Marine engineering

Marine engineering is a special branch of mechanical engineering. Engineers in this field work at designing, mounting and control of ship power plants of all types (steam and gas turbines, diesel engines, nuclear and electrical power plants). They also design and investigate different types of ship engines and machinery such as ship internal combustion engines, steam generators etc., as well as technological processes of their building, mounting and operation.

Marine engineers work at designing and producing systems of power plant automatics and information measuring complexes. Marine automation is the automatic control of shipboard systems and processes. Automatic control of a ship power plant and engine room equipment has great advantages. It increases safety of a ship power plant, reduces fuel consumption and personnel, and achieves high efficiency of the plant operation.

8.13 Match the English and Russian words and word combinations.

	special branch		информационно-измерительные комплексы
	mounting and control		оборудование машинного отделения
	to investigate		работа судовой силовой установки
	ship engines and machinery		специальное направление
	information measuring complexes		судовые двигатели и оборудование
	shipboard systems		высокая производительность
	engine room equipment		установка и управление (контроль)
	great advantages		безопасность
	safety		изучать, исследовать
	high efficiency		бортовые системы
	plant operation		большие преимущества

8.14 Phrasal verbs. Match the phrasal verbs on the left to their meanings on the right .

1	get up	a	do
2	carry out	b	speak loudly
3	be made up of	c	arrive
4	be in	d	be absent
5	be out	e	be present
		f	rise
6	get back	g	write
7	speak up
8	get to	h	return
9	find out	i	learn, discover
10	put down	j	consist of

8.15 Pay attention to phrasal verbs, guess their meaning from the context of the sentence.

1. We’ll buy a smaller house when the children have grown up and left home. 2. Who’s going to look after the cats when we go away on holiday? 3. The computer isn’t working – it broke down this morning.. 4. I found out where he lived by checking in the local library. 5. It was no problem: we looked up his number in the telephone book.. 6. My headaches have been much better since I gave up drinking coffee. 7. What’s going on here? What are you doing? 8. He promised to play in the match, but he didn’t come. He let down the whole team. 9. What time does the plane take off?

8.18 Exam task. Read the text and make up your own one about your future profession.

I study at the faculty of Designing Marine Devices. My future profession will be Automation and Control Systems. I am interested in my future profession and I hope I will be a good specialist.

Computer industry is developing fast and comprises almost all spheres of professional life. Electronic engineering deals with the research, design, integration and application of circuits and devices used in the transmission and processing of information. Computer engineers deal with all aspects of electronic communication. In designing communication systems, engineers rely on various branches of higher mathematics. They work on control systems which are used extensively in automated manufacturing and robotics.

One of the main tasks is the creation of artificial intelligence through development of higher level machine languages. The other task is microminiaturization. Engineers continue to work to fit greater and greater number of circuit elements onto smaller and smaller chips. Another trend is increasing the speed of computer operations through the use of parallel processors and superconducting materials.

Computer engineers have a lot of employment opportunities as each new generation of computers opens up new possibilities for basic and applied research.

8.24 Exam task. Read the dialogue, then act out a similar one with a partner about your plans for the future.

A: Do you ever think about the future?

B: Sometimes. It’s fun to picture myself in 10 years’ time.

A: Would you like to have a family?

B: Yes. As soon as I get a good job, I’ll get married.

A: And what job would you like to do?

B: I’m not sure yet. Perhaps I’ll be a naval architect like my

uncle.

A: I think you’ll make an excellent engineer. You’re good at

applied sciences.

B: I hope so. What about you?

A: I’m going to be a designer.

B: Really? What sort of things are you going to design?

A: Mmm, the interiors of houses, maybe. Or maybe the interiors of cabins. Then we can work for the same company.

A: That’s a good idea!

8.25 Complete the questions below with the words in the box:

boss enjoy people travel do studying weekends

1. Are you working or ................... or what?

2. So what do you ....................?

3. Do you have to work at ....................?

4. Do you .................... it?

5. And do you have to ................ far to work?

6. What are the............... you work with like?

7. What's your ........... like?

8.26 Complete the proverbs with the words from the box. Choose and memorize the 3 of them.

	No pain, nо gain.		yourself
	Business before pleasure.		pain
	То work with the left hand.		hour
	If you want a thing well done, do it yourself.		trees
	Money doesn't grow on trees.		hand
	If a job is worth doing it is worth doing well.		pleasure
	An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.		job

TEST

Chose the correct response

1 A; Do you think you’ll be the boss of a big company one day?

B: a No, l don’t think so. b I can’t stand working shifts.

2 A:I’m going to a job interview tomorrow at the bank.

B: a Yes, l think you are. b Good luck!

3 A: Are you going to become a doctor like your father?

B: a I hope so. b That’s great!

4 A:I’ve lost my job!

B: a Oh, how nice! b Oh dear!

5 A: I got the job at the florist’s!

B: a That’s great. Well done! b Definitely!

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