BLAŽEK GLASS THE GLASS FACTORY
MATERIÁLY PRO UČITELE
Members of Blažek family used to be glassmakers for rather long time. But my grand father, the first member of the family founded the factory in Nový Bor in 1933. And he had to move to the central part of the Czech Republic because of the annexation of the borders of the Czech Republic to Germany. And he founded the factory in Poděbrady. Unfortunately, after nine years the factory was nationalized. And it was given back as a restitution claim in 1992 to my father, my aunt and in that time still living – my grandma. It was very interesting because in 1948 when the factory was nationalized, there were 200 employees in the factory and the most part of the production was the cut glass. But there were also painters so my grandfather produced also painted glass and there was still a part of the production which was connected to optical glass because there were special machines for polishing optical lens. And this part of the production save lives for many employees because it was a strategical part of the production and my grandpa employed people officially, not really, and they did not need to go to Germany to work there during the second world war. The glass nail file is a unique product and the original glass nail file produced by Blažek glass is produced under the exclusive license agreement with Mr. Dalibor Blažek, my father, who is the inventor. The glass nail file is patented in many countries all over the world. The company is divided into three divisions. The division of glass nail file, the division of decorated glass and a polishing station. And our products are distributed into more than 30 countries all over the world. This is the first step of our production. Because before the glass is cut, it must be controlled whether the quality of the raw material corresponds with the design which will be cut on the piece. So the lady here is doing the quality control and she also paints the basic line for the cutters to lead the design and the cutters then knows how to cut the piece. You can see here the cutting of a small piece of the glass. This is a special cutting technique – a flat cutting which creates a special surface on the glass. A different cutting wheel is used for a different kind of cutting and it’s the knowledge of the worker. He has to know which cutting wheel is necessary to use and according to the angle and the surface of the cutting piece. Glass before polishing. So the glass is put in a special drum which divide each piece because the pieces cannot be connected, otherwise these will be broken. And each piece is put in a special compartment and then with this drum it is put into the acids where the glass is polished. And here you can see…this is already watered, it is not a acid bath, it’s a water bath where the glass is clean after the polishing. You can see here how the glass is prepared for sandblasting. You put on a glass a special foil which creates the…on which is created a description… inscription or a logo of the company whatever you need and the rest of the piece is covered by the protecting foil to protect the glass against the small piece of the sand not scratch the surface of the glass. The final product here will have the inscription DACHSER. Here you can see the decoration of glass nail file with Swarowski stone. Each small stone is put separately on the glass nail file and stick to the surface of the glass nail file with a special glue which is then hardened under the UV-light. This basic plate is used to produce the nail files from it. It is already covered to protect the handles of the nail files because this plate will be put into the acid which will create the filing surface and the handles are not edged so the handles are covered by this foil. Here you can see the cutting of the stripes. The cutting machine is now cutting the normal sheet of the glass but the same way the sheet which is already edged would be cut and this will already create the basic shape of the nail file. In this workshop, the ladies here are doing the quality control of each glass nail file produced by our company and also the packaging and labeling of the glass nail files it is done here. Each nail file is labeled with a holographic sticker to declare that it is our original glass nail file. This is the last step of the production. The last quality control and the packaging of the glass, the labeling and then the glass could be dispatched or put on the stock of the finished products.
Členové Blažkovy rodiny jsou skláři už dlouhou dobu. Ale můj dědeček, první člen rodiny, založil továrnu v Novém Boru v roce 1933. Kvůli anexi pohraničí k Německu se musel přestěhovat do středních Čech. A v Poděbradech založil sklárnu. Bohužel, po devíti letech byla továrna znárodněna. V restituci byla navrácena v roce 1922 mému otci, mé tetě a v té době ještě žijící babičce. Bylo to velmi zajímavé, protože v roce 1948, kdy byla továrna znárodněna, měla 200 zaměstnanců a vyrábělo se hlavně broušené sklo. Ale byli zde také malíři, takže dědeček také vyráběl malované sklo a stále tu byla i část výroby spjatá s optickým sklem, protože tu byly speciální stroje na leštění optických čoček. Tato část výroby zachránila život mnoha zaměstnancům, protože to byla strategická část výroby a můj dědeček oficiálně zaměstnával lidi, tedy ne doopravdy, a oni tak nemuseli odejít pracovat do Německa za druhé světové války. Skleněný pilník na nehty je jedinečný výrobek a originální skleněný pilník na nehty vyráběný sklárnou Blažek se vyrábí pod výhradní licenční smlouvou s panem Daliborem Blažkem, mým otcem, který ho vynalezl. Skleněný pilník na nehty je patentován v mnoha zemích po celém světě. Firma se dělí na tři divize. Divizi skleněných pilníků na nehty, divizi zdobeného skla a leštírnu. Naše výrobky se vyvážejí do více než 30 zemí světa. Tohle je první krok výroby. Protože, předtím než se sklo brousí, musí být zkontrolováno, zda kvalita suroviny odpovídá vzoru, který bude na daný kus vybroušen. Takže tato žena kontroluje kvalitu a také maluje základní linie pro brusiče, aby věděli, čím se řídit a oni tak vědí, kde kus vybrousit. Zde vidíte broušení malého kusu skla. Toto je speciální brusičská technika – plochý výbrus, který na skle vytváří zvláštní povrch. Na každý druh výbrusu se užívá jiný brusný kotouč a záleží to na znalosti dělníka. On musí vědět, který brusný kotouč je třeba použít podle úhlu a povrchu broušeného kusu. Sklo před leštěním. Sklo se vkládá do speciálního bubnu, kde je každý kus oddělen, protože nemohou být spolu – jinak by se rozbily. A každý kus se vloží do zvláštního oddělení a potom se s celým bubnem vloží do kyselin, kde se sklo leští. A zde vidíte…to je již po vodní lázni, ne po kyselinové lázni, je to vodní lázeň, kde se sklo čistí po leštění. Tady vidíte, jak se sklo připravuje na pískování. Na skleničku se nalepí speciální fólie, která vytvoří…na níž je popis…nápis nebo logo firmy jakékoliv chcete a zbytek kusu je pokryt ochrannou fólií, která kus chrání před částečkami písku, aby nepoškrábaly povrch skla. Tento finální výrobek bude mít nápis DACHSER. Zde vidíte zdobení skleněného pilníku na nehty kameny od Swarovskeho. Každý kamínek se nanáší odděleně na pilník a lepí se na povrch skla pilníku speciálním lepidlem, které potom vytvrdne pod UV zářením. Z této základové tabule se vyrábí skleněné pilníky. Je již obalena, aby se ochránila držadla pilníku, protože tato tabule se vloží do kyseliny, která vytvoří brusný povrch, ale držadla nejsou zaostřena, takže se pokrývají touto fólií. Zde vidíte řezání na proužky. Řezačka vyřezává z normální tabule skla, ale i z tabule, která je již zdrsněna a tím se vytvoří základní tvar pilníku. V této dílně ženy provádí kontrolu kvality každého pilníku vyrobeného v naší firmě a taky je balí a označují. Každý pilník se označuje holografickou nálepkou, kde se prohlašuje, že toto je náš originální skleněný pilník na nehty. To je poslední krok výroby. Poslední kontrola kvality a balení skla, označení a potom sklo může být vyexpedováno nebo se uloží do skladu dokončených výrobků.
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EXERCISE 1 1. Discuss and share your answers to the following questions: 2. Name at least 10 products of daily use made of glass. 3. Have you ever broken anything expensive which was made of glass? How did it happen? What consequences did it have? 3. Think of the most unusual object you have seen that was made of glass. Try to imagine a product that could be made of glass but currently isn’t. Make a list. 4. Have you ever seen ice sculpture? Are there other products you know of that imitate the look of glass?
EXERCISE 2 Are these statements TRUE or FALSE? 1. The speaker‘s grandfather pretended to employ people to save them from going to Germany during World War II. 2. The company never produced painted glass. 3. Mr. Dalibor Blažek is both a co-owner of the glassworks and the inventor of the glass nail file. 4. The cutters paint lines on every piece of glass before they cut it. 5. The glass is polished in acid. 6. A special foil covers the glass before sandblasting to protect it from acid. 7. Stones are stuck on the handles with a special glue that hardens under UV-light. 8. The workers paint a logo of the Blažek glassworks on every glass nail file to prove it‘s an original piece.
EXERCISE 3 Listen and fill in the missing text. 1. And he the factory in Poděbrady. Unfortunately, after nine years the factory was it was given back as a in 1992 to my father… 2. …there was still a part of the machines for polishing optical
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which was connected to optical glass because there were special .
3. …and the original glass nail produced by Blažek glass is produced under the with Mr. Dalibor Blažek, my father, who is the . 4. Because before the glass is cut, it must be controlled whether the quality of the design which will be on the piece. 5. He has to know which of the cutting piece. 6. And each piece is put in a special .
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is necessary to use and according to the and then with this
7. You can see here how the glass is prepared for
it is put into the
and the where the glass is
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8. …the piece is covered by the protecting to protect the glass against the small piece of the scratch the surface of the glass. The final product here will have the DACHSER. 9. Each small stone is put separately on the glass nail file and special which is then under the UV-light. 10. Here you can see the cutting of the the glass…
to the surface of the glass nail file with a
. The cutting machine is now cutting the
11. The last and the of the glass, the or put on the stock of the finished products.
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EXERCISE 4 Match the following English expressions with their Czech equivalent. 1. FOUND
A) BUBEN
11. COMPARTMENT
K) LEŠTIT
2. NATIONALIZE
B) KYSELINA
12. DRUM
L) RESTITUČNÍ NÁROK
3. RESTITUTION CLAIM
C) BALENÍ
13. ACID
M) ZNÁRODNIT
4. PRODUCTION
D) SUROVINA
14. POLISH
N) POVRCH
5. LENS
E) PILNÍK
15. FOIL
O) ODDĚLENÍ
6. FILE
F) POŠKRÁBAT
16. LABEL
P) VÝROBA
7. EXCLUSIVE LICENSE AGREEMENT
G) ZALOŽIT
17. PACKAGING
Q) VÝHRADNÍ LICENČNÍ SMLOUVA
8. RAW MATERIAL
H) ETIKETA
18. INSCRIPTION
R) ČOČKA
9. ANGLE
I) EXPEDOVAT
19. SCRATCH
S) FÓLIE
10. SURFACE
J) ÚHEL
20. DISPATCH
T) NÁPIS
PHRASE BOOK Use the vocabulary list above to develop questions you could ask the Manager in a mock interview. With a partner, take turns being the Manager. Role play asking and answering your questions.
EXCLUSIVE LICENSE AGREEMENT
A type of license that is not issued only once. Instead, the license is limited to a particular geographical territory, time, market, method of production, or production of a specific type of product.
RESTITUTION CLAIM
A legal petition for the right of return to decendants or owners of property seized illegally by threat, force, or murder under crimes against humanity or illegal state actions on the part of former government or institutional personnel.
EXERCISE 5 TEAMWORK •
Use the glass nail file product from the company as inspiration to work as a design team charged with innovation. In groups of 3, your task is to imagine and create as many ideas as you can to innovate a new glass product for market. You can create new inventions or you can re-imagine the use of an existing household or beauty object made from any other material and turn it into a glassware item. What kinds of products could you develop? Brainstorm a list of possibilities.
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Select the best 3 ideas and develop them as a storyboard with sketches for how they would look. Present them to the rest of the groups. Vote for the best idea of all the groups.
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What would be the next steps you would need to take as an entrepreneur if you wanted to patent your idea and fabricate it?
EXERCISE 6 GRAMMAR AND SYNTAX TEST 1.
The speaker in the video used the following sentences: a) Members of the Blažek family were glass makers for quite a long time. b) But my grand father, the first member of the family founded a factory in Nový Bor in 1933. c) And he had to move to the central part of the Czech Republic. d) But there were also painters so my grandfather produced also painted glass. e) The original glass nail file produced by Blažek glass is produced under the exclusive license agreement with Mr. Dalibor Blažek, my father, who is the inventor.
READ THE SENTENCES AND CHOOSE FROM THE BELOW SELECTION THE BEST REASON WHY THE, A/AN OR NO ARTICLE ARE USED. A.
Proper names don‘t use articles.
B.
Names of countries which include the words like republic, kingdom or states are used with THE.
C.
Names of families are used with THE.
D.
Ordinal numerals (the first, the second etc.) are used with THE.
E.
Plural nouns mentioned for the first time are used without an article.
F.
Singular nouns mentioned for the first time are used with A or AN.
G.
Singular and plural nouns previously used or referred to are used with THE.
H.
Singular nouns that are unique or one of a kind are used with THE.
I. Singular nouns that represent a whole class, species or kind of things are used with THE. J. Abstract uncountable nouns modified with an adjective are used with A or AN. K.
2.
Uncountable nouns are used without an article.
Find more rules that either further explain or add to the ones listed above from a good grammar book or Internet website. Compare what rules you have found with others in the class. Develop a Master List for your reference.
3. FOLLOW-UP: Select one page of English text each from 3 different kinds of books – literature, science, and geography, that contain THE, A or AN. Bring it to the next lesson and try to find with your classmates why the articles are used in the sentences the way they are. What differences do you find between the different subjects in how the syntax and grammar is used?
WHILE YOU WATCH EXERCISE 2 1. TRUE, 2. FALSE, 3. TRUE, 4. FALSE, 5. TRUE, 6. FALSE, 7. TRUE, 8. FALSE
EXERCISE 3 1. And he founded the factory in Poděbrady. Unfortunately, after nine years the factory was nationalized. And it was given back as a restitution claim in 1992 to my father… 2. …there was still a part of the production which was connected to optical glass because there were special machines for polishing optical lens. 3. …and the original glass nail file produced by Blažek glass is produced under the exclusive license agreement with Mr. Dalibor Blažek, my father, who is the inventor. 4. Because before the glass is cut, it must be controlled whether the quality of the raw material corresponds with the design which will be cut on the piece. 5. He has to know which cutting wheal is necessary to use and according to the angle and the surface of the cutting piece. 6. And each piece is put in a special compartment and then with this drum it is put into the acids where the glass is polished. 7. You can see here how the glass is prepared for sandblasting. 8. …the piece is covered by the protecting foil to protect the glass against the small piece of the sand not scratch the surface of the glass. The final product here will have the inscription DACHSER. 9. Each small stone is put separately on the glass nail file and stick to the surface of the glass nail file with a special glue which is then hardened under the UV-light. 10. Here you can see the cutting of the stripes. The cutting machine is now cutting the normal sheet of the glass… 11. The last quality control and the packaging of the glass, the labeling and then the glass could be dispatched or put on the stock of the finished products.
AFTER YOU WATCH EXERCISE 4 1G, 2M, 3L, 4P, 5R, 6E, 7Q, 8D, 9J, 10N, 11O, 12A, 13B, 14K, 15S, 16H, 17C, 18T, 19F, 20I
EXERCISE 6 1.
Match the rule with the article or no article usage:
a) Members (E) of the Blažek family (C) were glass makers (E) for quite a long time (J). b) But my grand father, the first member (D) of the family (G) founded a factory (F) in Nový Bor in 1933. c) And he had to move to the central part (H) of the Czech Republic (B). d) But there were also painters (E) so my grandfather produced also painted glass (K). e) The original glass nail file (I) produced by Blažek glass (A) is produced under the exclusive license agreement (H) with Mr. Dalibor Blažek, my father, who is the inventor (H). 2.
The use of A, AN and THE are chosen noun-by-noun. L.
Determine if the noun is ‘count-based’ (can have a number in front of it, e.g. 5 painters, 3 glass nail files, etc.) or un-count (no number can be put in front, e.g. 1 air, 2 gas).
M.
You cannot put A/AN with an uncount noun.
N.
You cannot put a number in front of an uncount noun.
O.
You use an uncount noun with no article if you mean that thing in general.
P.
You use THE with an uncount noun when you are talking about a particular example of that thing. (e.g. the air)
Q.
You can put a number in front of a count noun and make it plural.
R.
You can put A/AN and THE in front of a count noun.
S.
You must put an article in front of a singular count noun.
T.
You use a plural count noun without an article when you mean all or any of that thing.
U.
You use A/AN with a count noun the first time you say or write it.
V.
You use THE with count noun the second and subsequent times you use the noun in speech or writing.
W.
You use THE with a count noun when you are referring only to one of the item.
X.
You use AN when the next work (adverb, adjective, noun) starts with a vowel.
Y.
Some nouns can be count or uncount depending on the context or meaning, e.g. paper.
Z.
Some uncount nouns are preceded by phrases, e.g. a lot of, or by other determiners such as this, that, some, many, or my, his, our, etc.
FOLLOW-UP: http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/rules/article.htm
