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INGLS TCNICO
ELECTRNICO
(Curso 2008-2009)
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Programa de la asignatura.
Bibliografa
Calendario Acadmico 2008-2009 (Segundo cuatrimestre).
Distribucin temporal..
Normas de la asignatura.
English Grammar Placement Test
For Future Reference..
Unit 1. Why I am not an Electronics Engineer.
Unit 2. Hot Optics, Cooling Electronics
Unit 3. Panasonic Bagless Vacuum Cleaner (I)..
Unit 4. Reliable Wireless Networks for Critical Infrastructure...
Unit 5. Lets Get Small: The Shrinking World of Microelectronics
Unit 6. Data Logger, Temperature / Humidity Loggers and Sensors..
Unit 7. Power Electronic Systems.
Unit 8. Flush Mounting Installation
Unit 9. Panasonic Bagless Vacuum Cleaner (II)..
Unit 10. How to Succeed in a Job Interview
Unit 11. Five Grammatical Errors that Make You Look Dumb.
Unit 12. Feasibility Study Why needed before programming
Oral Presentations...
Annexes.
English Grammar Placement TestAnswer Key
Tools: building work.
Basic concepts: Associations between graphic symbols..
Ernest Hemingways Top 5 Tips for Writing Well
Five Simple Ways to Open your Blog Post with a Bang
An Example of a Traditional Rsum...
An Example of a Target Rsum......
An Example of a Skills Rsum....
Modelo de Examen..
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PROGRAMA DE LA ASIGNATURA
Asignatura
Docencia / Profesorado
Departamento y Datos del Profesorado
Departamento de Filologa Inglesa y Alemana
Domnguez Caballero de Rodas, Pedro
Llarena Ascanio, Mara Jess
Tutoras
LUN
PRCTICAS
(Aula Turing)
LUN
15:00 16:00
MAR
09:30
12:30
Correo electrnico
filina@ull.es
pdcordas@ull.es
mllarena@ull.es
MIE
JUE
09:30
12:30
VIE
10:30
11:30
17:00
20:00
Telfono
922 317 619
922 317 656
922 317 234
MAR
MIE
JUE
VIE
15:00 16:00
08.00 10.00
10:00 12:00
12:00 14:00
Propsito:
Introduccin al ingls tcnico-cientfico escrito empleado en el campo de la Electrnica. Adquisicin de
vocabulario bsico especializado. Familiarizarse con los tipos de textos y discursos cientficos ms
comunes.
Requisitos:
Nivel de ingls: Intermedio / Avanzado (500 horas / 5 aos de instruccin), equivalente al Nivel
B2 (Avanzado) del Marco comn europeo de referencia para las lenguas.
Evaluacin:
Criterios de Evaluacin y Correccin: mediante participacin y prueba de evaluacin final
que combine: LECTURA COMPRENSIVA (25 %), GRAMTICA (30%), EXPRESIN ESCRITA
(25 %) Y PRCTICAS DE LABORATORIO (20%)
Tipo de pruebas tericas o prcticas a superar: Exposicin oral sobre un tema dado,
utilizando recursos multimedia durante 30 minutos (incluido tiempo para debate). En su defecto,
examen escrito que combine los anteriores parmetros.
Temario:
Tema 1: Language level test. Introducing oneself. Metasearching for reference.
Introductory section: English Grammar Placement Test. Teora: English Language
level test. Prctica: General reference searches. Speaking about oneself. Developing
skills.
Tema 2: Introducing basic concepts. The general-specific structure.
Introductory section: Why I m not an electronics Engineer. Teora: Reading &
selective search techniques: skimming and scanning. Grammar review. Patterns of
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Bibliografa:
DICCIONARIOS
MURPHY, R. 1994 (1985). English Grammar in Use with answers. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
REDMAN, S. 1997. English Vocabulary in Use. Pre-Intermediate & Intermediate. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
SNCHEZ BENEDITO, F. 1995 (7 ed.) Gramtica Inglesa. Madrid: Alhambra-Longman.
SPANKIE, GM. 1975, 1982. English in Use. Walton-on-Thames, Surrey: Nelson
SWAN, M. & C. WALKER. 1997. How English Works. A Grammar Practice Book with answers.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
SWAN, M.. 2005 (3rd). Practical English Usage. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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6 diciembre: Da de la Constitucin Espaola
8 diciembre: Inmaculada Concepcin
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2 febrero: La Candelaria (Patrona de Tenerife)
9 febrero: Patrn ETS Ing. Civil e Industrial
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6-12 abril: Semana Santa
1 mayo: Da del Trabajo
30 mayo: Da de Canarias
14 septiembre: El Cristo (Festivo La Laguna)
18 septiembre: Apertura Curso 2009-2010
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Distribucin temporal
Semana 1: Language level test. Introducing oneself. Metasearching for
reference. [Del 9 al 15 de febrero de 2009]
Introductory section: English Grammar Placement Test. Teora:
English Language level test. Prctica: General reference searches.
Speaking about oneself. Developing skills.
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Normas de la asignatura:
La Asignatura 270832117 INGLS TCNICO ELECTRNICO consta de dos
bloques bien diferenciados:
La Teora ser impartida por la Prof. Mara Jess Llarena Ascanio. Las
Prcticas por el Prof. Pedro Domnguez Caballero de Rodas. La asistencia
tanto a las sesiones tericas como prcticas es obligatoria.
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Elementary
Intermediate
Upper Intermediate
Advanced
Find out what your level is by completing the following placement test. If you want the result to reflect your
level of English, even approximately, take each test only once and do not use a dictionary!
Example:
Part Two: Intermediate
a. go
b. goes
c. goed
1. Simon .... very tall.
a. is
b. are
c. has
2. She .... like football very much.
a. don't
b. doesn't
c. hasn't
3. How .... does one lesson cost?
a. many
b. much
c. is
4. There .... a big supermarket next to my
house.
a. is
b. are
c. have
5. I ... agree with you.
a. doesn't
b. haven't
c. don't
6. Neil can't
arm.
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b.
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to play
playing
play
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THIS WEEKS QUOTE: Teachers open the door, but you must enter yourself.
Chinese proverb
1. Check with the web the equivalent language levels according to The Common
European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching,
Assessment (Spanish version: Marco comn europeo de referencia para las
lenguas: aprendizaje, enseanza, evaluacin4). In compliance with that information,
what is your current level in English? Justify your answer.
2. What is Europass? (http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/) Do you think it could be of
any use to you in the near future?
3. Bookmark/Add to your favourites, at least, two other free on-line English language
level tests.
4. What is the Dialang project? (http://www.dialang.org). How can it help you test your
foreign languages level? Is it of any use to you?
5. Bookmark/Add to your favourites, at least, three monolingual on-line technical
dictionaries/vocabularies and, at least, two bilingual on-line dictionaries. Selected
sites should be related to your degree (Electronics Engineering).
6. Bookmark/Add to your favourites, at least, two good-quality free on-line
monolingual (English-English) technical publications related to your degree
(Electronics Engineering): magazines, journals
7. Bookmark/Add to your favourites, at least, two good-quality free on-line writing
tutorials (English-English).
8. Bookmark/Add to your favourites, at least, two good-quality free on-line English
grammars/English courses. Sites may be either monolingual (English-English) or
bilingual (English-Spanish).
9. Bookmark/Add to your favourites, at least, two English speaking TV and / or Radio
stations (such as the BBC, or the CNN) and, at least, two video-streaming sites,
such as YouTube or Metacafe.
http://cvc.cervantes.es/obref/marco/cvc_mer.pdf
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Electricity Expert: Kirchhoffs Rules5 are the basis of electronics. For example,
one of these rules says the total current flowing into a junction is equal to
the total current leaving the junction
Young Julian: But, you just taught me about capacitors. They have current
flowing into them, but not out the other side, right?
EE: Err yeah, but only for a short time. It doesnt really apply to capacitors.
YJ: Arent capacitors one of the basic components of electronics? How can a
major rule not apply to them?
EE: You dont understand yet. Let me try something easier. Ohms Law says
V=IR, voltage equals current multiplied by resistance.
YJ: Oh, so if I increase the resistance in this circuit, the voltage will increase!
EE: No, the voltage always stays constant. The current will reduce.
YJ: Huh? Why didnt you say I = V/R then? That way, the constants are on the
right, and the unknown is on the left - you know, like they force us do in
algebra all the time.
EE: Yeah, whatever. Its the same thing. Never mind, did you finish wiring the
flashing LED circuit yet?
YJ: No, I think these LEDs you just gave me are dead. I am measuring the
resistance - yes, in both directions - and it is infinite.
EE: Oh, that doesnt prove anything. They have very high resistance at lowvoltages, but it drops off as the voltage increases.
YJ: Huh? Didnt you say V=IR?
Kirchhoff's circuit laws are a pair of laws that deal with the conservation of charge and
energy in electrical circuits, and were first described in 1845 by Gustav Kirchhoff. Widely used in
electrical engineering, they are also called Kirchhoff's rules or simply Kirchhoff's laws
[Wikipedia]
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Repetition of the same idea expressed in different ways. In propositional logic, a tautology
(from the Greek word ) is a propositional formula that is true under any possible
valuation (also called a truth assignment or an interpretation) of its propositional variables.
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THIS WEEKS QUOTE: You can't direct the wind but you can adjust the sails.
Anonymous
THEORY: Reading & selective search techniques: skimming and scanning.
Grammar review. Patterns of cohesion. Vocabulary: Units of measure.
Calculating. Basic technical vocabulary. Reading mathematical formulae,
diagrams, graphs and symbols. Developing skills.
RECOMMENDED SITES:
TASKS
1. What is the gist of the above text? Do you think the author tried to be sarcastic or
humoristic? Give arguments to support your answer. [Maximum 50 words]
2. For future reference, and also to help you get acquainted with technical words both in
English and in Spanish, you should start a glossary on Electronics and Engineering. The
following fields should be included: English term, Spanish equivalent, definition, related
hyperlinks, synonyms and antonyms. If you want, you may expand these fields. You are
advised to work in groups, and advance at a rate of some 50 new words per week. By the
end of the semester, your glossary should include some 400-500 words.
3. Write down the outline underlying this text.
4. Reading Comprehension:
4.1. What sort of (personal) opinion/experiential perspective does the author deploy?
Comment on the value and purpose of the subjective tone employed.
4.2. Do you agree with him?
4.3. How does the young narrator refute/redress basic electronic laws? How does the
teacher account for them?
4.4. Write down your very impressions of the role of Electronics in todays world. Is our
modern world powered by Electronics? Provide examples of it.
4.5. What is the role of hazard and the human component in science and in scientific
standards and laws? How can all these be accounted for?
4.6. Why are you an Electronics Engineer? Write your answer and debate it with your
partners and class-mates in class discussion.
5. Watch the following You Tube video-clips and then answer the questions below:
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5.1.2.
5.1.3.
Can you think of a similar situation, but in accordance with your own degree
(Electronics Engineering)? If so, describe the scene.
5.2.2.
How many minimal pairs (i.e., nearly homophone words), such as ship [p]
sheep [i:p] can you spot?
What piece of advice would you give to our friend?
5.2.3.
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Unit 3
TECHNOLOGY IN FOCUS | NETRONICS SOLUTIONS
Well designed thermo-electric cooler drivers conserve power and space in optical
networking equipment.
As the demand for higher bandwidth increases, optical networking system engineers face
tougher and tougher design constraints on the electrical side.
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two. Unfortunately, the integrator alone is slow and has a huge amount of gain
at its disposal, so you can end up with significant overshoot or hunting. The
integration process may take minutes, hours, or even years to settle, if ever.
The temperature control circuits output normally cant drive the levels of current
the TEC element requires, so a current-gain stage is necessary. Just as with
power supplies, the two most popular types of current-gain stages are linear
drivers and switching or PWM drivers.
The simplest implementation of a linear driver consists of two power transistors
in a push-pull configuration (Fig. 2a). Usually, the op amp alone cant drive the
level of current the TEC element needs. A linear driver offers relatively lownoise operation, but it comes at the price of inefficiency.
fig. 2 - Shown is the basic push-pull linear driver and a PWM driver in an H-bridge
configuration. Note linear (a) versus switching (PWM) heat dissipation (b).
This inefficiency results from the power transistors acting as variable resistors
between the power supply and the load. Consider a TEC rated for maximums of
1 A and 2 V. The total power from a 5-V supply is 5 V 1 A, or 5 W, while the
TEC actually uses only 2 W. Therefore, the maximum efficiency is limited to
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40%. The remaining 3 W are wasted as heat dissipated in the power transistor,
which will likely need some form of heat sink9a bulky or costly addition.
To solve the heat problem, turn to a switching or PWM solution. Similar to a
switch-mode power supply, the transistors are driven into saturation, not the
linear region, and are only on when they need to supply current to the load. As
a result, theyre from 85% to 90% efficient. The transistors are switched on and
off at a relatively high frequency, typically between 100 kHz and 1 MHz. The
on-off time create a duty cycle proportional to the desired output voltage.
A heat sink (or heatsink) is an environment or object that absorbs and dissipates heat from
another object using thermal contact (either direct or radiant) [Wikipedia]
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TEC element draws too much current, as in a short10 for example, a TTL
overcurrent fault is sent from the DRV591 to the system monitor. The driver
powers off for a few microseconds, then immediately powers back up to try to
drive the TEC element again.
However, the system can shut down the laser before the TEC driver shuts
down. Controlling a laser diodes temperature isnt a trivial task, especially
considering the trend toward higher laser powers and greater density of
wavelengths. The system must be accurate, flexible, efficient, and small. For
applications requiring low current levels when board area and heat arent
concerns, a linear driver solution may be adequate for the TEC element. When
low heat dissipation is a must, the high efficiency PWM approach provides an
excellent solution for the TEC driver.
Dave Skinner is responsible for product development and applications support for TEC driver
products at Texas Instruments Inc., Dallas.
http://www.netronicsmag.com/
netronics | july/august 2002, pp. 16-18
THIS WEEKS QUOTE: I hear and I forget. I listen and I understand. I do and I
remember. Chinese proverb
THEORY: Grammar review: How to write a coherent text. Sections in a
scientific article. The IMRAD pattern and other structures. How to present
bibliography, references and other sources. Special summary
techniques: Outline. Abstract (informative, descriptive, evaluative)11. The
Index/Key Words. Prcis. Report. Developing skills.
Short: abbreviation for short-circuit or s/c: an accidental connection between two nodes of
an electrical circuit
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Abstracts: brief summaries of a scientific or technical paper addressed to a specialist public,
often used to help the reader quickly evaluate the paper/conference importance. Abstracts may
be grouped into three classes: Descriptive, Informative and Evaluative. Descriptive Abstracts,
becoming very rare, usually present just the gist of the text, in two or three lines. They can be
seen as a content table in paragraph form. Informative Abstracts, are more elaborated, and
show a detailed outline of the whole text, usually following the IMRAD pattern, and including
citations and bibliography. Evaluative Abstracts are devised as a piece of literary criticism to
sell a product. They usually start with a description of the product/text, followed by technical
details, to end with the specialists opinion and/or proposal.
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If an intermittent short caused the problem and it has disappeared, the DRV591
clears the fault and resumes normal operation. But if the overcurrent condition
is still present, the fault remains and the device cycles its power again. Because
the ambient temperature can range anywhere from -40C to 85C, the driver
should include some protection to prevent its own internal heating from
indirectly damaging the laser. The DRV591 sends out another fault flag to the
system monitor if the silicons temperature reaches about 130C, just as an
early-warning system. Once the silicon goes above 150C, the device shuts
itself down, but it powers back up after the temperature has decreased.
RECOMMENDED SITES:
TASKS
1. Scan through the text and give out the gist of the article. How/Where within the text could
you find it?
2. Work on your assigned glossary by adding new vocabulary from the text. By the end of this
week you should already have 60-100 terms.
3. Watch the following You Tube video-clip: Global Warning
(http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=C3pujlkSTqo&mode=related&search)
3.1. What have big corporations and politicians done about global warming & climate
change?
3.2. What alternatives to oil-energy sources are offered?
3.3. Is there any reason why this clip is called Global WaRNing, instead of the more
logical Global WaRMing?
4. Check with a dictionary the meaning of all the acronyms and abbreviations used in the text,
and then compile them in a list.
5. Skimming & Scanning: In each paragraph, spot the term that mostly condenses the idea
dealt with or explained there.
6. Now, proceed to deliver the main ideas as developed in each paragraph (prcis).
7. Once provided with the extracted information above, work on and write down the texts
structure.
8. Write a possible abstract (informative and/or evaluative) for this article.
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Operating Instructions
ENGLISH
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE USER
This appliance is not intended for use by young children or infirm person without
supervision.
Do not use the appliance is the mains lead or plug is damaged or faulty.
This appliance is provided with a mains lead and if this comes damaged, it must be
repaired by an Authorised Service Centre or qualified person in order to avoid any hazard.
Unplug from the socket when not in use and before cleaning the appliance or undertaking
maintenance operations.
Turn off the appliance before removing the plug. Do not pull on the mains; always pull on
the plug body itself.
Do not handle plug or vacuum cleaner with wet hands.
When empty the dust compartment, make sure to close the cover to avoid dust leakage.
Do not use wet filters after wash, make sure they are completely dry to avoid damaging the
cleaner.
Do not vacuum flammable or combustible substances, neither use in areas where they may
be present.
Do not vacuum hot ash, embers12 or large and sharp object.
Do not vacuum water or other liquids.
Keep the vacuum cleaner away from heat sources such as radiators, fires, direct sunlight,
etc.
This vacuum cleaner is fitted with a thermal cut-out device which automatically turns off the
cleaner to prevent overheating of the motor. When this happens, disconnect the cleaner
from the mains socket and check the dust compartment and filters as they may be full or
clogged13 with fine dust. Check for any other obstructions in the hose or tube. After
removing the obstruction, leave the cleaner to cool down until the thermal cut-out resets
after approximately 40 minutes.
Suction inlet
Connection pipe
Hose
Curved pipe
Manual suction control
Extension tube (optional)
Telescopic tube
Floor nozzle [a] [b] (depending on model)
Dusting brush
Crevice nozzle
ON/OFF Switch button / Variable power control
Cord rewind button
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Before using the vacuum cleaner, please observe these basic precautions.
WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock or injury
M)
N)
O)
P)
Q)
R)
S)
T)
U)
V)
W)
Handle
Dust compartment handle
Dust compartment cover
Main Filter A
Main Filter B
Pre-filter
Maximum dust level mark
Dust compartment
Rear cover
Exhaust cover
Parquet floor nozzle (depending on model)
THIS WEEKS QUOTE: When inspiration does not come to me, I go half way
to meet it. Sigmund Freud
THEORY: Vocabulary: Shape, dimensions, material, colour, weight, Parts
and components. Practicing technical descriptions. Grammar review:
Location and position. Word formation with suffixes. Word formation with
prefixes. Noun compounds. Developing skills.
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RECOMMENDED SITES:
TASKS
2. Work on your assigned glossary. By the end of this week you should already have 90-150
terms.
3. Go to GEWISS Tool Frames (pp. 87-90). Describe its elements, and its use. Then work on
their translation into Spanish: you might incorporate them into your lexicon.
4. Watch
the
following
You
Tube
video-clip,
Notebook
PC
Explodes
(http://mx.youtube.com/watch?v=qmPm-YV9vdA&feature=related) and then answer the
questions:
4.1. What is the purpose of this video? What is their main piece of advice?
4.2. How many kinds of fires are named? (Say both the number and the name).
4.3. What should the right procedure be in such a situation?
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1. Read through PANASONIC Bagless Vacuum Cleaner Instructions (I), and identify and work
on technical vocabulary (translation into Spanish). Then work on the description and aim of
those terms (to be for, to consist in/of, to help do/doing, to be used for, to be employed for,
so as to, etc). Spot word-compounds and suffixes.
Unit
5: Reliable
Infrastructure
Wireless
Networks
for
Critical
Wireless Transmission Solutions for Utilities, Oil & Gas, and Transportation
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found in utility trucks and trains as well as hand-held radios. Most often, it uses
radio frequencies in the range of VHF and UHF bands to communicate between
radio base stations and mobile units. Often this is the only communications
available to the front line crews that maintain the utility infrastructure. To
provide optimal coverage, the radio base stations often are located on a
mountain or hilltop. These remote locations often preclude use of leased
telephone circuits or private lines to relay voice communication signals back to
a central radio dispatcher. Instead, communications departments prefer the high
reliability, lower cost, and full control associated with using microwave radio for
this backhaul application.
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One of the key features that makes microwave radio so attractive to critical
communications networks is the high reliability it provides. Often the mistaken
perception is that since microwave travels through the air, it is regularly
degraded by weather and climate conditions that cause it to fade resulting in
data errors and outages. While interference from other unlicensed systems in
the area.
Spread spectrum modulation has been found to have little benefit in this area,
so operators must opt for more conventional interference countermeasures
such as selecting (larger) antennas with narrower beamwidths, or designing
shorter paths. That doesnt mean that unlicensed radios should not be used for
critical communications applications. Certainly there is a fit for temporary
requirements, low-priority communications, and disaster recovery. Long term
solutions serving vital infrastructure should look more toward licensed
operation.
Some manufacturers even provide microwave radio equipment that can be
installed as unlicensed then converted to licensed operation at a later date with
minimal cost, thus allowing the ultimate in flexibility.
CURSO 2008 - 2009
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selected, this information can be combined with the initial network design to
finalize the required number and capacity of microwave links.
An important aspect of path design to consider is the field survey. The initial
path design, or feasibility study, can be performed using terrain measurements
from maps or extracted from electronic data. However, these resources dont
show heights of buildings and trees, or other current conditions. Therefore, it is
highly recommended that a field survey be performed especially on networks
with longer paths. Seemingly minor changes in site and antenna locations can
have dramatic impact on path performance and licensing. Ultimately it costs
less to have the path survey done up front rather than when equipment is
arriving on site and deadlines are fast approaching.
With the network layout and sites determined, and the paths engineered to the
desired availability, it is time to select equipment. This includes the microwave
radios and antenna systems as well as multiplexers, channel banks, other
networking gear, and power systems. Radio manufacturers often are able to
specify and deliver all of the equipment as a complete and interoperable
system. This approach nearly always leads to better satisfaction and
performance of the system rather than bidding out each element separately and
having to integrate it yourself.
Finally, the decision on services must be made whether to manage installation
and commissioning of the system yourself or to have the radio supplier perform
this on a turnkey basis. Keep in mind that a variety of disciplines are involved,
including civil work (possible tower construction and hanging antennas),
administrative (applying for permits and FCC15 licenses), and technical
(installing, testing and turning up the telecommunications gear). By acting as
your own prime contractor and managing several subs, you may save some
money, but the limitation of risk and assurance of having a complete and
functional system provided by one manufacturer has definite merit.
Summary
Microwave radio provides an ideal solution to many critical communications
problems faced by network designers for utilities, pipelines and transportation
systems. While traditional low to medium capacity requirements for voice and
low speed data still prevail, today's digital microwave radios allow planning and
deployment in support of broadband applications as well.
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Path design is the process of determining what is required to meet your path
availability objectives. As previously stated, microwave links can be engineered
to provide better than 99.999% availability. This involves selecting the
microwave radio parameters such as frequency band and transmitter power, as
well as the height and size of antennas. Software programs are available to
assist in the process; however, there is a healthy dose of art and science
involved in good path design, so experience is essential. Fortunately, radio
manufacturers are willing and able to lend their expertise, as are a number of
wireless systems integrators and consulting engineers.
Alcatel-Lucents
MDR-8000
is
used
extensively within communication systems
supporting critical infrastructure such as
electric, gas and water utilities as well as
for transportation systems and public safety
networks.
The MDR-8000 operates in licensed pointto-point microwave bands from 2 GHz to 11
GHz as authorized by the FCC and Industry
Canada. It also covers US federal
microwave frequencies at 1.7, 2.2, 4 and 7-8
GHz. The MDR-8000 may also be used in the
license-free 2.4 and 5.8 GHz bands, which
offers the unique ability to convert to licensed
operation without changing expensive RF
components within the radio. This capability
allows operators to turn up microwave links
immediately then convert to licensed
operation once frequency coordination has
been completed.
All high speed circuit formats are supported
by the MDR-8000. Capacity options are 2-16
DS1, 1-3 DS3, OC-3 and Ethernet
(10/100/1000 Base-T, auto-sensing and 1000
Base-T optical). Conversion from one capacity
to another is easily accomplished by using
one of 4 input/output interface modules (DS1,
DS3, OC-3 or Ethernet) and selecting a
capacity key which provisions the radio
channel throughput from 3 Mb/s to 155 Mb/s.
Mechanically, the MDR-8000 is the most compact microwave radio of its class.
A hot-standby radio stands only 12.25 inches [31.12 cm] tall (7 rack units). This
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THIS WEEKS QUOTE: Even the clearest water appears opaque at great
depth. Anonymous
THEORY: Grammar review: Patterns of technical descriptions. Temporal
clauses. Reduced temporal clauses. Developing skills
TASKS
1. Write down a possible abstract for the text. Next, provide at least six key-words (both in
English and in Spanish).
2. Text-structure. Fill in the texts headline division with sub-structural parts within each of
headlined divisions.
3. Your glossary on Electronics and Engineering should be enlarged in 30-50 new entries. By
the end of this week you should already have 120-200 terms.
4. Grammar exercises: make sentences out of the text contents using when..., at the same
time, after, before.
5. Grammar review: locate texts instances of prefixes, suffixes and compound nouns, if any.
6. Watch the following Metacafe video-clip:
40$ USB Spy Telescope
(http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1091833/40_usb_spy_telescope/) and then answer the
questions below:
6.1. What did you understand, roughly?
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6.2. Generally speaking, what sort of audio text is it: tone, type of presentation, formal or
informal, target audience (is it a cheap or expensive product/presentation), etc. Why?
Give out reasons or textual clues to support your contention.
6.3. Lexicon: try to spot as many technical terms as possible (four items minimum).
6.4. What aspects or curiosities/particularities caught on your attention? Why? What kind of
video is it? What is its purpose or finality? (humorous, tutorial, essay, scientific or
entertainment, professional, home-baked/do-it-yourself (DIY) (ASAP)
7. Now, leaning on all the extracted information, make sentences on the video presentation.
8. Arrange/relate all those sentences using connectors, link words (first, then, therefore,
after ing, before ing, which, whose... (Depending on the students level of English
and linguistic fluency).
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used electrical switches to construct elaborate logic circuits, chose to use the
electron tube despite its size and tendency to fail.
During World War II, things began to change. Engineers undertook a bold
experiment to try to pack an entire radar set into an artillery shell. They called
their new device a proximity fuse, because it could destroy by being near a
target rather than requiring a direct hit. Even though they were a success,
proximity fuses still relied on electron tubes, albeit, quite tiny ones. After the
war, as missiles and rockets emerged, there was an increasing need for
compact, rugged electronic systems for communication and navigation. The
search was on for smaller and smaller electron tubes.
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While some engineers worked on building better and smaller electron tubes,
others were looking for ways to do away with tubes altogether and turned to
semiconductors, a class of materials valued because they could be used as
diodes (a diode is a one-way valve for electricity). One was Russell Ohl of Bell
Telephone Laboratories. Ohl and his fellow researchers discovered that putting
two slightly different types of a semiconductor called germanium together
produced a device that acted like an electron tube
diode.
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Intel executive Gordon Moore was the first to observe this growth and the
increase in numbers is often known as Moores Law.
To pack so many transistors and circuit elements onto one chip engineers have
had to shrink the size of the parts. These smaller parts are, in fact, one of the
major reasons for innovation in the integrated circuit field. The transistors that
were about a centimeter wide in 1959 are now less than 200 billionths of a
meter wide. That is so small that engineers are already predicting that the next
generation of chips will have to be constructed in entirely new ways, perhaps
assembled from individual molecules. This exciting new field is called
nanotechnology, and it may open up entirely new directions for electronics in
the 21st century.
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Nanotechnology
With the integrated circuit growing smaller and smaller over the last decades,
one might wonder, can they get any tinier? Engineers working in the field of
nanotechnology believe they can and will. Nanotechnology refers to any new
technologya transistor, a tiny machine, a chemicalthat is put together atomby-atom or molecule-by-molecule. It usually also refers to the size of these
technologies, which is defined as being 100 nanometers or less. A nanometer is
one billionth of a meter. By comparison, today the smallest transistors on an IC
are about 200 nanometers in size.
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however, believe that it holds the key to the next generation of electronic
devices, which will demand faster computational speeds and pack more
components into smaller spaces than has been possible before.
[http://www.ieee-virtual-museum.org/exhibit/exhibit.php?taid=&id=159270&lid=1&seq=1&view=]
RECOMMENDED SITES:
Old-computers.com! (http://www.old-computers.com/news/default.asp)
TASKS
1. Provide the gist and make a summary of the text.
2. Outline the underlying (paragraph) structure of this text.
3. Reading comprehension:
3.1. To what extent do Electronics control or determine our daily life today? Give arguments
to support your answer.
3.2. What has basically changed from old electronic devices (such as PCs, TV sets,
radios,... ). How has this new way of understanding Electronics been named?
3.3. Which basic electronic device was commonly known as a vacuum tube? When? What
sort of limitation did it entail? And what about its advantages?
3.4. What was a proximity fuse?
3.5. What replaced electron tubes?
3.6. What big discovery would revolutionize Electronics in 1947? What about its bonus
advantages?
3.7. What made possible the replacement of the unreliable electron tube in 1950? How
would it evolve into more sophisticated devices?
4. Your glossary on Electronics and Engineering should be enlarged in 30-50 new entries. By
the end of this week you should already have 150-250 terms.
5. Watch the following You Tube video-clip, How to clone computers across the network
and then answer the questions (http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=WePCtSeKnd4):
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Digital Thermometer
The first product in the iButton line of Temperature Sensors is the DS1920.
The DS1920 is a digital thermometer that reads the current temperature of the
environment or object to which it is attached. Using a 1-Wire probe, a simple
touch of the DS1920 reveals the current temperature of its surroundings from 55C to 100C.
Temperature Data Loggers
The Thermochron family of iButtons are globally addressable, dedicated
trackers that can go wherever thermally vulnerable products go, monitoring time
and temperature and storing the data. The data can then be easily uploaded
and analyzed to detect possible thermal damage.
There are several Thermochrons from which to choose. The DS1921G,
DS1921H, and the DS1921Z represent our standard Thermochrons, and the
DS1922L (new), DS1922T (new), and the 1-Wire chip DS2422 (new) represent
our high-capacity Thermochrons with more logging memory, increased
accuracy, and increased resolution.
The iButton's embedded computer chip integrates a 1-Wire transmitter/receiver,
a globally unique address, a thermometer, a clock/calendar, a thermal history
log, and 512 bytes of additional memory to store user data (such as a shipping
manifest). The recyclable iButton logs data for more than 10 years.
Digital Hygrometer
Our Hygrochron family of iButtons (DS1923) adds an embedded humidity
sensor to the temperature-logging capability of the high-capacity Thermochron
family to create a data logger that records both temperature and humidity. With
these two pieces of data, relative humidity can be logged as a function of time.
The tiny opening in the lid of the Hygrochron iButton employs a special filter that
allows water vapor to pass through and reach the internal humidity sensor, but
repels liquid-phase water (see picture).
For applications where both temperature and humidity are important (foods,
chemicals, powders, HVAC systems), the Hygrochrons deliver unprecedented
performance in an unbelievably compact size.
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Log Graph
The way in which the iButtons log data can be setup by the user prior to use.
This is called "missioning". Typically, during missioning the user chooses the
time to begin temperature/humidity readings, sets a sampling rate, sets high
and low alarm thresholds, and determines whether to rollover when the
readings fill up the datalog memory or to simply stop logging. This method of
data storage records when a critical thermal/humidity exposure occurs and
helps to assign accountability for any resulting loss of product quality.
Standard Thermochrons, the DS1921G, H, and Z also simultaneously store
each temperature sample in a histogram. The histogram memory consists of 63
bins in 2-degree increments for the DS1921G or 64 bins in 0.5-degree
increments for the DS1921H or Z. Each bin holds 65,500 temperature readings
for up to 10 years. The histogram method of data storage is perfect for
applications with a need for long-term monitoring but with less-strict accuracy
requirements. The higher capacity Thermochron and Hygrochron lines do not
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have the histogram function, but they have nearly 4 times the data logging
memory.
Thermochron Family of Products
Product
Data
Temperature Humidity
Log
Resolution Resolution
Memory
DS1921G
-40C
85C
N/A
1C
0.5C
N/A
2048
bytes
DS1921HF5
1C
0.125C
N/A
2048
bytes
1C
0.125C
N/A
2048
bytes
DS1922L
0.5C
Software
Correction
(SC)
0.5C
or
0.0625C
N/A
8192
bytes
DS1922T
0C to 125C N/A
0.5C (SC)
0.5C
or
0.0625C
N/A
8192
bytes
DS2422
0.5C (SC)
0.5C
N/A
8192
to
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or
0.0625C
DS1923
-20C to 85C
0 to 100%
0.5C (SC)
RH
0.5C
or
0.0625C
bytes
8-Bit
(0.6%RH)
or
12-Bit
(0.04%RH)
RH
8192
bytes
* Temperature accuracy denoted in this table is effective over most of the temperature range of
the part. For full-range accuracy, please refer to the part's datasheet.
Instruction Sheet
The DS1921K Starter Kit can be ordered from our on-line store.
Thermochron FAQ
Visit the Thermochron FAQ section.
Thermochron/Hygrochron Solutions
We have several partners that have developed hardware and software solutions
around our Thermochron products. Software products that run on both the PC
and PDA give you the ability to mission, upload, and manage the data from
thousands of Thermochrons. Hardware products range from small devices to
mission Thermochrons and read their alarm status to data collection devices for
HACCP applications. Check out our online Solutions Search for all of our
partner's products.
Copyright 2006 by Maxim Integrated Products
http://www.maxim-ic.com/products/ibutton/ibuttons/thermochron.cfm?CMP=KNC-AI8240292136
Watch video at: http://www.maxim-ic.com/products/ibutton/videos/index.cfm
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THIS WEEKS QUOTE: No matter how good teaching may be, each student
must take the responsibility for his own education. John Carolus S.J.
THEORY: Grammar review. Expressing technical classifications. Materials and
properties. Comparison. Describing though
comparison. Developing
skills.
RECOMMENDED SITES:
Qu es un benchmark?
(http://www.monografias.com/trabajos/benchmark/benchmark.shtml)
TASKS:
1. In no more than 50 words, outline the texts main ideas.
2. Your bilingual glossary on Electronics should be enlarged in 50 entries. By the end of this
week you should have between 180 and 300 new terms.
4. In the light of the benchmark for similar products on pages 49-50, devise a similar
benchmark16 so as to compare five items of similar quality (imagined items, of items of your
choice). Remember to point out what the main features are, while stressing the advantages
and disadvantages.
5. Titles and headings are important to convey the right message to our prospective
customers. They should be both accurate and attractive. Therefore, try to improve the
heading of the above article, so as to make it catchy.
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THIS WEEKS QUOTE: The important thing in life is not the triumph but the
struggle. Pierre de Coubertin
THEORY: Grammar review: Expressing cause-effect relationships. Patterns of
means and end/purpose. Patterns of reason and result. Comparatives.
Developing skills.
RECOMMENDED SITES:
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TASKS
1. What is the gist of the above text? [Maximum 50 words]
2. Spot technical terms and find out their Spanish equivalent, so as to enlarge your assigned
lexicon glossary on Electronics. By the end of this week you should have between 210 and
350 new terms.
3. Structure of the text: follow up the paragraph-structure and identify what aspects are dealt
with in each of them. How does this paragraph-arrangement respond to the text purpose
and textual coherence?
4. Textual analysis. Identify hedges (matizadores), connectors, passive constructions
(conversion into active), gerund and infinitive verbs (why?), compound-words, Present
Perfect Tense (why?), causal phrases (to result in, to cause, etc.).
5. Watch the following You Tube video-clip: German Coast guard trainee
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR0lWICH3rY) and then answer the questions below:
5.1. Where does the joke lie? Is there any pun (play-on-words)?
5.2. Compare with the video-clip on Week 2 (The Italian who went to Malta). What seems
to be the problem?
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How to carry out the masonry work, lay conduits, wire the system
and install the control and lightning devices correctly in a typical
apartment with view to saving time during the initial installation,
subsequent maintenance and enable the installation to be extended in
future if necessary.
The Answer:
1.
2.
3.
4.
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luminaries
Gewiss. 1996. Handbook Basic Application Gewiss (English). Bergamo: Gewiss spa, pp. 10-11
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THIS WEEKS QUOTE: Never seem more learned than the people you are
with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch17 and keep it hidden. Do not
pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked.
Lord Chesterfield (1694 - 1773)
THEORY: Grammar review: Patterns of condition. Other ways of expressing
condition. Writing basic and complex instructions. How something is
done. Processes in the past. Practising processes. Instruction manuals
Developing skills.
RECOMMENDED SITES:
Englishpage.com (http://www.englishpage.com/index.html)
Pocket watch: a strapless personal timepiece that is carried in a pocket. The display is
traditionally analogue.
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TASKS:
1. What is the gist of the above text? Make a brief summary [Maximum 50 words]
2. Identify technical vocabulary (to be included in your lexicon project) and explain their use.
Keep in mind GEWISS TOOL FRAMES, from unit 3. By the end of this week you should
have between 240 and 400 new terms.
3. Watch
the
following
You
Tube
video-clip:
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA1quyLOTdg)
VoIP
Security
Threats
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Operating Instructions
ENGLISH
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE USER
Before using the vacuum cleaner, please observe these basic precautions.
WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock or injury
This appliance is not intended for use by young children or infirm person without
supervision.
Do not use the appliance is the mains lead or plug is damaged or faulty.
This appliance is provided with a mains lead and if this comes damaged, it must be
repaired by an Authorised Service Centre or qualified person in order to avoid any hazard.
Unplug from the socket when not in use and before cleaning the appliance or undertaking
maintenance operations.
Turn off the appliance before removing the plug. Do not pull on the mains; always pull on
the plug body itself.
Do not handle plug or vacuum cleaner with wet hands.
When empty the dust compartment, make sure to close the cover to avoid dust leakage.
Do not use wet filters after wash, make sure they are completely dry to avoid damaging the
cleaner.
Do not vacuum flammable or combustible substances, neither use in areas where they may
be present.
Do not vacuum hot ash, embers or large and sharp object.
Do not vacuum water or other liquids.
Keep the vacuum cleaner away from heat sources such as radiators, fires, direct sunlight,
etc.
This vacuum cleaner is fitted with a thermal cut-out device which automatically turns off the
cleaner to prevent overheating of the motor. When this happens, disconnect the cleaner
from the mains socket and check the dust compartment and filters as they may be full or
clogged with fine dust. Check for any other obstructions in the hose or tube. After removing
the obstruction, leave the cleaner to cool down until the thermal cut-out resets after
approximately 40 minutes.
Suction inlet
Connection pipe
Hose
Curved pipe
Manual suction control
Extension tube (optional)
Telescopic tube
Floor nozzle [a] [b] (depending on model)
Dusting brush
Crevice nozzle
ON/OFF Switch button / Variable power control
Cord rewind button
Handle
Dust compartment handle
Dust compartment cover
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P)
Q)
R)
S)
T)
U)
V)
W)
Main Filter A
Main Filter B
Pre-filter
Maximum dust level mark
Dust compartment
Rear cover
Exhaust cover
Parquet floor nozzle (depending on model)
C-1 Floor nozzle [a] [b] (depending on model). The floor nozzle is equipped with a pedal,
which allows you to alter its position according to the type of floor to be cleaned.
C-2 Parquet floor nozzle (depending on model). For the gentle cleaning of parquet and hard
floors.
C-3 Cord rewind button (L). Pull out the total length of the mains lead and plug into the
socket. To rewind the cord, press the button. NOTE: Please hold the plug to prevent it
striking you or the product. ON/OFF Switch button / Variable power control (K). To start
or stop the cleaner, press the button. To increase or reduce the power, turn the same
button.
C-4 Manual suction control. The curved pipe of the hose is attached with a manual suction
control, which allows you to briefly reduce the suction level.
C-5 Dusting brush. For vacuuming pictures frames, furniture, books and other objects.
C-6 Crevice nozzle. For vacuuming in inaccessible places like a window frame or a crevice in
the wall.
C-7 Park system. For short breaks during vacuuming, slide the hook attached to the floor
nozzle pipe into the slot on the rear side of the cleaner.
C-8 How to store / carrying the cleaner. Switch off the cleaner, remove the plug from the
socket and rewind the cord. To store or carrying the cleaner in a vertical position, slide the
hook of the floor nozzle pipe into the clip on the underside of the cleaner.
D MAINTENANCE
How to empty the dust compartment
IMPORTANT: Empty the dust compartment before the dust reaches the dust maximum mark.
If there is any piece of paper, cotton or other similar trapped on the pre-filter. Remove it to avoid
loss of suction power.
NOTE: When vacuuming fine dust, such as power or similar, there may be a loss of suction
power. If this happens, empty the dust compartment and check for possible dust trapped on
filters.
We recommend a dust compartment maintenance operation , after a long cleaning
session.
D-1 Remove dust compartment pulling upwards.
D-2 Open the rear cover of the dust compartment.
D-3 Fix the rear cover pressing until it clicks.
D-4 Empty the dust into a bag or a waste bin.
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D-5 To clean the pre-filter, press the locks at both sides of dust compartment and remove the
dust compartment cover.
D-6 Clean the pre-filter by brushing the dust off with a soft brush.
D-7 To clean the main filter A and B remove the dust compartment cover.
D-8 Remove dust accumulated in the main filter A and B by tapping them against a hard
surface. NOTE: If dust remains on main filter A, replace with the spare and carry out
further cleaning detailed following described. Re-assemble filters and dust compartment
cover in the reverse order.
D-9 Insert claws in to dust compartment cover slots and close.
D-10 Place back dust compartment and press until it clicks.
NOTE: To clean or replace the filters, remove the dust compartment and take out dust
compartment cover.
D-11 Remove dust accumulated in the filters by tapping them against a hard surface. If after
having removed the dust there is not enough airflow, clean them out in warm water or
replace with a new one.
CAUTIONS
DO NOT use detergents or other cleaning fluids to clean the filters. They may
deteriorate the plastic.
DO NOT use hot air or hot surface to dry filters. Keep at room temperature for
approximately 24 hours.
IMPORTANT: Before re-installing the washable filters, make sure they are
completely dry to avoid damaging the cleaner.
Central filter
NOTE: For ease of access to the central filter, remove the dust compartment.
D-12 Take out the central filter and remove dust by tapping it against a hard surface. If dust
remains on the central filter, replace it with a new one and re-install.
Electrostatic clean air filter (depending on model)
D-13 To replace the electrostatic clean air filter, press the exhaust cover lock and take it out.
D-14 Remove the filter support and take out the electrostatic clean air filter with a new one
and re-install in the reverse order.
HEPA Filter (depending on model)
NOTE: Even if HEPA Filter appears not to require replacement, we recommend to change it
once a year.
D-15 To replace the HEPA filter, press the exhaust cover lock and take it out. Replace the
HEPA filter with a new one and re-install in the reverse order.
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IMPORTANT: Make sure the rubber seal of the HEPA filter is faced inside the cleaner.
Check whether the tubes, hose and accessories are blocked. If they are blocked,
remove the obstruction.
Check that the main filter A or B is blocked with dust. If they are blocked, clean them
our or replace.
230-240V ~ 50Hz
MC-E8013
MC-E8015
230-240V ~ 50Hz
Max. Output
1800W
1900W
Nominal Output
1700W
1800W
Dimensions
(L x W x H) mm
420x300x290
420x300x290
5.7
5.7
Floor nozzle
Telescopic tube
Crevice nozzle
Dusting brush
SPECIFICATIONS
Power Source
MC-E8011
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Englishpage.com (http://www.englishpage.com/index.html)
TASKS:
Fault Finding Chart, fault-find list, faulty list: A fault finding diagnosis chart may be
provided to identify faults given particular patterns. One of the terms used in Spanish is Tabla
de comprobacin de errores.
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Successful candidates are able to highlight key experiences which show that
they can do the job, and will do it better than any of the others being
interviewed. They project themselves into the job by asking the right questions,
knowing the problems related to that position, and even offering solutions to the
problems.
Whether you are leaving your present job, or fresh from campus or school, you
should always be prepared for the interview by anticipating questions that are
likely to be asked. Apart from personal details and qualifications, the interviewer
will pose questions that will help him or her find the right candidate. Although
these questions may be challenging, they are not meant to trap, find fault with
or penalize the candidate.
Some examples are:
If offered this job, what are your expectations of the first year?
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These are not standard or model questions, but preparing answers for them will
build up your confidence before, and while, attending a job interview. Avoid "trial
and error" answers, which mark you out as making mistakes in front of your
prospective employer. Tactful answers will impress the interviewer and, more
importantly, enable you to stand out among the other candidates, thus
enhancing your chances of securing the job.
What The Interviewer Is Looking For
In most interviews, knowing what the interviewer is looking for means you have
won half of the battle. The other half of the battle: be prepared to show your
knowledge about the organization, ask tactful questions about the job, and give
a good impression that you can do better than others, if you are offered the job.
The interviewer has two methods of judging your suitability for the job.
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First, by questioning you and evaluating the things about you and your
experience, based on what you tell him.
Qualifications are necessary for certain professional jobs. So make sure you
possess the formal qualifications required or the experience needed when
applying for that particular position. It is important to show your knowledge and
interest of the relevant professional institution in your field of work, as this will
also reflect your enthusiasm towards the profession.
Adjustments mean adaptation to life in general, and work in particular. The
interviewer would like to know whether you have a good capacity to withstand
stress, whether you are always in control even in the most unfavourable
situations, whether you are emotionally stable, and whether you can do things
on your own initiative.
Most important of all, your friendly or hostile relationship with the people around
you. Impact on others means anything from the use of simple language, the
way you speak, the way you dress, to your physical appearance throughout the
interview.
If you can talk from your own personal experience using real life situations,
make sense of things happen around you, think in terms of things and not
people, you are more likely to give an impression of a mature person and a
problem-solver much in demand by any employer.
Motivation and achievement are two important indicators of your general
attitudes toward work and career. Assessment will be based on the following:
Can you get things done even when faced with difficulties?
Have you reached the level one would expect for your age or qualifications?
Which kind of work or activity has given you the most satisfaction?
Are you a person who can deliver on time and meet deadlines?
The interviewer will not ask the above questions directly as the answers should
come from what you have accomplished, not what you plan to do in future. The
interviewer will skillfully find out the answers by asking what you have been
involved in, your interests, your strengths, your weaknesses, the challenges in
your pursuit of knowledge or previous work, your perception of yourself, your
dreams and objectives in life.
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If you are honest with yourself in the interview, you can avoid being worried
about inconsistency in your answers. Never mind if the first impression you give
is imperfect to the interviewer. The worst thing that could happen is when you
lie about yourself, and have the interviewer sense it before the end of the
interview session.
http://mcleon.tripod.com/intervw.htm
THIS WEEKS QUOTE: Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em,
'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it. Theodore
Roosevelt (1858 - 1919)
THEORY: Application forms, rsums and CVs. The Europass model.
Grammar
review:
Conversations,
meetings
and
interviews.
Miscellaneous writing. Developing skills
Job interviews tips and techniques, sample interview questions and answers,
sample interviews letters and templates
(http://www.businessballs.com/interviews.htm)
TASKS:
1. Write down a descriptive abstract on the above text (Max. 50 words).
2. Your glossary should be enlarged by 30-50 new entries. By this week, your glossarys
database should contain, around 300-500 entries.
3. Watch the following You Tube video-clip: Impossible is the Opposite of Possible
(http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=nAV0sxwx9rY) and then answer the questions below:
3.1. Do you think it is a good idea to show your personal CV on the Internet?
3.2. Do you think you would get a better-paid job in doing so?
4. What does the verb to shortlist mean in this context of a job interview?
5. What points should you consider before attending the interview?
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6. Some authors advise you to pose some questions to the interviewer. Do you think straight
questions on your part might work?
7. This text is connected to other sites on what you should prepare, and what you should not
do during an interview (see http://mcleon.tripod.com/salary.htm 10 Best Tips to Win Salary
Negotiations). Try to compare the pieces of advice offered with what you might be
expected to do in Spain. Do you agree with the points? (Three-line commentary)
8. According to the text, what are interviews intended for? Do you agree with the statement
Although these questions may be challenging, they are not meant to trap, find fault with or
penalize the candidate?
9. What are the five areas that help the interviewer select the right person for the right job? Do
you agree with the author? Justify your answer.
10. Why is it so important that interviewees should be honest during the whole process? How
much honest? What if we, accidentally, slid some minor inaccuracies?
11. What is the part of this text that has impressed you the most? Why? Justify your answer.
12. Answer extensively 3 of the questions from the questionnaire on motivation and
achievement.
13. Finally, you are offered the job. However, you are not very happy with the wages, although
the post seems attractive. Should you accept it immediately? What advice could you take?
14. OPTIONAL WORK: Write a suitable CV/Rsum, together with the accompanying cover
letter to apply for the post shown below:
CORONILLA
COUNTRY MANAGER SPAIN (Including Canary Islands) (ref.: CMCOR)
The Company
Our client is a well known international Company from the alcoholic beverage sector,
currently operating in the Spanish market.
Being among the top three global players in its area, the company is operating in a
multi-billion dollar market and there is a challenging sales and marketing task ahead: to
gain market share from the local and international competition.
As the most important factor for success will be outstanding professionals to develop
and implement a business strategy and achieve clearly defined business objectives, we
are currently recruiting a highly skilful and entrepreneurial character, who will manage
and ensure continued growth of the companys activities in Spain in conjunction with
the local partner.
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The person
Minimum of five year experience of Sales & Marketing of consumer brands
required, preferably in alcoholic drinks sector
Sales negotiation experience with major off-premise chains as well as pricing
and business analysis knowledge
Strong analytical abilities required with emphasis on business performance and
development
Strong leadership, organizational and interpersonal skills required
Proficient PC and spreadsheet analysis skills using Microsoft Excel, Word, and
PowerPoint; and mainframe applications
Excellent oral and written communication abilities including English language
skills are required
Limited international travel will be required on average 10%
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The Role
Working closely with the licensed brewing partner, Dramm at their head office, your
main tasks will include the following:
Delivering annual volume and profit targets
Working with the partner to establish the targets in areas such as product mix,
sales volume, market share, or business development and monitor the
performance of the organisation against these goals
Contribute to strategic planning and decision-making to develop and implement
a business development strategy. This includes the development of sales and
marketing plans
Daily operating management in the key areas including annual marketing plan,
sales strategy, and packaging decisions
Identification and presentation of issues and opportunities to senior
management across the market
Development of annual budgets and five-year plans and on-going monitoring &
reporting of performances
Coordination of activities with other Company departments to include
Marketing, Brewing, Operations, Finance, Accounting, Transportation,
Purchasing, Government Affairs, and Legal
Manage and develop one direct report who is responsible for the Canaries as
well as Trade Marketing for Spain
One thing that blogging and good copywriting share is a conversational style,
and that means its fine to fracture the occasional rule of proper grammar in
order to communicate effectively. Both bloggers and copywriters routinely end
sentences with prepositions, dangle a modifier in a purely technical sense, or
make liberal use of the ellipsis when an EM dash is the correct choiceall in
order to write in the way people actually speak.
But there are other mistakes that can detract from your credibility. While we all
hope that what we have to say is more important than some silly grammatical
error, the truth is that some people will not subscribe or link to your blog if you
make dumb mistakes when you write, and buying from you will be out of the
question.
CURSO 2008 - 2009
Here are five mistakes to avoid when blogging and writing web copy.
1. Your vs. Youre
This one drives me insane, and its become extremely common among
bloggers. All it takes to avoid this error is to take a second and think about what
youre trying to say.
Your is a possessive pronoun, as in your car or your blog. Youre is a
contraction for you are, as in youre screwing up your writing by using your
when you really mean you are.
2. Its vs. Its
This is another common mistake. Its also easily avoided by thinking through
what youre trying to say.
Its is a contraction of it is or it has. Its is a possessive pronoun, as in this
blog has lost its mojo. Heres an easy rule of thumbrepeat your sentence out
loud using it is instead. If that sounds goofy, its is likely the correct choice.
3. There vs. Their
This one seems to trip up everyone occasionally, often as a pure typo. Make
sure to watch for it when you proofread.
There is used many ways, including as a reference to a place (lets go there)
or as a pronoun (there is no hope). Their is a plural possessive pronoun, as
in their bags or their opinions. Always do the thats ours! testare you
talking about more than one person and something that they possess? If so,
their will get you there.
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Check out these two examples from Tom Sants book Persuasive Business
Proposals:
RECOMMENDED SITES:
10 Tips for writing business emails that say the right thing about you
(http://www.mftrou.com/writing-business-emails.html)
Netiquette (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netiquette)
TASKS:
1. Outline the underlying ideas on the above text.
2. Reading Comprehension:
2.1. According to the text, are all grammatical mistakes to be considered unacceptable? On
what occasions are those errors allowed? Do you agree with it?
2.2. Can you think of other instances where laws/rules could be transgressed for the sake
of some other benefit?
2.3. Would you define the writers tone and discourse correct or incorrect? In what aspects?
Give out arguments to account for your answers.
2.4. Rewrite the two cases of dangling participles provided by the author.
3. Your glossary should be enlarged by 30-50 new entries. By this week, your glossarys
database should contain, around 330-550 entries.
4. Write your own post for a blog: work in groups of 3-4 students (20 lines minimum). Share
Feedback.
5. Watch the following You Tube video-clip,
Seven-Language Interpreter
(http://youtube.com/watch?v=GBG47Enx79I&feature=related), and then answer the
questions:
5.1. Whats the reason why the CEO21 thinks hes living a nightmare?
5.2. Do you think the temporary interpreters behaviour is honest? What other solutions
would you have offered?
E-mail: short for electronic mail and often abbreviated to e-mail, email or simply mail. The
e-mail form is becoming increasingly rare in English, where it may also be used as a verb.
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CEO: Chief Executive Officer or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer,
administrator, corporate administrator, executive, or executive officer in charge of total
management of a corporation, company, organization, or agency.
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The feasibility study is the important step in any software development process.
This is because it makes analysis of different aspects like cost required for
developing and executing the system, the time required for each phase of the
system and so on. If these important factors are not analyzed then definitely it
would have impact on the organization and the development and the system
would be a total failure. So for running the project and the organization
successfully this step is a very important step in a software development life
cycle process.
In the software development life cycle after making an analysis in the system
requirement the next step is to make analysis of the software requirement. In
other words feasibility study is also called as software requirement analysis. In
this phase development team has to make communication with customers and
make analysis of their requirement and analyze the system.
By making analysis this way it would be possible to make a report of identified
area of problem. By making a detailed analysis in this area a detailed document
or report is prepared in this phase which has details like project plan or
schedule of the project, the cost estimated for developing and executing the
system, target dates for each phase of delivery of system developed and so on.
This phase is the base of software development process since further steps
taken in software development life cycle would be based on the analysis made
on this phase and so careful analysis has to be made in this phase.
Though the feasibility study cannot be focused on a single area some of the
areas or analysis made in feasibility study is given below. But all the steps given
below would not be followed by all system developed. The feasibility study
varies based on the system that would be developed.
Is the cost of developing the system high or does it meet the budgeted
costs. That is a cost benefit analysis is made. In other words an analysis
is made on cost feasibility of the project. This helps in identifying whether
the organization would meet the budgeted costs and also helps the
organization in making earlier and effective plans for meeting extra costs
because of the system development.
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system and the organization. This feasibility study includes factors like
scalability, how to install, how to develop and so on. This feasibility study
in short includes the analysis of technical areas. This analysis helps the
efficiency of the system developed to get improved. This is because by
choosing the correct technology by making analysis on the needs of
system helps in improving the efficiency of the system.
This study being made as the initial step of software development life cycle has
all the analysis part in it which helps in analyzing the system requirements
completely.
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There are many advantages of making feasibility study some of which are
summarized below:
THIS WEEKS QUOTE: "I have learnt much from my teachers and from my
colleagues more than from my teachers, but from my disciples more than
from them all." B. Taanit 7a)
THEORY: Grammar review: Oral presentations. Classification. Visual-verbal
relationship. Practising classifications. A viability study or feasibility
report. Developing skills
RECOMMENDED SITES:
TASKS:
1. Write down a prcis of the above text. Find out the underlying structure of the text,
identifying the main idea as developed in each paragraph.
2. Identify and comment conditional constructions. Textual analysis (questions and topics to
be suggested by the teacher).
3. Devise an overview draft of a feasibility study. Students should work in teams, and work on
the item/product of their choice. They are requested to follow up the advice and formal
protocols
covered
in
Writing
a
Feasibility
Study.
(http://www.nfsmi.org/Information/cfs/chapter4.pdf)
4. By now, your Electronics Engineering Glossary should be finished, comprising around 360600 common terms. Be ready to hand a hard-copy electronic version on CD-Rom, if
required to do so, during your final presentation.
5. Watch the following You Tube video-clip: Renewable Energy: Wind Power
(http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=klFoqqgLHCA&feature=related) and then answer the
questions below:
5.1. What is the gist of video? Make a brief summary in 30-50 words.
5.2. According to the video, what is the difference between bad power and good power?
What might be the reason?
6. Your group should be finishing the presentation material. Start rehearsing to check times,
language, slides and media, and support material.
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TASKS:
1. Imagine you were to present a given topic on your degree, e.g. (Renewal energies)
before a suitable audience. Whats the general lay out you would use for your
transparencies? Is there any web-site devoted to public presentations and laying out
slides/transparencies? Give reasons, as well as web-addresses (Please, note well: your
suggestions should be different from YouTube video 5 Quick Tips to Effective Public
Speaking, already included below).
2. Watch the following You Tube video-clip: 5 Quick Tips to Effective Public Speaking , and
then answer the questions:
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcMOzkne8ko&feature=related)
2.1. How does the speaker rate herself as a public speaker?
2.2. Name the five tips she mentions, together with, if possible, a piece of advice she may
give.
3. Look for a web-site tutorial, and, if possible, a video-tutorial (YouTube, Metacafe,
DailyMotion, etc.) on public presentations/speech deliveries.
4. By this week, your group should have finished the presentation material, and would be
about to deliver it. If given the opportunity, do check all the text twice with your lecturers. On
Presentation Day you are advised to be suitably attired, and bring along with you, not only
your lap-tops or USB flash-memory disks (memo-sticks), but also a very detailed script of
all the procedure: Who comes first, what visual aid is to be shown, etc. DIN A-5 sheets of
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paper, printed on font size 14, double-spaced, are preferred to loose, DIN A-4 sheets,
printed on font size 12 (or even 10!!), and single-spaced.
5. Read thoroughly all your presentation material, especially visual aids, and try to answer
these questions:
5.1. Is everything written in English?
5.2. Is the spelling correct?
5.3. Do you know how to pronounce all difficult and/or technical words? Are you really
100% sure? (Are you sure, indeed?)
5.4. Are all quotes, prices, measures presented in an intelligible way? (i.e., in euros instead
of pounds sterling or US dollars; in metres instead of inches, etc.).
5.5. Have all group members been assigned time slots and tasks? (All of you should
present a part of the topic, during an average of 5-7 minutes. The spoken language
should be English).
6. Do check that ALL group members can deliver their part in a maximum of only 7 minutes.
You will not be given extra points if you stay longer, or try to deliver a very difficult topic.
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a) is
b) doesnt
b) much
a) is
c) dont
c) play
a) Would you like?
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
b) went
c) didnt like
a) was
c) has
c) has lost
b) Have you
c) would
a) would
b) could
c) did she go
b) bitterly
b) are not to start
a) tall enough
c) to have caught
a) needs redecorating
c) to open
c) in
b) do I eat
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[http://www.technotetime.com/eecartoons.asp]
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Gewiss. 1996. Handbook Basic Application Gewiss (English). Bergamo: Gewiss spa. Page 8
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Pencil
Wooden rule
Chalk line
Spirit level
Plumb line
Cement
Sand shovel
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
Wheelbarrow
Bucket for mortar
Trowel
Hammer, nails
Lump hammer
Chisels
Plasterins float
15. Hose
16. Electric masonry
drill
17. Wooden planks
18. Extension ladder
19. Scaffolding
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Gewiss. 1996. Handbook Basic Application Gewiss (English). Bergamo: Gewiss spa. Page 9
1. Tool case
2. Flat head
screwdrivers
3. Cross head
screwdrivers
4. Shears
5. Hammer
6. Universal grip,
flat-nose and
round-nose pliers
7. Measuring tape
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Basic concepts:
Association between graphic symbols
and Gewiss products
Gewiss. 1996. Handbook Basic Application Gewiss (English). Bergamo: Gewiss spa, p. 28
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Basic concepts:
Association between graphic symbols
and Gewiss products
Gewiss. 1996. Handbook Basic Application Gewiss (English). Bergamo: Gewiss spa, p. 29
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Who better?
Many business people faced with the task of writing for
marketing purposes are quick to say:
Hey, Im no Hemingway!
But really, who better than Hemingway to emulate? Rather
than embracing the flowery prose of the literati, he chose
to eschew obfuscation at every turn and write simply and
clearly.
So lets see what Ernest can teach us about effective writing.
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[http://www.copyblogger.com/ernest-hemingway-top-5-tips-for-writing-well/]
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Whats the second most important part of your blog post after the title?
Master copywriter Eugene Schwartz often spent an entire week on the first 50
words of a sales piece the headline and the opening paragraph.
Just imagine how disappointed youd be after crafting a killer headline
[http://www.copyblogger.com/magnetic-headlines/] for your post, only to lose
readers with an opening that failed to carry the momentum. A great headline
mixed with a lame opening is like inviting someone into your house, only to slam
the door in their face as they approach.
So, here are 5 ways to open your post that will capture the readers imagination
and pull them deeper into your content.
1. Ask a Question
Opening your post with a question is a rhetorical device (hence, the rhetorical
question) that creates curiosity and gets the reader thinking. Thinking equals
active engagement with your writing, and thats a very good thing.
2. Share an Anecdote or Quote
Anecdotes are quick stories that can make people laugh or immediately
establish the main point of your post. A nice quote from a recognizable authority
or famous person can also work wonders when holding attention in those
crucial opening seconds.
3. Invoke the Minds Eye
Producing a mental image in a readers mind is one of the most powerful things
you can ever do as a writer, so expressly engaging the imagination is a
powerful opening technique. Activate the minds eye of the reader by using
words like imagine, picture this, do you remember when, etc.
4. Use an Analogy, Metaphor or Simile
Analogies, metaphors and similes are some of the most powerful devices
available when it comes to telling a story in a single sentence. This is a great
way to capture a readers attention and also acts to provoke mental imagery
that allows readers to tell a story to themselves.
5. Cite a Shocking Statistic
Starting off with an interesting factoid is also a great technique. People love
being provided with interesting data, but only if it is unique, startling, or even
shocking. The statistic should also be directly relevant to the point of your post
as well.
Bonus Tip: The third most important part of your blog post is the closing. A
great way to close is to tie back into your opening.
So, which of the 5 techniques did I NOT use in the opening to this post?
[http://www.copyblogger.com/5-simple-ways-to-open-your-blog-post-with-a-bang/]
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Supervising technicians and engineers in an electronics Industry or business with possibility for
full management responsibilities.
June 1987
Sep. 1991
Summers and
part-time
1991-1995
EDUCATION
B.S. degree in Industrial Management, Louisiana State University, May 1995
SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS
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WORK EXPERIENCE
CAPABILITIES
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
EDUCATION
1994-1996
1990-1994
WORK EXPERIENCE
1994-1996
Part-time
AWARDS
[PICKETT, N.A. & LASTER, A.A. 1996 (7th ed.) Technical English.
Writing, Reading & Speaking. New York: HarperCollins. (p. 283)]
Campus de Guajara, s/n 38071 La Laguna Tenerife (Espaa)
Tel.: +34 922 317 619 Fax: +34 922 317 611 webpages.ull.es/users/filina filina@ull.es
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(521) 363-2371
SUPERVISION:
COMMUNICATION:
PERSONNEL:
BUDGET:
MACHINE SKILLS:
EMPLOYMENT:
1978-Present
1973-1978
1971-1973
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Machinist
EDUCATION:
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[PICKETT, N.A. & LASTER, A.A. 1996 (7th ed.) Technical English.
Writing, Reading & Speaking. New York: HarperCollins.(p. 284)]
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MODELO DE EXAMEN22
Apellidos
NIF/NIE:
Lectura
Nombre
Correo Electrnico
Vocabulario
Redaccin
Media
A metal detector is essential for today's amateur treasure hunter. But only the most
expensive detector can reveal the difference between worthless items, such as pull-ring
tops from soft drink cans or silver foil, and a rare find such as the gold necklace
discovered by one enthusiast last year.
Electronic metal detectors use the principle of electromagnetic induction. This means
that, if an object is placed in a changing magnetic field, an electrical voltage is created
in the object. In a metal detector, an electronic current is passed through a coil of wire,
called the search coil, to create a magnetic field. An alternating current (AC) generator
converts the direct current (DC) from the battery into the AC needed to drive the coil.
As AC regularly reverses direction, it produces the necessary ever-changing magnetic
field.
Currents are created in a metal object which comes within this magnetic field by a
process known as induction. This is because all metals conduct electricity. When a
current is induced in a metal object (for example, a buried coin), this in turn produces its
own magnetic fields. These magnetic fields are capable of inducing a small amount of
electricity in the detector's search coil itself.
The simplest kind of metal detector is the pulse induction type. A powerful current is
passed from the battery through the search coil and the switched off. The pulse of
magnetism causes current to flow in any target objects below the ground. But unlike the
current in the search coil, the current in the object cannot be switched off; it has to die
away naturally. As it dies, the current in the object reactivates the search coil. This
voltage is the amplified to indicate with a sound or a flashing light that an object has
been found.
The effectiveness of a metal detector depends on the size and position of the object and
how far beneath the ground it is buried. For example a coin buried edge-on to the search
coil is much harder to detect than the same coin buried face up.
The length of the text and the type of reading comprehension questions of the Reading Text
Section may vary from one exam to the next. Lecturers may also consider including,
occasionally, other sections, such as, e.g., a Practical Grammar Section, with a battery of
grammar exercises. Unless otherwise stated, the entire exam is to be completed in English.
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1. Any metal detector can discriminate between gold and other metals.
5. The metal detector can only locate metals which contain iron or are magnetic.
7. Passing a current through the search coil and then switching it off, creates a
pulse of magnetism round the coil.
8. All metal detectors are fitted with a flashing light to show when an object has
been found.
10. A coin horizontal to the surface is more difficult to detect than one vertical to the
surface.
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ENGLISH
SPANISH
DEFINITION
Array
Block diagram
Capacitor
Coil
LED
Microwave
PNP transistor
Resistance
Snow
Thermistor
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Key Words:
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