英語表現演習4 (金): Engineering measurement・工務の測定、寸法

Hello! 

How are you? The picture above is the Queen Mary 2 - one of the largest passenger ships ever built. Quite impressive, isn't it? What do you think its length is? Or perhaps its height? 

Today, let's look more at how to accurately measure some examples of works of engineering.  

Activity/homework

Look at the pictures below. Search out the measurements of these examples of engineering in terms of the following: 

• overall length
• overall height
• width (in various parts) 

Important notes:  

With aircraft - remember for your measurements to find out not only the overall length and overall height, but the maximum cabin width and fuselage width as well, plus the wingspan. 

With bridges - find out not only the overall length, but also the height of the tallest support from the ground. You also need the width, plus thickness, of the decks. In addition, you need the maximum span between the supports.

With buildings - search out not only the overall height, but the width of the base of the buildings at their thickest plus average width of the building if this is different from the base. Find out as well what the length of any structures are that might be on the building (such as towers at the top) plus the length and width of any structures such as elevated walkways or bridges from the building (if they exist). 

Let's start! Note these measurements in your notebooks and hand in next class!

1. Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer

2. The Concorde

3. Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building

4. Tianjin Grand Bridge, China

5. Rainbow Bridge

I hope you can find some useful information that perhaps might surprise you about these aircraft and other structures. 

See you next time!

Images: Top - by أشرف العناني from alshekh zwaed, egypt - Queen Mary II ship Crosses Suez Canal الملكة كوين ماري الثانية أضخم سفينة سياحية في العالم تعبر قناة السويس, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50547512/GlobalFlyer - By Alan Radecki Akradecki - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2940912/ Concorde - by Alexander Jonsson - http://www.airliners.net/photo/Air-France/Aerospatiale-British-Aerospace-Concorde/0432634/L/, GFDL 1.2, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16590988/Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building - by Kakidai - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19529189/Tianjin Grand Bridge, China - by Wuyouyuan - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6938813/Rainbow Bridge - by Javachan - Shot by Wikipedia user javachanTransferred from English Wikipedia; en:File:Rainbow Bridge,Tokoyo Bay from Odaiba.jpgTransfered by Gobonobo, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17916431