Memorize the following vocabulary units.

internal combustion engine, turboprop, jet engine, passenger airliner, military aircraft, common traits, cargo, baggage, empennage, landing gear, flap, lift, drag, takeoff, landing, crew, load-bearing structure, fuselage, rectangular wing, tapered wing, root, wingtip, swept-wing design, vertical stabilizer, rudder, horizontal stabilizer, elevator, tricycle landing gear, longitudinal axis, lateral axis, vertical axis, fluid dynamics

2. Transcribe the words:

combustion, turboprop, fuselage,  cargo, baggage, axis, empennage, crew, rectangular, chord, stabilizer, rudder, elevator, vertical,  structure, dynamics

3. Match the words from the texts (1-5) with their synonyms (A-E):

4. Explain in English and then translate the expressions into Russian:

military aircraft, passenger airliners, flight controls, flap, fuselage, rectangular wing, swept wing, empennage, tricycle landing gear

Speaking

Give a 5-minute presentation on one of the following topics. Use the Extemporaneous Method of Delivery. Remember that wordless communication acts to qualify the words. What the non-verbal elements express very efficiently is the emotional side of the message.

1.All airplanes share common traits though they have different designs and functions.

2. There are many variants of wings.

3. Power plant

4.Air

5. There are many different types of airplanes.

Writing

Compose a written report about the airplane parts. Use this visual to describe the functions of airplane parts. Organize your material into a definite structure.

Appendix 1

Presentation

Useful language

Welcoming the audience Good morning/ afternoon, ladies and gentlemen Hello/ Hi, everyone First of all let me thank you all for coming here, today. I/m happy/ delighted to see you.   Introducing yourself Let me introduce myself, I’m… For those who don/t know me, my name is… As you probably know, I’m…    Saying what your topic is As you can see on the screen, our topic today is… Today’s topic is… The subject of my presentation is… Let’s start with my presentation. … I would like to begin by …    Involving the audience OK, what is..? How many of you have heard of..? I’d like us to focus our attention on ….. I’d like you to think about …   Emphasizing I just like to highlight… I’d like to stress the importance of… What is interesting / important here is ….. It is important to notice that …   Changing subject OK, I’ll move on to… Turning now to… Now I’ll show you … Let’s now turn to … Let me then turn to the third and final option …   Commenting I think that’s interesting because… I think what this means is… The significance of this is … As we can see … In addition, …   Summing up Let me just go over the key points again. … To sum up … We can conclude that … Let me summarize what we’ve looked at. … I’ll briefly summarize the main issues. … I’d like to summarize. … So, we’re now at the end of our presentation. Let’s … So, that brings me to the end of my presentation. … Thank you for listening. … Thank you for your attention. …   Referring to visuals Let’s look at the chart… Let me draw your attention to the table   Examples: 1) So, let’s start then. I will start by telling you what the greenhouse effect is. 2) Firstly, I’ll give the background to the project. 3) Then, I’ll tell you about the present situation. 4) My first point will be to show you the structure of the department. 5) My second point will be suggestions for greater efficiency. 6) So, we’re now at the end of our presentation.

Expressing your opinion

Appendix 2

Supplementary reading