Ex. 10. Answer the questions to the text.

1. What is your speciality?

2. What is welding?

3. Where is it used?

4. When did it appear?

5. What process was used before the invention of welding?

6. In what branches is welding necessary?

7. What are the main types of welding?

8. What does the welding process depend on?

9. What was the result of welding application in our country?

10. What are future prospects of welding production?

11. What is the role of welding in modern industry?

12. What is necessary for operating welding processes?

13. What kind of person should a welding engineer be?

14. What does the curriculum of the University include?

15. Where do students have practical training?

16. What are the job opportunities for welding engineers?

17. Where can they work?

18. What is the main task of young engineers?

Ex. 11. Make up short reports on the following topics:

• the subject of welding technology and its role in modern industry;

• the main types of welding;

• the history, present situation and future prospects of welding;

• training of future engineers;

• job opportunities for welding engineers and their role in welding production;

• why I chose this speciality;

• my personal opinion about further development of welding industry.

Ex. 12. Retell the text.