(汽车专业英语课件）Model Four Auto VIN.ppt

Model Four Auto VIN Warm-up Suggestions（建议） 1. Let the students make sure how many digits there are in the VIN.（判断图片上有多少编码） 2. Ask the students to guess where these VINs are placed in a car.（猜一猜这些编码位于汽车的哪个部位） 3. Guess the meaning of the VIN and write them in Chinese on blanks below. （猜一猜汽车识别码的意义并用汉语写在下面的横线上） Passage learning （课文学习） About the VIN 汽车代码识别Every vehicle has its one and only VIN. But what is the VIN? Can you guess? In fact, the VIN is short for the Vehicle Identification Number.It is just like the ID or fingerprint of each car. If you want to know the information of a car, you can check the VIN. In recent years it has been reflected by 17 digits.The VIN plate can be set up on different parts of an automobile, such as the firewall of the vehicle or the driver’s door post.The VIN has a lot of information about a car, such as, the production area and time, the automaker’s name, trademark and the model, with each character or digit having a particular meaning as follows: 1st character—Identifies the country in which the vehicle was made. 2nd character—Identifies the automaker. 3rd character—Identifies the vehicle type. 4th to 8th character—Identifies the vehicle character such as body style, engine type, model, series, etc. 9th character is a VIN accuracy check digit. 10th character—Tells the model year. 11th character—Identifies the assembly plant for the vehicle. 12th to 17th characters—Identify sequential number.Here is an example:1 G 1 J F 2 7 W 8 G J 1 7 8 2 2 7 Country Manu- Factured Maker Vehicle type Vehicle Features Accuracy Check Digit Model Year Assembly Plant Sequential Number1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1座机电话号码Besides the VIN, the Chinese also identify an auto by using two other numbers known as the chassis number and the engine serial number. ? New words and expressions （生词和词组） information　n. 信息 identify　v. 识别，鉴别 vehicle　n. 车辆，交通工具 series　n. 系列，连续 trademark　n. 商标 identifi