Listening

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Introduction

Unit 9 Printing Processes

Word Check

EQUIPMENT AND PART

cabinet- piece of (office) furniture on which to place an object, e.g. a photocopier, or in which to store things

lid - part that covers the top of a photocopier and can be lifted up

paper cassette holder - container for paper in or on photocopier

copy tray — container into which finished photocopies go

toner - powder used in photocopying process to give black image

ASSEMBLY AND INSTALLATION

to assemble — to fix parts together

to adjust — to change (level, height, position, etc.) by a small amount

to attach - to fasten (one thing to another)

to slide in — to move (something) smoothly into its correct position

to shake- to move something (e.g. a bottle) quickly up and down

to pour — to transfer a liquid or powder from one container into another

(process description - past, present and future tenses)

This unit deals with the modernisation of printing processes. Traditional processes werelargely manual. The pages of a newspaper were cast (formed) in metal. Modern methodsdo not use metal. They use computers, photographic processes and plasticplates (newspapers are printed by pressing plates against paper).

You are going to hear the editor of a newspaper briefly reviewing the development in printing processes. As you listen, complete the flow charts below: