English Unlimited HTL 3, Schulbuch mit Audio-CD und CD-ROM

121 Living and working together 09 LANGUAGE SKILLS EXPLORE LOOK AGAIN EXTRAS In pairs, look around your classroom or workshop and think about your daily routines. What processes are used to make the things that you see around you or that you use? Try to add at least five things to each category. If you think more than one process is involved, try to decide which one is more important and put the product in that category. 38 In groups of four arrange to make five paper airplanes on an assembly line. Think about how the paper plane will be made and what the different tasks are (basic folding, cutting, advanced folding, decorating …). Give each person one task. After you have made your five paper planes, discuss the results. Was it quicker and more efficient than making one on your own? c Mass-produced objects are often produced on an assembly line. Try to describe an assembly line in two or three sentences at the most. Use a dictionary to check. Is your definition similar? Listen to an interview about Henry Ford and the history of the assembly line. Then complete the sentences using a maximum of four words. 1 The assembly line was important for the . 2 First simple assembly lines were used as early as the . 3 In order to make production faster, Ford perfected the use of the . 4 Ford had his breakthrough in the year . 5 His most successful car model was the . 6 Instead of twelve and a half hours, one car could be built in . 7 A car initially cost $825, but with the years cars got . a 39 TCD 3/09 b mass production of cars Casting engine block Machining keys Forging window railings Assembling motorbike Welding water pipe Soldering computer circuit board Die casting tap Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv