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  • Вы ознакомились с содержанием текста. Как вы поняли из контекста значение словосочетаний industrial engineer, systems engineer?

  • Суммируйте информацию текста, закончив следующие высказывания соответ­-ствующими окончаниями из правого столбца.

  1. Engineering is based on... a) to the growth in the number of

engineering fields.

2 The rapid increase of scien- b) that each engineer keeps up with

tific knowledge leads... changes in his profession.

3 Another result of the increase c) a large number of different kinds

of scientific knowledge is... of engineering specialties.

4 Profession is an occupation... d) that requires specialized advanced

5 Because of the large number e) that engineering has become a

education, of engineering fields profession.

the development of a complex mechanism requires...

Дополните составленный вами рассказ информацией из текста "The Engineering Profession" и сделайте сообщение на тему "Engineering and Engineering Profession".

28 Бегло просмотрите текст 1 d и скажите:

а) связан ли он по тематике с предыдущими текстами данного цикла;

б) в каких абзацах текста содержится информация о работе инженера;

в) в каком абзаце текста расшифровывается понятие "the essential triangle";

г) раскрывает ли заглавие "The Essential Triangle" содержание текста. Предложите свои варианты заглавия

TEXT 1D

THE ESSENTIAL TRIANGLE

Technological and industrial progress depends on the scientist, the engineer and the technologist – an essential triangle. Each makes major contribution to progress. The engineer depends upon the scientist for new knowledge and upon the technologist for specialized assistance in translating engineering plans into operating reality.

The pure scientist can make his contribution to progress through the investigation of the unknown.

The interests of the research engineer are in the area of applied science and research. Scientists work in a world of generalizations and ab­stractions. The technologist, on the other hand, works in the real world of specific things and concrete objects. His problems are practical and they require practical solutions. He is more interested in how to do things. He must understand engineering tables and formulas and apply them in his work. The scientist, the research engineer, the technologist – all play an important role in the modern world.

The principal work of the engineer is design. He has to design products, machines and production systems. Like the research engineer, the engineer asks "why?". Like the technologist, he is also concerned with "how?".

The engineer must combine many of the characteristics of the scientist, research engineer and technologist. He must have a basic knowledge of the sciences, and understanding of the abstract techniques of the research engineer and he should know much of the technology employed by technologists.

Perhaps the most important function of the engineer is to integrate the work of the essential triangle. His interest must be in combining the abstract-theoretical world and the technical-practical world.