Name: Héctor Miguel Martínez Martínez

You are Otis engineers back in the l85Os, when elevators were new.

ln pairs, prepare a short talk to brief your sales colleagues on the advantages of
elevators for lifting people and goods. Emphasise the points below using the phrases
and techniques from this section. Remember that people at this time are sceptical about
the technology.

The elevators have a very reliable safety system, for example, if a cable should fail, the
braking system of these elevators prevents a car from falling. Another advantage it has is
the very simple control system to operate, so it can be indicated that accidents are
reduced.

It can also be indicated that the use of elevators is convenient than using conventional
stairs, because we can avoid accidents due to falls on the stairs.

Finally, we can affirm that it is valuable for the environment, because using elevators it is
possible to make buildings that occupy little surface space but that can be of
undetermined height.