4 Transfer
PAIRWORK
Student B: Turn to Key Section
Student A: Below are the instructions for inserting fanfolded paper into a printer. Instruct your partner how to do it.
5 Word Check
EQUIPMENT AND PARTS
socket — opening into which to fit a plug
cable — a set of electrical wires
label — piece of paper or other material with information on it
SETTING UP THE EQUIPMENT
to connect — to link an electrical device to the power supply
to plug . . into — to link an electrical device to the power supply
to tune in — to set a TV to receive a TV or computer signal
to insert — to put in
unit 7 Building a House - the Requirements
(probability and forecasting)
Introduction
This unit deals with the protection needed by a house in Britain against the elements, the environment and other risks. In particular the speaker considers solar radiation, rain, winds, noise, damp, fire, heat loss and snow.
1 Listening -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
In the following extract a structural engineer presents the factors which need to be considered in house building in Britain. The measures for protection can be divided into:
certainly required probably required possibly required probably not required certainly not required
As you listen tick (v) the appropriate column in the table below to indicate the requirements of a British city house.
2 Presentation
In his talk the structural engineer spoke about the need for protection. Here is some of the language that he used.
3 Controlled Practice
Now look at the table below and use the information given to make sentences. The tick indicates the scale of likelihood.
It is likely that we will hear traffic noise from outside. We are likely to hear traffic noise from outside.
4 Transfer
Now use the language introduced in this unit to discuss:
a the protection needed by a city house in your country
b the protection needed by a village house in your country.
5 Word check
STRUCTURE
shutter — wood or metal cover for protection outside a window
blind — wood, fabric or metal cover for protection inside a window
brick — building material made of baked clay
roof — outside cover on top of a building
double-glazed window — window with 2 sheets of glass
foundations — base of a house put deep into the ground to support the walls
solid — made of hard material
thick — opposite of thin
sloping (roof) — at an angle
CLIMATE
temperate — neither very hot nor very cold
monsoon — season of heavy rains
unit 8 Installing the 9450 Photocopier
(instructions - modals)