Types of engineering

Part I

1. What do engineers do? Use verbs to answer.

2. Read the four parts of one text (A, B, C and D) and put them into the correct order (1, 2, 3 and 4). Do not pay attention to the gaps:

Part A When you have decided which area you are interested in and thought realistically about what sort of person you are, then you can decide what sort of engineering you want to be.

Part B Each of these three main area can be divided again into specialist subjects: civil engineering covers mining and __________ building, mechanical engineering covers aeronautical and __________ engineering, electrical engineering covers __________ and __________.

Part C There are lots of different types of engineering. The one thing they have in common is that they all use Maths and Science to improve industry and manufacturing. The whole science of engineering can be broadly divided into three main areas (or fields): - civil engineering (__________, __________, etc.) - mechanical engineering (__________, __________) - electrical engineering (__________, __________, etc.)

Part D Clearly there is a big difference between building a road and designing a computer system so the best advice for students is: - think carefully about which area of engineering interests you most. It is difficult to study if you are not interested – and you may do the job until you are 60 years old. - Think about what sort of person you are. Will you be happiest working in an office, in a factory, or outdoors? Do you mind getting dirty? Do you want to work with other people or alone? If you like wearing high heels and beautiful clothes, you may not be happy on a building site.

(the text is from: “Engineering” Workshop by Lindsey White, OUP; Unit 2, pg.3, ex.2

3. Look at the passage beginning with “There are …”. Fill in the gaps with the following words: tools, electricity, buildings, roads, lighting, machines.

4. Now look at the passage beginning with “Each of these …” Fill in the gaps with the following words: electricity generation, bridge, automobile, wiring.

5. Read the whole text again and put the main ideas of each passage to the correct order of passages:

You need to think carefully about your personality
There are lots of different jobs in engineering.
Think carefully about what you are interested in
Engineering is a big subject.

* (“Engineering” Workshop by Lindsey White, OUP; Unit 2, pg.3, ex.2

6. Choose the best title to the whole text above:

· Your personality

· Types of engineering

· A job in engineering

7. Read the text again and find the equivalents to the following expressions:

- to make better

- be classified

- parts

- if you don’t like the subject

- until you become a pensioner

- working indoors

- smart things you wear

- may become unhappy

8. Now answer the questions about the text above:

1. How many types of engineering are there?

2. What is the one thing that they all have in common?

3. What do they use Math and Science for?

4. How many main areas can engineering be broadly divided into?

5. What are they?

6. What are the examples of civil engineering?

7. What are the examples of electrical engineering?

8. What are the examples of mechanical engineering?

9. What two things should you mind when choosing a specific area of engineering?

9. Match the following words:

way engineering(x2) activity answer price site theory life idea the problem industry generation job a solution design of person into in building

practical		indoor
to use		outdoor
to define		building
to design		to divide
everyday		to improve
civil		to be interested
reasonable		types of
expensive		bridge
methodical		electricity
sort		computer

10. Give synonyms to the following words:

answer
step by step technology
kind of
sort of person
to classify
inside the building
to use on practice in order to evaluate
on a building site
to exchange information
to make better

11. Translate the following sentences into Russian. Translate the idea, not a word for word: