How is the book organized?
The book has 45 units which are grouped into nine themes. Each theme covers an important area of engineering such as Materials technology, Static and dynamic principles and Mechanisms. Each unit has two pages. The left-hand page explains key words and phrases and shows you how they are used in context. The right-hand page has exercises which allow you to practise the new language and improve your understanding of how it is used. The Over to you activities at the end of each unit (see opposite) are discussion and/or writing activities. There are 13 appendices which provide the professional and student engineer with a reference of English terms used in key engineering activities. For example, language for describing three-dimensional drawings and shapes, the names for the chemical elements and terms for sensing, measuring and regulating devices. The answer key at the back of the book contains answers to all the exercises on the right-hand pages. Most of the exercises have questions with only one correct answer. The index lists all the key words and expressions presented in the book, together with the numbers of the units in which they are presented. It also shows how the terms are pronounced.
