Reading comprehension – TADT5

Ex.1. Read the text about Canon Inc. and answer the questions with NO MORE THAN
TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER.
Canon, Inc.  is a multinational corporation that specializes in imaging and optical
products. It is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Canon was originally established in 1930 to
create high-quality cameras, an ambition first realized in 1936 [1], with the release of the Hansa
Canon - the first focal-plane shutter camera. Through technological innovation, Canon has
become a world-leading innovator and provider of imaging solutions [2], and a major
manufacturer of printers, photocopiers, and fax machines, as well as medical and broadcasting
equipment. It operates through the following segments: Office Business, Consumer Business,
Industry and Others Business. Today, Canon’s annual sales average $40.23 billion, and it
employs 191,889 people in 51 affiliated companies [3] worldwide.
A key to Canon’s success has been innovation and research. Canon annually invests
approximately 10% of its sales [4] in research and development. In 2004, Canon ranked third
worldwide among all companies for the number of U.S. patents issued. Canon has maintained a
global ranking among the top five companies for the past 20 years, with a total of 26,528 U.S.
patents granted in almost 70 years. Some products developed from Canon patented
technology [5] include the laser beam print engine, Bubble Jet Printing systems, eye-control
focus systems for cameras and camcorders, and optical image stabilization for video cameras,
broadcast lenses, and binoculars.

Business Week magazine places the Canon brand in position 35 [6] among the best
global brands. In 2005, Canon was number 30 in Fortune’s All-Star list of the world’s most
admired companies. Financial Times [7] listed Canon as number 25 among the world’s most
respected companies, and the President and Chief Executive Officer - Mr. Fujio Mitarai - as
10th among the world’s most respected company leaders.

1. When was the Hansa Canon first introduced to public? in 1936

2. In which area does Canon become the leader? imaging solutions
3. How many subsidiaries does it have? 51
4. How much money does Canon invest in research and development every year?
$4.023 billion
5. What are Bubble Jet Printing systems developed from?
patented technology
6. What is the position of Canon among the most admired companies? 35
7. Which newspaper ranked the Canon’s CEO as 10th among the most respected
company leaders? Financial Times 

Ex.2. Read the text and complete the sentences with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS
from the text.
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 BKAV SMARTHOME
BKAV smart home is the latest generation of smart home systems in the world with
outstanding technology in comparison with product from US and EU.
For a conventional smart home system, you shall need dozens or even up to hundreds of
switches to control all the devices. However, with BKAV Smart Home, all electrical appliances
shall be switched with only a few of buttons on touch screen of a smartphone or tablet
[1]. You can also control your house via visual 3D interface, in which the devices are simulated
same as in reality, just by tapping the corresponding device on screen to control.
Besides smartphone and tablet, you can also control BKAV Smart Home directly
through your voice. BKAV Smart Home is equipped with virtual assistant component,
which helps communicating with the system [2]. It is comfortable when using your own
voice to give command and the system responses to it.
The lighting system inside and outside your home will be divided into areas. Only when there
is a person at an area, will the lights of the area turn on. They will automatically turn off as soon
as the person leaves. Moreover, the lighting system has ability to learn its owner’s habits
so it can operate like owner’s hobbies such as greeting guests in welcome mode. [3]
BKAV Smart Home can also control temperature, humidity, oxygen by activating
barometer sensors [4]. The parameters will be transferred to center system for calculating and
giving control commands to air condition devices, dehumidifiers, ventilators etc. to help maintain
your home's environment at its best. The owner can freely set up environmental parameters
to suit his family [5], such as temperature to be set up lower in children’s room and higher for
grandparents’ room. BKAV Smart Home will also learn changes of the environment. For
example, with “Sleep setup” at normal default, it automatically closes curtains, turns off ceiling
lights and reflector lamps, only turns on bedside lamps, set air conditioner’s temperature at 25
°C.
1. BKAV Smart Home allows you to control the ………………. at the touch of buttons
on the screen of a smartphone or tablet. electrical appliances
2. Thanks to the ………………., you can communicate with BKAV Smart Home and
control it through your voice. virtual assistant component
3. The ………………. can welcome guests in a similar way to its owner’s routines.
lighting system
4. The ………………. of BKAV Smart Home enable you to control the air condition of
your house. barometer sensors
5. ………………. can be freely set up to be suitable for the family. environmental
parameters
6. ………………. of BKAV Smart Home can help the owner with some automatic
operation in normal default. Sleep setup

Ex.3.
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 WHAT DO CABLE INSTALLERS DO?
Cable installers work in homes and businesses to install and repair telecommunications cables.
These could be phone lines, internet cables or cable television. If it comes into your home or
office through a cable, then a cable installer put it there. Cable installers typically drive to
people's homes in vans or trucks that are outfitted with the tools and materials needed to install
or repair cables, and are prepared for different types of installations, whether they be under the
house or on top of a building. They test lines when there is trouble reported by the
customer [4], and modify, adjust or replace equipment that is malfunctioning.
Cable installers often work directly with the customer, and customer service is a big part of this
job, as is the technical know-how to use diagnostic equipment and tools to service
telecommunications equipment. [3]
WHAT ARE THE EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS?
An associate's degree or certification program in electronics repair, computer science or similar
areas might get you started, but companies are looking for cable installers with advanced
knowledge. A four year degree is becoming more important for advancement, and cable
installers will have to have ongoing education to keep up to date on the latest technologies.
Certification is available.
JOB SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS
Bookkeeping: Cable installers need to keep track of parts used, time spent at a customer's
house and repairs made.
Color Vision: Wires and cables are color coded for safety reasons, and installers must have
color vision to help them in their job.
Customer Service: Working directly with customers means that cable installers need to be
friendly, polite and be able to describe the actions being taken during repair or installation.
Dexterity: Installing and repairing wires and cables means using your hands, and having full
range of motion in your hands and fingers is necessary.
Technical Skills: Working with computers, diagnostic equipment and complex machines is part
of the job.
Troubleshooting: Cable installers need to be able to find the root cause of technical issues
and devise a solution for repairing it.

Answer these following questions WTH NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS:

1. Which job is mentioned in this paragraph? Cable install

2. What does the word “These” in line 2 refer to? telecommunications cables

3. Which are used to support telecommunication equipment? diagnostic equipment

4. What do the installers investigate when customers inform the problems? lines

5. What skill do the installers need to record their work? Book keeping

6. Why do wires and cables have different colors? safety reasons

7. Which skill do the installers need to find the cause of electrical proble? Troubleshooting

Ex.4:
Safety in installation
In Thailand, there are also regulations regarding proper electrical installation.
Cable/safety cut out (circuit breaker)
The circuits are often over secured. If a mistake is made, this can lead to extreme burns. For
the protection of plugs and lamps, wiring with a diameter of 1,5 mm2 should be laid [1],
which should then be with secured with a maximum of 16 amps. A three wire cabling is
unfortunately rare. I recommend that you insist on an electrical circuit breaker with new
installations. The cables which are required for this are available in Thailand in good electrical
supplies stores. This is the only possibility to earth plugs and lamps.
If an electrical appliance with metal housing is earthed, any fault in the system will be found
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by the safety switch and shut off [2]. This avoids people receiving electrical shocks from
metal housing which has electricity running through it. The nominal current level of the circuit
breaker is stamped on the lever and cannot usually be read very well. The markings which can
be well read on the front of the black circuit breaker do not give any information about the safety
level. For larger routes (e.g. connection to a guest house), thicker cable is recommended, in
order to reduce any loss in performance [3]. For single appliances with a higher energy
requirement (boiler, washing machine, oven, ceramic hob etc.) separate cabling routes should
be laid for each for these appliances. The wire cross-section is printed on the cable jacket.
Laying cables in the earth
If you need to lay cables into the ground, you must pay attention to the use of suitable cables or
installation pipes, as well as expert workmanship. As earth cables are very expensive, most
people use standard cables and push them through an installation pipe and then bury the pipes.
Unfortunately the electricians in Thailand tend not to fix the pipe connections. This leads
to water entering the pipe and to the slow rotting of the cable. [4]
You should only use the recommended PVC pipes for installing pipes into the ground. The joints
are slightly larger than the blue water pipes and therefore allow the cables to be pulled through
easily. The grey pipes are completely unsuitable for ground cables and should only be
used for installing cables on the wall. [5]
Answer the following questions WITH NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/ OR A
NUMBER.
1.Which kind of wire is chosen to avoid problems with plugs and lamps? 1,5 mm2 diameter
wires
2.How can we find the by the safety switch and shut off? fault
3.Which is used to decrease loss in operation? thicker cable
4.What is the cause water entering piper and slow rooting cable? pipe connections
5.Which pipes fits for installation on the wall? grey pipes

Ex.5: Read the text about technological products and complete the summary with NO
MORE THAN THREE WORDS.
Technological products for the disabled help them live normal lives
A group of students from Dong Nai University invented a new robot for the disabled. The robot
can become a wheelchair to move or a bed. In addition, it can be lifted and lowered, which
helps users move from the robot to their bed without assistance. The robot won the first prize
at Intel Galileo Contest in 2016. [1]
The glasses created by a group of co-workers from HCMC University of Technical Education
help visually impaired people detect obstacles from a distance of up to 3.5 meters [2] .
They are called “magic eyes for the visually impaired”. The new version of the “magic eyes”
named MT2EX can detect obstacles from head to toe thanks to the combination of sensors
attached to the glasses [3]. When discovering obstacles, the device will ring to give an alert.
The battery can be used for 7 hours. The inventors are working on the third version [4] for
more improvement and planning to create 100 glasses under a contract ordered by the Ministry
of Science & Technology.
Created by a student from HCMC University of Natural Sciences, the smart electronic gloves
have many useful integrative functions. The left glove serves as a mobile phone with a
braille typewriting system on the knuckles [5], a speaker in the middle finger and a
microphone under the palm. If the user wants to talk, they put their hand on the cheek, while the
keys are operated based on touch and finger movement. The right glove has its own key
system and connects to computers via wireless wave. [6]
A group of students from Hung Yen University of Technique Education has created a multi-
functional wheelchair by connecting a smartphone and wheelchair. Users can control the
wheelchair from distances via smartphone, voice or head movement. [7]
(Braille: Hệ thống chữ nổi)
SUMMARY:
Many technological products have been invented to help the disabled. In 2016, the robot, which
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can turn into a wheelchair or a bed, came first at Intel Galileo Contest (1). The glasses called
“magic eyes for the visually impaired” allow them to detect obstacles (2) from a 3.5-meter
distance. MT2EX - the new version of “magic eyes” - is built with the combination of sensor
(3) to discover obstacles from head to toe. The inventors are trying to make the third version
(4) much better. The smart electronic gloves are multi-functional. The left has a braille
typewriting system (5), a speaker and a microphone; the right features a key system and
connects to computers through wireless wave (6). People can use their smartphone, voice or
head movement (7) to control the new smart wheelchair.

Listening comprehension – TADT5

Ex.1: Listen to a talk about Life Smart - a smart home system and complete these
sentences with NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER.
1. By connecting your ……………… with the Life Smart station, you can use the app to control
your surroundings. Electronic devices
2. Home security becomes much easier thanks to Life Smart open-closed and ………………
Motion sensor
3. In case there is something moving in your house, Life Smart will send and ……………… you.
alert
4. The function of environmental sensor is to ……………… changes in light, temperature and
humidity, and ……………… appliances automatically. Detect - activate
5. Life Smart can operate within the distance of ……………… square. 5000 feet

Practice 2.mp3

Smart guides you engine with the same comfortable and colorful home environment. Simply connect any
of your existing electronic devices with the easy to set up like smart station. And take control of your
surroundings with the lights smart. Every electric device is now available at your fingertips bring you
peace of mind and a comfortable lifestyle. Like smart open close and motion sensors are ideal for home
security they can notify you at the door or window is access. Or if something is moving in your
home. Lifesmart will then send you an alert wherever you are. Travel with the assurance that your home
is here with lex mark. Please mark is also your personal home assistant. Environmental sensors will detect
changes in light temperature and humidity. And automatically activate appliances to improve your home's
Andrea. This is never an issue lifesmart which features a range of over 5000 feet square. From anywhere
in your home like smart devices only need one station to run sensors cameras and outlook.
Ex.2: Listen to a talk about Apple Home Pods and answer the questions with NO MORE
THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER.
1. How tall is Apple Home Pod? 7 inches

2. How much does it cost? $350

3. Which component of Apple Home Pod is similar to an iPhone’s? chip

4. What can its smart features do to fit the environment? Adjust sound
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5. Which products can we control by using Siri? Smart home devices

Practice 3.mp3

Apple HomePods are landing in December . Apple unveiled a 7 inch tall smart speaker that uses Siri . It
comes in black and white and costs more than twice as much as the competition. One apple homepod will
set you back $350 but apple’s saying that you're going to have the better sound out of the speaker than
you would from the Amazon echo so you can turn it up without distortion and it has the same ship inside
as an iPhone so that's a big brain for speaker. It uses those smarts to adjust sound to fit to your
environment it knows if you put it against the wall and it will direct the sound accordingly. With Siri, you
can ask it to play the music similar to your interests or ask questions about the song or artist and add a
track to a playlist. It still does all those other typical assistant things like getting news or set reminders,
and control other compatible smart home devices. But if you're feeling creeped out by having 6 internet
connected microphones in your home, Apple says all Siri’s commands are sent anonymously with end to
end encryption.
Ex.3: Complete the summary table with NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS:

Before installing Check 1__________ for instruction munual

Equipment Green curtain and screws

Weather strip
Seals
2_______ power drill
Measuring tape
Installation steps Use 3________ to find center of window tape measure
Cut and 4_______ strip to bottom of window attach
Move AC to window center, then close the window
5_________ additional seal between window and AC press
Extend side 6________ and crew them panels
After installation Plug in
Start 7_________ your room cooling

Practice 1.mp3

Ex.4: Listen and complete the table WITH NO MORE THAN ONE WORD AND/OR A
NUMBER.

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Prepare 10 gauges
(1)…………. Staples plastic
A (2)……………. hammer
Installation Step 1: Plan wiring layout. (3)………… the box to the stud attach
Step 2: Run the wire through the box
Step 3: (4)………….. the cable to center of stud (5)……. inches with
box and (6)……… feet with cable straps) locate – 12 – 4
Step 4: Route the wire up to the header
Step 5: Bring the wire up to reach the stud

Practice 2.mp3

Ex.5: Listen and answer the following questions with NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS
1. What’s the first thing to check when the AC is not working?

Furnace filter

2. What should be cleared from the air conditioner? debris

3. What shouldn’t be blocked on the inside of the home? Air ducts

4. What do the furnace and air conditioner recirculate? The air

5. What kind of vent brings air into the room? – supply vent

Practice 2.wma

Ex.6: Listen and answer the following questions with NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS
1. What’s problem with the error codes 5c and 5e? draining water
2. What’s the first thing to check? debris filter
3. What can be used to open the debris filter besides the coil? spanner
4. Beside warm water, what do you use to clean the debris filter? A small brush
5. What’s the last thing to check? Drain hose

Practice 3.mp3

Next we will show you how to resolve 5 C. or 5 eco. This code means that there is an issue with
draining water from the washing machine. First check the debris filter. Before cleaning the filter
unplug the washing machine from electrical supply. The day pre filter cover can be opened by
using a spanner a coil. This allows access to the emergency homes and filter it is advisable to
place a towel on the floor to catch any water during this process the emergency hose can be used
to drain any water from the trump by removing the cap. Ensure you have a large bone to catch
the train. Now we can remove the debris field you can clean it by turning anti clockwise until it
is released. Clean the filter using warm water and a small brush. Once cleaned reset the filter by
turning clockwise until it is secured Finley after draining refit the captain the hose
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security. Make sure there's no leakage from the who's. Close the filter cover selected quick
washing machine and check to ensure there are no leaks from the filter and the washing machine
drains correctly. Finally check the drain hose is not kinked when the washing machine is pushed
back into position as this can prevent the water draining. The drain hose should be secured to the
rear of the washing machine check that the fixings are not restricting the drain hose. That's it
you've just learned how to resolve for C. 4 E. 45 C. 5 P. codes for you SamSung washing
machine. For more information please see our other available video.

Extra listening exercise: Listen and fill in each blank with one word or a number.

S= Steve, C= Customer
S: Good morning, customer service. My name is Steve. How can I help you?
C: Yes, good morning. I wish to complain about the printer I bought from you.
S: I’m sorry to hear that. What exactly is the problem?
C: The AC 1. ______ with the printer doesn’t work.
S: I see. Did it work the first time you switch it on?
C: No, it didn’t.
S: Well, I do apologise for that. It must be our fault. What 2. _______ of the printer is it?
C: It’s a 3845
S: And could I have your name, please?
C: Yes, my name is Maria Beck.
S: … And do you have your receipt there?
C: Yes.
S: That’s great. Could you read out the order number, please? It’s on the top on the right.
C: Errm. Yes, the order number. It’s 3. _______ .
S: Great. … Right, Ms. Beck. Let me just summarize the situation. You’ve told me that the
adapter with your 4845 printer doesn’t work and has never worked. Is that correct?
C: Correct.
S: Well, I’m pleased to tell you that we will replace the 4. ______ and the printer. You will
receive the goods by the end of the week. We have your address. We will collect the old printer
at the same time.
C: Great.
S: And I’m happy to say that we’re going to give you 5 euros discount off the next purchase.
C: That’s very 5. ______ . Thank you.
S: You’re welcome, Ms. Beck. Have a nice day.