Engineering MOSAIC. Мантатова С.С - 16 стр.

UNIT XI                                                                  fashioned, noisy, compressed-air tools have been replaced with
The car’s a star                                                         quieter and more accurate electric tools.
Before you start                                                               2. The first Mini was first made in 1959 and since then over
1. Write down three reasons for and three reasons against owning         five million people have owned one. BMW, a German car
cars. Discuss your ideas with the rest of the class. Which students do   manufacturer, now owns the Mini and the newest model is being
you agree with?                                                          manufactured at an advanced production system in Oxford England.
                                                                               3. During the 1990s approximately £500 million was spent to
Reading                                                                  change an old Oxford car factory into a state-of-the-art
2. Read The Mini Story. Which three paragraphs are from the same         manufacturing plant. The Oxford plant now produces around 100000
newspaper article and which one is from a fashion magazine?              Minis a year.
                                                                               4. In Britain in the 1960s the only really cool car was the Mini.
3. Put the three paragraphs from the newspaper article in the correct    Everybody wanted one. It starred in advertisements and films and
order.                                                                   was as famous as the Beatles or the Rolling Stones. Anyone who was
                                                                         young, rich, famous, and fashionable had to be photographed sitting
Vocabulary                                                               on, in or just near one. And anyone who was poor, unknown, and not
4. Find words in the text that mean:                                     very fashionable wanted one too. They were small and cheap and
      1. employees who work machine?                                     suited the mood of the post-war generation who had more money and
      2. factory                                                         freedom than their parents had ever had.
      3. very modern (a phrase)
      4. working conditions                                              Writing and Speaking
      5. where the cars are put together (two words)                     6. Add to this list of the things people consider when they choose a
                                                                         car:
5. Read the text again and answer the questions (1-5) below:                  comfort ■ image ■ fuel consumption ■ …
     1. When was the first Mini made?
     2. Why is the Mini Factory in Oxford special?                       7. Work with a partner and choose a suitable car for these people.
     3. How many new Minis are made each year?                           Tell the class what sort of car you have chosen and why.
     4. How many people work at the Mini factory?                              • a family
     5. Why is the new factory better for the workers?                         • a film star
                                                                               • a young, single person
                                                                               • a business person
                            The Mini story                               Example:
     1. There are 2,500 employees at the plant and the working                 A Seat Ibiza is a good car for a young single person because it's
environment is good. The car assembly line is designed                   small, cheap to buy and has good fuel consumption.
ergonomically to be easy to use and comfortable for the operators.
For example, the car is raised, lowered, and turned through 90
degrees so the workers can do their jobs comfortably and easily. Old-