Unit 7: Design Say whether you agree or disagree with the statements below (or are not sure). Then discuss your answers with a partner. 1. Match the descriptions to three of the cars below. 1. Match the descriptions to three of the cars below. 1. Match the descriptions to three of the cars below. 2. Look at the adjectives used to describe cars. Put them in the table according to their stress patterns. Can you add any more? 2. Look at the adjectives used to describe cars. Put them in the table according to their stress patterns. Can you add any more? Now look at the other two cars in exercise 1. Use words from above to write short descriptions. 3. Cars and car design are favourite small-talk topics. Work in a small group to do the following role-play. 3. Cars and car design are favourite small-talk topics. Work in a small group to do the following role-play. You and a colleague are having dinner in a restaurant together with important customers. Make small talk about your favourite cars. The phrases in the box will help you. 4. Listen to the presentation by a car designer and put the six extracts in the correct order. Are these sentences about the presentation true or false? - The process of designing a car generally takes three years.
- Styling only comes into the process when other important decisions have been made.
- It is necessary to know quite early on in the process which production plant will be used.
- The number of cars which will be built has no effect on the cost of the final product.
- The car goes to a product clinic before it goes to a concept clinic.
- The first model is made of wood.
5. Match the design vocabulary with the definitions. - Successor
- Derivative
- concept car
- Predecessor
- design freeze
- prototypes
- pre-series cars
5. Match the design vocabulary with the definitions. 6. Describethe processfor designing cars in your ownwords. Look back at Unit 2 for help with describing processes. 7. Completethe table. (Hint: the words you needare in exercises 4 and5.) Now complete the sentences with words from the table. - It won't be necessary to develop new technology for this model. We can ……… what we already have
- We need ……… from the Board of Directors if we want to continue with this project.
- Only models are produced in the ……… clinic, not 'real' cars.
- The location of the …….. plant has an impact on the pricing of the car.
- It is necessary to ……… the final design before the prototype is made.
- Marketing factors, e.g. target groups and market share, are finalized after a …….. clinic.
8. Some designers are discussing the constraints they work under. Read their comments and match them to the constraints.
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