Практический курс обучения профессионально ориентированному иностранному языку. Электроэнергетика и электротехника. В 2 частях. Ч.1. Учебное пособие

Paragraph sections for a covering letter:

1 Reason for writing

2 Factual information

3 Reference to CV

4 Skills you have for the job

5 Closing comment

Dear Mr Jones,

IwouldliketoapplyforthepositionofElectronicsSystemsEngineer, as advertised on your website. I have a Bachelor of Science degree from Leeds University and five years experience working for Renault as an engineer for their F1 team. As you can see from the attached CV, I have experience in digital signal processing and design methodologies. I have recently taken a course in Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS). I am confident and have good problem-solving skills. I speak German, French and English and I am also willing and able to travel globally. I am available for interview at any time convenient to you. I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely, Andy Smith

18.YouwanttoapplyforthejobinthisadvertisementinRobotics magazine. Write a CV and a covering letter to send with your CV.

Graduate Mechatronics Engineer

€33,000 + €7,000 Welcome package

Post-university industrial experience required (minimum two years). Your role will be to design and develop new mechanical and electro-mechanical products for our clients.

Apply with your CV to: John Wells, Personnel Manager, RoboDesigns, PO Box 499, London W8 5XL, UK.

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Speaking

19. Work in pairs. Give a talk about engineering using information from the unit and language you have studied in this unit. Take turns to listen to each other.

Student A

You should say:

–What engineering is and what the main branches of engineering are

–What knowledge and skills an engineer should have nowadays

–What problems engineers solve and what methods they use to solve the problems

Student B

You should say:

–When engineering started, what branch of engineering was the first to appear and why

–What electrical engineering is concerned with and what events gave rise to the development of this branch

–How a degree in electrical engineering can be obtained in Russia and what career opportunities it provides

20. Speak on the topic of Engineering. Write a series of topic sentences which summarise the information in Unit 1. Start each paragraph with the topicsentenceandthenaddextradetailsandexamples.Usethemonologue planonp.75,vocabularyonp.81andlinkingwordsandphrasesonp.108 to prepare your monologue.

You should cover the following topics: 1 Branches of engineering

2 The profession of an engineer

3 Degrees in engineering

4 Career choice

Case Study: taking part in a job interview

21. During interviews, framing expressions can be very helpful. Framing expressionsforquestionshelptoshowanotherquestioniscoming.Framing expressions before answers help to avoid silence and give candidates time

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to think. Look at these framing expressions. Which ones are used to ask questions and which are used before answers?

1 Now, here’s a question we like to ask everyone. 2 I’m glad you asked me that.

3 That’s a very interesting question.

4 Let me follow that up with another question.

5Now moving on, can you tell me about your (previous/current job, job responsibilities, etc.).

6 I’m interested in knowing more about your studies.

7Without going into too much detail, I have very good (technical/ personal/social) skills.

8 Let me just think about that for a moment.

9 Well, I’m not an expert, but I think…

10I’d like to start by checking some of the details on your CV.

11I haven’t really thought about that, to be honest, but…

12Thank you. OK. Could you tell us about the internship/work placement?

22.Look at the list of other useful phrases. Does a candidate or an interviewer use them?

Useful Phrases

Thank you for coming in today. Please take a seat.

Are there any questions you’d like to ask us? It’s been a pleasure meeting you.

We’ll let you know shortly.

23. Work in pairs. You are going to prepare for and take part in a job interview.

Find a job advertisement advertising an engineering position you would like to apply for.

–Research the company which placed the advertisement.

–Discuss what personal qualities and skills the company is looking for in the candidate.

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–Think of the questions the interviewer may ask and prepare a list of the questions you would like to ask.

–Think about your answers to the questions in the list. You may use information from your own life and experience or you may invent any information you wish.

–Role-playajobinterview.Useframingexpressionsandusefulphrases (ex. 20, 21).

–Take turns to interview each other.

Translation

24. Give the Russian equivalents of the following terms.

Aerospace Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, ComputerEngineering,SoftwareEngineering,Nanotechnology,Tribology, Molecular Engineering, Mechatronics, Mining Engineering, Medical Engineering

25. Render the text into English using language you have studied in this unit.

Электротехника – отрасль​ науки и техники, связанная с производством, передачей и использованием электрической энергии. Подготовка инженеров-электротехников связана сизучением электрических имагнитных явлений, происходящих вэлектротехнических устройствах.

Достижения электротехники используются во всех сферах практической деятельности человека: в промышленности, сельском хозяйстве,медицине,бытуит. д.Электротехническаяпромышленность выпускает машины и аппараты для производства, передачи, преобразования, распределения и потребления электроэнергии; разнообразнуюэлектротехническуюаппаратуруитехнологическое оборудование; электроизмерительные приборы и средства электросвязи; регулирующую, контролирующую и управляющую аппаратурудлясистемавтоматическогоуправления;электробытовые приборы имашины, медицинское, научное оборудование идр.

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U n i t 2

MEASUREMENT

LEAD-IN: vocabulary and speaking

1. Discuss the quotation below. Explain its meaning and say whether you agree or not, and why.

I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind.

William Thomson Kelvin, 1824–1907, Scottish physicist, mathematician and engineer

2. Study the list of words and their definitions. Give the Russian equivalents of the words. Consult the dictionary if necessary.

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3. Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

3 The __________ of the container measures 10,000 cubic metres.

4 Kilogram is a __________ used to measure weight.

5 We need to __________ its length more accurately.

6The car industry’s annual production __________ between 5.1 million and 9.2 million vehicles.

7 3 and 5 are both __________ of 15.

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8 The earthquake measured 7 on the Richter __________.

9Mass is a physical __________ expressing the amount of matter in a body.

10 It is important to take precise __________ of the structure.

Reading 1

4. This text will introduce you to the principle of measurement in different fields of engineering. Look at the questions and read the text to find the answers.

1 What is measurement?

2 Areengineeringprojectspossiblewithoutknowledgeofmeasurement?

3Howmanytypesoftemperaturemeasurementaregiveninthesecond paragraph? What temperature units are used?

4 Whatsystemsofmeasurementarementionedinthethirdparagraph?

5Do engineers need to know about all the different forms of measurement?

6 What are the principles on which SI is based?

7 How many basic units is SI based on?

MEASUREMENT

Definition. A simple dictionary definition of the verb ‘to measure’ is to find the size, quantity, volume, degree, weight, etc. of something by means of a standard or unit. In all branches of engineering, measurement plays a vital role since the design, manufacture and use of any product cannot be considered without reference to this concept. It is for this reason that the majority of texts on engineering contain tables, charts, lists or appendixes which provide the student with accepted standards and units of measurement.

Knowledge of measurement. We are all familiar with the symbols C and F for scales of temperature, but there is also K (Kelvin), which is the fraction (1/273.16) of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple part of water. Of course it may not always be necessary to understand the precisedefinitionitself,providedonecanunderstandthesignificanceof

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thetermorfigureinrelationtothediagram,chartorcalculationinvolved. Each branch of engineering, naturally, tends to be more concerned with some particular forms of measurement than with others.

Conversion factors and SI equivalents. Look, for example, at Table 1 below, takenfrom a text for chemical engineers and which shows conversion factors. Then compare it with Table 2 which gives US customary units and their SI equivalents and comes from a text on sanitation engineering. At first glance it may seem difficult to find any connection between the two. However, if you look closely you will see that much of the information shown deals with the same things but from a different approach. Clearly, the students in either of the engineering branches would have little difficulty in using the figures and symbols relating to their own specialization.

SI Units. SI is the abbreviation for Systeme International d’Unites. SI is based on seven basic units, each of which is defined with great accuracy and from which all other basic units are derived. Under the system, each physical quantity has only one particular unit for its measurement. Thus, a length is only measured in metres. If the number employed with a basic unit is very small, or very large, then a prefix can be used as in km for kilometers. Conversion tables are necessary because the USA and Britain still retain a measurement system which is different from that used by the rest of the world.

Measuring devices. Since measurement is so important, it follows that there is a wide range of devices and instruments which are designed to indicate very precisely length, pressure, time and so on.

5. Answer the following questions using information from Table 1 and Table 2.

1How many different symbols for measurement of length are shown in the two tables?

2 How is the US measurement of mass different from the SI units?

3 How is the US measurement of force different from the SI units?

4 How is the US measurement of pressure different from the SI units?

5 What is the US customary unit for the SI equivalent 1.356J?

6 What is the US customary unit for the SI equivalent 4.448 N?

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7 What is the US customary unit for the SI equivalent 745.7 W?

8 What is the US customary unit for the SI equivalent 2.590 km²?

9 How many ‘ins’ are there in 1 ‘m’, according to Table 1?

10How many ‘lbs’ are there in 1 ‘kg’, according to Table 1?

11How many ‘lbs’ are there in 1 ‘N’, according to Table 1?

12How many ‘atms’ are there in 1 ‘bar’, according to Table 1?

6.Look at Table 1 and Table 2. Are these facts true or false?

7. Find the symbols in Tables 1 and 2 which match the words.

Use of English 1: vocabulary

Word Building

8. Complete the word families in the table below. Consult the dictionary if necessary.

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