Ответьте на вопросы к тексту.

1. What is the characteristic feature of this hotel design?

2. How is vertical circulation within the building provided?

3. How do the overall dimensions of the hotel on plan change from the first to the tenth floor?

4. What does the structural steel frame consist of?

5. How are the forces from the cantilevered ends of each storey transmitted?

6. How are wind forces transmitted?

7. What is the longitudinal girder supported on?

Лексические упражнения

Упражнение 1. Переведите на русский язык приведённые ниже слова и словосочетания:

anchorage (n.), intercept (v.), mezzanine (n.), plate girder, podium (n.), rear (n.), rear­wards (adv.), ribbed floor, strut (n.), terminate (v.), incline (v.), outwards (adv.).

Какие из перечисленных слов могут быть другими частями речи? Какими именно? Как они в этом случае переводятся на русский язык?

Упражнение 2. Переведите на английский язык приведённые ниже слова и словосочетания:

ось, поглощать, дополнительно, находиться, следующие, система связей, сплошной, ствол (высотного здания), направление, друг друга, оказывать действие, устанавливать, балочная ферма, нагрузка, середина, общий, элемент с шарнирным соединением, стальная составная балка, ряд, коммуникации, лестница, заканчиваться, нажим, поперечный, выбирать, верхний, в то время как, ветровая нагрузка, крыло.

Упражнение 3. Заполните пропуски в тексте, используя слова из приведённого ниже списка:

connections	ensuring	functions	overall	stabilised
door	forces	intervals	right	strip

Sixth Form College, Alton, Hampshire, England

(Продолжение. Начало в упражнении 4 урока 3.3, стр.14 )

The high walls, which form the hall space, are (1)… by the roof and the wall panels on either side. The floor slab is 125mm thick concrete having (2)… footings where there are significant loads from the internal masonry walls.

Vertical movement joints are provided in the external walls at (3)… of about 9m and positioned where weakening occurs because of (4)… openings. As a result the building (5)… like a series of individual units. The principal problems are in (6)… the stability of individual walls and the overall resistance of the building to horizontal (7)… . In this case the individual walls are stabilised by the other walls to which they are attached and by their (8)… to the ground floor slab and roof. The (9)… resistance of the building is assured by shear walls, which are in one of two directions at (10)… angles to each other.

(продолжение текста в упражнении 4 урока 3.9 стр. 48)

Грамматические упражнения

Упражнение 1. Переведите прилагательные с суффиксом –al и наречия с суффиксом –ly. Определите от каких слов они образованы. Образуйте от прилагательных наречия с помощью суффикса –ly.

actual	clearly	functional	monolithical
additional	closely	immediately	mostly
approximately	completely	independently	partial
basical	essential	industrial	partly
central	fully	mainly	rarely

Упражнение 2. Переведите сложноподчиненные предложения, определите тип придаточного предложения.

1. As window openings are necessary for the building, the perimeter structure is weaker.

2. There are continuous reinforced concrete ribbed floors which are prestressed between anchorages.

3. They know that structural design was made by G.Covre.

4. The purpose, if tube-type systems are used, is to increase the plan area of the tube as much as possible.

5. Where a high-rise concrete frame of cast-in-place construction is used, it is natural to connect the frame with shear walls so that they interact with each other.

6. Non-loadbearing walls should be so designed and attached to the load-bearing structure of the building that they are not subjected to additional loads which they are not designed to take.

7. Framed buildings frequently have walls which increase structural rigidity.

8. Timber beams which rest on concrete ground beams support the cabins.

Упражнение 3. Работа в парах.

Студент C: Задайте 5 вопросов различных типов к тексту А.

Студент D: Ответьте на вопросы к тексту студента C.

Студенты C и D: Поменяйтесь ролями.

Текст B