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Unit 4
Operation and Maintenance
After learning this unit, you’ll be able to:
talk about operation of machines;
read articles on UAV and C919 aircraft;
complete a product manual.
CONTENTS
Warming-UP
Listening and Speaking
Reading
Writing
Professional Values and Ethics
Warming-UP
I. Choose the word or expression from the box and write it on the space provided
below each picture.
Warming-UP
2.____________
1.____________
3.____________
maintainer
driving engine
C919 aircraft
lawn mower
UAV
dishwasher
spare parts
remote control
3D printer
spare parts
C919 aircraft
remote control
Warming-UP
5.____________
4.____________
6.____________
8.____________
7.____________
9.____________
lawn mower
dishwasher
maintainer
3D printer
driving engine
UAV
II. Discuss the following questions.
Warming-UP
1. What is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)?
2. How does a UAV work?
Listening and Speaking
Read the words and expression. Guess what will happen.
Listening and Speaking
Dialogue 1 How Does a 3D Printer Work
create /kri'eɪt/ v. 创造
three-dimensional /θriːdaɪ'menʃənl/ adj. 三维的;立体的
digital /'dɪdʒɪtl/ adj. 数字的
slice /slaɪs/ v. 切成薄片
layer /'leɪə(r)/ n. 层
a range of 一系列
I. Listen to the dialogue and fill in the missing information.
(Wang Mei is talking with an experienced technician Mr Liu)
Wang Mei: Hello, Mr Liu, could you tell me how a 3D printer works?
Mr Liu: Sure, it’s pretty simple. Basically, a 3D ① ___________ uses a
process to create three-dimensional objects from a digital file.
Wang Mei: Wow, that sounds complicated.
Mr Liu: Not really. The 3D printer takes a ② _________ file of the object
to create and slices it into thin layers. The printer then builds the
object layer by layer, using a ③ _________ such as plastic or metal.
Listening and Speaking
printer
digital
material
Listening and Speaking
Wang Mei: That’s amazing! So can it create any object I want?
Mr Liu: Yes. As long as you have a 3D m