成功理工职场英语答案Unit 3.ppt

In pairs, compare and discuss your level of knowledge and expertise in specific areas of your studies or work. Use expressions from the previous exercise plus any other expressions that you know. b Reading Resource A Scan the text quickly to find the following items. a 1. An example of something that aerospace engineers make: ____________________________________________________ 2. An example of the technologies that aerospace engineers use: ____________________________________________________ aircraft, spacecraft, missiles CAD software, robotics, lasers, advanced electronic optics Key Read the text carefully and match each heading with the correct paragraph. The first one has been done for you. b (1) _____________________ Aerospace engineers design, develop, and test aircraft, spacecraft, and missiles and supervise the manufacture of these products. They develop new technologies for aviation, defense systems, and space exploration. (2) _____________________ Aerospace engineers working with aircraft are called aeronautical engineers while those who work specifically with spacecraft are astronautical engineers. (3) _____________________ Aerospace engineers often specialize in areas such as structural design, guidance, navigation and control, instrumentation and communication, or in production methods. They Areas of employment Job description Areas of expertise Tools and technologies Terms Areas of specialization Key Terms Job description Areas of specialization also may specialize in a particular type of product, for example, commercial planes, fighter jets, helicopters, spacecraft, or missiles and rockets. (4) _____________________ Aerospace engineers often make use of CAD software, robotics, lasers, and advanced electronic optics. (5) _____________________ Aerospace engineers are often experts in aerodynamics, thermodynamics, celestial mechanics, propulsion, acoustics, and guidance and