作者：楼四骏
出版社：航空工业出版社
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前 言
20世纪90年代以来，我国模具业高速发展，行业规模日益壮大，技术水平不断提升。我国的模具外贸业务也在不断扩大，模具设计和模具制造等岗位对从业人员英语水平的要求越来越高。为帮助学生了解模具的相关背景知识和专业术语表达，提高学生阅读专业英语资料的能力，我们编写了本教材。
本教材共七单元，对模具专业领域的主要内容进行了立体化的介绍，内容包括模具介绍、模具企业简介、开模客户服务流程、模具成型类型及产品、模具故障排除、模具的加工方法以及相应的设备、模具报价与合同等。
每个单元基本框架及其特点如下：（1）Warming-up：导入部分，利用图片、视频资料，引起学生对单元学习内容的兴趣；（2）Situational Dialogue：情景对话均摘录一线模具外贸业务员与外商的真实对话，实用性高；（3）Focus Reading（Text A, Text B, Text C） ：焦点阅读共三篇，每篇之后都有相应的新单词释义和辅助练习帮助学生理解文章，熟记模具相关术语；（4）Fast Reading：快速阅读，加大信息量，加深学生对专业词汇的印象，对所学内容进行深化；（5）Field Training：实战训练，模拟真实场景，训练与外国模具同行有效沟通的能力；（6） Supplementary Reading：补充阅读，适合对模具英语学习有浓厚兴趣的高职学生；（7）Related Knowledge：相关背景知识，让学生了解模具相关知识。考虑到高职学生的英语能力，本部分用中文编写，便于学生读懂、学会。
本教材插图资料丰富，教材的设计注重重要知识点的重现和复习，并根据德国著名职教改革专家托马斯•胡格教授的职业教育理念，特别设有Team work，Presentation，Field training等训练项目，让学生在做中学，从而更加牢固地掌握所学的知识。
本教材是高职高专模具相关专业的英语教材，也可作为高等院校商务英语、应用英语专业学生的行业英语选修课教材。
本教材由王维平总体策划；楼四骏担任主编，设置单元的基本框架和难度要求；蒋轶阳、杨晓青、许唱、张倩和邓琳担任副主编；李宏磊、翁晓梅、阳振林、王建成参与编写；并由董彦担任教材的主审工作。在编写过程中还得到宁波埃利特模具制造有限公司和宁波通成汽配有限公司的大力支持，在此表示感谢。
由于编写时间仓促，加之编者水平有限，书中疏漏与不当之处在所难免，敬请读者批评指正。编 者2012年12月Unit 1IntroductionWarming-up
Task 1 Team work
Do you have any idea of mold and mold products? Do you know what are they? What does mold have to do with our day-to-day life? Work in teams and get some information from your classmates.
Task 2 Pick out mold and mold products
Quite confused about mold? Don’t worry, exam the following 10 pictures, you may get some ideas of mold. Warning! Not all of the pictures are mold or mold products, try to figure out the right ones.Pic.1Pic.2Pic.3Pic.4Pic.5Pic.6Pic.7Pic.8Pic.9Pic.10Situational Dialogue
A: Good morning, Lisa. Where are you going?
B: I am going to the library to borrow some books about molds, as my investigation thesis focuses on molds industry in Ningbo.
A: As far as I know, there’s a wide range of molds and on which one you are going to investigate?
B: I’ve no idea about that. Please tell me more.
A: OK, usually we classify the mold in two groups: metal products mold and nonmetal products mold. For metal products mold, we have metal processing mold including cold-press mold, forging mold and pressing mold, metal casting mold and powder metallurgy mold. While for nonmetal products mold, we have plastic mold, ceramic mold, rubber mold, glass mold, food mold, ornament mold and so on.
B: Whao… I never realized the mold family gets such amount of members. What type do you suggest me to investigate on, especially in the setting of Ningbo city.
A: If I were you, I will choose plastic mold, or to narrow down the topic, injection plastic mold, as it plays an important role in Ningbo Smart-made Industry.
B: Sounds sensible, thank you for giving me such precious suggestion!
New expression: Ningbo Smart-made Industry “宁波智造”Focus Reading
Text A
Task 1 Pre-reading
Find the definition of Injection Molding and share it with your classmates.
Do it by yourself, not waiting for the teacher’s help.
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Injection Molding Affects Our Day-to-day Lives
Many products that we use in our everyday lives are made by the process of plastic injection molding. This process is used when large quantities of plastics items are made, as a single mold will produce the same item many times over. It is the most important part of the plastic manufacturing process. A large range of different products are produced using this process.
The process itself used to be undertaken manually by people in the factory but today the process is fully automated and controlled by a central processing unit. The process involves powdered thermoplastic plastic being fed into the machine and the plastic is then melted down. The plastic is injected into the mold cavity, which is warmed to prevent the plastic from hardening before the mold is full, and then pressure is exerted to keep the plastic in the mold while it hardens. The end result is that the plastic takes on the shape of the mold cavity, which is the finished product, whatever that may be.
Food IndustryFig1-1 Containers
Our food industry of today would struggle without this process as many containers and other plastic items that are used are made by this process. Bottles, ice cream containers and margarine containers are all made using this process, as are many other containers that hold food. Smaller items like bottle tops are also made using this process, as well as things like milk crates. Plastic bottles and containers have replaced glass with many food items. Plastic is cheap to produce and light to transport.
Around the homeFig1-2 Toy car, laundry basket and disposable razor
Many of the plastic items you use around your home are made using the process of injection molding. The plastic plug in your sink and bathtub is made using this process, as is your plastic rubbish bin, laundry basket, disposable razors, bottles, storage containers, as well as children’s toys. There are many handy items around your house that are made using injection molding, items that now only exist because of this process.
TechnologyFig1-3 Computer, camera and photocopier
Technology also benefits from this process. Things like computers, printers, photocopiers and cameras have plastic parts in them that are produced by injection molding. Plastic items vary from the very large to the very small, including things like parts of industrial copiers and the keys on your computer keyboard.
Recreation and TravelFig1-4 Water craft, kit car and plastic tray
We use many different things made from plastic in our everyday lives, including things used for sports, recreation and entertainment. Today’s water sports are made possible because of injection molding as sometimes hulls of boats and parts of other water craft are made using this process. Plastic sports equipment is made this way, which is often used in junior competitions, as well as training aids like plastic cones. Even when we travel we come across things made by this process. The meals on an air plane come served on a plastic tray, there are plastic parts in the interiors of trains and even the body shells of kit cars are made from plastic which has been molded using injection molding.
Glossary
injection molding 注塑 photocopier n. 复印机automate v. 自动化；使自动化 hull n. 船体；外壳thermoplastic adj. 热塑性的 craft n. 小船；手艺cavity n. 型腔，模穴 cone n. 圆锥体exert v. 运用；发挥 tray n. 托盘
crate n. 板条箱 interior n.&adj. 内部；内部的
plug n. 塞子；插头 kit car 组装车
razor n. 剃刀
Task 2 Classification
Find the appropriate products in the text to match the relative fields in our lives.
Task 3 Reading Comprehension
Answer the following questions according to the text.
1．Can you list some products we use in our daily lives that are made by the process of plastic injection molding? You may not just list the products mentioned in the text.
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2．Can we call a plastic crate a mold? Why?
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3．Is a desktop computer a mold product? Why?
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4．Have you got some ideas of mold and the products now? Are they closely related to the life?
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Task 4 Translation
Part 1 Translate the following terms into English.
热塑性塑料______________________ 船舶；水运工具___________________
注塑____________________________ 型腔；模穴_______________________
Part 2 Translate the following passage into Chinese.
The process itself used to be undertaken manually by people in the factory but today the process is fully automated and controlled by a central processing unit. The process involves powdered thermoplastic plastic being fed into the machine and the plastic is then melted down. The plastic is injected into the mold cavity, which is warmed to prevent the plastic from hardening before the mold is full, and then pressure is exerted to keep the plastic in the mold while it hardens. The end result is that the plastic takes on the shape of the mold cavity, which is the finished product, whatever that may be.
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Task 5 Presentation
Use the pictures from Warming-up(Task 2) and Text A as your references to make a presentation in your group about the influence of injection molding on our day-to-day lives.
Text B Task 1 Pre-reading
Search the following terms on the Internet and write down your own understanding about them.
1．blanking die
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2．bending die
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3．drawing die
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4．forming die
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What Is Mold or Die?
Mold is a shaped hollow container into which a liquid material is poured so that it can set in a particular shape when it hardens.
Die is a device used for cutting out, forming, or stamping material, especially:
(1) An engraved metal piece used for impressing a design onto a softer metal, as in coining money.
(2) A part on a machine that punches shaped holes in, cuts, or forms sheet metal, cardboard, or other stock.
(3) A metal block containing small conical holes through which plastic metal, or other ductile material is extruded or drawn.
Die is used for drawing wire, and for blanking, bending, cutting, machine forging, and embossing. Die used for striking, or stamping, coins and medals are cut in intaglio, one for the front, another for the back, of the coin. Diemaking, formerly entirely a hand process in which the graver (a cutting tool), riffler (a file), and chisel were employed, has been accelerated in mordern times by the use of diemaking machines supplemented by hand finishing. Sheet metal or other material is blanked out, shaped , or embossed between the dies by power-operated levers or drop hammers, or by die-casting. The die used for drawing wires or extruding rods is made of hard metal with a hole or a series of progressively smaller holes through which the metal is forced. For making screws or threading pipe, a hollow hard metal die with internal threading is used.
Glossary
hollow adj. 凹的，中空的
container n. 容器，箱
pour v. 灌注，倾倒
die n. 冲模，钢型，硬模
stamp v. 牙印，压花，冲压
engrave v. 雕刻
coin v. 冲制，模压，压花纹
punch v. 冲孔，打孔
sheet metal 金属板（片） ，钣金件
cardboard n. 纸板
stock n. 原料，材料
conical adj. 圆锥的，圆锥形的
ductile adj. 可延展的，可锻的
extrude v. 挤出，挤压成
draw v. 拉深，拉拔
mold n. 模具
drawing wire 金属拉丝
blank v. 冲裁，下料，冲切
bend v. 弯曲
forge v. 锻造，锤炼
emboss v. 压纹，轧花，浮雕
intaglio v. 凹雕，阴雕
graver n. 雕刻师
riffler n. 曲锉（用来雕模）
file n. 锉刀
chisel n. 錾子
accelerate v. 加速，促进
supplement v.&n. 补充，补足
power-operated 机（电∕自）动的，动力驱动的
lever n. 杆，控制杆，杠杆
drop hammer 落锤，吊锤，打桩锤
die-casting 压（模）铸法，压模铸件
rod n. 杆，棒
progressive adv. 渐进地
screw n. 螺钉，螺旋，螺杆，螺孔
thread n. 螺线v. 攻螺纹，套螺纹
internal adj. 内在的，内部的
progressive die 级进模
scrap strip 废料板
Task 2 What’s the difference between mold and die? Examine the following statements and decide whether they are True or False.
□ 1. A mold is a specialized tool used in manufacturing industries to cut or shape material using a press.
□ 2. A mold shapes things. A die cuts things to a shape.
□ 3. Products made with dies range from simple screws to complex pieces used in advanced technology
□ 4. The process of moldmaking is undertaken manaully by people while the process of diemaking is automated and control by a machine. Task 3 Translation
Translate the following sentences into Chinese.
1. Mold is a shaped hollow container into which a liquid material is poured so that it can set in a particular shape when it hardens.
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2. Die is a device used for cutting out, forming, or stamping material. _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________
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3. Diemaking, formerly entirely a hand process in which the graver (a cutting tool), riffler (a file), and chisel were employed, has been accelerated in mordern times by the use of diemaking machines supplemented by hand finishing.
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Text C
Task 1 Team work
Make a survey of Chinese mold industry before reading the following text, and the leader of the group will make a report according to the PPT made by team members. You can ask for help from the Internet if you have access to internet connectivity. This is a team work!
Ten Development Trends of Chinese Mold Industry
During the period of the Eleventh Five-Year Plan, Chinese mold industry gained gratifying achievements in adjusting the industrial structure and implementing the industrial upgrade. The quick development of the mold industry gives hope to many mold enterprises. But it is a pity that Chinese mold industry cannot get rid of low-end market positioning. Speeding up the replacement rate of molds and additional products and developing high-end brands become many mold manufacturers’ objective.
Liu Depu, the Secretary-General of Shanghai Die & Mold Industry Association, pointed out that the Chinese mold industry will present ten trends in the future.
The first one is that mold products are increasingly larger. This is due to increasingly larger of the parts which are used for the molding of products. In addition, it is also caused by “a multi-cavity mold” required by the high production efficiency.
The second trend is that the precision of the mold will be higher. Mold precision was generally about 5 microns ten years ago. Currently, the precision has reached 2 to 3 microns. And molds with 1 micron precision will soon be available which requires super-finishing.
The third trend is that the multi-functional mold complex will be further developed. The new type of multi-functional compound molds can stamp parts. Besides, they are also responsible for some assembly tasks such as tapping, riveting, and locking, etc. As a result, the requirements for the performance of the steels will be demanding.
Fourthly, the proportion of hot runner molds is gradually improved. The hot runner technology not only improves productivity and quality of the products, but also saves a large amount of raw materials. Therefore, this technology has developed very rapidly in foreign countries. Many plastic mold factories produce more than half of the plastic mold products by using hot runner technology. The utilization rate of this technology is over 80% in some of the enterprises. Its effect is very obvious. Now, this technology is also used in Chinese mold enterprises and the utilization rate has achieved 20% to 30% in some of the companies.
Fifthly, some new molds that adapt to high-pressure injection and molding will be developed with the continuous improvement of plastic molding process.
The sixth one is that the application of standard parts will be more extensive. The application of mold standardization and mold standard parts will greatly affect the mold manufacturing cycle. It can also improve the quality of molds and reduce the manufacturing costs.
Seventhly, the prospect of rapid economic molds is very broad. Now is the era of multiple varieties of small batch production. In the 21st century, the proportion of this mode production will reach 75%. The shorter life cycle of products and the variety of the patterns demand that the mold production cycle is as short as possible. Therefore, the development of these mold products attracts people’s attention.
Eighthly, the ratio of die-casting molds will continue to increase with the development of vehicles and electrical products.
The ninth one is that the proportion of plastic molds will continue to increase.
The tenth is that the technical content of mold products will continue to improve. And the proportion of high-end products will also be improved, which is caused by the adjustment of product structure.
Glossary
gratifying adj. 悦人的；令人满足的 tapping n. 出钢；开孔
implement v. 实施，执行 riveting n. 铆接；用铆钉固定low-end 低档的；廉价的 hot runner 热流道
replacement rate 更新率 utilization n. 利用，使用
additional product 附加产品；副产品 standard parts 标准件
high-end 高端的；高档的 rapid economic mold 快速经济模具secretary-general 秘书长；总书记 batch production 批量生产micron n. 微米（等于百万分之一米） die-casting 压模法；铸造法
super-finishing 超精加工
Task 2 Reading Comprehension
Answer the following questions according to the text.
1. What’s the market positioning of mold and products and what’s the objective of many
mold manufacturers in China currently?
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2. What’s the advantages of hot runner molds mentioned in the text?
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3. What’s the benefit of using standard parts?
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4. Is the production of rapid economic molds prospective?
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5. Which industries are related to die-casting molds?
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Task 3 Pick out some key words or phrases from the text to fill in the following table (some have already been given).
Task 4 Summarize the ten development trends of Chinese mold industry according to the table above.Fast Reading
A Foreign mold manufacturer in China
In 2005, Steven and his brother Samuel were running their Chicago-based plastics business when they began having major problems that started them on an unplanned mid-life journey that today finds the Williams owning —and living part-time in —a factory in Shenzhen.
American businessman Steven Williams sits in the office of his mold-making factory in China and admits his professional life of the last few years has been crazy.
Whether by plan or by luck, though, the two believe they’ve found a business niche, tapping into American injection molding companies that want to cut their tooling costs and source overseas.
As a result, their factory, Sean Tooling & Plastic Mfg. Co. Ltd., has grown from 20 employees in 2007 to 200 now, and they say sales
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