Упр.1 Unit 7 Reader ГДЗ English Кузовлев 6 класс

Unit 7 What are you going to be?

1. Vocabulary.

1. You are going to read Danny’s story about his father.
   Before reading the story, answer the questions below. Circle the letters of the questions you’ve answered positively, and then read to check if Danny and you are of the same opinion (reading for detail).
   Do you believe that
   a) cogs, springs and pistons can be more fun to play with than most of the plastic stuff?
   b) a seven-year-old boy can take a small engine to pieces and put it together again all by himself?
   c) a workshop can be a playroom?
   d) almost from birth a boy can begin training to be a mechanic?

   My father was a fine mechanic. People used to bring their cars to his garage to be repaired. He loved engines. His workshop was my playroom. My toys were the cogs and springs and pistons. They were more fun to play with than most of the plastic stuff children have these days. So almost from birth, I began training to be a mechanic. But now that I was five years old there was the problem of school.

   We were in the workshop. Suddenly Dad said to me, “You know, Danny, you must be the best five-year-old mechanic in the world. You like this work, don’t you?”

   “I absolutely love it,” I said.

   “I want to teach you to be a great mechanic. And when you grow up, I hope you will become a famous designing engineer, a man who designs new and better engines for cars and airplanes. For that you will need a really good education. But I don’t want to send you to school now. First I’ll teach you how to take a small engine to pieces and put it together again all by yourself. After that, you can go to school.”

   You probably think my father was crazy trying to teach a young child to be an expert mechanic, but as a matter of fact he wasn’t crazy at all. I learned fast and I liked every moment of it. At the age of seven, believe it or not, I really could take a small engine to pieces and put it together again.

2. What do the highlighted words mean?
3. Was Danny’s father a great mechanic? Find the words to describe this and write them down (reading for specific information).
4. What can an expert mechanic do?
   • repair engines
   • repair cars
   • take an engine to pieces
   • put an engine together
   • design engines
   • design cars and airplanes
5. What does a person have to do to become a designing engineer? Choose the right suggestion(s).
   • a) to begin training from birth
   • b) to be able to take an engine and put it together again
   • c) to get a really good education