Looking ahead Planning 1. Read the information on Franklin Furnaces. 1 What does the company do? 2 What do its start-up technicians do? 3. Do you think you'd like to work for this company as a start-up technician? (Why Why not?) h more than 45 years of experience | and installations in 86 countries, Franklin Furnace Co, Inc, has developed an international reputation for excellence. We will design and construct the furnace that meets your specific requirements. Our qualified startup technicians will guide the installation on your site and perform adjustments, prior to giving hands-on training to your operators and maintenance crews. With Franklin Furnace, you can have the | highest level of quality contol and confidence that your equipment will be assembled and installed correctly 2 @) Franklin Furnace Co, Inc., has sold a furnace to a customer in China. Listen to two start-up technicians planning their trip. What potential problems do they discuss? Make notes, 3 @) Listen again. Then complete these sentences, 1 If the site isn't ready, it 2 If there’s no 240-volt electricity supply, the customer 3 If the platform isn’t strong enough, they 4 Ifa tool they need is missing, they If that takes too long, they EE ees tat: units 4 Work with a partner, Make similar conversations about other things the si up technician's worried about. Example A What'tl we do if B Don't worry. We'll fi e don't like our hotel? id another one. don't like our hotel there's nobody to meet us at the airport don't have all the parts we need don't understand the Chinese installation engineers don't get along with the Chinese engineers 6 the equipment documentation isn’t ready 7 our mobile phones don’t work in China 8 don't like the food 9 get food poisoning 10 don't have enough time to do the job ® 5) Listen to some more of the conversation and answer these questions 1 Why does the technician want to get to the airport early? 2 Why does she want to have lunch there UA east We use if to talk about future possibilities: If my husband's busy, I'll take the train. Unless has a similar meaning to if ... not. My husband will drive me to the airport unless he’s busy We use in case to talk about precautions we must take to stop something bad from happening. like to get there early in case there are queues at security.6 What's the difference in meaning between these pairs of sentences? 1 I'll be there at 8.30 if | miss the 7 o'clock train. Il be there at 8.30 unless I miss the 7 o'clock train 2 Leave home early if the traffic’s bad. Leave home early in case the traffic’s bad 7 Complete these sentences using your own ideas. Youll better take your ID card in case The machine won't start unless If we don’t upgrade our software soon, Youtl better check that order in case Sorry, but if I don’t write those details down now, I can't get to sleep at night unless ‘Weld better not park here in case 8 Unless we find a petrol station soon, 9 If we don’t take all the tools we need, 8 You have accepted this job with Franklin Industrial Furnace Co., Inc WANTED Start-up engineers and technicians for an installation project next February in Dalandzadgad, Mongolia. The assignment will last for approximately 4 weeks. Good rates of pay. Work in pairs or groups. Discuss these questions and write a list of items you'd like to take with you 1 The installation site is in the Gobi desert The temperature will vary between -15 © and -35 °C in February. What will you need to take to keep warm? 2 Some Mongolians understand Russiar but few speak English. How will you communicate with the Mongolian team if they don’t speak much English? 3. How will you communicate with y company, family, and friends if there's no internet access? And what will you do if your mobile phones don’t work? 4 Dalandzadgad has a post office, two hotels, a market, and a restaurant that shuts at weekends. It has no electrical or building material stores, but there's a bank, whi manager speaks a little English and an airport with an unpaved runway. Flight: arrive from the capital, Ulaanbaatar, every two or three days. What will you do if need extra parts or tools? 5 What'll you do to entertain yourselves in the evenings? 6 Many Mongolian hospitals are short of basic items including drugs and spare parts for medical equipment. What will you do if someone falls ill or has an accident? 7 Someone told you to watch out for dangerous snakes. What’ll you do if y see one? Compare the items on your list with s other students and explain why you w. take those items. Who had the best ideas: nt te Looking ahead (EEInventions 1 Name these inventions. Then think of ten more great inventions. Which ones would you hate to live without? Brainstorm alist 2 ©) Listen to five conversations about different inventions. For each one make a note of: 1 what the invention is 2 whether the speakers are looking at a prototype of the invention or just imagining it. how the invention works (or could work if it were built) Tech Talk Unit 9 — 3 4 ——=i_ Here are some words from the conversations. Match each one to the correct definition. 1A material with lots of small holes that's used to block dirt 2 Stop doing something that you'd done regularly before 3. An instrument for discovering or finding movement 4 Frightening 5 Make something start to work 6 Something that begins or causes an explosion 7 Take out, remove 8 The feeling of being sleepy 9 Using physical strength to hurt someone 10 Break open suddenly because of too much pressure 8 i @} Listen to the conversations again and discuss these questions. Do any of these inventions already exist? Can you see any reasons why any of these inventions might not work? Which invention do you think sounds most useful?5° Match each beginning with a suitable ending to make some sentences about the inventions. 1 Ifyou get sleepy, a it'd call the police. 2 Ifyou typed in —_b the detonator will the emergency explode. number, 3 If you wave your c you could drive over hand in front of it, them smoothly. 4 Ifyou were going dan alarm will go off. at the correct speed, 5 Ifitburns down — e the alarm will stop to the filter, ringing. Which invention is each sentence describing? ‘Compare these sentences. What's the difference in meaning? Ifyou get sleepy, an alarm will go off. If you got sleepy, an alarm would go off. 7 Look at these events and decide whether they are: a possible. b possible in theory, but unlikely to happen in practice. 1 You gain a little weight. 2 The Earth is hit by a very large meteorite. 3. Someone steals your identity. 4 You have some free time this evening. 5 Your English improves. 6 You have difficulty finding a place to park tomorrow. 7 You buy a new car next year. 8 Fuel prices increase to a point that you cannot afford to drive a car. 9 You have difficulty falling asleep tonight. 10 You finish work on time tomorrow. 11 You get a promotion. 12 Your boss gives you a big pay rise. 13 You win a lot of money in a competition. 14 Your English teacher gives you some homework at the end of this lesson. ‘Work with a partner. Compare your answers. If the events in 7 are possible, say what'll happen. if they are possible but unlikely, say what'd happen. Examples If gain a little weight, Pll have to cut back on carbohydrates. If the Earth were hit by a very large meteorite, I be lucky to survive. ‘Work in small groups. You have some money to invest in developing a new invention. 1 Take turns to present different inventions to the group. Inventions can be found in files 4, 7, 10, 14, and 22 at the back of the book. 2 Consider these questions: a Which invention would be most practical and useful? (Why?) b Which would be cheapest and easiest to produce? © Which would make the most money? (Why?) 3. Compare your decision with some other groups. Did you all agree on the same invention? Let's imagineReview and Remember 3 Future possibilities 1 Discuss these questions in pairs or groups. 1 Are these things likely to happen in the next ten years? (Why / Why not?) If they happen or were to happen, what impact will / would they have on our lives? Make sentences with if: The population of the world grows to over 10 billion (It’s currently 6.6 bn), We run out of oil and natural gas Governments introduce a CO» tax. Speech recognition software replaces administrative assistants, Your company decides to outsource some of its activities. Trains are developed that can travel at supersonic speeds. More than half the world’s population have access to the internet. 8 The paperless office becomes a reality. 10 Mandarin becomes the world’s most important second language. Fifty per cent of the working population telecommutes from home. 2 Report back to the class. Be ready to explain: 1 2 why you think things are possible or not. what their impact might be. 3 if you had $1 bn to improve the planet, would you invest in: 1 renewable energy sources like wind power, hydro power, solar power, and tidal energy? education and training projects in developing countries? technologies for recycling waste? 4 something else? (What?) Tech Talk Review and Remember 3 Causes and results 1 Work in pairs or groups. Brainstorm the possible causes and results of the problems below. a Energy costs have increased by over 20% in the last six months b Twenty-five per cent of the staff at your company are off sick at the moment. ¢ Your IT network has been down for the last two days. 2 Choose one of the problems and write an email to one of your customers or a colleague explaining what the causes and results are. Explaining uses Work in pairs. Take turns to be A and B. A~This is your attic. You don't like to throw anything away because you never know when it could come in handy. If B suggests throwing something out, tell them about the useful properties it has and why you think you should keep it B-If A cleared out their attic, there would be all kinds of things they could do with the space. Suggest they throw some things away. Begin: Why don't you throw away this