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высшего профессионального образования
«Ростовский государственный университет путей сообщения»
(РГУПС)
Л.Н. Черкасова, А.Н. Колесниченко
АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫК
ДЛЯ ИНЖЕНЕРОВ-СТРОИТЕЛЕЙ
Учебно-методическое пособие
Ростов-на-Дону
2015
ББК 65.9(2З)27
Черкасова, Л.Н.
Учебно-методическое пособие по английскому языку для студентов, обучающихся по строительным специальностям / Л.Н. Черкасова, А.Н. Колесниченко; Рост. гос. ун-т путей сообщения. Ростов н/Д, 2-е издание, переработанное и дополненное, 2015. 40 с.
Пособие содержит информационный материал по строительным специальностям. Приведены тексты, включающие богатый лексический материал по данной специальности. Каждый текст сопровождается системой заданий и вопросов, которые направлены на закрепление лексического, грамматического материала и развитие коммуникативных навыков.
Соответствует программе по английскому языку для второго курса.
Пособие может быть полезно в качестве дополнительного учебного пособия в ходе подготовки студентов и аспирантов к научно-исследовательской работе на иностранном языке.
Рецензент: канд.филол.наук., доц. РГУПС М.Н.Черкасова (РГУПС)
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Text 1. An honourable profession
1 Read the text carefully and then make up as many questions as you can. Work in pairs. All the questions should be answered.
The building profession attracts many numbers of young men and women nowadays. It is an honourable1 profession.
Builders construct and reconstruct residential and industrial buildings, bridges, schools, palaces of culture, museums, theatres, kindergartens and hospitals. They build tunnels, canals2, power stations, dams and reservoirs. They also construct aqueducts to store and transport water for populated areas and to irrigate desert lands. The distribution of water in irrigated areas is based on annual plans. Very many irrigation systems have been built and are being built and modernized. Hundreds of dams, reservoirs, locks, pumping stations have been erected on the rivers of our country by our hydrotechnicians.
The person entering this honourable profession must have a scientific attitude3, imagination, initiative and good judgement, obtained by experience and serious work.
Civil engineers and architects have a common aim — to provide people with all modern conveniences, such as running water, gas, electricity, central heating. While a sanitary engineer protects the quality of water by treating4 and purifying5 this water when it is used for domestic6 purposes, an architect is a person who designs buildings. An architect must receive a great deal of scientific training connected with his profession. He must know mathematics, as well as many facts concerning materials — for example what loads different materials may safely carry — so that there will be no danger of his building falling down. Architects must need some knowledge of sculpture, painting, design, mechanical engineering, geography, city planning, etc. The structure an architect creates should give us pleasure, a sense of beauty. The tremendous scope of construction in Russia is proof of our desire and plans for peace.
Vocabulary:
honourable – почетный
canal – канал
reservoir – водохранилище, водоем
aqueducts – акведук, водопровод
to irrigate – орошать
to erect – сооружать, устанавливать
hydrotechnician – гидротехник
attitude – позиция, отношение
sanitary – санитарный
to treat – обрабатывать
to purify – очищать
domestic – внутренний, отечественный
tremendous – огромный, громадный; потрясающий
2 Make up a report about your future profession: its responsibilities, its advantages and disadvantages, explain your choice.
Text 2. The engineer and construction
1 Listen to the text and then retell it in Russian.
The efforts of an engineer, who designs a project, and the constructor, who builds the project, are directed toward the same goal, namely, the creation of something which will serve the purpose for which it is built. Construction is the ultimate objective of a design. The application of engineering fundamentals and analyses to construction activities may reveal methods of improving the quality, while at the same time reducing the costs of construction.
An engineer is engaged to prepare the plans and specifications and usually to supervise the construction of the project. It is the duty of the engineer to design the project which will most nearly satisfy the needs of the occupant at the lowest practical cost.
The engineer should study every major item to determine if it is possible to reduce the cost of the project. It may be possible to change a design, modify the requirements for construction, or revise portions of the specifications in such a manner that the cost of the project will be reduced without sacrificing its essential value. An engineer who practices this philosophy is rendering a real service to his client. Thus, it seems evident that an engineer should be reasonably familiar with construction methods and costs if he is to design a project that is to be constructed at the lowest practical cost.
2 Make up your own sentences with the following words and word combinations: a goal, engineering fundamentals, to supervise, to satisfy the needs, requirements, to be familiar with, to modify.