для автомобильных специальностей задания
Read these short descriptions of well-known cars. Can you guess which cars they are?
1 Two-door, mid-engined, four-wheel-drive sports car. The engine is 6.2-litre V12, with 571 bhp. The acceleration is 0-60 mph in 3.8 seconds with a top speed of 205 mph. The doors do not open conventionally.
2 The original model came on the market forty years ago and became an icon of 1960s Britain. The car became very famous in the film The Italian Job. The new version has a 163 bhp, inter-cooled 1.6-litre engine and a six-speed manual gearbox.
3 A four-door executive luxury saloon which has been completely updated and now has no gearstick and no handbrake but a large aluminium knob on the centre console. Most of the technical systems are operated by a 'controller' which acts like a computer mouse, or by up to 270 voice-activated commands.
Now think of a car yourself. Write a description. Complete the sentences about materials and their properties with words from the box.
shatterproof • light • corrosion-resistant • durable • elastic • natural • rigid • flammable • malleable • heat-resistant1 Wood is very often used in interiors because it looks_and warm.
2 Aluminium and magnesium are important for car makers because they are_
and therefore good for weight-saving.
3 Safety regulations require that the foam used in car seats shouldn't be_.
4 Rubber should be able to withstand great temperature differences while staying
. In other words, it shouldn't become brittle.
5 Windscreens are made of a special_glass to protect drivers in accidents.
6 Fabrics used in cars need to be_and not look old too quickly.
7 Steel is used for load-bearing parts because it is_.
8 Sheet metal is used for large car parts because it is_and dent-resistant.
9 Ceramic, which is_, is used in the catalytic converter because of the very
high temperatures.
Ю Aluminium is ideal for bumpers and other body parts because it isRead the road tests for three cars and say which car:
a has the fastest acceleration Complete the sentences with the correct form of adjectives from the box. The examples in the Language Box will help you.he Audi TT has a top speed of 250 mph. It is much_than a Fiat Panda.
2 Rolls-Royce makes some of the_cars in the world.
3 All new cars now have airbags as standard so they are_than cars were
years ago.
Aluminium - the car maker's metal of the year?
With the launch of the A2, Audi AG introduced the first vehicle in the world to have a volume-built all-aluminium body. In 1996, series production of the A8 began. The A8 is the first luxury limousine made of aluminium, and the Audi plantin Neckarsulrn produces 20,000 vehicles a year.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using aluminium? What kind of car materials do you think will be used in the future?
What are the EU's recycling targets for 2015? Do you think car makers will have trouble reaching them?