- •Read the curriculum vitae (cv) quickly and choose the correct answer.
- •Read the cv again and decide if the sentences (1 – 7) below are true (t) or false (f).
- •Read these phrases from the cv and the advertisements. Choose the correct meaning (a or b) of the words in italics.
- •Write your own cv in English using qualifications you already have or ones that you think you might have in the future. Use Gavin’s cv as a model for your writing.
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •Geometrical Figures
- •1. Is Geometry a very important subject for technology? Name the most important geometrical figures.
- •2. Let’s revise some geometrical figures.
- •3. Read the sentences and answer the questions.
- •4. Translate the Ukrainian phrases into English and reproduce the dialogue with your partner.
- •5. Describe some geometrical shapes and use the following adjectives: right, obtuse, acute, open, closed, parallel.
- •6. The students are at the lesson of Geometry now. Listen to their conversation and learn how to name different geometrical shapes.
- •13. Say whether you agree or disagree with the following descriptions.
- •14. Translate the following sentences from Ukrainian into English.
- •15. Read the text and learn how to describe geometrical figures and objects.
- •16. Answer the following questions.
- •17. Complete the dialogues.
- •2.Numbers and Fractions
- •Learn the following table:
- •Learn how to read large numbers:
- •Learn how to read percents:
- •L earn how to read phone numbers:
- •Learn how to read dates:
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •4 .Quantities, Measurements and Dimensions
- •1. Discuss the following questions:
- •2. Learn how to speak about dimensions of different objects and shapes.
- •3. Make sentences:
- •4. Complete the dialogues.
- •6. Choose the correct form of the word in brackets.
- •7. Use the proper word in the following situations.
- •15. Write down and read the following numbers.
- •6. Complete the table.
- •17. Complete according to the table.
- •19. Compare the objects.
- •20. Choose the correct option to complete the sentences.
- •2 1. Correct mistakes.
- •22. Translate the following sentences into English using your active vocabulary.
- •23. Look at the pictures below and answer these questions.
- •24. Read the text and check your answers.
- •25. Complete the dialogues.
- •10. Complete the text with the words from the box.
- •11. Answer these questions about robots.
- •12. These words are from the text below. Consult your dictionary to check their meaning.
- •13. Read this text attentively and learn some facts from robot history.
- •14. Answer the questions.
- •15. Complete the sentences.
- •1 6. Expand these sentences with the facts from the text.
- •17. Write the headings above the six texts about working robots.
- •18. Read the text attentively to find something new about robots.
- •19. Provide extensive answers to the following questions.
- •20. Will you agree to these statements? Give reasons for your opinion.
- •21. Robotics is a quickly developing science. It certainly brings advantages but also puts difficult questions. Here are some of them. Discuss these questions in small groups.
- •22. Discussion.
- •23. Study the example and write your own advertisement of a new model of a robot.
- •2 . Computers and their Functions
- •1. Is it possible to imagine our life without computers? How useful are they?
- •2. Alice and Paul are talking in the College coffee-bar. Listen to their conversation and name the advantages of computers.
- •3. Match a line in a with a line in b.
- •4. Label the diagram.
- •5. Complete one word from a and one word from b and match it with the appropriate definition in c.
- •6 .Complete each gap in the following text with a phrase from the table above.
- •7. A lot of people have a computer nowadays. What do you know about computers? What basic jobs does a computer perform?
- •8. Match the component of a computer with the function. Look through the text to check your answers.
- •9. Read the text attentively and find the answers to the following questions.
- •11. Before reading the text answer the following questions.
- •12. Now read the text about the Internet service.
- •14. Write two paragraphs, one about the advantages and the other about the disadvantages of computers.
- •15.Translate the text into Ukrainian.
- •16. Put all possible questions to the following statements.
- •17. Are you good at computers? Try to answer the following questions to check your knowledge. Is there anybody in your group who knows all the answers?
- •18. Read the text and check your answers.
- •19. Complete the sentences.
- •20. Describe the computer you would like to have in the future.
- •6. Are these true or false? Correct the false ones.
- •7. Make sentences:
- •8. Read these sentences and make tables like the ones above.
- •8. Make sentences about the materials with “can …, but … can’t”, or “can … and … can”.
- •9. Which material are most practical for making these things and why? And which materials are impractical and why?
- •10. Are these true or false? Correct the false ones:
- •12. Match the sentences.
- •13. Underline the two correct adjectives for each material.
- •14. Find sixteen materials in the puzzle. Read across →, down ↓, and diagonally.
- •3 .Metals
- •1. Discuss the following questions.
- •2. The students are at the seminar on metals technology. Listen to their discussion and learn what properties copper has and where it can be used.
- •3.Match a line in a with a line in b.
- •4. Use the table to complete the sentences.
- •Vocabulary Work
- •5. Learn how to read these words.
- •6. Match the Ukrainian words with their English equivalents.
- •7. Translate the sentences into English using your active vocabulary.
- •8. These words are taken from the text. Use the dictionary to find out their meaning.
- •9. Read the text attentively for more information about copper.
- •10. Say if the following statements are true or false. Correct the false statements.
- •11. Agree or disagree with these statements. Give reasons for your answer.
- •12. These words are taken from the text. Use the dictionary to find out their meaning.
- •13. Read the text to learn more about properties and applications of copper.
- •14. Explain why...
- •15. Translate the original and derivative words, using a dictionary and create several new words by adding suffixes:
- •16. Read the text dealing with discovery of metals and opening the Periodic Law.
- •17.Complete the sentences:
- •18.Insert the proper words into the sentences:
- •19.Find in the text the sentences that correspond to the following statements:
Part I
Professional World
YOUR CV
Lead-in
Which of these statements do you agree with?
Work is the most important thing in life.
Work is just a way to get money so you can do things you enjoy.
What is a CV?
a) description of someone’s family, education, likes and dislikes;
description of someone’s education, work experience, and skills.
Read the curriculum vitae (cv) quickly and choose the correct answer.
How is it arranged?
under headings;
like a letter.
NAME |
Gavin H Alvarez |
ADDRESS |
26 Dryfield Road Cambridge CB2 2DS |
TELEPHONE NUMBER |
01223 3268452 |
E-MAIL ADDRESS |
gavinhalvarez@btinternet.com |
DATE OF BIRTH |
14 June 1987 |
EDUCATION |
|
1995 - 2000 |
Graves High School for Boys Graves Avenue Cambridge CB3 4RG |
2000 - 2002 |
Cam college of Engineering and Technology Rich road Cambridge CB6 7YT |
QUALIFICATIONS |
|
2000 |
GCSEs; English, Maths, General Science, design and Technology, French, Spanish, Art and History. |
2001 |
Level 1. Engineering and Technology foundation course. |
2002 |
Level 2. Computing course specializing in software development. |
WORK EXPERIENCE |
|
AUGUST – SEPTEMBER 2000 |
Temporary gob as IT assistant at Noms’s Aeronautics, Cambridge. |
OCTOBER 2000 – JUNE 2002 |
Saturday and holiday job testing computer games at Sicompany, Cambridge. |
OTHER INFORMATION |
Bi-lingual in Spanish and English; clean driving license. |
INTERESTS |
Developing computer games, member of college football team, photography, and playing the guitar. |
REFEREE |
Ms Daisy Valentine (course tutor) Cam College of Engineering and Technology Birch Road Cambridge CB6 7YT |
Read the cv again and decide if the sentences (1 – 7) below are true (t) or false (f).
Gavin Alvarez lives in Cambridge.
He is a student at Cam College.
He passed his GCSEs in 2001.
He has had Saturday and holiday jobs since 2000.
He left Cam College in 2000.
He is quite good at languages.
He isn’t interested in technology.
Read these two advertisements, which job is best for Gavin?
GAMES4U Wants young, dynamic people to develop the next generation of computer software. Foreign languages an advantage. Send CV and covering letter to… |
BOOKS FOR STUDENTS Need two people aged 18 – 20 to work in their engineering and technology department. To apply, send CV and covering letter to… |
Read these phrases from the cv and the advertisements. Choose the correct meaning (a or b) of the words in italics.
… a covering letter…
a letter to give more information;
a letter to hide a CV.
foreign languages an advantage…
it will help if you can speak a foreign language;
it is essential that you can speak a foreign language.
A clean driving license …
your license isn’t dirty;
you haven’t done anything illegal in a car.