Unit 4

 

I. Read the text:

 

Environmental engineering

Wastewater treatment is a critical activity in environmental engineering, a sub-discipline of civil engineering.

Environmental engineering deals with the treatment of chemical, biological, and/or thermal waste, the purification of water and air, and the remediation of contaminated sites, due to prior waste disposal or accidental contamination. Among the topics covered by environmental engineering are pollutant transport, water purification, sewage treatment, and hazardous waste management. Environmental engineers can be involved with pollution reduction, green engineering, and industrial ecology. Environmental engineering also deals with the gathering of information on the environmental consequences of proposed actions and the assessment of effects of proposed actions for the purpose of assisting society and policy makers in the decision making process.

Environmental engineering is the contemporary term for sanitary engineering. Some other terms in use are public health engineering and environmental health engineering.

 

II. Find English equivalents in the text:

обработка сточных вод - _________________________________

термические отходы -___________________________________

очистка воздуха - __________________________

восстановление загрязненных мест - ___________________________

загрязняющий транспорт - ______________________________

обработка нечистот - ________________________________

обработка опасных отходов - ______________________________

снижение степени загрязнения - ________________________________

озеленение - ____________________

оценка (оценивание) - _____________________

последствия от предложенных действий - ___________________________

содействие - ______________________

политические деятели - _________________________________

коммунальные службы - _________________________________

здоровье общества - ___________________________

санитарное состояние окружающей среды - _________________________

 

III. Give Russian equivalents to the following:

subdiscipline - ________________________

due to - ____________________

disposal - __________________

to cover - __________________

to be involved - ________________________

industrial ecology - ___________________________

to gather - ________________________________

consequence - _______________________

decision - _____________________

contemporary - _______________________

other terms - _____________________________

 

IV. Translate the text and say whether these statements are true or false:

1. Environmental engineering is a subdiscipline of civil engineering.

2. Environmental engineering deals with wastewater treatment.

3. Sewage treatment and hazardous waste management are among topics covered by environmental engineering.

4. Environmental engineers can be involved with contamination.

5. Gathering of information on the environmental consequences of proposed actions is the only task of environmental engineering.

6. Sanitary engineering is the contemporary term for environmental engineering.

 

V. Choose the right variant:

1. Wastewater treatment is a critical activity in environmental engineering.

а) Расход воды это критическая деятельность инженерного обеспечения охраны окружающей среды.

б) Обработка сточных вод это крайне важная работа в инженерном обеспечении охраны окружающей среды.

в) Обработка сточных вод это критическая работа по инженерному обеспечению охраны окружающей среды.

2. Environmental engineering deals with the treatment …

а) Инженерное обеспечение охраны окружающей среды занимается обработкой …

б) Инженерное обеспечение охраны окружающей среды имеет дело с оздоровлением …

в) Инженерное обеспечение охраны окружающей среды занимается применением …

3. Environmental engineers can be involved with …

а) Специалисты по охране окружающей среды могут быть увлечены …

б) Специалисты по охране окружающей среды могут быть заняты …

в) Специалисты по охране окружающей среды могут быть вовлечены …

4. Environmental engineering is the contemporary term for sanitary engineering.

а) Инженерное обеспечение охраны окружающей среды это современный термин для санитарной инженерии.

б) Инженерное обеспечение охраны окружающей среды это современное название коммунальных служб.

в) Инженерное обеспечение охраны окружающей среды это временное название коммунальных служб.

 

VI. Continue the sentence:

1. Environmental engineering is a subdiscipline of …

a) geotechnical engineering.

b) sanitary engineering.

c) civil engineering.

2. Environmental engineering deals with …

a) environmental contamination.

b) the treatment of wastes and the remediation of contaminated sites.

c) seepage, slopes and embankments.

3. Pollutant transport is a topic for …

a) transportation engineering.

b) geotechnical engineering.

c) environmental engineering.

4. Environmental engineering can be involved with …

a) construction and maintenance of transportation infrastructure.

b) pollution reduction and industrial ecology.

c) urban engineering, transportation planning and infrastructure management.

5. For the purpose of assisting society and policy makers in the decision making process environmental engineering deals with …

a) the assessment of effects of contamination.

b) the Intelligent Transportation System.

c) the environmental consequences of proposed actions and the assessment of effects of these actions.

 

VII. a) Complete the table:

Noun	Verb	Adjective
critic	-	-
-	-	purified
-	remediate	-
contamination	-	-
-	pollute	-
-	-	reduced
proposal	-	-
-	-	decisive
-	assess	-

b) Choose the word from the table to complete the sentence:

1. Environmental engineering concerns the purification of water and air and the … of contaminated sites.

2. Environmental engineers deal with … reduction.

3. Wastewater treatment is a … activity in environmental engineering.

4. Environmental engineering covers also pollutant transport, water …, sewage treatment and things like that.

5. Due to prior waste disposal or accidental contamination, … sites should be remediated.

6. Environmental engineering involves gathering of information on the environmental consequences of … actions.

7. Environmental engineering must also gather information on the environmental consequences of proposed actions and … of effects of proposed actions.

8. For the purpose of assisting society and policy makers in the … making process environmental engineering is to gather information on the environmental consequences of proposed actions.

 

VIII. Scan the text and answer the questions:

1. What is the relation between environmental engineering and civil engineering?

2. Is wastewater treatment a very important activity in environmental engineering?

3. What does environmental engineering deal with?

4. How do many sites become contaminated?

5. What topics are covered by environmental engineering?

6. What can environmental engineers be involved with?

7. What kind of information does environmental engineering deal with?

8. What is the purpose of gathering of such kind of information?

 

Grammar revision:

 

1. Explain the grammar phenomena underlined in the text.

 

2. Put questions to the following sentences.

1. Any atom contains the same number of protons. (general)

2. They will repeat their experiment next month. (When)

3. Newton proved that white light consisted of rays of different colours. (What)

4. A rocket can travel in space where there is no air. (Where)

5. We have achieved good results in our work. (Who)

 

3. Open the brackets.

1. We (to work) in the laboratory now.

2. Newton (to die) in 1727 at the age of eighty-four.

3. We (to be surprised) that he had refused to take part in the conference.

4. I (to complete) my work by next Friday.

5. We knew that she (to pass) all her exams successfully.