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15.Прочтите план написания сопроводительного письма и выделите основные моменты его изложения:

Confirm that you wish to apply and say where you learned about the job.

Say why you are interested in the position and relate your interests to those of the company.

Show what you can contribute to the job by highlighting your most relevant skills and experience.

Indicate your willingness to attend an interview (and possibly say when you would be free to attend).

16.Прочтите сопроводительное письмо и вставьте пропущенные слова:

apply, employed, notice, involved, discuss, suits, advertised, welcome, enthusiasts, contact, enjoy.

Fiona Scott

52 Hanover Street Edinburgh EH2 5LM Scotland

UK

8th January

Natalie Boudoin

Patagonia GMBH

Reitmorstrasse 50

8000 Munich 22

Germany

Dear Ms Baudoin,

I am writing to 1______ for the position of public Affairs Associate which was 2______ last week in the International Herald Tribune.

Although I am presently 3______ by a non-profit making organization, it has always been my intention to work in a commercial environment. I would particularly 4______ the chance to work for your company as I have long admired both the quality of the products that it provides and its position as a defender of environmental causes. As you will 5______ on my enclosed CV, the job you are offering 6______ both my personal and professional interests.

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My work experience has familiarized me with many of the challenges 7______ in public relations today. I am sure that this, together with my understanding of the needs and expectations of sport and nature 8______, would be extremely relevant to the position. Moreover, as my mother is German, I am fluent in this language and would definitely 9______ working in a German-speaking environment.

I would be pleased to 10______ my curriculum vitae with you in more detail at the interview. In the meantime, please do not hesitate to 11______ me if you require more information. I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely,

Fiona Scott

Fiona Scott

17. Переведите газетные заголовки и определите проблему:

18. Письменно изложите свои рассуждения по следующему вопросу:

People attend college or university for many different reasons (for example, new experiences, career preparation, increased knowledge). Why

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do you think people attend college or university? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

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УРОК 2

1. Прочтите данные из текста слова по транскрипции:

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2. Прочтите и переведите текст:

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Life appeared on our planet several billion years ago and was nourished by the earth’s matter. Living things formed the biosphere (or ecosphere) – a global network of various habitats, where all processes are in constant balanced interaction.

But this perfect and delicate balance has begun to break down through man's destructive activity. From the early days of his existence man strove to widen his knowledge about the nature, to employ its forces, phenomena and resources and then to enhance his domination of it. And he succeeded. But this success brought about global problems that now threaten to become irreversible: ozone depletion, acid rains, mass deforestation, pollution, and as a consequence reducing specific variety of plants and animals. Ecological problems, caused by modern social development call for urgent measures and qualified specialists. That is why the qualification of environmental engineer is becoming necessary today.

The ecological training at the Siberian Automobile and Highway Academy presupposes special emphasis on road transport ecology. This trend is very specific and needs a separate handling. Construction and operation of roads impacts the biosphere in a number of ways. By the roads there is a high concentration of CO (carbon monoxide) – a pollutant directly hazardous for human health. Road transport contributes 12% to annual anthropogenic emissions of CO2 (carbon dioxide). Trace gases such as CO2, methane CH4, and dinitrogen N2O, contained in emissions are not directly harmful to human health. But they contribute to a change in the natural composition of the atmosphere and evoke mechanism referred to as “anthropogenic greenhouse effect”. Roads pass through natural ecosystems, breaking their structure by putting pressure upon subsoil waters; they are also the reason for deforestation. Roads cross migratory paths of animals that causes them trouble and traumatism. One more factor with an impact on the environment is noise.

The graduates of the qualification will be able to work at various industrial enterprises, in the bodies monitoring ecological safety, and scientific research centres. The study will enable them to solve a number of ecological tasks, for example:

technological solutions for reprocessing, recycling and regeneration of industrial, transport, municipal and domestic wastes;

technical solutions and equipment for storing, purification and reclamation of high-hazard and compound wastes, ecologically clean

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productions;

engineering problems of water resources and sewage cleaning;

certification of products and technologies for meeting ecological requirements;

monitoring and environmental inspection of industrial waste handling.

3.Исправьте утверждения:

1)Life appeared several million years ago.

2)Pollution increases specific variety of plants and animals.

3)Natural forces, phenomena and resources have been of no interest to man.

4)Road transport ecology is a subject studied at any higher institution.

5)Trace gases CH4, N2O, and CO2 have no impact on the nature.

6)CO is a trace gas that is not directly harmful to human health.

4.Ответьте на вопросы:

1)What is ecosphere?

2)What did man do to the nature?

3)What are the global ecological problems?

4)Why are ecologists necessary today?

5)What is the specificity of ecological training at the academy?

6)How do roads impact the ecosphere?

7)Where can the graduates work?

8)What ecological tasks will the graduates be able to solve?

5.Прочтите, переведите однокоренные слова и составьте с ними предложения:

6.Найдите в тексте синонимы к следующим словам: biosphere, field, to cause, a power over, caused by man, different, hazardous, to use, urban, to allow, stable, influence.

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7.Найдите в тексте антонимы к следующим словам: artificial, useful, cause, general, rural, to enhance.

8.Выберите одно из созвучных слов для правильного перевода:

1)последствие (subsequence, consequences); 2) явление (phenomena, phenomenon); 3) человеческий (humane, human); 4) взаимодействие (counteraction, interaction); 5) обращение (handling, handing); 6) среда обитания (habitat, habit); 7) содержать (contain, content); 8) сточные воды (sewerage, sewage); 9) физическое давление (pressure, pressing).

9.Найдите в тексте словосочетания, соответствующие русским:

неотложная проблема, миграционные тропы, причина для вырубки леса, современное социальное развитие, акцент на экологию дорожного транспорта, различными способами, вызывать механизм, строительство и эксплуатация, экологические требования, иметь серьезные последствия, здоровье человека, расширять знания, оказывать влияние на, естественный состав атмосферы, видовое разнообразие, научно-исследовательские центры.

10.Определите слово по его дефиниции:

1)a simple substance (element) found in a pure form as diamonds, graphite, etc. or in an impure form as coal, petrol, etc.;

2)the simplest gaseous hydrocarbon (melting point -182.5°C, boiling point -164.0°C) which burns with a bluish flame to form carbon dioxide and water and occurs naturally in marsh gas and biogas, natural gas and coal deposits (firedamp), a greenhouse gas approximately 60 times more potent than carbon dioxide.

11.Прочтите химическую формулу, обратите внимание на произношение:

СН4+2О2=СО+2Н2О [′si: ′eitʃ ′fɔ: ′plɅs ′tu: ′mɔlikju:lz əv ′əu ′tu: ′ givz ′si: ′əu ′plɅs ′tu: ′mɔlikju:lz əv ′eitʃ ′tu: ′əu].

12.Задайте вопросы 4 типов к следующим предложениям:

1)Road transport contributes 12% to annual anthropogenic emissions of

CO2.

2)The graduates of the specialty will be able to work at various industrial enterprises.

3)Human activity brought about global problems.

Грамматика. Словообразование. Приставки.

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13. Переведите слова, обращая внимание на перевод приставок:

mislead, unimportant, disunite, disrespect, misunderstanding, miscalculate, displease, unequal, inability, illogical, unlimited, immortal, unmistakable, irresponsible, unreliable, untranslatable.

14.Образуйте новые слова с данными приставками и переведите их на русский язык:

a)re-: open, pack, fill, create, unite, write, produce, paint, visit;

b)de-: centralize, formation, odorant, compose, colouration, foliation, code.

15.Переведите слова на английский язык:

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засаживать лесом, составить, строительство, формирование, порождение, обезлесить, вновь собрать, разрушение, разложить, бесформенность, вырождение, восстановление, преобразование, облесить, возрождение.

16. Образуйте из таблицы словосочетания и составьте с ними предложения:

1)... is causing a rise in ocean levels.

2)Aerosol sprays are helping to destroy the ....

3)We must find alternative sources of power to avoid a(n) ....

4)... damages our lakes, rivers and forests as well as our buildings.

5)Energy from the sun can be used to produce ....

6)... pollute our seas and beaches and kill many sea creatures.

7)Unfortunately, whales have become a(n) ....

8)We are running out of... so we have to start using other sources of power.

17.Предложите аргументы для обоснования каждой рекомендации, приведенной ниже:

A CLIMATE CHECKLIST

While waiting for the world's governments to adopt a strategy for stabilizing the climate, individuals can do many things to slow global warming. Basically, anything that saves energy will help. Some suggestions:

A.Write state and national legislators.

B.Drive fewer miles.

C.Be an energywise shopper.

D.Plant trees.

E.Recycle newspapers, aluminum, glass, and other materials.

F.Avoid purchasing products containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).

G.Educate your friends and neighbours.

H.Organize, don't agonize.

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I.Replace incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescent ones.

J.Make sure your home is right and well insulated.

NOTES:

incadescent bulb – лампа накаливания; utility – (зд.) здания, установки.

18. Письменно переведите текст на английский язык и озаглавьте его:

Деревья срубают (to cut) для получения древесины, но это привело к гибели (death) огромных лесов, которые уже невозможно восстановить. Между тем леса необходимы для регулирования состава газов и уровня влажности (humidity) в атмосфере.

Натуральные материалы, такие как древесина, являются экологически чистыми, так как они разлагаются, не загрязняя окружающую среду. Большинство же искусственных материалов, созданных человеком, например пластмассы (plastics), вызывают загрязнение окружающей среды, так как они вообще не разлагаются.

В последнее время особое внимание уделяется (to pay) созданию экологически чистых пластмасс. Они производятся не напрямую из сырой (crude) нефти и являются на сегодняшний день гораздо более дорогостоящими (expensive), но при этом не вызывают загрязнения окружающей среды.

19.Проиллюстрируйте цитаты:

1)It is not enough for a nation to have a handful of heroes. What we need are generations of responsible people (Richard D. Lamm).

2)One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh, but the earth abideth forever (Ecclesiastes 1:4).

20.Расскажите о своей специальности, чем она вам интересна

ипочему необходима.

21.Письменно изложите свои рассуждения по следующему вопросу:

Some people believe that a college or university education should be available to all students. Others believe that higher education should be available only to good students. Discuss these views. Which view do you agree with? Explain why.

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