III. Reading comprehension

1. Answer the questions

1. Who is visiting the site?

2. What is the site manager speaking about?

3. What is the site manager responsible for?

4. What kind of place is a construction site?

5. What must civil engineering students wear when visiting a construction site?

6. How are hard hats made fit?

7. What kind of footwear must be worn on site?

8. What can distract the working people from their work?

9. What regulations must be observed?

10. What signs must the students pay attention to?

11. What precautions do people who work on site take?

2. Read the statements and say whether they are true (T) or false (F). Correct the false ones

1. Everyone must observe regulations when he or she visits a construction site.

2. The students who are visiting a construction site must take care of their health.

3. Construction sites are very relaxing places.

4. The students must wear hard hats and yellow vests all the time they're on site.

5. There is no need to make a hard hat fit.

6. Trainers or soft shoes are always worn on construction site tours.

7. Loose papers blowing round the site can distract people from their work.

8. The students can’t take pictures on site.

9. Nails and spills are stored in a lockable room or container.

10. Smoking is allowed everywhere on site.

3. Choose the correct word or word combination

1. The site manager is going to take the group of civil engineering students round ...

a. the entertainment park b. the shopping mall c. the construction site

2. The students must observe ...

4. pictures b. regulations c. pedestrians

3. The site manager is responsible for ...

a. admittance b. the students’ health c. safety signs

4. The students must wear ... and yellow vest when they're on site.

a. hard hats b. high-visibility clothing c. eye protection

4. They can't go on the tour if they wear ...

a. safety helmets b. boots c. soft shoes

4. You can ... pictures but no flash photography is allowed.

a. make b. draw c. take

4. Don’t smoke near ... substances.

a. dangerous b. flammable c. unfamiliar

8. The students must pay attention to the ...

a. grinders b. chain saws c. safety signs

9. Chemicals must be stored in a ... or container.

a. living room b. lockable room c. light room

10. They never use an unfamiliar machine without checking the ...

a. forklift b. precautions c. guards

4. Complete the sentences

1. I'm responsible for ...

2. Construction sites are …

3. You must wear …

4. Can you adjust ...

5. You've been told ...

6. If anyone is wearing …

7. Please don't carry …

8. You can take pictures ...

9. Don’t use …

10. Don’t smoke …

11. Look out for the guys ...

12. Don't pick anything up ...

13. They never use ...

14. Always keep with ...

IV. Analyze

1. Match the words and expressions with their Russian equivalents

to be responsible for smth	a соблюдать инструкцию
to be on site	b отвлекать кого-либо от чего-либо
flammable substance	c обращать внимание на что-либо
to observe regulations	d сигнальная одежда
to distract smb from smth	e быть ответственным за что-либо
to pay attention to smth	f воспламеняющееся вещество
high-visibility clothing	g знаки безопасности
to wear a hard hat/helmet	h находиться на строительной площадке
safety signs	i управлять цепной пилой
to operate chain a saw	j носить шлем-каску

2. Match the words with their definitions

1 admittance	a piece of clothing with no sleeves or collar worn over other clothes
2 to store	wanting to protect someone from being harmed or hurt
3 dangerous	to get someone's attention and prevent them from concentrating on something
4 vest	to use and control a piece of equipment
5 to adjust	to have something on your body as clothing, decoration, or protection
6 protective	permission to enter a place or join something
7 to operate	likely to harm or kill someone, or to damage or destroy something
8 unfamiliar	to move something slightly so that it is in the right place or is more comfortable
9 to distract	to keep something in a particular place
10 to wear	if you are unfamiliar with something, you have no knowledge or experience of it

3. Put the words in the correct word order

1. Must / the / students / regulations / the / observe /.

2. Responsible / the / manager / site / for / students’/ the / health / safety / and /.

3. Places / dangerous / sites / are / construction /.

4. Wear / students / must / the / hat / hard / a / vest / yellow / and /.

5. Important / is / it / to / hard / make / a / fit / hat /.

6. They / if / tour / wear / the / soft / on / shoes / go / or /can’t / they / trainers /.

7. Smoke / must / students / not / near / substances / flammable / the /.

8. Photography / can / flash / distract / working / the / people / work / from / their /.

9. Phones / mobile / used / be / can’t / working / busy / in / areas /.

10. Students / must / the / pay / attention / the / safety / to / signs /.

11. Use / must / you / not / unfamiliar / an / without / machine / guards / checking / the /.

12. Must / chemicals / stored / be / lockable / a / room / in / container / or /.

4. Give the English equivalents

посещать строительную площадку ……………………………………………..

находиться на строительной площадке ………………………………………...

соблюдать правила, инструкцию ……………………………………………….

быть ответственным за что-либо ………………………………………………..

опасный …………………………………………………………………………...

носить шлем-каску и желтый жилет …………………………………………….

регулировать …………………………………………………………….……….

быть впору, подходить …………………………………………………………

кеды, кроссовки ……………………………………………………...…….…….

гвоздь ……………………………………………………………………………..

осколок, щепка ……………………………………………………………………

непрекрепленные листы …………………………………………………………

отвлекать кого-либо от чего-либо ………………………………….…………..

воспламеняющееся, огнеопасное вещество…………….………………………

знаки безопасности ………………………………………………………….……

обращать внимание на что-либо……………………………………………….

вход, доступ ………………………………………………………..……………..

защитные очки ……………………………………………………………………

защитные наушники ……………………………………………………………...

шлифовальный станок ……………………………………………………….......

сигнальная одежда ……………………………………………………………….

незнакомый, неизвестный станок …………………………………………….…

проверить предохранительное устройство, блокировку ……………….…….

шлифовальный станок ...........................................................................................

управлять цепной пилой ……………………………………………………..…..

хранить что-либо в запираемом, закрываемом помещении ……………….....

вильчатый погрузчик …………………………………………………………….

5. Prove the following statements

1. It is important to observe the regulations when being on site.

2. Those who work on a construction site must wear special clothing.