- •Contents
- •Предисловие
- •Unit I. Civil engineering and ArChitecture
- •All Tenses Compared
- •Entry Test
- •I. Define the tense of the verb.
- •II. Choose the right translation of the predicate.
- •Grammar Study
- •Variant I
- •Variant II
- •Word Study
- •1. Study your active vocabulary.
- •2. Read these international words and try to guess their meaning.
- •3. Match the phrases:
- •4. Fill in the blanks:
- •Reading Practice Text 1
- •1. Read the text to yourself and try to understand what it is about.
- •2. While reading the text find the sentences where the Present Indefinite Active is used.
- •Test Paper
- •3. Read the text once more. Find the most informative sentences or parts of the sentences. Put them in order and reproduce the text. Text 2
- •1. Read the text to yourself and answer the question: What are civil engineers responsible for?
- •2. Make sure you understand the following words and phrases:
- •3. Read the text again and answer the questions given below:
- •1. Read the text and be ready to speak about modern technologies in building industry.
- •2. Answer the questions:
- •3. Look through the text about the 52-storied skyscraper and try to list all the innovations of this building project. Be ready to discuss their advantages with your partner. Conversational Practice
- •1. Remember some of the words and expressions to read the dialogue:
- •2. Read the dialogue “Ecological problems in building industry”:
- •Progress Test 1
- •2. Choose the right variant of the translation of the following sentences.
- •3. Choose the right variant to complete the sentences.
- •Unit II. Energy efficiency Past Indefinite
- •Participle II
- •Entry Test
- •I. Define the underlined forms:
- •II. Choose the right translation of the underlined V-ed forms:
- •Grammar Study
- •Test Paper
- •Variant I
- •Variant II
- •Word Study
- •1. Study your active vocabulary:
- •2. Recognize familiar words:
- •3. Match the phrases:
- •4. Fill in the blanks:
- •Reading Practice Text 1
- •1. Read the text to yourself and try to understand what it is about.
- •2. Scan through the text. Note all the words and phrases you don’t know. Look them in the English-Russian dictionary.
- •3. Find the sentences where Participle II is used.
- •4. Read the text once more and tell what information was new for you. Give your comments about this information. Text 2
- •1. Read the text to yourself and answer the question: Why is it so important to calculate air exchange rates?
- •2. Read the text again and answer the questions given below:
- •3. Look through the texts again and be ready to speak about “Toxic Materials in Modern Buildings”. Text 3
- •1. Read the text without the dictionary:
- •Conversational Practice
- •Progress Test 2
- •II. Choose the right variant of the translation of the following sentences:
- •III. Choose the right variant to complete the sentences:
- •Passive Voice (Страдательный залог)
- •Entry Test
- •I. Define the tense of the underlined passive constructions:
- •II. Choose the right translation of the underlined passive constructions:
- •Grammar Study
- •Reading Practice Text 1
- •4. Say what information was new for you. Comment on it. Text 2
- •1. Read the text and answer the question: Where and when was the first degree conferred?
- •3. Answer the questions:
- •4. Report on the types of degrees. Conversational Practice
- •1. Remember some of the words and expressions to read the dialogue:
- •2. Read the dialogue “Taking a Course”:
- •3. Answer the questions:
- •Progress Test 3
- •II. Choose the right variant of the translation of the following sentences:
- •III. Complete the sentences given below:
- •Unit IV. Science. General Problems The Sequence of Tenses
- •Entry Test 4
- •I. Open the brackets, put the necessary forms of the verbs and comment on the usage of the tenses in the sentences given below:
- •II. Choose the right translation of the underlined part of the sentence:
- •Grammar Study
- •Test Paper
- •Variant I
- •Variant II
- •Word Study
- •7. Fill in the blanks:
- •Reading Practice Text 1
- •1. Read the text to yourself and try to understand what it is about.
- •2. Scan through the text. Note all the words and phrases you don’t know. Look them in the English-Russian dictionary.
- •3. Read the text carefully once more. Find the most informative sentences or parts of the sentences. Put them in logical order and express your opinion. Text 2
- •1. Read the text. Identify the topic sentence and the sentences developing its idea.
- •Conversational Practice
- •Progress Test 4
- •II. Choose the right variant of the translation of the following sentences:
- •III. Complete the sentences given below:
- •Unit V. Hvac engineering Single Infinitive
- •Entry Test
- •I. Open the brackets, choose the necessary form of Infinitive.
- •1. Study your active vocabulary:
- •2. Match the phrases:
- •Reading Practice Text 1
- •1. Read the text and give it a title.
- •II. Translate into Russian:
- •Grammar Study
- •Word Study
- •2. Read the text again and answer the questions given below:
- •3. Look through the texts again and be ready to speak about “What knowledge and skills does hvac engineering involve”. Self-Training Work Text 2
- •1. Read the advertisement of “Redmond hvac Company” to yourself and underline main advantages of their systems.
- •2. Translate the text in written form.
- •Conversational Practice
- •1. Remember some of the words and expressions to read the dialogue:
- •2. Read the dialogue “Job Interview”:
- •3. Answer the questions:
- •4. Role-play a dialogue with your partner on the topic “Job Interview”. Use set expressions and phrases given below:
- •Unit VI. Water Supply Engineering
- •Формы на -ing
- •Причастие с относящимися к нему словами образуют оборот
- •Independent Participle Construction
- •Герундий с относящимися к нему словами образует оборот Gerundial Construction
- •Entry Test
- •I. Open the brackets, choose the necessary form of Participle
- •II. Open the brackets using Gerund in Active or Passive form.
- •Grammar Study
- •Word Study
- •1. Study your active vocabulary:
- •Reading Practice Text 1
- •1. Scan through the text. Note all the words and phrases you don’t know. Look them in the English-Russian dictionary.
- •2. Say what information was new for you. Comment on it.
- •3. Answer the questions:
- •4. Give the annotation of the text. Conversational Practice
- •1. Remember some of the words and expressions to read the dialogue:
- •2. Read the dialogue “Water Supply Engineering in the World”:
- •Unit VII. Transport engineering and communications Modal Verbs
- •Entry Test
- •I. Chose the necessary modal verb.
- •II. Translate the sentences into English using modal verbs can, may, needn’t.
- •Grammar Study
- •Word Study
- •1. Study your active vocabulary:
- •2. Match the phrases:
- •Reading Practice Text 1
- •1. Scan through the text. Note all the words and phrases you don’t know. Look them in the English-Russian dictionary.
- •Self-Training Work Text 2
- •Conversational Practice
- •1. Remember some of the words and expressions to read the dialogue:
- •2. Read Sample Job Interview Dialogue:
- •3. Answer the questions:
- •4. Role-play the dialogue with your partner using the information from the text.
- •5. Be ready to discuss the topic: “Applying for a job in transport company”. Use set expressions and phrases given below:
- •Ignacy Domeyko
- •Text 2 Kazimir Semenovich
- •Text 3 Barys Kit
- •References
3. Answer the questions:
1. Where is Lindy from?
2. What is Oleg’s home country?
3. What faculty has Oleg graduated?
4. What course is Oleg taking now?
5. What is Linda?
6. What course is Lindy taking?
5. Why did Lindy decide to take a postgraduate course at City University of London?
6. Why does Oleg take a postgraduate course in his native Institute?
7. What master’s degree will Oleg get after finishing his postgraduate course?
8. What specialities are there in the University?
4. Role-play a dialogue with your partner on the topic “Postgraduate education”. Use set expressions and phrases given below:
1. Glad to see you.
2. Overall.
3. From one side.
4. From the other side.
5. You are mistaken.
5. Present your report on the topic “Postgraduate Education in Belarus”.
6. Discuss in groups the problem of determining equivalence of degrees in various countries. Work out and present your own solution.
Progress Test 3
I. Open the brackets and put the right form of the verb:
1. He (not to offer) any help last term.
2. The safety rules (to read) by the new engineers?
3. Her curiosity was great when the test (to write) and a lot of mistakes (to find) in it.
4. Recently the place for a construction site (to find).
5. Contributions (to make) to the study of modern building technologies.
6. There is no doubt that in the course of further scientific development all the information (to process) with the help of computers.
7. These problem (to clear) by the chief yesterday.
8. All the students writing the papers (to give) all the necessary information.
9. The institute (to promise) financial support.
10. Every postgraduate usually (to ask) a lot of questions at the exam.
11. The supervisor (to recommend) to show the project for preview.
12. If the building materials are not toxic they (to allow) to use in this project.
13. At that time all the working drawings must (to be, to finish).
14. The meeting (to announce) two hours ago.
15. The laboratory (to open) to three o’clock.
16. Doctor’s Degree (to give) to you after some years of hard working.
17. I (to give) my diploma tomorrow.
18. Her lecture (to listen to) with great interest.
19. The postgraduate’s project (to examine) for twenty minutes.
20. A conference (to take place) at our University last week.
II. Choose the right variant of the translation of the following sentences:
1. The first graduation of the civil engineers in BNTU was in 1925.
A. Первый выпуск инженеров-строителей в БНТУ был осуществлен 1925 году.
B. Первые инженеры-строители получили образование в Республике Беларусь в 1925 году.
C. Первые инженеры, получившие высшее образование в БНТУ, удостоились дипломов в 1925 году.
2. Postgraduate students are annually given an honorable right to represent the University at the International Technical Exhibition.
A. Студенты ежегодно завоевывают почетное право представлять университет на Международной выставке технических достижений.
B. Магистранты ежегодно завоевывают почетное право представлять университет на Международной выставке технических достижений.
C. Магистранты ежегодно получают почетное право представлять университет на Международной выставке технических достижений.
3. At the institute the great attention is being paid to the detailed study of engineering science and practical aspects of it.
A. На достаточно высоком уровне в институте уделяется внимание изучению инженерно-технических дисциплин и производственной практике.
B. На достаточно высоком уровне в институте уделяется внимание изучению инженерно-технических дисциплин и их практическому применению.
C. В институте уделяется огромное внимание изучению инженерно-технических дисциплин и их практическому применению.
4. They were asked questions formulated by their teacher.
A. Преподаватель формулировал вопросы для ответа.
B. Им задавали вопросы, сформулированные преподавателем.
C. Они задавали вопросы после того как вопросы были сформулированы преподавателем.
5. The Institute awarded degrees offered by most other educational establishments.
A. Институт присваивал степени, которые можно получить и в других учебные заведения.
B. Учебных заведений предлагали степени и присваивали их.
C. Институт присваивал степени, которые предлагаются и другими учебными заведениями.