TECE 6-XX03-K07 ILS (Note 1,3 mit 95%)

1. Assignment:
General questions. Please write complete sentences.
a) Name some of the advantages of high-performance plastics.
b) Name some of the uses of biomaterials.
c) What processes do we use milling machines for
d) What is the process called in which metals are bonded together by melting a separate metal onto the heated joint?
e) What do we use a chisel for?
f) Why did early microscopists only see distorted images?

2. Assignment:
Please put the verbs in brackets into the Third Conditional 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.
c) Many things would not have been discovered if the microscope (not be) invented.
d) Renault would have lost a lot of money if they (not discover) the defect very quickly.
e) If the centre lathe had not been so versatile, we (not invested) £50, 000 in it.
3. Assignment:
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. Assignment:
Indirect speech.
Mr Garland, spokesman of Bowthorpe Pharmaceuticals, at a press conference:
“We are most pleased to announce that we have lowered our output of sulphur dioxide this year. We are producing 20 % less sulphur dioxide than last year. Last month we installed new environmentally-friendly equipment and we will do more: next year we will spend 2 % of our profits on the protection of the environment.”