Language skills Extras Explore 6 Production and industry 79 Have you ever been on a tour where you learned about a production process? Think of your excursions or laboratory experiences (with e.g. extrusion processes, etc.). What can you remember about the production process? Give a short report to the class. Include the following points: ■■ materials used ■■ operational steps ■■ tools used ■■ any other relevant points you can think of Use the words in the boxes to complete the summary of the book-making process. 4 Language focus Verbs with adverbs and prepositions 1 5 a along from into off onto through to up The operator (1) pours ink the printing press. Large sheets of paper go into the press and the press (2) prints 16 pages the paper, turns the paper over, and prints another 16 pages on the other side. The printed sections then (3) emerge the press and the operator puts the sheets into the folding machine. As the sections (4) pass the folding machine, the paper is folded and the machine cuts a little notch into the spine to hold the glue later on. The different sections are then carried to the gathering machine, which (5) picks an ‘A’ section , then a ‘B’ section and so on, and puts a complete set together to make a ‘book block’. Another machine (6) attaches the cover the book block, using hot glue to hold everything together. The book (7) moves a conveyor belt and finally drops into the three-knife trimmer, which (8) cuts the edges of the paper giving the book its final size. Look at sentences 1–3. Can you explain why into in 1 and 2 is a preposition, and over in 3 is an adverb? In which sentence can you change the word order? b 1 Sheets of paper go into the printing press. 2 The operator pours ink into the printing press. 3 The press turns the paper over. verb – preposition – object verb – object – preposition – object verb – object – adverb Put the highlighted verbs in the summary in 5a into three lists. Are they like 1, 2 or 3? You should have five verbs in each list. Cover the summary in 5a. In pairs, use your lists of verbs and the pictures in 2a to help you explain the book-making process. First of all, … Look at the expressions Brian uses to organise his description of the book-making process. Copy headings 1–5 into your exercise book and add the expressions in the boxes below to the correct groups. 1 Opening 2 Linking 3 Referring forward 4 Referring back 5 Closing First of all, … The next step is … What happens next is … I’ll come back to that later. You remember I told you about … ? And that’s the whole process. c Speaking 6 Language focus Organising a description 7 To start off, … Following that, … Earlier I mentioned … Once that’s done, … To begin with, … The first thing is, … After that, … I’ll explain that in a minute. And that’s it. Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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