Engineering MOSAIC. Мантатова С.С - 17 стр.

UNIT XII                                                                                               A handmade car
A handmade car                                                                   The Morgan is a (1) … car; it is made in Britain by a family-
Before you start                                                          owned company and it is hand made.
1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each option below?               Each Morgan is made individually. Modern materials and up-
Discuss your ideas with the rest of the class.                            to-date manufacturing technology are combined with 100-year old
      • studying in a small/big school                                    (2) … . There are no assembly lines because each stage of the
      • living in a village/city                                          manufacturing is done by (3) … craftsmen. For example the wooden
      • working in a family business/an international company             frame is made in the same way as the first Morgan in 1909,
      • shopping in a local shop/a large supermarket                      upholsters make the leather seats, and sheet metalworkers make the
Reading                                                                   panels by hand.
2. First, look at the words in the box. Check the meaning of any new             In contrast to all these (4) … skills, Morgan engineers make
words in the dictionary. Then complete the text A handmade car by         precision mechanical components using modern Computer
putting one word in each space. Use the words in the box:                 Numerical Control (CNC) machinery so a Morgan driver has a state-
                                                                          of-the-art engine in a traditionally-made car.
       craftsmen ■ highly-skilled ■ skills ■ traditional ■ unique                It takes a long time to make a car by hand. The Morgan factory
                                                                          produces about 500 cars a year. Buyers put their name on a waiting
3. Read the text again and decide if the sentences (1-5) below are        list and then wait for the factory to tell them that their car is finished.
true (T) or false (F):                                                    The shortest wait is about two years – and sometimes the wait is five
      1. The Morgan is made by machines.                                  years. Like proud parents-to-be, people on the waiting list can visit
      2. Old and new ideas are used to make Morgans.                      the factory to see their car being made and to talk to the (5) … doing
      3. Morgan cars aren’t made on an assembly line.                     the work.
      4. Morgan engines are old-fashioned.
      5. You can walk into the Morgan factory, buy a car and drive it     Speaking
      home.                                                               5. Explain why it takes longer to make a Morgan than a Mini.
Vocabulary                                                                6. Discuss these questions with your partner:
4. Read the texts about the Morgan and the Mini (in Unit XI) again.                  • Which car would you rather own and why?
Put the words in the box into the table below. Some words may fit in                 • Which factory would you rather work in and why?
more than one column.
boring ■ classic ■ difficult ■ easy ■ fashionable ■ interesting ■
 modern ■ organized ■ peaceful ■ requires expertise ■ requires
 patience ■ requires skill ■ requires you to work quickly ■ traditional

     The Mini                       Jobs in the Mini factory

     The Morgan                  Jobs in the Morgan factory