V. Translate
Я работаю в этой компании три года ........................
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Мы используем огромные бурильные машины, управляемые лазером. ……………………………………...
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Машины бурят 100 метров в день с поразительной точностью – допустимое отклонение 25 миллиметров......
Они имеют имена подобно кораблям………................................................
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Строительство тоннеля – это всегда сложная инженерная задача.............
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В некоторых местах возле Темзы грунт настолько насыщен водой, что тоннель почти плавает………………………………..…………………......
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Насосы работают 24 часа в сутки, чтобы откачивать воду….……………
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Мы должны обходить канализационные коллекторы………......................
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Мы должны проходить под зданиями так, чтобы не ослабить их фундаменты…………………………………………………………………..
При строительстве тоннелей всегда есть опасности..................................
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VI. Speak
1. Interview
Work in pairs and prepare an interview
Student A is a high school student who wants to be a Tunnel Engineer and follow a career in Tunnel engineering.
Student B is a Tunnel Engineer who has a great tunnel work experience.
2. Speak about the problems in cutting tunnels under a large city like London
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WORKING HIGH IN THE SKY |
Preview Answer the questions.
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I. Listening and reading
Listen to the text
Read and translate the text
IT’S MY JOB
Alex
works as a construction worker with three other construction workers.
But he wants to set up his own construction company:
“
I'm
self-employed but
I work with three other guys as a gang
-
that's like a team.
We get
contracts from construction
companies,
maybe a few weeks, maybe a year. It depends
on
the size of the building. You have to be prepared to travel wherever
the work is but the money is
good.
There are bonuses too, for finishing
ahead of schedule.
W
hat
we do is we build the steel frames of all sorts of buildings. I've
worked on
supermarkets, warehouses, and multi-storey buildings, including one
that was
30
storeys high.
Everything is pre-fabricated. The steel is cut to the right size and drilled before it comes to the site. We have to bolt or weld the pieces together. It sounds easy but try lining up a one-ton girder swinging from a crane on a winter's day when you're a hundred metres up! We like to work fast, and to do that you need ground people who make sure everything reaches you in the right order, and a crane operator who can deliver on the spot - right where you need it.
O
n
a typical day, I could be working a twelve-hour shift.
If you're high up, you don't come
down for tea-breaks.
Everything you need is up there
-
canteen, toilets.
Is it dangerous? Well, yes, but there are a lot of safety precautions. We have to wear a safety harness with a lifeline. There are safety cables slung round whichever floor you're working on and you clip on to one as soon as you start. There's a safety net underneath the floor until the deck is down. For me, the most dangerous time is moving the girders into the right position. You could be crushed.
I'd like to set up my own construction company eventually, and employ others to do this kind of work”.