3. Unit 3 The Construction of a Building

Warming – up

1. What are the main stages in the developing of the house?

2. Do you know the main steps in the construction of a building?

3. What building professions can you name?

3.1 Pretext exercises

3.1.1 Read the words. Pay attention to the letters in italics

[k] concrete, carpenter, glass-cutter, careful, call, protect, carry, correctly,

case, consist, course, cover, complete.

[s] (перед e, y, i ) cement, place, ceiling, successive, electricity, decide,

process.

[k] block, brick.

[t ] which, arch, choose.

3.1.2 Read the following words. Mind their meaning

mortar

foundation

slab

rolled gypsum panel

sheet

foreman

bricklayer

carpenter

plasterer

plumber

glass-cutter = glazier

joiner

load

blueprint

framework

joist

floor

flooring

storey

lintel

stringer

girder

известковый раствор

фундамент

плита

листовая гипсовая панель

лист

прораб

каменщик

плотник

штукатур

водопроводчик

стекольщик

столяр

нагрузка

план, проект (синяя светописная копия)

ферма, стропила, каркас

балка, перекладина, стропило

пол, настил, этаж

настил, половые доски

этаж

перемычка окна или двери

продольная балка

балка, брус, перекладина

sewer

pipe

settlement

tile

tenant

сточная труба

труба

осадка(грунта)

черепица, кафель

житель, арендатор

3.1.3 Read the following verbs. Mind their meaning. Pay attention to the principal forms

to spend (spent, spent)

to take (took, taken) place

to find (found, found)

to bear (bore, borne)

to stake out (-ed, -ed)

to keep (kept, kept)

to protect (-ed, -ed)

to prevent from (-ed, -ed)

to carry (-ed, -ed)

to impose (-ed, -ed)

to support (-ed, -ed)

to lead (led, led)

to provide (-ed, -ed)

to lay (laid, laid)

to bond (-ed, -ed)

проводить

происходить

находить

нести, выдерживать

отмечать границу (чего-либо)

держать

защищать (from – от, against – против)

препятствовать (чему-либо)

нести, переносить

налагать, производить

поддерживать

вести, приводить

обеспечивать

класть

сцеплять, связывать (кирпичную кладку)

3.1.4 Find the proper Russian words with the same roots as the following English words

public, cultural, activity, cement, block, type, individual, panel, process, structure, examine, detail, plan,contact, action, stability, proportion, natural, material, regular, electricity, gas, decorate, plaster, plastic

3.1.5 Choose the proper English word

1. фундамент a) framework b) foundation c) structure

2. прораб a) workman b) foreman c) engineer

3. каменщик a) bricklayer b) joiner c) painter

4. этаж a) height b) frame c) storey

5. защищать a) to provide b) to protect c) to lead

6. поддерживать a) to impose b) to support c) to lay

7. житель a) dwelling b) settlement c) tenant

3.1.6 Find the English equivalents of the following Russian words

1. настил, плита, известковый раствор, осадка грунта, кафель, прораб, каркас, сцеплять, отмечать границу, происходить, водопроводчик, плотник, штукатур

2. to take place, foreman, to bond, mortar, to stake out, plasterer, flooring, framework, slab, plumber, tile, settlement, carpenter

3.1.7 Form all possible word – combinations

A natural B. house

artificial window

large material

modern tenant

new decoration

careful slab

proper design

prefabricated plan