Active Vocabulary

1. maintenance обслуживание, содержание, эксплуатация

2. to relate относиться, быть связанным

3. to deal with иметь дело с кем-л., чем-л.

4. supply снабжение, подача, поставка

5. environmental относящийся к окружающей среде

6. to distinguish различать, характеризовать

7. forensic юридический, судебный

8. offshore в открытом море; за границей

9. surveying геодезия, съемка

10. in essence по существу

11. agreeable подходящий, соответствующий

12. equation уравнение, равенство, стабилизация

13. require требовать, нуждаться

14. tradesman ремесленник, работник

15. execution выполнение, исполнение

16. to involve включать, вовлекать

17. impact воздействие, влияние, импульс

18. scheduling планирование, разработка

19. availability наличие, пригодность

20. inconvenience неудобство, беспокойство

21. multitasking многозадачность

22. delay задержка, отсрочка, промедление

Control tests test I

Decide whether these statements are true or false:

1. a). Engineering has been an aspect of life since the beginning of our era.

b). Engineering has been an aspect of life since the beginnings of human existence.

c). Engineering has been an aspect of life since the period of building the first Egyptian pyramids.

2. a). Civil engineering is defined to distinguish structural engineering from environmental engineering.

b). Civil engineering is defined to distinguish non-military engineering from military engineering.

c). Civil engineering is defined to distinguish geotechnical engineering from construction engineering.

3. a). The earliest practice of civil engineering may have commenced between 4000 and 2000 BC in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia.

b). The earliest practice of civil engineering may have commenced in Ancient Greece.

c). The earliest practice of civil engineering may have commenced in medieval Europe.

4. a). Engineering has developed from the aspiration of man to subdue the environment.

b). Engineering has developed from the man’s pursuit for comfortable existence.

c). Engineering has developed from observations of the ways natural and constructed systems react.

5. a). In project architecture and civil engineering construction is public works related to earth and water.

b). In project architecture and civil engineering construction is the building or assembly of any infrastructure on a site.

c). In project architecture and civil engineering construction is maintenance of fixed structures.

Test II

Match words in columns A and B (synonym match):

A B

1. existence a). being b). realization

c). execution d). need

2. to commence a). to reject b). to begin

c). to indulge d). to spoil

3. to abandon a). to need b). to oversee

c). to relate d). to give up

4. essential a). authentic b). proper

c). substantial d). honest

5. maintenance a). demand b). service

c). operation d). management

6. environmental a). exogenous b). empiric

c). fortunate d). experienced

7. to distinguish a). to guide b). to watch

c). to consider d). to differentiate

8. forensic a). enduring b). intolerable

c). judicial d). vital

9. surveying a). development b). geodesy

c). scheduling d). sewerage

10. to regard a). to examine b). to reject

c). to discuss d). to provide