Basic English for Engineering Students. Учебное пособие-1

Министерство науки и высшего образования Российской Федерации Сибирский государственный университет науки и технологий имени академика М. Ф. Решетнева

BASIC ENGLISH FOR

ENGINEERING STUDENTS

Утверждено редакционно-издательским советом университета в качестве учебного пособия для студентов технических направлений подготовки очной формы обучения

Красноярск 2025

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УДК 811.111(075.8)

ББК 81.2 Англ я75

Б41

Рецензенты:

кандидат философских наук, доцент Ж. Н. ШМЕЛЕВА (Красноярский государственный аграрный университет); кандидат педагогических наук, доцент Я. И. ВОЙТАЛЬЯНОВА (Сибирский государственный университет науки и технологий имени академика М. Ф. Решетнева)

Б41 Basic English for Engineering Students : учеб. пособие /

О. В. Карчава, Т. Н. Куренкова, Д. М. Медников, Т. В. Стрекалёва ; СибГУ им. М. Ф. Решетнева. – Красноярск, 2025. – 76 с.

Представлены глоссарий, тренировочные упражнения и коммуникативные задания разного типа по темам About Myself, Daily Routine, University Life,

Learning Foreign Languages, Travelling, Famous Scientists and Inventors, Career, Culture. Изучение материалов необходимо на этапе перехода от работы над об- щеупотребительной лексикой к чтению оригинальной литературы по специаль- ности.

Предназначено для студентов технических направлений подготовки очной формы обучения.

УДК 811.111(075.8)

ББК 81.2 Англ я75

© СибГУ им. М. Ф. Решетнева, 2025 © Карчава О. В., Куренкова Т. Н.,

Медников Д. М., Стрекалёва Т. В., 2025

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ПРЕДИСЛОВИЕ

Учебное пособие «Basic English for Engineering Students» предназна-

чено для студентов технических направлений подготовки очной формы обучения.

Цель пособия: ознакомление обучающихся с базовым курсом по дисциплине «Иностранный язык» для получения практических инструмен- тов решения коммуникативных задач, умения выстраивать взаимодействие в типичных ситуациях как повседневного, так и профессионального обще- ния и расширения лексического запаса базовой тематики. Учебное пособие также нацелено на повышение общекультурного уровня обучающихся.

Основная задача пособия: развитие и совершенствование навыков оз- накомительного, поискового и аналитического чтения, понимания литерату- ры базовой тематики на иностранном языке для получения и обработки информации из оригинальных источников, а также развитие способности обучающихся использовать иностранный язык как инструмент общения в диалогической и монологической речи.

Учебный материал, который содержится в пособии, поможет студен- там расширить и усовершенствовать уже имеющиеся знания.

Пособие состоит из восьми разделов, включающих в себя материалы по следующим темам: 1) About Myself; 2) Daily Routine; 3) University Life;

4) Learning Foreign Languages; 5) Travelling; 6) Famous Scientists and

Inventors; 7) Career; 8) Culture.

Каждый раздел включает в себя в себя словарь, тренировочные упражнения и коммуникативные задания разного типа. Все упражнения предназначены для тренировки и закрепления новых лексических единиц, расширяют и формируют индивидуальный тезаурус, а также способствуют общему интеллектуальному росту студента. Завершается пособие реко- мендательным библиографическим списком.

Использование учебного пособия «Basic English for Engineering Students» не только способствует расширению и обогащению словарного запаса студентов, но и является необходимым на этапе перехода от работы над общеупотребительной лексикой к чтению оригинальной литературы по специальности.

Студентам целесообразно использовать данное пособие как на заня- тиях в аудитории с преподавателем, так и самостоятельно во время внеау- диторной подготовки или при работе на сервере дистанционного обучения.

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Unit 1

ABOUT MYSELF

Vocabulary. Read and remember the following words.

1. Read text 1 and do the tasks below.

Text 1. ABOUT MUSELF

Let me introduce myself. My name is Olga Ignatenko. I’m seventeen years old.

I’m usually emotional and active person. My life is very diverse. I think that I have a charitable nature, because I always help people. I’m usually calm,

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but sometimes I can lose my temper and become either angry or sad. I like to laugh and joke. I have got a sense of humor. I’m hard-working and ambitious person. I set high goals for myself and I work hard to reach them. I’m sociable, so I have got a lot of friends. I appreciate people’s honesty, frankness and politeness. I don’t like when people are rude and aggressive.

Also, I have a big family. We are a family of four. My father’s name is Sergey. He is 45. He works as a surgeon in a hospital. He is middle aged. He is a good-looking man, handsome, with dark brown hair just beginning to go grey. He is a very sociable person. What I don’t like about my dad is that he is always busy. Very often he works overtime. My mother’s name is Anna. She is three years younger than my father. She works as a teacher at a nursery school. My mother is rather slim and pretty, she is always elegant and smart. In short, she is a pleasantlooking woman of middle age. She always has a lot of work to do both at work and about the house. She is fond of her work and spends a lot of time there.

Alex is my elder brother. So he is 23. He has graduated from the University and he is an economist by profession.

I have got some hobbies. I’m always very busy but when I’m free I like to read books. I think books help me to continue my education. In my opinion, books are a source of new and useful information. I enjoy reading books about life of famous people, but I hate reading detectives. I think it’s just a waste of time. I also love music. My favorite types of music are dance music, hip-hop and rock. I like to draw. I study at art school and take lessons of painting there. I’m also a photographer. I like to take photos.

Sometimes I play different sport games. My favorite games are basketball, tennis and volleyball. I don’t like to watch TV, but I do it from time to time. I often go for a walk or to the cinema with my friends or my boyfriend.

http://englishstyle.net/topics/about-myself/

2. Match the words (1–6) with their definitions (a–f).

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4. Read text 2. Using it as an example tell the group about yourself.

Text 2. MY LIFE

My name is Andrey and I am 18 years old. I was born on the 10th of November, 2005 in Krasnoyarsk. Krasnoyarsk is one of the biggest industrial cities in Siberia.

I am a first-year student. I study at the Reshetnev Siberian State University of Science and Technology. I study Mechanical Engineering. It is difficult to study at our university but I am trying to do my best to become a good specialist.

My family is not big. There are four of us: my mother, my father, my elder brother and me. I am the youngest in my family. My parents are engineers. They work at the Krasnoyarsk Machine Building Plant. They really like their job.

My brother studies at the Reshetnev Siberian State University of Science and Technology as well. He is a post-graduate student. His speciality is “Systems Analysis”. He also works as a programmer for a big multinational company.

I have some close friends. I like going out with them. We sometimes play computer games together.

In my free time, I like surfing the Internet. I also watch some interesting films. I am keen on foreign languages. I love learning English. Recently I’ve taken up learning German.

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7. Read the dialogues and make up similar ones.

1.– What’s your name?

–My name is Paul.

–And what is your brother’s name?

–His name is Jack.

2.– How are you?

–I am very well, thank you.

–And how is Mr. Green today?

–He isn’t very well, I’m afraid.

3.– What’s your job?

–I’m an engineer.

–And what about your friend Nick?

–He is a programmer.

4.– What do you do?

–I’m an engineer.

–Is Jim an engineer, too?

–Yes, we are both engineers.

5.– Who is that man?

–Which man?

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–The one next to Betty Brown.

–Oh, that’s Anthony Andrews.

6.– Where are you from?

–I’m from England.

–Where is Hans from?

–He is from Germany.

–Is he German?

–Yes, he is.

7.– Are you busy tonight?

–Yes, I am. And you?

–So am I.

8.– I’m not hungry. And you?

–Neither am I.

9.– Jack is married.

–And what about his brother?

–So is his brother.

8. Translate into Russian.

1.She is a second-year student of the Reshetnev Siberian State University of Science and Technology.

2.I’m keen on sports.

3.Are you interested in studying?

4.Why is he absent? – He is ill.

5.He is good at foreign languages.

6.I want to become an engineer.

7.He is not married, he is single.

8.He has a younger sister and an elder brother.

9.Answer the questions.

1.What do you do?

2.What university are you a student of?

3.What institute or faculty are you a student of?

3.What is your speciality?

4.What is your future profession?

5.How old are you?

6.Are you married?

7.What subjects do you study?

8.What is your favourite subject?

9.Do you have a big family?

10.Do you have any sisters or brothers?

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Unit 2

DAILY ROUTINE

Vocabulary. Read and remember the following words.

1. Read text 1 and do the tasks below.

Text 1. DAILY ROUTINE OF A STUDENT

1. Wake up early in the morning. We suggest waking up at 5 am. Numerous successful entrepreneurs live by this routine to improve their productivity. Students who wake up early in the morning will not feel sleepy or drowsy during class or lectures in the morning. Their concentration will improve gradually and their overall health will improve.

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