5. Answer the questions

1. What is engineering?

2. What is an engineer?

3. What achievements of engineering do you know?

4. What are the branches of engineering?

5. What are your professional interests?

6. In your opinion, is engineering a science or a discipline?

6. Read and translate

Engineering is the discipline, art, and profession that applies scientific theory to design, develop, and analyze technological solutions. It is generally considered to consist of the major basic branches:

• chemical engineering;

• civil engineering;

• electrical engineering;

• mechanical engineering;

• industrial engineering.

There are numerous other engineering subdisciplines and interdisciplinary subjects that are derived from concentrations, combinations, or extensions of the major engineering branches.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_engineering_branches#Systems_engineering

7. Choose the following expressions to fill the gaps in the sentences: chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, environmental engineering, computer engineering, nanoengineering.

1. _________________ is a discipline that integrates several fields of electrical engineering and computer science required to develop computer hardware and software.

2. _________________ focuses on technologies improving the natural environment.

3. _________________ specializes in the design and construction of structures such as bridges, roads, and dams.

4. _________________ concerns with the practical applications of electricity.

5. _________________ is the practice of engineering on the nanoscale.

6. The physics of mechanics is widely used in _________________.

7. _________________ is the branch of engineering that deals with the manufacture of products through chemical processes.

http://dictionary.reference.com/

8. Translate the following Russian sentences into the English language

1. Основными задачами инженера, работающего в химической отрасли, являются производство товаров на основе химических процессов и технологий.

2. Волоконная оптика нашла широкое применение практически во всех областях науки и производства.

3. Нефтехимия изучает состав и свойства компонентов нефти и газа.

4. В основе нанотехнологий лежат передовые научные достижения ученых всего мира.

5. Основной целью пищевой промышленности является обеспечение населения продуктами питания.

6. Химия, физика и математика являются основными инженерными дисциплинами.

9. Watch the video "Chemical Engineers" and answer the questions using the link:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=chemical+engineers

1. What are the branches of chemical engineering?

2. What are the chemical engineering products?

3. What does a chemical engineer do?

4. What are you planning to do as a chemical engineer in the future?

5. Make a brief report about chemical engineering.

10. Find the Russian equivalents for the following phrases

to convert into _____________________

marketable products _____________________

to be involved in _____________________

to conduct research _____________________

manufacturing processes _____________________

frequently _____________________

petrochemical industry _____________________

plastics _____________________

detergent _____________________

synthetic textile _____________________

to be employed as _____________________

Bachelor's degree _____________________

Master's degree _____________________

Ph.D. _____________________

to implement _____________________