- •Моя специальность – энергообеспечение предприятий My speciality is heat and power engineering
- •140106.65 "Энергообеспечение предприятий"
- •Введение
- •Part I Unit 1. Future of energy
- •1. Read what people say about different fuels and energy sources.
- •3. Work with a partner.
- •4. A) Anna Smith at elec received this email invitation to a seminar. Complete the email with the given expressions.
- •The Fuel Cell
- •6. How would you answer these questions in a discussion forum? Use information from the text and flow chart above, and phrases.
- •7. Delegates at the conference break for lunch. Complete this conversation using words and phrases given below. Then listen to the dialogue and compare your version with the one you've listened to.
- •8. Work with a partner to do this role-play.
- •9. The conference programme contains a talk on the hydrogen-based economy. Look at these sentences.
- •12. Do you know if there are international projects concerning energy? Read this newspaper article and discuss the following questions.
- •Lack of Vision
- •Unit 2. My future speciality
- •1. Cover the right column and read the English words. Translate them into Russian and check your comprehension.
- •4. Translate the word combinations (pay attention to prepositions) and use them in sentences of your own:
- •5. Translate the following term combinations:
- •6. Read and translate the text. My speciality
- •Exercises
- •2. Find in the text sentences in the Passive Voice and translate them into Russian.
- •4. Supply prepositions consulting the given list.
- •7. Answer the questions to test your comprehension.
- •Part II Unit 1. Applying for a job preparatory work
- •Job application
- •Curriculum vitae (cv)
- •Your career history
- •Exercises
- •1. Work in pairs. Decide where you in your country and in your line of business would normally give this information:
- •5. Find out about your partner's career. Ask about his or her:
- •7. Fiona Weaver decides to apply for one of the posts. Study her cv below.
- •9. Study the advertisements on the following pages. Select suitable job for you.
- •International mechanical/electrical projects јneg and generous benefits
- •10. Study the chart.
- •11. Complete the blanks in this text using information from the chart.
- •12. Read the text again to find the answers to these questions.
- •13. Imagine your future career and describe your ideal company and post you would like to take up. Unit 2. Lifestyles and work
- •1. Answer the questions.
- •3. Making predictions about the reading. What do you think you will read about in the text World-Class Workaholics below? Write down three ideas, situations and words.
- •4. In small groups, discuss the issues below. Report to another group.
- •5. Skim the text and do the tasks given below. Here are the words you may need:
- •World-class workaholics: are crazy hours and takeout dinners the elixir of American success?
- •6. Write what yon have learned from the text and discuss with the partner how different (or how close) your expectations are.
- •8. Answer the questions below making inferences from the text about the following values: time, hard work, success/achievement.
- •10. Discussion "What are the historical, cultural and economic roots of workaholism?" Expand on the following:
- •12. The following pie graph portrays the results of the survey held in Russia. Working with your partner, examine the graph and discuss the questions below.
- •Unit 3. Foreign languages in your speciality
- •1. Skim the text and do the tasks given below. Here are the words you may need:
- •Languages may help you go places in industry
- •2. Make your choice. The author assumes that:
- •3. Look through the text and give a list of international words which have the same meaning in Russian. Use your dictionary if necessary.
- •5. Skim the text again and make a plan.
- •6. Make a short summary.
- •7. Translate the following and use the italicized words in discussion.
- •8. Discussion.
- •10. Discuss the problem in groups of 3–5 students. You may find the following expressions helpful:
- •Vocabulary in use
- •What's your job?
- •Work: duties, conditions and pay What do you do?
- •Working hours
- •Exercises
- •Appendix Transcripts
- •Communication at conference
- •1. Phrases to be used at the conference
- •2. Taking part in discussion
- •А. Improve your Communication Skill
- •B. Discussion. Asking and Answering Questions
- •3. Discussion. Expressing an Opinion
- •4. Outline of a Paper / Communication / Report
- •Supplementary texts: Renewable sources of energy
- •Text 1. Solar light by night
- •Text 2. Non-traditional renewable sources of energy
- •Text 3. New energy from old sources
- •Text 4. Development of a wind energy system in the Murmansk region
- •Text 5. Solar energy
- •Text 6. A general evaluation of the region's hydroenergy resources
- •Text 7. Non-traditional sources of energy
- •Text 8. Energy of seas and oceans
- •Text 9. Wind energy application trends
- •Text 10. Biomass – energy from organic materials
- •Text 11. Nuclear Fusion - the Way Forward?
- •Использованная литература
6. Write what yon have learned from the text and discuss with the partner how different (or how close) your expectations are.
Ideas: …
Situations: …
Words: …
7. Using context clues, explain in writing what the following means. Here is the vocabulary you can use to do the task: hectic, exhausting, voracious, non-stop, jammed, tight, full, flexible, fixed, rigid, relaxing.
To work crazy hours – …
To pull another overnighter – …
National Work-a-thon – …
Eight days a week – …
What makes them tick so fast? – …
8. Answer the questions below making inferences from the text about the following values: time, hard work, success/achievement.
What value can be revealed from the title and the closing phrase?
Why do you think takeout dinners are mentioned along with crazy hours in the subtitle? Why is fast food popular with workaholics?
Why has the company thoughtfully provided the sofa for the employees? Does the company encourage its employees to have more rest? If not, give a different guess.
Why do you think some of the employees would like to add a "direct line – an intravenous tube"?
9. Fill in the chart below to describe the lifestyle of Chris Strahorn, David Kerley and Dylan Greiner.
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10. Discussion "What are the historical, cultural and economic roots of workaholism?" Expand on the following:
Protestant work ethics condemning idleness in the past;
Transition from agricultural to industrial, then to the service and now to the information and knowledge societies;
Shifts in the character of the work, workforce and workplace: flextime and work from home (telecommuting), eliminating territorial separation between "workplace" and "home turf";
New management techniques, new production technology (telecommunication, electronic mail, facsimile messages, the Internet, virtual offices);
"Self-fulfillment";
Blurring historical borders and differences between work and leisure, identifying work with pleasure. (Source: Vakmin, Sam. Workaholism, Leisure and Pleasure. From: http://www.theallined.com/ad-business-4/business-032.htm)
11. In small groups, discuss what you think of the workaholics' lifestyle. Try to balance all pros and cons. The information below will help you fill in the chart.
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