Technical English —_Contents Unit 1 Innovations Unit 2 Design 2 "14 Eureka! Inventions Past connuous and past ilo Present pris! continuous = evince 4.2 Sman driling ‘tle on crude of Past panpial prrase atthe beginning ot 3 Lasers How an Xray machine works ‘Signals ina fecure:chango of top, rfer visual, change of speaker 2.4 Spin-offs Desorption of barcodes Prosont simple and past simp passive Function: fo hint: for vero + ing fhatinnion 2.2 Speciications Dosgn spociiaton of amabity scooter Prosont partopal pases 23 Properties Branstorming meeting about a bung renovation “ectnica presentation Signals ins mocing:Invting suggestions, infoauoing ideas, praising contibutons Review Unit A Unit 3 Systems 2.1 Product recall (i) 5 16 6 19 Narratve of apoltionincidont Presont continous passive Prepostlonel/Adverbia prrases to express tnikelnood 2.2 Product recall (2) NNows report ofa car recall Linking pasos using relative pronouns and presert paripal phrases 33 Controls Description of avtoplt and windvane cont systems Vocabulary of contol eysteme anc thot operation Unit 4 Procedures “44 Shutdown DDoscripton of a tchnolegicalinetalation Phrases to describe purpose and cause 42 Overnau! Narang an instal accident Phrasal erie 443 Demonstration Desorption of wo welding processos hie“ + vert» sing present continuous for simutaneous actions Review Unit B Unit § Processes ‘54 Causation Tiaditorel ron prodvetion and pyroeiectolsis Expressing eause and effect 5.2 Stages (1) “Tiactonal¥on production and FINEX stoomaking ‘Choosing abpropdately botwoen active and passive 5.3 Stages (2) Deseripten of aluminium smeting DDeserbing tunes of pais used in mating Unit 6 Planning 64 Risk ‘tice onthe possible etecs of earthquakes: Expressing tketnood 62 ¢riele Plans for dealing with blowouts Future passive forms 6.3 Project Pins fora nuclear power plant programme Fick ascosemert Future passive forms; comparatives Review Unit C Unit 7 Developments 7. Progress rogue evaluation ofa handheld computer ‘Noun phrases Revision: tenees ard language forms 7.2 Comparison Evaluating wo types of ouch screen Competing and darirestng 73 Product ‘System description of tbe opis ‘Teonnical versus non-technical tems __ Unit 8 incidents Unit 9 Agreements 4 Review Unit D 8.1 Missing Viarenousng procedures Naws sory Medes perfect acve and passive: must have been + past parcine 82 Confidentia ‘Atle on computer worms. Increct questions 83 Dangor ‘Siory ofa water potutonincdert Wierd butding: noun, adjective, vr CCortainty in responsas: fo come extent, dette not 2.4 Proposals Port secur systoms project ‘Secury devices ard definitions Proposals and suggestions 192 Detintions Basic and expanded definitions Generic terme used in dafintons: process, ‘estumant 193 Contracts ‘Gases in corracts ‘Contract forms: shal should (=, thane Goncstonais: en condition that rowed tat Unit 10 Testing 10.1 Test plans Seteme test reports yphonated pases acting a adjoctives; prosontpast patina phrase Conaision 48 10.2 Test reports Unit 11 Accidents _ 60 a Sections ina test epart [Expressions of damage, motal fatigue faire: coreded, bucked 403 Test methods Non destructive tet methods Language fer enaring 8 eating: Lore ‘start the mooting ow. That concludes our meeting. Review Unit E 111 Investigation News siory ofa olsastr (Conclusions and recommendations: should’ shouldh + passive 11.2 Report ‘Rodent investigation report, ‘Tid condtionat 11.3 Communication Gtisoings Tor ftectve orl communication Phrases for asseniveness traning: Can we dscuss our action plan now? Unit 12 Evaluat 12:1 Projects Evaluation report of a Compressed Air Energy Storage oyster FRange of forms expressing nacessity and purpose 122 Performance Appraisal interview Phrasal verbs 12.3 Innovation Revision: could for present and potenti spplcatong Review Unit FInnovations 1 Eureka! 1 Complete these texts, using the correct tense and the active or passive form of the verbs in brackets. In 1968, Dr Spencer Siver (1) _as.working 2 In 1950, John Hopps (1) __was.doing _ (work) at the 3M company in the US as a research (do) electrical engineering research in the field of chemist. He (2) (develop) and medicine. He (2)________ {work} with testing different kinds of adhesives. By accident, he radio frequencies and their ability to raise body (3) _____(ciscover) a tow-tacke temperature, One day, he (3) reusable pressure sensitive adhesive, in other words, (discover) by chance that it was possible to restart one which (4) (require) only a heart by electical methods. The fist portable gentle pressure to make one surface stick to another. pacemaker (4) _{invent) in. Furthermore, the twa surfaces (5) 1957 and began (5)________ (use) (can separate) easily and then stuck together again, all over the world. In due course, the size In 1977 3M (6) ______ (launch) the (6) ______ (reduce), and the weight product as the ‘Postit® note, and by 1980 it and sizeof the batteries (7) ()—______ (eel) the product (shrink), so that the pacemaker successfully across the USA. (8) _______(can implant) inside the body. oe 2 Complete these dialogues, using the words in brackets and underlining the correct words. Use the present perfect continuous for the first question. 1A: How long has your company been extracting oil and gas from the Norih Sea? (your company / extract / oil and gas / North Sea) Bi For/ Since 40 years. Ae (how / crude oil / get to / refineries / shore) Bo but now it's brought ashore by pipeline. (before / transport / tankers) 2 A: Howlong—_____? (companies / produce / LPG*) B: For/Since 1912 PAE Nt (motorists / start / use / LPG / cars) Boas an aternative to petrol and diesel (tart / use / 1940) 3A (ales / LPG / Europe / increase / decrease / recently) B: For/Since the past eight years, (sales /rise / steadily) iat niyouropiiiiity. ee (what / cause / increase / sales) B: These days, more LPG (use / rural areas / heating / electricity generation) *LPG liquid petroleum gas