- •Оглавление
- •Введение
- •Part I Chapter 1. Modern building materials Unit 1
- •1. In pairs answer the following questions:
- •2. Write phonetic symbols for the following words, pay attention to their correct pronunciation and read them aloud:
- •4. Translate the following words and phrases into Russian:
- •6. Skim the text and say what the general idea of the text is.
- •7. When skimming divide the text into parts.
- •13. Find English equivalents to the following words and phrases in the text:
- •14. Replace the words in brackets with the corresponding English words and phrases.
- •15. Choose a phrase from the list below that has the same meaning as the italicized phrase:
- •16. Fill in the blanks with the following prepositions or adverbs where necessary:
- •17. Find in the text answers to the following questions. Work in pairs. Use such expressions as:
- •20. Speak on the following topic:
- •21. Translate the following sentences:
- •22. Write an abstract of the chapter, I. E. Express the idea of the chapter in some sentences.
- •23. Render the text in English.
- •1. In pairs answer the following questions:
- •2. Write phonetic symbols for the following words, pay attention to their correct pronunciation and read them aloud:
- •13. Find English equivalents to the following words and phrases in the text:
- •14. Replace the words in brackets with the corresponding English words and phrases.
- •15. Choose a phrase from the list below that has the same meaning as the italicized phrase:
- •16. Fill in the blanks with the following prepositions or adverbs where necessary:
- •17. Find in the text answers to the following questions. Work in pairs. Use such expressions as:
- •20. Speak on the following topics:
- •21. Translate the following sentences:
- •22. Write an abstract of the chapter, I. E. Express the idea of the chapter in some sentences.
- •23. Render the text in English.
- •Chapter 2. To the history of building materials
- •1. In pairs answer the following questions:
- •2. Write phonetic symbols for the following words, pay attention to their correct pronunciation and read them aloud:
- •3. Learn new words and phrases.
- •13. Find English equivalents to the following words and phrases in the text:
- •14. Replace the words in brackets with the corresponding English words and phrases.
- •15. Choose a phrase from the list below that has the same meaning as the italicized phrase.
- •16. Fill in the blanks with the following prepositions or adverbs where necessary:
- •17. Find in the text answers to the following questions. Work in pairs. Use such expressions as:
- •20. Speak on the following topics:
- •21. Translate the following sentences:
- •22. Write an abstract of the chapter, I. E. Express the idea of the chapter in some sentences.
- •23. Render the text in English.
- •Chapter 3. Some building professions
- •1. In pairs answer the following questions:
- •2. Write phonetic symbols for the following words, pay attention to their correct pronunciation and read them aloud:
- •3. Learn new words and phrases.
- •13. Find English equivalents to the following words and phrases in the text:
- •14. Replace the words in brackets with the corresponding English words and phrases.
- •15. Choose a phrase from the list below that has the same meaning as the italicized phrase:
- •16. Fill in the blanks with the following prepositions or adverbs where necessary:
- •20. Using the information from the table (See task 17), speak about responsibilities of the following tradesmen:
- •21. Translate the following sentences:
- •22. Write an abstract of the chapter, I. E. Express the idea of the chapter in some sentences.
- •23. Render the text in English.
- •Chapter 4. Air-conditioning
- •1. In pairs answer the following questions:
- •2. Write phonetic symbols for the following words, pay attention to their correct pronunciation and read them aloud:
- •3. Learn new words and phrases.
- •13. Find English equivalents to the following words and phrases in the text:
- •14. Replace the words in brackets with the corresponding English words and phrases.
- •15. Choose a phrase from the list below that has the same meaning as the italicized phrase:
- •16. Fill in the blanks with the following prepositions or adverbs where necessary:
- •17. Find in the text answers to the following questions. Work in pairs. Use such expressions as:
- •20. Speak on the following topics:
- •21. Translate the following sentences:
- •22. Write an abstract of the chapter, I. E. Express the idea of the chapter in some sentences.
- •23. Render the text in English.
- •Chapter 5. Architecture: Its forms and functions
- •In pairs answer the following questions:
- •2. Write phonetic symbols for the following words, pay attention to their correct pronunciation and read them aloud:
- •3. Learn new words and phrases.
- •Architecture: Its Forms and Functions
- •9. Read and translate each part using a dictionary.
- •10. Underline the sentences that best sum up the main idea of each part and use key words from them to make plan of the text in order to retell it according to your plan.
- •11. Find Russian equivalents to the following words and phrases in the text:
- •13. Find English equivalents to the following words and phrases in the text:
- •14. Replace the words in brackets with the corresponding English words and phrases.
- •15. Choose a phrase from the list below that has the same meaning as the italicized phrase:
- •16. Fill in the blanks with the following prepositions or adverbs where necessary:
- •17. Find in the text answers to the following questions. Work in pairs. Use such expressions as:
- •20. Speak on the following topics:
- •21. Translate the following sentences:
- •22. Write an abstract of the chapter, I. E. Express the idea of the chapter in some sentences.
- •23. Render the text in English.
- •Chapter 6. Asbestos
- •1. In pairs answer the following questions:
- •2. Write phonetic symbols for the following words, pay attention to their correct pronunciation and read them aloud:
- •3. Learn new words and phrases.
- •Asbestos
- •9. Read and translate each part using a dictionary.
- •10. Underline the sentences that best sum up the main idea of each part and use key words from them to make plan of the text in order to retell it according to your plan.
- •11. Find Russian equivalents to the following words and phrases in the text:
- •13. Find English equivalents to the following words and phrases in the text:
- •14. Replace the words in brackets with the corresponding English words and phrases.
- •15. Choose a phrase from the list below that has the same meaning as the italicized phrase:
- •16. Fill in the blanks with the following prepositions or adverbs where necessary:
- •17. Find in the text answers to the following questions. Work in pairs. Use such expressions as:
- •20. Speak on the following topic:
- •21. Translate the following sentences:
- •22. Write an abstract of the chapter, I. E. Express the idea of the chapter in some sentences.
- •23. Render the text in English.
- •Chapter 7. New trends in urban management
- •1. In pairs answer the following questions:
- •2. Write phonetic symbols for the following words, pay attention to their correct pronunciation and read them aloud:
- •3. Learn new words and phrases.
- •New Trends in Urban Management
- •9. Read and translate each part using a dictionary.
- •10. Underline the sentences that best sum up the main idea of each part and use key words from them to make plan of the text in order to retell it according to your plan.
- •11. Find Russian equivalents to the following words and phrases in the text:
- •13. Find English equivalents to the following words and phrases in the text:
- •14. Replace the words in brackets with the corresponding English words and phrases.
- •15. Choose a phrase from the list below that has the same meaning as the italicized phrase:
- •16. Fill in the blanks with the following prepositions or adverbs where necessary:
- •17. Find in the text answers to the following questions. Work in pairs. Use such expressions as:
- •20. What do you think of the following? Discuss this statement with your partner.
- •21. Speak on the following topics:
- •22. Translate the following sentences:
- •23. Write an abstract of the chapter, I. E. Express the idea of the chapter in some sentences.
- •24. Read the text and discuss with your partner how the issues of it are implementing in your city.
- •25. Render the text in English.
- •Chapter 8. What is meant by bioclimatic architecture
- •1. In pairs answer the following questions:
- •2. Write phonetic symbols for the following words, pay attention to their correct pronunciation and read them aloud:
- •3. Learn new words and phrases.
- •What Is Meant by "Bioclimatic Architecture"
- •11. Find Russian equivalents to the following words and phrases in the text:
- •13. Find English equivalents to the following words and phrases in the text:
- •14. Replace the words in brackets with the corresponding English words and phrases.
- •15. Choose a phrase from the list below that has the same meaning as the italicized phrase:
- •16. Fill in the blanks with the following prepositions or adverbs where necessary:
- •17. Find in the text answers to the following questions. Work in pairs. Use such expressions as:
- •24. Write an abstract of the chapter, I. E. Express the idea of the chapter in some sentences.
- •25. Render the text in English.
- •26. Read the text and tell what are the main concerns of environmentalists. Discuss them with your partner.
- •Chapter 9. Silicate industry
- •1. In pairs answer the following questions:
- •2. Write phonetic symbols for the following words, pay attention to their correct pronunciation and read them aloud:
- •3. Learn new words and phrases.
- •Silicate Industry
- •9. Read and translate each part using a dictionary.
- •10. Underline the sentences that best sum up the main idea of each part and use key words from them to make plan of the text in order to retell it according to your plan.
- •11. Find Russian equivalents to the following words and phrases in the text:
- •13. Find English equivalents to the following words and phrases in the text:
- •14. Replace the words in brackets with the corresponding English words and phrases.
- •15. Choose a phrase from the list below that has the same meaning as the italicized phrase:
- •16. Fill in the blanks with the following prepositions or adverbs where necessary:
- •17. Find in the text answers to the following questions. Work in pairs. Use such expressions as:
- •20. Group these phrases under the following headings and speak about:
- •21. Speak on the following topic:
- •22. Translate the following sentences:
- •23. Write an abstract of the chapter, I. E. Express the idea of the chapter in some sentences.
- •24. Render the text in English.
- •Chapter 10. Structure
- •1. Look and read.
- •2. Read this.
- •3. Look at the diagrams in exercise 1 and answer these questions:
- •4. Look at this table. The components of a factory
- •5. Look at this section through a factory and label the components using first table in exercise 4.
- •6. Now complete this passage:
- •7. Answer these questions by giving properties of materials:
- •9. Look and read. In the following diagram showing the layout if frames the span of beams is 9 meters. The frames are spaced at 3 meters center.
- •10. Copy and complete this table: The elements of the single-storey steel structure
- •11. Look at this diagram and read the passage.
- •Chapter 11. The design mistakes
- •2. Now rewrite the above statements using the adverbs of frequency introduced in exercise 1:
- •3. Look at the examples. Now say whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the false statements.
- •4. Look and read these statements about the possibility of a catastrophe occurring during the next year:
- •5. Discuss the possibility of catastrophes occurring in your country and their likely effects.
- •6. Look and read.
- •Houses in Japan after an Earthquake
- •8. Read the text and answer these questions:
- •9. Look at the pairs of drawings and discuss them:
- •10. Now read the passage and list the numbers of the diagrams in the order you hear them described.
- •11. Look through the passage again and for each pair of diagrams take notes on:
- •Part 2. Supplementary texts Unit 1 Task 1
- •1. Read the text.
- •2. Find answers to the following questions:
- •3. Find in the text the words having the similar meaning to:
- •Building Materials
- •1. Study the following words:
- •2. Now look at the diagram and match the letters with the parts of the heating system:
- •3. Answer these questions.
- •5. Answer these questions:
- •1. Read the text.
- •6. Are the following sentences true or false? If they are false correct them.
- •Unit 3 Text 1
- •1. Read the text.
- •6. Are the following sentences true or false? If they are false correct them.
- •1. Read the text.
- •2. Decide what title is more suitable for the text.
- •3. Find in the text words having the similar meaning to:
- •4. Answer the questions about the text.
- •5. These are answers to the questions about the text. Write the questions.
- •6. Are the following sentences true or false? If they are false correct them.
- •1. Read the text.
- •1. Read the text.
- •2. Decide what title is more suitable for the text.
- •3. Find in the text words having the similar meaning to:
- •4. Answer the questions about the text.
- •5. These are answers to the questions about the text. Write the questions.
- •6. Are the following sentences true or false? If they are false correct them.
- •1. Read the text.
- •6. Are the following sentences true or false? If they are false correct them.
- •1. Read the text.
- •Internal operational factors
- •2. Decide what title is more suitable for the text.
- •3. Find in the text words having the similar meaning to:
- •4. Answer the questions about the text.
- •5. These are answers to the questions about the text. Write the questions.
- •6. Are the following sentences true or false? If they are false correct them.
- •Unit 5 Text 1
- •1. Read the text.
- •6. Are the following sentences true or false? If they are false correct them.
- •1. Read the text.
- •Examples of Flow Charts
- •6. Are the following sentences true or false? If they are false correct them.
- •Part 3. Grammar revision Unit 1. "Small Words"
- •Unit 2. Conjunctions Союзы
- •Unit 3. The Meanings of "One"
- •Unit 4. Forms of the Verb
- •2. What is the meaning of the following constructions? Mind the Participles.
- •3. In the given examples the verb to be has different meanings. What are they?
- •Unit 5. Рекомендации по переводу
- •Формальные признаки сказуемого
- •1. State the voice and the tense form of the following verbs:
- •2. Change the sentences into questions.
- •3. Put down the tense forms of the verbs.
- •4. Copy the following sentences. Underline the predicates (ones in the Passive Voice with two lines). Translate the sentences into Russian.
- •Unit 6. Terminology Терминология
- •1. Compare the English terms with the corresponding Russian ones. Mind the structural differences. Cover the left column. Translate the Russian terms back into English.
- •2. Connect the English terminological combinations with the corresponding Russian ones.
- •3. Add the prefixes to the words. Translate the new words.
- •4. Read the terminological combinations. Translate them from Russian into English.
- •5. Choose the proper attributes (a) and form the English combinations (b) corresponding to the Russian ones (c).
- •7. A) Change the terminological word combinations according to the example.
- •8. Translate the extract given below in writing.
- •Unit 7. Attributive Word Combinations
- •1. Give the Russian equivalents of the following attributive combinations:
- •2. Translate the article. Mind the attributive complexes. Read the word combinations.
- •Unit 8. Punctuation Marks
- •Insert commas where necessary.
- •Part 4. Англо-русский словарь
- •Использованная литература
Chapter 3. Some building professions
1. In pairs answer the following questions:
What building professions do you know? Which of them are old ones?
What building professions have appeared recently?
2. Write phonetic symbols for the following words, pay attention to their correct pronunciation and read them aloud:
apprentice; architect; carpenter; client; cornice; electrician; fibrous; glazier; plumber; request; sewer; speciality; stucco; successive.
3. Learn new words and phrases.
bench |
скамья, верстак, станок |
bid |
предложение цены, претензия |
chimney-pot |
колпак дымовой трубы |
contractor |
подрядчик, поставщик, снабженец |
granolithic |
сделанный из искусственного гранита |
hot water fitter |
теплотехник |
horsed mould |
опалубка для бетона |
joiner |
столяр |
joint |
стык, соединение, паз, шарнир, шов |
lathing |
сетка (под штукатурку) |
mason |
каменщик |
plasterer |
штукатур |
plumber |
водопроводчик, паяльщик |
slater-and-tiler |
мастер по укладке черепицы |
to dismantle |
разбирать (машину), демонтировать (оборудование) |
to expose |
выставлять (на показ, на продажу), подвергать (опасности, воздействию) |
to joint |
закладывать швы кирпичной кладки раствором |
4. Translate the following words and phrases into Russian:
bricklayer; carpenter; drain; skilled worker; subcontractor; to be complete; to derive from; to evaluate; to render; to repair; to slate.
5. Make up your own sentences using the words and phrases from tasks 2-4.
6. Skim the text and say what the general idea of the text is.
7. When skimming divide the text into parts.
A man, who has been an apprentice for some years in a building trade and has therefore enough skill to be considered a skilled worker at his trade, is called tradesman or craftsman.
He may be a carpenter-and-joiner, bricklayer, mason, slater-and-tiler, plumber, electrician, house painter, glazier, floor-and-wall tiler, plasterer, paper-hanger, steeplejack, hot water fitter and so on.
Bricklayer is a tradesman who builds and repairs brickwork, lays and joints stoneware drains, sets chimney pots, manhole frames and fireplaces. He renders brickwork, including the insides of manholes. A sewer and tunnel bricklayer is a specialized bricklayer. In some districts of Greart Britain, bricklayers also fix wall and flooring tiles and slating and lay plaster and granolithic floors. But elsewhere these are plasterer's specialities.
Carpenter is a man who erects wood frames, fits joints, fixes wood floors, stairs and window frames, asbestos sheeting and other wallboard. He builds or dismantles wood or metal framework. The two trades of carpenter and joiner were originally the same, and most men can do both, but specialize in one or the other. In the USA the term "carpenter" includes a joiner. The word is derived from the French word charpente, which means a wood or metal framework.
Joiner is a man who makes joinery and works mainly at the bench on wood, which has been cut and shaped by the machinists. His work is finer than the carpenter's, much of it being highly finished and done in a joinery shop which is not exposed to weather.
In Scotland a joiner is a carpenter-and-joiner.
Mason is a stone worker or stone setter. In Scotland and the USA a bricklayer is usually also a mason. A fixer or a fixer mason or a builder mason is a mason who sets prepared stones in walls, whether the stone is only facing or to the full wall thickness.
Plasterer is a tradesman who may be a fibrous plasterer or a plasterer in solid work. The latter lays successive coats of plaster or rendering and fixes fibrous plaster such as mould cornices and wall pattern. He can use a horsed mould, erect lathing for plaster, and apply stucco.
A construction manager, or CM, provides services similar to those of general contractor, but represents client's interest during all phases of the building process – design as well as construction. They are usually paid a negotiated fee for the scope of services rendered.
For example, working with the architect during design, the CM provides updated cost projections so that a client will know probable costs, which the project evolves. A general contractor, however, doesn't usually enter the scene until after the design is complete.
The CM decides who bids the job, picks up the request for invitation to bid, evaluates the bids, and awards work to the most reasonable bidder. The CM also prepares contracts and sends them out to the subcontractors. The owner signs the contracts with each subcontractor. As a result, the subcontractors are under the CM's direction.
The CM may also be responsible for the safety of workers on the construction site.
8. Compare your number of parts with that of your fellow students.
9. Read and translate each part using a dictionary.
10. Underline the sentences that best sum up the main idea of each part and use key words from them to make plan of the text in order to retell it according to your plan.
11. Find Russian equivalents to the following words and phrases in the text:
apprentice; building trade; skill; tradesman; carpenter-and-joiner; bricklayer; mason; slater-and-tiler; plumber; electrician; house painter; glazier; floor-and-wall tiler; plasterer; paper-hanger; steeplejack; hot water fitter; repair; brickwork; stoneware drains; manhole frames; fireplaces; sewer and tunnel bricklayer; wall and flooring tiles; slate; plaster; granolithic floors; wood frames; joints; window frames; asbestos sheeting; wallboard; dismantle wood or metal framework; joiner; at the bench; joinery shop; exposed to weather; stone setter; facing; successive coats of plaster; cornices; horsed mould; lathing for plaster; stucco; construction manager; provides services; contractor; client's interest; construction; fee; architect; provide updated cost projections; the design; to be complete; bid the job; subcontractors; sign the contracts; to be responsible for; construction site.
12. Match pairs of words having the opposite meanings.
remove |
partial |
rise |
inside |
expose |
liquid |
surface |
supply |
dismantle |
cover up |
skilled |
irrational |
complete |
assemble |
solid |
demolition |
reasonable |
change |
construction |
fall |
fix |
inexperienced |