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Text A: "MY FUTURE PROFESSION"

Hi, there! Here is Ann Sokolova again. I am afraid this will be my last meeting with you because I need to pack my suitcase. I am leaving for Sochi tonight. I have passed all the exams successfully and I'm free till the 1st of September.

As I have already told you, I was always good in mathematics and physics. My parents bought me a computer when I was in the 10th form. Since then I knew that I would become a specialist in computer technologies a computer engineer.

Computer industry is developing so fast, that it comprises almost all spheres of professional life. No business now is possible without computers. This is especially true about automated manufacturing of products and robotics. Computer control of automated production opens new horizons for the cheap and quality production of goods. Information is now generated, transmitted, received, and stored electronically through computer networks on a scale unprecedented in history, and there is every indication that the explosive rate of growth in this field will continue.

Computer engineering is a general field. It deals with both electric and electronic industries.

Electronicengineering deals with the research, design, integration, and application of circuits and devices used in the transmission and processing of information.

Engineers in the field of electric and electronic engineering are concerned with all aspects of electrical communications, from fundamental questions such as What is information? to the highly practical, such as the design of telephone systems. In designing communication systems, engineers rely on various branches of advanced mathematics, such as Fourier analysis, linear systems theory, linear algebra, differential equations, and probability theory.

Engineers work on control systems which are used extensively in automated manufacturing and in robotics.

Major developments in the field of communications and control have been the replacement of analogue systems with digital systems; fibre optics are used now instead of copper cables. Digital systems offer far greater immunity to electrical noise. Fibre optics are likewise immune to interference; they also have great carrying capacity, and are extremely light and inexpensive to manufacture.

Computer engineering is now the most rapidly growing field. The electronics of computers is the design and manufacture of memory systems, of central processing units, and of peripheral devices. The most prospective industry now is the Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) and new computer architectures. The field of computer science is closely related to computer engineering; however, the task of making computers more intelligent (artificial intelligence), through creation of sophisticated programs or development of higher level machine languages or other means, is generally regarded as the dream of computer science.

One current trend in computer engineering is microminiaturization. Engineers continue to work to fit greater and greater numbers of circuit elements onto smaller and smaller chips.

Another trend is towards increasing the speed of computer operations through the use of parallel processors and superconducting materials.

So, as you see, there are a lot of employment opportunities in my field. I don't worry about finding a job. The most important thing for me now is to study well and to graduate from the Academy.

Vocabulary:


to comprise

automated manufacturing of products

robotics

horizons

cheap

to generate ,

to transmit

to store

scale

unprecedented in history

indication ,

explosive

to deal with , -

integration

application ,

circuits ,

device

transmission

processing

to rely

Fourier analysis

linear systems theory

linear algebra

differential equations

probability theory

extensively

replacement

fibre optics

copper

digital

immunity ,

carrying capacity

light

rapidly growing

artificial intelligence

sophisticated

superconducting


ADD TO YOUR ACTIVE VOCABULARY:


a) mechanical engineer -

electric engineer -

electronic engineer

computer engineer -

military engineer

b) prestigious job (work)

well-paid job

employee

employer

businessman ,

state-employed

white-collar worker ,

blue-collar worker ,

skilled worker

unskilled worker

experienced worker

c) to be hired for a job

to look for a new job (work, position)

to apply for a new job -

application for a position of -

resume

C.V. (curriculum vitae)

to be fired

to retire

to be unemployed


Exercise 9.1. Translate into English:

1. , () .

2. .

3. .

4. .

5. .

6. , .

Exercise 9.2. How do you see your future profession? Please answer the following questions:


1) What kind of work are you interested in?

a) well paid

b) interesting

c) in a large and famous company

d) quiet

e) in an industry which has a future

f) prestigious

g) not to sit the whole day in the office

h) to travel a lot

2) What position would you like to have?

a) to manage people manager

b) to work for someone else an employee

c) to be your own boss self-employed, businessman

d) to be responsible for everything top manager, director

e) to work for the state state employee

Exercise 9.3. Please discuss with your group advantages and disadvantages of your future profession. Do you think that engineering profession is prestigios? Is it well-paid? How difficult is it to find a good work in this field?

Text B THE FUTURE OF THE ENGINEERING PROFESSION

Among various recent trends in the engineering profession computerization is the most widespread. The trend in modern engineering offices is also towards computerization. Computers are increasingly used for solving complex problems as well as for handling, storing, and generating the enormous volume of data modern engineers must work with.

Scientific methods of engineering are applied in several fields not connected directly to manufacture and construction. Modern engineering is characterized by the broad application of what is known as systems engineering principles.

Engineers in industry work not only with machines but also with people, to determine, for example, how machines can be operated most efficiently by workers. A small change in the location of the controls of a machine or of its position with relation to other machines or equipment, or a change in the muscular movements of the operator, often results in greatly increased production. This type of engineering work is called time-study engineering.

A related field of engineering, human-factors engineering, also known as ergonomics, received wide attention in the late 1970s and 1980s when the safety of nuclear reactors was questioned following serious accidents that were caused by operator errors, design failures, and malfunctioning equipment.

Human-factors engineering seeks to establish criteria for the efficient, human-centred design of, among other things, the large, complicated control panels that monitor and govern nuclear reactor operations.

General understanding:

1. What is the most widespread trend in the engineering profession?

2. What are computers used for in modern engineering?

3. What approaches are used in modern engineering?

4. What is ergonomics?

5. What does human-factors engineering deal with?

 

GRAMMAR

1. . .

If (),

when (),

after (),

before ( , ),

as soon as ( ), ]

unless ( ),

until ( , ),

, , :

If you help me, I shall do this work. , .

As soon as I get free, I'll come to you. , .

We shall not begin until you come. , .

Exercise 9.4. Open the brackets and put the verbs in the right form:

1. He (go) out when the weather (get) warmer. 2. I (wait) for you until you (come) back from school. 3. I'm afraid the train (start) before we (come) to the station. 4. We (go) to the country tomorrow if the weather (to be) fine. 5. We (not pass) the examination next year if we not (work) harder. 6. If you (not drive) more carefully you (have) an accident. 7. You (be) late if you (not take) a taxi. 8. I (finish) reading this book before I (go) to bed. 9. You must (send) us a telegram as soon as you (arrive). 10. We (have) a picnic tomorrow if it (be) a fine day. 11. We (go) out when it (stop) raining. 12. We (not to have) dinner until you (come). 13. I'm sure they (write) to us when they (know) our new address.

 

-/ teacher, writer, actor, doctor

-ist scientist, artist, dentist

-ment government, movement, development

-(t)ion revolution, translation, operation

-ity/ty popularity, honesty, ability

-sion/ssion revision, session, discussion,

-ness happiness, illness, darkness

.

re- rewrite, rebuild, reconstruct,

mis- misprint, misunderstand, miscount.

.

un- unhappy, unable, uncomfortable

dis- dishonest, discouraging, disconnectng

.

-teen fifteen, sixteen, eighteen

-ty twenty, thirty, sixty, ninety

-th fourth, seventh, eighteenth

Exercise 9.5. Make up adjectives from the following words:

colour, beauty, peace, use, hope, truth, rain, help, power, pain, care.

2. ,

, , .

.

If I learn his address I shall write to him. , .

:

If I knew his address I would write to him. (), ( ). Past Indefinite, Future in the Past.

, , , , Future Perfect in the Past, Past Perfect.

If I had known his address I would have written to him. ( ), ( ).

I wish I lived not far from here. ( ). , .

I wish I had lived not far from here ( ). , .

Exercise 9.6. Translate into Russian:

1. If I came later I would be late for the lesson. 2. If he had known the time-table he wouldn't have missed the train. 3. It would be better if you learned the oral topics. 3. I wish I had known this before the examination. 4. I would have come to you if you had not lived so far away. 5. If I had seen you yesterday I would have given you my text-book. 6. If I were in your place I wouldn't buy the tickets beforehand. 7. If I had known that you needed help I would have helped you.

 

UNIT 1

METALS

I. Text A: Metals, Text B: Steel, Text C: Methods of steel heat treatment





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