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Refineries
Reading
Listening
^ L i s t e n
t o s i x v i s i t o r s at t h e m a i n g a t e t o a r e f i n e r y . C o m p l e t e t h e t a b l e .
N a m e of v i s i t o r
Hans Clements
Abdullah Al-Kakhis
Sally Digby
Visitor
Time
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Speaking
Refining
New employee
Separation area
Control room
Substation
Connie Grieve
Practise in pairs. Have conversations like the ones you heard. Use these
phrases and sentences.
Good morning/afternoon.
Could I see your ID, please?
Thank you.
Hazmat area
Where
Parts of a refinery
Vocabulary
substation _
conversion area \.
tank farm
\
canteen
\.
main gate
administration building
separation area
8 river
9 treatment area
10 labs
11 parking area
12 hazardous materials area
13 control room
Listening
2 HL-Ufl
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2
3
4
5
6
7
Vocabulary
Look at the picture. Which parts of the refinery can you see?
Speaking
Work in pairs. Draw a map of a refinery. Explain the different areas to a visitor.
This is the admin building.
These are our offices.
This is the substation.
This provides power for the rehnery.
Refining
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Refinery jobs
Read the texts. Match the jobs in the box to the descriptions.
Reading
safety instructor
control room operator
pump system operator
lab technician
1
2
3
4
maintenance supervisor
refinery equipment
fire safety
emergency procedures
piping systems
hazmat training
pressure gauges
Refining
Describe a job to a partner. Your partner has to guess the job you are
describing.
brown
orange
yellow
green
blue
wm
purple
grey
white
Speaking
black
Work in pairs. Tell your partner the colours of the first three bands of a resistor.
They work out the resistance.
A:
B:
A:
B:
A:
47
Dates
Listening
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Rea
Listen and repeat the months of the year. Mark the stress.
Writing
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Emergen
1 Raise th
2 Contact
Language
3 Switch c
Dates
We say the first of January, the second
of February,
1 st = first
11th = eleventh
21st = twenty-first
2nd = s e c o n d
12th = twelfth
22nd = twenty-second
3rd = third
13th = thirteenth
23rd = twenty-third
4th = fourth
14th = fourteenth
24th = twenty-fourth
5th = fifth
15th = fifteenth
25th = twenty-fifth
6th = sixth
16th = sixteenth
26th = twenty-sixth
7th = seventh
17th = seventeenth
27th = twenty-seventh
8th = eighth
18th = eighteenth
28th = twenty-eighth
9th = ninth
19th = nineteenth
29th = twenty-ninth
10th = tenth
20th = twentieth
30th = thirtieth
the first.
4 Proceec
5 Check t
are pre*
6 Report
Lister
31st = thirty-first
Practise in pairs. Ask and answer questions. Find a new partner and repeat.
What day is it today/tomorrow?
What month is it?
What's the date today?
When's your birthday?
It's Tuesday.
It's December.
It's the third of February.
It's on the fourteenth of July.
Speak
Reading
Emergency procedures
1 Raise the alarm.
2 Contact the emergency services.
3 Switch off all machinery.
4 Proceed upwind to an assembly area.
5 Check that all your crew or department
are present or accounted for.
6 Report to the senior person present.
Listening
Speaking
Work in pairs. Student A turn to page 68. Student B turn to page 79.
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Listening
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1
2
It's raining.
It's windy.
-20 C
It's very
today.
It's t w e n t y below
a n d ...
... it's s n o w i n g .
Speaking
Refining
40 C
It's freezing.
It's
It's 20 degrees.
It's
Hfigress
Nn
roads.
today.
Place
Today
Aberdeen
-10 C
Los A n g e l e s
32 C
Moscow
-20 C
Rio de Janeiro
28 C
Riyadh
45 C
A:
B:
A:
B:
A:
B:
A:
B:
6
20 C
rtpgrpes
Sydney
0C
18 C
Tomorrow
**
3"C
33 C
**
c
O
^
-23 C
Celsius
m
&
**
25 C
&
45 C
&
21 C
&
Fahrenheit
-30
-22
-25
-13
-20
-4
-15
-10
14
-5
23
32
41
10
50
15
59
20
68
25
77
30
86
35
95
40
104
45
113
Review
Writing
Look at the audioscript for track 47 on page 75. Write questions to get these
answers.
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c
C
c
3
c
3
C
3
C
3
C
colours
C
3
C
3
3
c
C
3
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^ t y p e s of w e a t h e r ^
months
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c
3
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