NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING

ENGLISH II
UNIT III: DESCRIPTIONS
Objectives: 1. Dominate physical and process descriptions presented in texts related to their majors,
emphasizing in the gramatical knowledge of the perfect times, necessary in the writing or paragraphs.

2. Use the rhetorical function of physical and process description, in the interpretation Of texts related to their
specialty, besides the different perfect times of the verb in the writing of paragraphs.
3. Show interest to apply correctly the rhetorical function of description and perfect times of the verb, in the
writing of paragraphs.

CONTENTS:
1.Concept aboutDescription.
• Types of Description. Markers.
2.PhysicalDescriptionPractice.
3. Reading Comprehension 5 ( About Physical Description)
4. ProcessDescriptionPractice.
5. Reading Comprehension . ( About Process Description)
6. Reading Comprehension ( About Physical and Process Description)
7. Perfect Tense.
8. Practice of Perfect Tense.
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 UNIT- III
DESCRIPTION

Objective:

To master the concepts about the different type

of descriptions and their markers found in texts
related with her or his career.

Concept about Description.

• Types of Description.
• Markers.

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 Concept of description

•A description is the explanation

about the physical characteristics of
an object or mechanism by
specifying how it looks like or how it
works. Under this concept a good
structure description always begins
with a definition and then describes
the parts of the object or structure in
details such as its size, shape,
weight, parts, material, color,
texture, and so on.
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 . The purpose of a description

• Is to give the readers an overall

impression of the object so that
they can understand in a better way
the rest of its components and their
functions. This is useful either for
the technician who may need to
repair the structure or the users
who need to know how to use it. A
technical description rarely stands
along.

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It is usually part of a longer
document such as a formal
report, user's manual, and
service manual. In any case, it
has a distinctive purpose: to
help the reader picture the
object being described and
understand how it works in deep
detail.

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 • TYPES OF DESCRIPTION.
THERE ARE TWO TYPES:

a. " Physical Description.

b. Process Description.
a. Concept of Physical Description.
A description of a representative model points
out the physical characteristics of the
mechanism. The purpose is to help the
audience to see, visualize the pictures, the
object to give and overall impression of its
appearance. In fact, Physical descriptions are
Features of a substance that are primarily
sensory (physical) and generally measurable,
such as area. hardness, smoothness, shape,
color, weight, volume, etc.
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 Examples of Physical Description.

1. Plastic capacitors can also be manufactured in the

form of film capacitors. Here, thin plastic strips or films
are held inside metal strips. Each metal strip is
alternately connected to a side metal contact layer, as
shown in the figure below. That is, if one metallic strip
is connected to the left side contact layer, the next
one is connected to a suitable side contact layer. And
there are plastic films between these metal strips. The
terminals of this type of capacitor are also connected
to the side contact layer and the whole assembly is
covered with an insulated non-metallic cover as
shown.

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 Example of: physical description
What is an Engine?
An engine is a mechanical machine that
converts fuel energy into mechanical energy
and moves the vehicle. In thermodynamics,
the engine is also known as a thermal
engine, which produces the macroscopic
movement of the heat.

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Markers of PhysicalDescripti0n
 Physical Description Practice

Parts of a Computer.
1. The monitor works with a video card, located inside the computer case, to display images and text
on the screen. 2.Most monitors have control buttons that allow you to change your monitor's display
settings, and some monitors also have built-in speakers.
3.Newer monitors usually have LCD (liquid crystal display) or LED (light-emitting diode) displays.
4. These can be made very thin, and they are often called flat-panel displays. 5.01der monitors use
CRT (cathode ray tube) displays. 6.CRT monitors are much larger and heavier, and they take up more
desk space.
7. The processor, or CPU, of a computer is basically the brains of the computer. 8.The processor is
responsible for interpreting every code it receives from the other computer components and making it
usable to your operating system. 9. Though it is simply a single chip, the processor's speed determines
the overall speed of your computer. 10.The CPU contains a control unit and the Arithmetic Logic Unit, or
ALI-J.

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11. Modern computer keyboards were modeled after, and are still very similar to, classic typewriter keyboards. 12.Many different
keyboard layouts are available around the world (like Dvorak and JCUKEN) but most keyboards are of the QWERTY type

13. Most keyboards have numbers, letters. symbols, arrow keys, etc., but some also have a numeric keypad. additional functions like
volume control. and buttons to power down or sleep the device, or even a built-in trackball mouse that is intended to provide an easy
way to use both the keyboard and the mouse without having to lift your.hand off the keyboard.
14.A computer speaker is a hardware device that connects to a computer to generate sound.
15.The signal used to produce the sound that comes from a computer speaker is created by the computer's sound card.
16.A mouse consists of a metal or plastic housing or casing. a ball that sticks out of the bottom of the casing and is rolled
on a flat surface. one or more buttons on the top of the casing, and a cable that connects the mouse to the computer.
17.As the ball is moved over the surface in any direction, a sensor sends impulses to the computer that causes a mouse-
responsive program to reposition a visible indicator (called a cursor) on the display screen. 18. The positioning is relative to
some variable starting place. 19.Viewing the cursor's present position, the user readjusts the position by moving the
mouse.
20.1n a computer display, the screen is the physical surface on which visual information is presented. 21. This surface is usually
made of glass. 22.The screen size is measured from one corner to the opposite corner diagonally. 23.Common screen sizes for
desktop display screens are 12, 14, 17, 19, and 21 inches.
24. The microphone is plugged into the back of desktop computers into the computer sound card microphone port and
depending on your computer case may also have a port on the front. 25.0n a laptop computer, the microphone is plugged into
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EXERCISE: Read the text carefully and write down
the part of the computer:

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