zielsicher Englisch, Metalltechnik, Schulbuch

Check the English figures on page 192. Then spell out* the following numbers: 12  twelve 18  eighteen 33  thirty-three 44  forty-four Experts can proceed to spell out more complicated figures: 1.8  one point eight 994  nine hundred and ninety-four 3,216  three thousand, two hundred and sixteen 1,561,876  one million, five hundred and sixty-one thousand, eight hundred and seventy-six 1,222,315,000  one billion, two hundred and twenty-two million, three hundred and fifteen thousand You wake up and the alarm clock shows 6:40. Write three ways of telling the time on the clock. 1. It’s twenty minutes to seven in the morning. 2. It’s 6:40 a.m. 3. It’s six forty in the morning. 01 A1 *spell out ausschreiben 02 A1 Tip Telling the time five past o’clock ten past quarter past twenty past twenty-five past twenty-five to twenty to quarter to five to ten to half past 12 o’clock midnight 12 o’clock midday 6 o’clock a.m. 6 o’clock p.m. 12 o’clock midnight at night after- noon morning evening at night • a. m. and p. m. comes from Latin • ante meridiem (before midday) and • post meridiem (after midday) Job profile Ellis has been a trainee metal worker at a locksmith’s for eight months. His cousin is also thinking about starting an apprenticeship. At present, he only knows school, so he asks Ellis what his working day is like and information about his job: “What kind of personality do you need to be to become a metal technician?” “What are your duties?” “Which tools and machines are you allowed to work with?” What would you answer? How would you explain the metal industry to him? Tip Watch out for the differences in the writing of numbers. German English 5 , 3 5 . 3 (say point) 120 . 000 120 , 000 1 Milliarde 1 billion 1 Billion 1 trillion 34 Unit 6 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv