17.D Выбери подходящий вариант:

1. I’m sorry to say/saying this, but your work is rather unsatisfactory.

2. She doesn’t want to drive her car. She’s afraid of to crash/crashing it.

3. He stopped to fill/filling the tank with petrol, then continued driving.

4. We are sorry for to keep/keeping you waiting.

5. We tried to move/moving the heavy metal tie to the side of the road.

6. Grisha likes to meet/meeting new people.

7. If you can’t lay bricks, try to point/pointing mortar joints.

8. He stopped to split/spliting masonary units because he had an injury.

9. He is afraid to touch/touching the stucco in case it is wet.

10. I like to pay/paying my bills as soon as I get them.

11. I’ll never forget to lay/laying out straight courses for the first time.

12. He regretted to sell/selling his plumb.

13. I have to go out. I forgot to order/ordering a metal tie.

14. She is determined to get rubbers, even if it means to pay/paying a lot of money.

15. She introduced herself and went on to talk/talking about her new book.

16. I would like to go/going to that new conference.

17. Did you remember to tell/telling Egor about the meeting?

18. I remember to talk/talking to him before.

19. He went on to veneer/veneering until 10.00.

20. She means to buy/buying a new car soon.

21. We regret to inform/informing you that you have failed.

MODULE 18

FINISHING THE INSIDE

18.1 Сопоставь понятия и их определения:

a long flat narrow piece of wood/metal used to support plaster	concrete floor finish containing chips of marble	grout	nail
a wide plasterboard used to cover walls, ceilings or partitions	a piece of baked clay used for covering roofs, walls, floors etc	drywall	lime
a thin mortar used to fill cracks in masonry	a soft white chalklike substance from which plaster is made	screw	enclosure
exterior assembly enclosing the interior space of a building	a thin pointed piece of metal for hammering into wood	lath	tile
a type of nail that is driven into something by a twisting action	a white substance obtained by burning limestone	gypsum	terrazzo

18.2 Подбирите к английским словам и выражениям русские эквиваленты:

grout mix	transparent	сухая штукатурка	подвесной потолок
epoxy resin	finish coat	огнестойкость	цементный раствор
translucent	gypsum board	известковое тесто	многослойная панель
meet the needs	suspended ceiling	керамическая плитка	эпоксидная смола
lime putty	ceramic tile	прозрачный	полупрозрачный
fire resistance	sandwich panel	отделочный слой	удовлетворять потребности

18.3 Прочитай и письменно переведи, используя: ready adj — готовый ready at hand — находящийся под рукой readiness п — готовность in readiness — наготове readily adv — легко, без труда frame n — конструкция, сооружение, каркас, рама frame of roof — стропильная система крыши roof framing — несущие конструкции крыши framework п — рамная конструкция, каркас within the framework of — в рамках, в пределах чего-л.

1. The evaluation of site readiness is necessary to identify aspects of the site that may affect a project outcome. 2. A well-built birdhouse should be durable, rainproof and readily accessible. 3. The excavator is ready to dig on the construction site. 4. Water and sewer pipes were stacked in readiness for building construction. 5. Palm computing devices are ready at hand. 6. Ready-mix concrete helps to reduce construction-site pollution. 7. Bricklayers desire a mortar not to be sticky, enabling the brick layer to readily transfer the mixed mortar from the surface of his trowel onto the masonry elements being laid. 8. This house uses trusses for the roof framing. Trusses are pre­fabricated, triangulated wooden structures used to support the roof. The alternative is to build up the frame of the roof with 2x8s and 2x10s. 9. The indicated circumstances should be considered in design within the framework of the geotechnical system. 10. If you choose to build a timber frame home, your first choice is whether to cut the frame on or off site. If you cut your own frame offsite, don’t forget to budget time and money for getting all of the frame timbers to the building site. 11. The block of office buildings was built of concrete on a steel framework.