Unit 6: Automotive Industries

 

Automotive Industries

Unit 6

4  Read the texts and complete the table below. 1 Seat covers in luxury luxur y cars are made from leather. leather. It is made from animal skins and is strong and flexible. It doesn’t melt, but it can burn. 2 The instrument panel is placed in front of the driver’s seat. Holes are cut in the panel, and the instruments are placed behind the holes. Some luxury luxur y cars have wooden instrument panels. These

are very expensive. The material material is hard, but not flexible. You You can cut it, but you can’t bend it or stretch it. It doesn’t melt, but it burns. 3 The cheapest car in the world today has a light but strong two-cylinder petrol engine, with a capacity of 623 cc. The engine is made of aluminium. It is placed at the rear and drives the two rear wheels. 4 Heavy goods vehicles have special, heavy tyres. The rubber composite makes the tyre tough but flexible. The steel cords in the tyre walls make the tyres very ver y strong, but heavy. 5 Cars have one or two silencers. Modern cars have steel silencers. These are coated with aluminium and are strong, rigid and corrosion-resistant cor rosion-resistant.. 6 Most wheels are made of steel but the wheels of more expensive cars are made from a light but strong alloy. This is more expensive than steel, but it looks better. 7 Most fuel tanks are made of steel, but the tanks of some small cars are made of plastic. p lastic. Both plastic and steel tanks are rigid, hard and water-resistant. water-resistant. Some of the plastic tanks have heat–resistant steel

plates fixed to them. Part

Material

Properties

1  seat cover 

 leather,

strong,

2  3 

INSTRUMENT PANEL ENGINE

 

WOOD

 ALUMINIUM

LIGHT, CAPACITY OF 623CC

1) rubber composite  2) STEEL CORDS

1) tough, flexible flexible  2) HEAVY

4  TYRES

5  SILENCERS

6  WHEELS

7 

TANKS

HART, IS NOT FLEXIBLE

 

 

1) STEEL 2) ALUMINIUM

1) STRONGH 2) RIGID 3) CORROSION - RESISTANT

1) steel  2)  ATRONG OLLY

1) no information given 2) LINGHT

1) STEEL 2) PLASTIC

1) HEAT- RESISTANT 2) WATER

5  Make dialogues about about the parts of a vehicle. vehicle. 1  instrument panel / plastic / cheap and light light

 A:  What’s / What are the … made of?  of ? 

2  headlights and sidelights sidelights / chrome / corrosion-resistant corrosion-resistant

B:  It’s/They’re made made of …

3  seat covers / nylon and polyester polyester / strong strong and cheap

 A: Why do they/you use …? 

4  bonnet and and boot / steel / tough and rigid

B:  Because it’s …

5  seat belts belts / nylon / strong and flexible flexible 6  body shell shell / steel / rigid and and hard

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Automotive Industries

Unit 6

 Word  W ord List 6  Write the meanings of these words and phrases in your own language. NOUNS

alloy

 ALEACION  ALUMINIO

aluminium

dismantle

DESMANTELAR

flatten

 APLANAR

grip

SUJECION

label

ETIQUETA

mask

MASCARA

corrosion

CORROSION

dent

DENTADO

fibreglass

FIBRA DE VIDRIO

melt

DERRETIR

leather

CUERO

sand

 ARENA

panel

PANEL

slide

DIAPOSITIVA

plastic

PLASTICO

straighten

ENDEREZAR

steel

 ACERO

stretch

ESTIRARSE

NOUN PHRASES

 weld

body filler

RELLENO DE CARROCERIA ADJECTIVE  ADJECTIVES S

masking tape

CINTA ADHESIVA

patch repair

corroded

REPARACION CON PARCHE corrosion-resistant

rubber composite

COMPUESTO DE CAUCHO

sanding block

SOLDAR

CORROIDO RESISTENTE A LA CORROSION

flexible

FLEXIBLE

BLOQUE DE LIJADO

heat-resistant

RESISTENTE AL CALOR

sanding disk

DISCO DE LIJADO

luxury

LUJO

steel cord

CABLE DE ACERO

nearside

IZQUIERD@

rigid

RIGID@

tough

DURO

 VERBS

assess

EVALUAR

bend

CURVA

 water-resistant  water-resist ant

QUEMAR

burn coat

RESISTENTE AL AGUA

MADERA

 wooden CAPUCHA

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