6. Answer the questions.

1. Why has engineering been called «invisible» profession?

2. How are engineers changing the world all the time?

3. What are profession prospects for an aerospace engineer?

4. What are the career choices in the field of audio engineering?

5. What do bioengineers contribute to human health and the environment?

6. What is a ceramic and materials engineer responsible for?

7. What is the role of a chemical engineer?

8. What do computer engineers do?

9. How can an environmental engineer make a real difference in the survival of our planet?

7. The verbs (from the text) given below describe what different engineers do. Check if you know these words and word combinations. Which verb or phrase corresponds to a particular specialist in engineering? Find them in the text and ask your partner to translate the sentences.

Build, construct, analyze, create, control, calculate, develop, coordinate, module, discover, direct, simulate, design, implement, test, explore, produce, play important role in, invent, perform, be involved in, research, contribute, be interested in.

8. Complete the following sentences by choosing the correct word.

1. We’re building/inventing a new warehouse.

2. Our company produces/provides technical support for LFB & Hovard.

3. This agency modules/designs shop interiors for big and small businesses.

4. Our department looks for new materials and technologies/properties we can use to illuminate buildings more sufficiently/economically.

5. I’m particularly involved/interested in job of a Senior Technician for MC New Product Development.

6. Most of the time I did machining and finishing. But at the end I was doing some quality control/analysis work as well.

7. I run/play important role in a small company called Lab2, which makes/simulates miniature cameras for medical applications.

8. We produce/create five models, and we are currently discovering/developing two new models for endoscopes.

9. His work contributes/involves a lot of market research as well as day-to-day administration/implementation.

9. As you have noticed the letter d (in the abc-list for engineers, Activity 4) has been omitted? Produce some ideas of yours (on engineering specializations) for the letter d?

10. Read Part 2 of Text a, find out the difference between a mechanical engineer and a manufacturing one. What do they have in common? Part 2.

Manufacturing means making things. Manufacturing engineers direct and coordinate the processes for making things – from the beginning to the end. As businesses try to make products better and at less cost, it turns to manufacturing engineers to find out how. Manufacturing engineers work with all aspects of manufacturing from production control to materials handling to automation. The assembly line is the domain of the manufacturing engineer. Machine vision and robotics are some of the more advanced technologies in the manufacturing engineer’s toolkit.

As a mechanical engineer, you might develop a bike lock or an aircraft carrier, a child’s toy or a hybrid car engine, a wheelchair or a sailboat – in other words, just about anything you can think of that involves a mechanical process, whether it’s a cool, cutting-edge product or a life-saving medical device. Mechanical engineers are often referred to as the general practitioners of the engineering profession, since they work in nearly every area of technology, from aerospace and automotive to computers and biotechnology.