Unit 11
I. Read the text:
Construction engineers
Construction engineers have many different kinds of abilities they use to do their job. Construction engineers use these abilities to communicate with other workers and to solve problems. They also have to use their abilities to know what kinds of materials to order and how to get those materials while staying under the budget.
Construction engineers have many activities that they have to do everyday. Those activities include drafting, decision making, computer interaction, communication, documenting, creative thinking, organizing, information collecting, estimating, and analyzing. Construction engineers use drafting to design structures and to show others how to build them. They have to analyze information and make the best decision and solve problems. Computers are an important tool used by construction engineers. They use them to write programs and solve equations. Communication is used everyday to interact with coworkers and supervisors. They have to communicate in person, by telephone, and through e-mail. Documentation is used to record important information that needs to be passed on to management. Most documenting is done in electronic form. Creative thinking is used to come up with new ideas and solve problems. Construction engineers have to be organized to accomplish goals and prioritize jobs. They have to gather information on the task at hand before they can start a project. This will help ensure that the job is completed correctly. In order to keep a project under budget, construction engineers have to estimate costs of materials and workers. Finally, they have to analyze data to find answers to problems they are having on the job site.
II. Find English equivalents in the text:
способность - _________________
составление плана - _____________________
принятие решения - _______________________
оформление документов - ____________________
составление сметы - _______________________
важный инструмент - ______________________
устанавливать очередность в выполнении работ - ________________________
выполнять задачи - _______________________
строительная площадка - ________________________
III. Give Russian equivalents to the following:
to stay under the budget - _____________________
computer interaction - ________________________
creative thinking - __________________________
information collecting - ______________________
to design structures - ________________________
to interact with coworkers - ______________________
to communicate in person - _______________________
to be passed on to management - ______________________
to gather information on task - _________________________
to estimate costs of materials - ____________________________
IV. Translate the text and say whether these statements are true or false:
1. Construction engineers use different kinds of abilities to communicate with each other.
2. Construction engineers have a lot to do every day.
3. The activities of the construction engineers include creative thinking and organizing parties.
4. Construction engineers don’t use computers in their work.
5. Construction engineers have to communicate with coworkers by telephone only.
6. Creative thinking is used to solve problems.
7. Construction engineers have to analyze data to ask the workers questions.
V. Choose the right variant:
1. Construction engineers have many different kinds of abilities they use to do their job.
а) Инженеры-строители должны использовать много разных возможностей для выполнения своей работы.
б) Инженеры-строители имеют много различных возможностей для выполнения своей работы.
в) Инженеры-строители имеют много различных способностей, которые они используют для выполнения своей работы.
2. They have to communicate in person, by telephone and through e-mail.
а) Они должны связываться с людьми по телефону и по электронной почте.
б) Они имеют связь с людьми по телефону и по электронной почте.
в) Они должны связываться с людьми лично, по телефону и по электронной почте.
3. Creative thinking is used to come up with new ideas and solve problems.
а) Креативное мышление используется в новых идеях и решении проблем.
б) Креативное мышление используется для того, чтобы соответствовать новым идеям и для решения проблем.
в) Креативное мышление использовалось в новых идеях и решении проблем.
VI. Continue the sentence:
1. Construction engineers have many abilities …
a) to do every day.
b) they use to do their job.
c) to design structures.
2. Construction engineers use documentation …
a) to solve problems.
b) to analyze information.
c) to record information and to pass it onto management.
3. Construction engineers use estimating …
a) to make the best decision and solve problems.
b) to keep a project under budget.
c) to show others how to build structures.
VII. a) Complete the table:
|
Noun |
Verb |
Adjective |
|
construction |
- |
- |
|
- |
communicate |
- |
|
- |
- |
decisive |
|
interaction |
- |
- |
|
- |
create |
- |
|
organization |
- |
- |
|
- |
- |
informed |
b) Choose the word from the table to complete the sentence:
1. Construction engineers have to analyze information and make the best … and solve problems.
2. They have to gather … on the task at hand before they can start a project.
3. Communication is used every day … with coworkers and supervisors.
4. … thinking is used to come up with new ideas and solve problems.
5. Construction engineers have to be … to accomplish goals and prioritize jobs.
6. Construction engineers use many kinds of abilities … with other workers.
7. Construction engineers use drafting to design structures and to show others how … them.
VIII. Scan the text and answer the questions:
1. What kind of activities do construction engineers have to do every day?
2. What do construction engineers use their abilities for?
3. What do construction engineers use drafting for?
4. How do they manage to make the best decision and solve problems?
5. What do construction engineers use for writing programs and solving equations?
6. What is communication used for?
7. How do construction engineers pass important information onto management?
8. What is creative thinking used for?
9. Why do construction engineers have to be organized?
10. What do construction engineers have to do in order to keep a project under budget?
11. How do construction engineers find answers to problems they are having on the job site?
Grammar revision:
1. Explain the grammar phenomena underlined in the text.
2. Put questions to the following sentences.
1. Any material changes when it is heated. (When)
2. Heat can also travel without the use of any material conductor. (How)
3. In ancient times people thought that heat was a material. (What)
4. The students have to study the laws of motion. (Why)
5. Gravity had been known long before Newton’s time. (general)
3. Open the brackets.
1. He (to read) all these mathematical magazines by next Saturday. 2. There (to be) many ways of producing heat. 3. Certain new elements (to produce) artificially. 4. The Romans (to work) out a way of heating all the rooms in their houses with one fire. 5. We (to inform) him of the results of our work before he rang us up.