Tomsk polytechniс university

T.S. Petrovskaya, I.E. Rymanova, A.V. Makarovskikh

ENGLISH FOR CHEMICAL ENGINEERS

Course Book

Recommended for publishing as a study aid by the Editorial Board of Tomsk Polytechnic University

T omsk Polytechnic University Publishing House 2012

министерство образования и науки российской федерации Федеральное государственное бюджетное образовательное учреждение высшего профессионального образования

«НАЦИОНАЛЬНЫЙ ИССЛЕДОВАТЕЛЬСКИЙ

ТОМСКИЙ ПОЛИТЕХНИЧЕСКИЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ»

Т.С. Петровская, И.Е. Рыманова, А.В. Макаровских

АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫК ДЛЯ

ИНЖЕНЕРОВ-ХИМИКОВ

Книга для студента

Рекомендовано в качестве учебного пособия Редакционно–издательским советом Томского политехнического университета

Издательство Томского политехнического университета 2012

УДК 811.111:66(075.8)

ББК Ш143.21-923

Петровская Т.С.

П307 Английский язык для инженеров-химиков: учебное пособие/Т.С. Петровская, И.Е. Рыманова, А.В. Макаровских; Национальный исследовательский Томский политехнический университет – Томск: Изд-во Томского политехнического университета, 2012. – 165 с.

УМК по профессиональному иностранному языку (ПИЯ) “English for Chemical Engineers” предназначен для студентов химико-технологического направления, изучающих английский язык на основе многоуровневого подхода.

УМК состоит из учебного пособия для студента “Coursebook”, Audio CD, методических рекомендаций для преподавателя “Teacher's Book”.

Целью УМК является развитие коммуникативных навыков общения в профессиональной сфере. В УМК реализуется коммуникативно-когнитивный подход, используется комбинация отечественных и зарубежных технологий преподавания иностранного языка в высшей технической школе.

УДК 811.111:66(075.8)

ББК Ш143.21-923

Рецензенты

Кандидат педагогических наук декан факультета иностранных языков ТГПУ И.Е. Высотова

Кандидат филологических наук доцент кафедры ЛиП ИМОЯК ТПУ

Д.Ф. Мымрина

© ФГБОУ ВПО НИ ТПУ, 2012

© Петровская Т.С., Рыманова И.Е., Макаровских А.В. 2012

© Оформление. Издательство Томского политехнического университета, 2012

Contents

Unit 1 Engineering career………………………………………………………………….6

Unit 2 Engineering education……………………………………………………………..18

Unit 3 Are you good for this job?........................................................................................25

Unit 4 Engineering ethics…………………………………………………………………34

Unit 5 Company structure and corporate culture…………………………………………45

Unit 6 Chemical engineering……………………………………………………………...55

Unit 7 Objects of chemical engineering…………………………………………………..62

Unit 8 Functions and applications of chemical objects…………………………………...70

Unit 9 Chemical industry markets………………………………………………………...76

Unit 10 Materials in chemical industry…………………………………………………...84

Unit 11 Technological process in chemical industry: tools and equipment ……………...92

Unit 12 Safety at work…………………………………………………………………..101

Unit 13 Resource saving…………………………………………………………………115

Unit 14 Waste disposal…………………………………………………………………..121

Unit 15 Innovations in chemical engineering……………………………………………129

Wordlists……………………………………………………………………………...…136

Appendices………………………………………………………………………………146

References…………………………………………………………………………….…163

U NIT 1

Engineering Career

STARTING UP

1 Work with a partner. In your own language, find some words to describe engineering. Compare your words with another pair and agree on six words. How do you say these words in English? Complete the diagram below using these English words to describe engineering.

2 Pictures a-h represent different branches of engineering. Match each picture to sentences 1-8.

1. Electrical engineering is about generating and supplying power.

2. Electronic engineering is about designing and making machines that use electric power.

3. Civil engineering is about designing, building, and looking after structures.

4. Marine engineering is applying engineering to take advantage of the sea.

5. Manufacturing engineering is about making useful things from raw materials.

6. Mechanical engineering is about designing and making all the parts of machines that move. That could mean rocket science or bike design - and everything in between.

7. Chemical engineering is about using the processes which change materials in a chemical or physical way. The science behind these processes helps to find out the best way to make the right products.

8. Information technology is about using computers for collecting, storing, and sending information.

Technology 2. Student's book. /Er.H. Glendinning. — Oxford: Oxford Uhiversity Press 2007 (p 14)

3 Work in groups of three or four. Make a list of as many other branches of engineering as you can. Try to explain them in English.

4 Answer these questions.

• Are there any people you know who work in one of the engineering fields mentioned above?

• What do they exactly do?

• What is the final product of their activity? How much is it effective/profitable?

• How did they start their engineering career? Is it successful?

• Would you like to have the same career? Why? Why not?

READING

5 Discuss these questions.

• What is engineering?

• What does an engineer look like?

• What do engineers do?

• How do you choose your engineering major?

6 Now read the texts A, B and C and check your answers, but before reading match the words from column A with the words or words combinations from column B.

A	B
1 potable	a field of working
2 VCR	b achievement
3 major	c suitable for drinking
4 manufacturing	d device
5 apply	e video cassette recorder
6 accomplishment	f production
7 appliance	g destruction
8 depletion	h use