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Unit 1
Text A: What is Manufacturing?
Text B: Automated Factory and Automatic Factory
Listening and Speaking
Unit 2
Text A: What Do the Simple Machines Mean?
Text B" Big Laser Machines Add Flexibility and Speed to Market
Listening and Speaking
Unit 3
Text A: Fundamentals of Machining
Text B: Lathe
Listening and Speaking
Unit 4
Text A: Cutting of Metals and Formation of Chips
Text B: Turning, Drilling, Boring, and Milling Machine Tools
Listening and Speaking
Unit 5
Text A: Numerical Control
Text B: Numerical Control Tools
Listening and Speaking
Unit 6
Text A: What is Computer Integrated Manufacturing? (A)
Text B: What is Computer Integrated Manufacturing? (B)
Listening and Speaking
Unit 7
Text A: Industrial Robots
Text B: The Meaning of Quality
Listening and Speaking
Unit 8
Text A: No Strict Liability for "Casual" Manufacturer
Text B: Law and Liability: Injured Construction Worker Loses Suit Against Owner and Contractor
Listening and Speaking
Unit 9
Text A: Flexible Manufacturing systems
Text B: Computerized Control of CIM
Listening and Speaking
Unit 10
Text A: Getting Hold of Mechatronics
Text B: The Future Factory Is Digital
Listening and Speaking
Vocabulary