1.11. Answer the following questions.

1. How can you translate the word “engineering”?

2. What is the general aim of engineers?

3. Name the main branches of engineering.

4. Is electricity generation the subfield of electrical engineering?

5. What is mechanical engineering concerned with?

6. Should mechanical engineer be trained in mechanics and hydraulics?

7. Transport engineering is the subfield of mechanical engineering, isn’t it?

8. What does a civil engineer deal with?

9. What branch of engineering deals with such equipment as communication systems, computers, integrated circuits?

10. What do all the branches of engineering have in common?

1.12. Complete the following scheme about branches of engineering using information from the text. (What branches are left? Where will you put them?) Draw the complete scheme.

1.13. Read the text 1.4 again; find the key words to describe the main types of engineering:

a) civil,

b) mechanical,

c) electrical,

d) electronic.

Make the list of key words for each type.

1.14. Tell about each type of engineering using the list of words from ex.1.13 and the scheme from ex.1.12.

1.15.1. Read and translate the following dialogue.

(You are a first year student. You want to learn more about your future work (speciality). You are introduced to a graduate of your faculty.)

- Hello!

• Hello, my name is Misha.

• Nice to meet you, Misha. My name is Kolya.

• I’d like to know more about my future profession. Could you tell me about it?

• Yes, of course. What are your questions?

• You have graduated from NSTU, haven’t you?

• Yes, I have. I graduated from NSTU last year with Engineer`s Degree.

• Where do you work?

• Now I work at the plant “Electrosignal”.

• What types of engineering is your work concerned with?

• It is concerned mostly with electrical engineering. We produce and maintain electrical installations.

• Do you need to have knowledge in electronics or mechanics for your work?

• It is useful to have knowledge in different branches of engineering, but I can’t say that I deal a lot with electronic engineering.

• Thank you for answering my questions.

• Welcome any time

1.15.2. Make up the dialogue similar to the previous one.

1.16. Listen to the given extracts. Note the key words for the branches described. And say what branches are mentioned.

1.17. Fill in the gaps with particle “to” before the Infinitive where necessary.

1. Let me… help you with the translation.

2. I’d like … read more about my future profession.

3. What made you … think so?

4. The text was planned …be read at home.

5. They saw him…repair this device.

6. Electronic engineering is known … deal with components of computer systems.

7. I would rather …make a plan to the text.

8. You had better … mention the subfields of mechanical engineering.

9. Future engineers must … study different sciences.