Vocabulary List

• monolithic – монолитный

• archaic - архаический, устарелый

• paving - мостовая, дорожное покрытие

• ancillary - дополнительный, вспомогательный

• versatility - эксплуатационная гибкость, многосторонность

• a surface - поверхность

• to achieve - достигать, добиваться

• precast - заводского изготовления, сборного типа

• a storey - этаж, ярус

• a projection - выступ, выдающаяся часть

• a recess - углубление, ниша

• outward appearance - внешний вид

• internal complexity - внутренняя комплексность

• to crack - давать трещину, трескаться

• a joint - соединение

• an anchor - крепеж

• a mineral pigment - минеральный краситель

• to augment - увеличивать

• a water – repellent coating - водоотталкивающее покрытие

Ш Answer the following questions.

1. Why is concrete an ideal material for building?

2. How could Diener achieve a monolithic effect?

3. What can you say about the method of circumventing the constraints of joints in an office building in Munich?

4. May the use of color give an individual character to monolithic structures?

5. How does light affect monolithic constructions?

Ш Find the English equivalents in the text.

Создавать приятное впечатление; ощущение силы; умеренный климатический пояс; обра­ботка поверхности; достигать эффекта монолитности; непрерывный процесс; возмещать; при­давать поверхности определенную форму; внутренний и наружный слои; перепад температу­ры; вставлять; напыление; вливаться; луч света; имитация естественных монолитных мате­риалов; расширяющийся цемент; воздушное пространство.

Ш Give synonyms.

A unified design; an ancillary element; versatility; to achieve; a storey; a tie; to exploit; a technique; an adequate solution; to insert; simulation; to reduce.

Ш True or false?

1. Concrete is a collapse for the monolithic.

2. If you want to have a unified design for the structure the versatility of concrete makes it the ideal mate­rial.

3. The use of color does not affect the monolithic structures.

4. Different forms of surface allow the simulation of naturally monolithic materials.

5. The rays of light entering through the glazed roof strips highlight the rough-textured natural grey face of the internal skin, thereby augmenting the massive effect of the interior.

Lesson 13

Plastic house looks to the future.

I. Read the text and tell about the qualities of plastic.

What is a plastic and why are the chemists so enthusiastic over them? Synthetic plastics are man-made substance which not only change their shape under great heat and pressure but change their chemical state as well.

They are light and hard, being produced by mixing together a number of gases and liquids. A synthetic- or man-made- product must be both better and cheaper than the natural material. Since plastic combine all the fine characteristics of a building material together with good insulation properties and are fireproof as well, it is no wonder that the architects and engineers have turned to them to add colour and beauty to modern homes and offices.

The greatest advantages which plastics are expected to give the world is that they will make the people no longer dependent upon nature for their materials. A lot of decorative plastics now available has sufficient rigid to stand on their own without any support. A laminate has been developed which is suitable for both inside and outside use.

I amanitas combining plastics with paper, wood or cloth have been used for table tops and walls, and shatter- proof panels of reinforced plastics in various colors and degrees of translucency for control of light.

Conduits, ducts and piping are constructed of flexible plastics, many of them integrally formed into the wall and floor sections. Plastics strips have been used to seal openings and textured surfaces.

For interior use it is recommended for surfacing – or sometimes as a structural material for kitchen, bathrooms and lavatory walls, for doors, staircase walls, window sills, etc. Being used for surfacing, laminate gives the tough surface. Plastics house include panel lighting, recessed lamps, and a built – in “sun” for tanning in the bathroom. A special communications system includes telephone phones, speakers, all of which are push – button controlled. The furniture is light and colorful, and is made from plastics, wood, metal.

II. Active vocabulary

coat – слой

handing – доставка

maintenance – уход, текущий ремонт

assembly – сборка

rigid – жесткий

laminate – слоистый материал, пластик

filler –заполнитель

surface – поверхность

tough – упругий, прочный

many of them integrally formed into the wall and floor sections – причем многие из них составляли одно целое с панелями стен и полом

support – поддержка

away from - вдали от …

III. Answer the following questions

1. What is a plastic?

2. What are the advantages plastics can offer?

3. What kind of decorative laminate has been developed?

4. What does laminate give being used for surfacing?

IV. Find in text 5 nouns equivalents for the following words and translate them into Russian.

To produce; to maintain; to laminate; to decorate; to support.

V. Find in text English equivalents for the following words and word combinations.

Проект интерьера и экстерьера;

Произвести революцию в ….;

Лестничная клетка

Подоконник

VI. Retell the text according to the plan.

Plastics have many advantages over natural products.

A great variety of decorative plastics laminates are now available to the architect and builder.

VII. Translate the following words combinations.

Colour scheme, wonderful tool, architectural design, adjacent room.

Lesson 14