IV. Analyze

1. Match the words with their Russian equivalents

astonishing accuracy	a исчезать
a pump	b управляемый лазером
incident	c насос
collapse	d разрушать
laser-guided	e высокоскоростной
concrete	f бурильная машина
high-speed	g бетон
tunnel-boring machine	h инцидент, происшествие
to disappear	i поразительная точность
to destroy	j разрушение, обрушение

2. Match the words with their definitions

1 sewer	a job in a company
2 to avoid	to make a structure more likely to break
3 position	to make a hole in earth or sand using your hands, a machine or a tool
4 to weaken	something that needs a lot of skill, energy, and determination to deal with or achieve, especially something you have never done before and will enjoy doing
5 to link	to try not to go near someone or something
6 to dig	to get rid of the water in an area of land so that it can be used for farming or building on
7 challenge	to arrive somewhere
8 to drain	an underground pipe or passage that carries sewage
9 accuracy	to connect two or more places
10 to reach	the quality of being accurate

3. Put the words in the correct word order

1. Women / there / in / aren’t / many / position / my / .

2. Engineers / I’d / more / see / to / like / women / .

3. Machines / used / six / laser-guided / we / tunnel-boring / huge / .

4. Areas / some / in / tunnel / the / almost / floating / is / .

5. Gardens / tunnel / the / several / into / disappeared / in / London / east / .

6. Fire / area / in / the / destroyed / concrete / the / lining / one / of / much / .

7. Project / been / it / fantastic / a / has / .

8. Day / cut / a / they / 100 metres / astonishing / with / accuracy / .

9. Ships / had / names / they / like / .

10. Engineering / it / real / a / challenge / was / .

11. Tunnels / avoid / to / sewers / and / tube / had / we / .

12. Buildings / dig / had / to / we / under / foundation / weakening / their / without / .

4. Give the English equivalents

соединять…………………………………………………….……………………

положение, должность…………………………………………………………..

руководить, управлять……………………………………………………….....

машина, механизм…………….………………………………………………….

поразительный, удивительный…………………………………………………

точность……………………….………………………………………………….

допустимое отклонение.…………………………………………………………

сложная задача…………….…………………………………………………….

плавать……………………………………….......………………………………

насос, помпа………...…………………………………………………………...

канализационная труба, коллектор….…………………………………………

избегать, действовать в обход……………………..…………………………...

копать, рыть….…………………………………………………………………..

ослаблять……………...…………………………………………………………

разрушать…………………………………….………………………………….

исчезать ………………………………………………………………………….

5. Prove the following statements

7. There are always dangers in tunnel construction.

8. There aren’t many women in the position of a Tunnel Engineer.

9. It is a real engineering challenge to cut a tunnel under a large city like London.