-mower Corrosion Maglev train CAD designer Supercar Graphs Waste recycling Robotics Careers Applying for a job
Technical syllabus
General General Engineering materials Mechanisms Cams Statics and Dynamics Electrotechnology Electrical
Automatic systems General
General Engineering design Automaticsystems Transducers Mechanics Gear systems Mechanical technology Robotics General Fluid mechanics Automatic systems Strain gauges Electrotechnology Power generation Pneumatics
Hgdraulics General Process control Engineering design Mechanical technology Corrosion Electrical machines Motor selection CAD
General General Technical plant Robotics Stepper motors General
General Company structure
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Unit 1 l o Engineering - what's it all about?
1 0 Tuning-in
12 Language study dealslis concerned with
1 3 Word study Word stress
14 Listening
Unit 2 1 5 Choosing a course
1 5 Tuning-in
1 6 Reading
20 Writing
Having a purpose Letter writing 1: requesting information
Unit 3 2 1 Engineering materials
22 Tuning-in
22 Reading Scanning tables
23 Language study Making definitions
24 Writing Adding information to a text
26 Tuning-in
29 Language study Dealing with technical terrrQ
29 Speaking practice
Unit 5 3 1 Forces in engineering
31 Tuning-in
34 Language study The present passive
34 Listening Listening to lectures
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manufacturing equipment required for the
manufacture of a product y a w /j3:/ n [U28, T81 angular rotation
t o x i c i'toks~W adj [U9,T1] poisonous about a vertical axis
transformer/,traens'fa:ma(r)/ n [U6, T6] yield p o i n t 1'ji:ld p31nti n [U26,T7] the
a device for stepping up or down the point where the elastic limit is reached voltage of an alternating current
t r e a d l e Itredll n [U4, T6] a linkage used to
convert oscillating into rotary movement
and vice versa
t u r b i n e i't3:bami n [U 17, T9] a machine
which produces power when steam, gas or
water is passedover the blades attached to
the rotating drive output shaft
t u r b u l e n c e /'ta:bjuland n [UlZ, T6]
violent or uneven movement of air
turner /'t3:na(r)/ n [U29, SP (A)] a lathe
operator
u n d e r c a r r i a g e l'nnda,kiend3i n [U23,
RZ] the supporting framework of a vehicle
comprising wheels, axles, suspension, etc
v a p o u r l've~pa(r)/ n [U 15, TZ] a gas that
can be liquefied by increasing its pressure
vernieri'va:nra(r)/ n [U29, TZ] a
scale which allows the operator to read
the main scale with an accuracy of one
tenth of a division
waisting/'we~st~q/ n [U26, T7]
deformation which brings about
narrowing of the section of a rod or
material under tension
wave p o w e r i'wew ,paua(r)/ n [U17, T9]
a method of generating electricity by using
the movement of waves in water
workvolume/'wa:k ,volju:~II/ n [UZS,
T41 the space volume into which the
manipulator of a robot can be positioned:
hence the volume where useful work can
be done
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