What is special about these cars? Discuss in small groups

Writing:

Paragraph

 

Essential vocabulary

accelerate, v      boast, v              emit, v             outfit, v        reverse, adj steer. v

accommodate, v collision, n         engine, n/        power, v       revise, v    subject, v

adjust, v            combustion, n    execution, n    prevent, v     rotate, v    vehicle, n

annoy, v            cutting-edge, adj infotainment, n propel, v       shift, n      warning, n

avoid, v             draw, v              mandatory, adj receive, v      steam, n    wear, n

                                                                                                 

 

 

 

Car, I am your father

Module 7 Lesson 1

 

What is special about these cars? Discuss in small groups

          

          

 

WHO INVENTED THE FIRST CAR?

Look at some of the candidates for the Father of Automobile title. Do any of the names seem familiar to you?

Leonardo da Vinci                             [liːəˈnɑːdəʊ dɑː ˈvɪnʧi]

Ferdinand Verbiest                            [ˈfɜːd(ə)nænd vərˈbɪst]

Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot                      [nikɔˈlas ʒɔˈzɛf  kuˈŋɔ:]

Gottlieb Daimler                                [ˈgɒtlɪb ˈdaɪmlə]

Wilhelm Maybach                              [wɪlˈhɛlm ˈmeɪbək]

Look through the text and match the words in bold to their Russian equivalents.

____________                                                 груз

____________                                                 двигатель внутреннего сгорания

____________                                                 дюйм (2,54 cм)

____________                                                 на конной тяге (гужевой)

____________                                                 на паровой тяге

____________                                                 рулевая колонка

____________                                                  самоходный

____________                                                 транспортное средство

____________                                                 четырехтактный двигатель

 

Read the texts and in pairs decide who deserves to be called the father of automobile.

Present your opinion to the group.

A. Leonardo da Vinci

In 1478, more than 500 years ago, Leonardo da Vinci created a design for the first self-propelled vehicle, or "automobile." As far as we know, no working prototype was ever built from da Vinci's plans. The car invented by da Vinci was meant more to stimulate wonder than move people and things from one place to another. This vehicle was designed to be 5 feet and 6 inches long and 4 feet and 11 inches wide. It didn’t even have a seat and could only turn right!

B. Ferdinand Verbiest

The first working self-propelled vehicle was created in 1672 by Ferdinand Verbeist (a Jesuit missionary) as a toy for the Chinese Emperor. Being just over two feet long, the steam-powered vehicle was not designed to carry cargo or people. Although it was too small for anyone to actually be able to sit in, the vehicle is believed to be the very first working steam-powered vehicle.

c. Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot

In 1770, French inventor Nicolas Cugnot created a larger steam-powered, self-propelled car, called the "Fardier." Adapted from a horse-drawn vehicle, the three-wheeled car supported a massive steam boiler and travelled at about two miles per hour.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP_oQHYmdRs

d. Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach

In 1886 Daimler and Maybach created the “Cannstatt-Daimler” which was the first four-stroke engine, four-wheeled vehicle and another candidate for the first car. It was a gift for Daimler’s wife. The car was able to reach 16 kilometers per hour.

E. Karl Benz

In 1886, Carl Benz received a patent for the three-wheeled "Motorwagen," he began selling the vehicles three years later. The Motorwagen ran on an internal combustion engine, had a steering column, and had a seat for the driver and one or two passengers. Benz continued to revise the design, and in 1893, the Motorwagen received a fourth wheel.

GRAMMAR

PARTICIPLE FORMS

Active Passive

Participle I/

Present Participle/

-ing form

Simple driving// powering being driven// being powered Perfect having driven having powered having been driven having been powered

Participle II/ Past Participle/

-ed form

—————- driven// powered

 

21 Provide participle forms for the following verbs:

 

Steer, draw, build, collide, fit; turn; reach.

 

The topic sentence

This is the main idea of the paragraph. It is the most general sentence in the paragraph

The supporting sentences

They are more detailed sentences. Use them to support, develop or explain the idea expressed in the topic sentence.

The concluding sentence      

You can repeat the main idea (in different words). Or you can make a conclusion

What about this one?

Being a brilliant engineer, his wife always supported him.

Wrong!

Hoversurf is not the only company attempting to make flying cars. Airbus has unveiled plans to create a vehicle which is part self-driving and part drone. The futuristic vehicle is essentially a pod that sits upon a wheeled-platform, and if, for example, the driver gets stuck in traffic, then the upper part can detach from the wheels and release its propellers, allowing it to take off. Airbus says the concept could help ease traffic congestion in the busiest cities.

Terrafugia (a Volvo-backed start up) has been working on a prototype for years featuring an in-built parachute system. The car, known as Transition, could go on the market in 2019. The hybrid-electric vehicles will have two seats, luggage storage, rear-view cameras and a built-in safety parachute system. It will be able to fly at speeds of 100 miles per hour and can reach heights of up to 10,000 feet.

*Fold-out – складной

** thruster – двигатель системы управления

CONSOLIDATION

Writing:

Paragraph

 

Essential vocabulary

accelerate, v      boast, v              emit, v             outfit, v        reverse, adj steer. v

accommodate, v collision, n         engine, n/        power, v       revise, v    subject, v

adjust, v            combustion, n    execution, n    prevent, v     rotate, v    vehicle, n

annoy, v            cutting-edge, adj infotainment, n propel, v       shift, n      warning, n

avoid, v             draw, v              mandatory, adj receive, v      steam, n    wear, n

                                                                                                 

 

 

 

Car, I am your father

Module 7 Lesson 1

 

What is special about these cars? Discuss in small groups

          

          

 

WHO INVENTED THE FIRST CAR?