V. Speaking
Exercise 19. Explain the following points:
1. Step-by-step standards development.
2. The role of ISO technical committees.
3. Two types of ISO’s member bodies, their rights.
4. The importance of consumer voice.
Exercise 20. Speak about the key-principles in standard development using the points from the ex. 19 and information from the text.
VI. Listening
Exercise 21. Listen to the text “International standards”.
a) Before listening, pay attention to the new words:
Consideration – розгляд
Prominent – відомий
To suit – підходити, відповідати
Editorial – редакторський, видавничий
Industry-specific requirements – спеціалізовані вимоги (для окремої галузі)
Stringency – строгість, суворість
Incompatible – несумісний
b) While listening, find the answers to the following questions:
1) Where are international standards available for consideration and use?
2) How may international standards be used?
3) What differences may appear between national standards and international technical standards?
4) When do technical barriers arise?
5) Why do people need to establish international standards?
International standards are standards developed by international standards organizations. International standards are available for consideration and use worldwide. A prominent organisation is the International Organization for Standardization.
International standards may be used either by direct application or by a process of modifying an international standard to suit local conditions. The adoption of international standards results in the creation of equivalent national standards. They are substantially the same as international technical standards, but may have:
a) editorial differences as to appearance, use of symbols and measurement units, substitution of a point for a comma as the decimal marker;
b) differences in governmental regulations or industry-specific requirements caused by fundamental climatic, geographical, technological, or infrastructural factors, or the stringency of safety requirements.
International standards are one way of overcoming technical barriers in international commerce. They are caused by differences among technical regulations and standards developed independently by each nation, national standards organization, or company. Technical barriers arise when different groups come together, each with a large user base, doing some well established thing that between them is mutually incompatible. Establishing international standards is one way of preventing or overcoming this problem.
VII. Oral practice
Exercise 22. Read and translate the dialogues. Role-play them with your partner.
So, who do you work for?
I work for a large multinational company called DAK Group. We have some areas of business – light industry, design and engineering.
And which side of the business do you work in?
The light industry division. We design, implement and maintain automated systems for our factories.
Where are DAK headquarters?
In Ukraine. But the company has operations in over 5 countries and 15 factories in Europe.
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What does your work at the Standardization and Certification of raw materials Bureau imply exactly?
We control the quality of raw materials, their stocking, processing and realization.
And who do you collaborate with?
We are connected with the State Inspection and the expert Laboratories.
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What does your job involve?
I am an expert in quality control. So I work with highly qualified staff. We take care of testing the quality of products and services at different enterprises.
Exercise 23. Write down a question from the dialogues for the following responses.
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- A multinational company called DAK Group.
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- The light industry division.
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- We control the quality of raw materials, their stocking, processing and realization.
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We take care of testing the quality of products and services at different enterprises.
Exercise 24. Compose your own micro-dialogues using phrases from the ex. 22.