TecE 6-XX02-A06 Note 1

1. General questions. Please write complete sentences
a) Name some of the advantages of high-performance plastics
b) Name some of the uses which biomaterials can be put to
c) What processes do we use milling machines for?

2. Please put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.
a) Soldering (be) the best method to use if we had had any lead in the garage.
b) The factory (choose) engraving rather than etching if they had understood the technology better.

3. Translate the following text into English.
A. van Leeuwenhoek war ein holländischer Wissenschaftler und einer der Pioniere der Mikroskopie im späten 17. Jahrhundert. Er machte seine eigenen einfachen Mikroskope, die nur eine einzige Linse hatten und tragbar waren. Er fertigte viele Zeichnungen von dem, was er sah, an und entdeckte Bakterien,
obwohl er nicht wusste, was sie waren.

4. Indirect speech.
Mr Garland, spokesman of Bowthorpe Pharmaceuticals, at a press conference:

5. Please read the text and answer the following questions in complete sentences

6. You have bought a new band saw but it doesn’t work. Write a short letter of complaint to the manufacturer Fox & Son Ltd., Bull Ring, Birmingham B5 7LX.