- •Міністерство освіти і науки україни
- •Удк 802 ббк 81.2 англ.
- •Introduction welcome to the course of special english for the future specialists in the field of civil engineering!
- •Contents
- •Supplementary Texts for Discussion:the system of education in great britain and america
- •R e a d I n g Key terms
- •1. Study key words and their definitions before reading Text a:
- •2. Match these terms with their definitions:
- •3. Make up all possible questions:
- •1. Make up infinitive phrases using the texts:
- •2. Choose the correct questions to the italicized words:
- •1. Analyze main issues:
- •2. Analyze the details:
- •1. Read and translate into Ukrainian the following English phrases:
- •2. Read and translate into English the following Ukrainian phrases:
- •3. Make up sentences using the given words:
- •3.1. Translate two abstracts in a written form.
- •1. Agree or disagree with the statements using the following
- •2. Discuss the information about:
- •In pairs ask and answer questions about:
- •R e a d I n g
- •2. Match these terms with their definitions:
- •3. Answer the questions using the key terms and their definitions:
- •International words
- •1. Read and give Ukrainian equivalents:
- •1. Match English and Ukrainian equivalents :
- •2. Choose the phrases in the Text a to complete the following sentences:
- •4. Answer the questions to Text a:
- •1. Make up infinitive phrases using the texts:
- •2. Choose the correct questions to the italicized words:
- •1. Analyze main issues:
- •1. Read and translate into Ukrainian the following English phrases:
- •2. Read and translate into English the following Ukrainian phrases:
- •W r I t I n g
- •1. Agree or disagree with the statements using the phrases given in brackets: indeed, of course, certainly, that goes without saying
- •2. Discuss the information about:
- •3. Make an overview of the issues:
- •1. You are a participant of the conference “Role of a transport engineer in modern city”. Be ready to take part in the discussion. Use the information given below as a guide:
- •3. Make a presentation of the profession of environmental engineer, which is crucial for the present and future well-being of the planet.
- •R e a d I n g
- •2. Match these terms with their definitions:
- •1. Make up infinitive phrases using the text:
- •2. Choose the phrases in Text a to complete the following
- •3. Make up all possible questions:
- •4. Answer the questions to Text a:
- •1. Match English and Ukrainian equivalents:
- •2. Choose the correct questions to the italicized words:
- •1. Analyze main issues:
- •2. Analyze the details:
- •1. Read and translate into Ukrainian the following English phrases:
- •2. Read and translate into English the following Ukrainian phrases:
- •3. Make up sentences using the given words:
- •3.1. Translate two abstracts in a written form.
- •4. In pairs ask and answer questions about:
- •Specialized Roles of Computers
- •1. Learn the meaning of these terms and use them when discussing the topic.
- •2.Learn the following words and phrases and use them when discussing the topic.
- •3.Learn the following English-Ukrainian topical glossary to understand the text and discuss the topic.
- •Give /conduct examination Проводити (приймати) екзамен
- •I. Read, translate and discuss the text
- •2. Match the following words with their respective definitions:
- •3. Look through again and answer the following comprehensive questions:
- •4. Complete the following sentences, selecting words from the list given below:
- •5. Look through the text again and render it in English.
- •6. Prepare a short presentation about:
- •Text 2. The British Universities
- •1.Read and discuss text 2
- •Text 3. A National Institution with International Perspectives
- •1.Read and discuss text 3
- •2. What did you know from the text about:
- •8. Using the above conversational phrases and English-Ukrainian glossary discuss the following topics:
- •9. Begin your questions with phrases like:
- •10. Read and learn the following interview and make up a similar interview of an English student about university education in Ukraine.
- •Text b College Life in England
- •The Open University
- •R e f e r e n c e s
- •English for civil engineers
1. Match English and Ukrainian equivalents:
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2. Choose the correct questions to the italicized words:
1. Computers can be different in size and shapes.
a. What size and shapes can computers be?
b. What do computers do?
c. What can be different in sizes and shapes?
2. A computer is a device that can use a list of instructions.
a. What is a computer?
b. What list can a computer use?
c. What can a computer do?
3. The speed and power of supercomputers are almost beyond
human comprehension?
a. What is the speed and power of supercomputers?
b. What is almost beyond human comprehension?
c. Whose speed and power are almost beyond human
comprehension?
4. More than 90 percent of the computers in use today are of this type.
a. How many computers of this type are not in use today?
b. What type of computers is in use today?
c. How many computers of this type are in use today?
5. Mainframes can perform complex mathematical operations.
a. How can mainframes perform complex mathematical
operations?
b. What can mainframes perform?
c. How can mainframes perform complex mathematical
calculation?
d. Can mainframes perform complex operations?
Understanding main issues and details
1. Analyze main issues:
Compare the three types of a computer and fill in the table:
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Types of computers
Size
Power
Usage
b. Find correct answers to the questions:
1.Who was the first to built mechanical computer?
What did Babbage demonstrate in 1822?
What language has become the dominant personal computer language?
When were the computers of the first, second, fourth
generation produced?
What is the difference between the computers of four
generations?
What type of computers is the most suitable for home use?
What computer has the biggest memory?
What is the smallest class of the computer?
What is the fastest class of computers?
c. Give the definition of the following parts of the computer system:
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main memory
output device
input device
storage device
processor
software
hardware
keyboard
d. Say whether the sentences given below are:
True:
False:
Not given:
1. One of the most important development of this century is the
computer.
2. The basic job of computers is the processing of information.
3. Computers are not used nowadays for many different kinds
of work.
4. A computer can be used to process many different types
of data.
5. More than 140 computer languages are in existence now.
6. A programming language is used to write or formulate
computer programs.
7. FORTRAN was not an instant success; IBM had to promote
its use aggressively.
8. The word computer comes from a Greece word which means to
“count”.
9. In 1986 transistors were invented. They are made from
materials called semiconductors.
10. All programming languages have certain formal structural
features.