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English for Construction là giáo trình anh ngữ về xây dựng hiện đang được sử dụng phổ biến tại các trường ĐH-CĐ trên cả nước Với cấu trúc đơn giản,dễ hiểu English for Construction đề cập đến phần lớn các tình huống,các cấu kiện cũng như vật liệu mà kĩ sư xây dựng thường gặp phải trong thực tế Giáo trình gồm 2 cuốn
ALWAYS LEARNING PEARSON English for Construction is part of the Pearson Longman Vocational English series. It is designed for students in vocational education and for company employees in training at work. Written by industry practitioners, it combines a strong grammar syllabus with the specialist vocabulary and skills that learners need to succeed in their chosen field. Level 1 English for Construction is designed for students with a basic knowledge of general English who now require an elementary (CEF level A1-A2) English course in this specific field. It includes: • topics that reflect the latest developments in construction, making them immediately relevant to students' needs. • clearly defined language and function objectives which are backed up by comprehensive on-the-page language boxes. • essential online support for teachers including teacher's notes, fully editable tests and multilingual glossaries. • student CD-ROM with interactive glossaries in both British and American English and full course book audio in MP3 format. Other titles in the series include: English for Banking & Finance English for Information Technology English for Nursing English for Oil and Gas .pearsonELT.com/vocationalenglish ^COMMON EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK^ A 1 i n 1 Level 1 A2 Level 1 A2 Level 2 Bl Level 2 Bl B2 m ISBN 978-1-4082-6991-6 78H08"269916 Contents Function Language Vocabulary industry Introductions p. 4 Introducing yourself and others Present simple: be Present simple: regular verbs Adverbs of frequency Jobs -uction Finding out more p. 6 Talking about jobs in the construction industry Wh- questions Questions with be The alphabet Wh- question words e consti The construction industry p. 8 Describing parts of the construction industry Plurals Prepositional verbs Types of construction Industry sectors lit 1 Th Parts of a house p. 10 Understanding a house plan Naming parts of a house 77i/sis House features Review p. 11 Trades and training p. 12 Describing trades and the stages of trade training Present simple Trades Vocational courses (ft <B Trade materials p. 14 Talking about materials Making calculations Parts of speech Numbers 1-100 Materials Calculation words Unit 2 Trat Instructions p. 16 Giving instructions Saying where things are The imperative Sequencers Prepositions of place Scaffolding The apprentice p. 18 Giving personal information Questions and answers for personal information Tools Review p. 19 c B Delivery p. 20 Answering questions about delivery Talking about the delivery of heavy equipment Present continuous Movement verbs equiprr Cranes p. 22 Using cranes and control units Opposites There is/There are Cranes it 3 Heavy Controls and equipment p. 24 Asking questions about equipment Explaining how to mix cement clockwise/anticlockwise Remote controls Equipment for mixing concrete c 3 On site p. 26 Making conversation Word order Expressions: fair enough, will do Question phrases Review p. 27 Building materials p. 28 Talking about building suppliers and materials Word pairs Products and materials supplie: Materials p. 30 Placing and confirming an order Checking stock items Phrases: order number, in stock Making requests Supply orders Unit 4 Building Insulation p. 32 Talking about insulation Changing a customer order/ delivery Use to/Used as/Used for Emails Types of insulation Stock Unit 4 Building Problems on site p. 34 Explaining problems Too/Not enough Parts of a building site Adjectives: soft, wet, heavy Review p. 35 Contents Function Language Vocabulary On-site subcontractors p. 36 Describing what subcontractors do/are doing at the moment Present simple and present continuous Subcontractors s » Directions p. 38 Following directions Giving directions Giving directions Maps Unit 5 On Weather on site p. 40 Understanding different types of weather Giving reasons Because of Weather Food p. 42 Talking about food Conversation using present simple and present continuous Food Review p. 43 Warning signs p. 44 Identifying different types of signs Must Personal protective equipment (PPE) and safety Site safety p. 46 Describing problems Completing a vehicle safety checklist Adjectives: too full Health and safety Vehicle parts 5 Health First aid p. 48 Explaining injuries Past simple: be Past simple Parts of the body A first aid kit c D Waste disposal p. 50 Understanding waste disposal and colour codes Word partnerships: clean metal, general waste Waste materials Review p. 51 factor's office Clients p. 52 Welcoming clients Word pairs Job descriptions Nouns: structural engineer, bookkeeper factor's office Projects p. 54 Discussing projects Describing structures using dimensions Metric and imperial measurements Buildings ' The cont Shapes p. 56 Describing the shape of constructions Expressions: 30 by 60 Shapes Dimensions Word stress Unit; Calculations p. 58 Giving calculations Calculating an area Calculations Word order Calculation symbols Review p. 59 •o i Planning a project p. 60 Planning a new bridge Completing a schedule Will future Calendar Months of the year 8 Planning ahe Schedules p. 62 Making appointments Telling the time Prepositions of time Dates and times 8 Planning ahe Bridges p. 64 Making comparisons Comparative and superlative adjectives Descriptive adjectives Unit Quantities p. 66 Writing quantities How much/How many Containers Review p. 67 Partner files p. 68 Audio script p. 72 1 The construction industry • introduce yourself and others • talk about jobs in the constructior industry • describe types of construction • understand a house plan Introductions a building inspector a rooter Vocabulary Listening 2 Match photos A-E to texts 1-5. 1 Hello, I'm Kamal Boukhaled, from Morocco. I'm a plumber. I'm Isabelle Roux, from France. I'm an architect Hi, my name's Santiago Cruz. I'm from Venezuela. I'm a crane operator. Hi, I'm Karol Nowacki. I'm from Poland. I'm a roofer. Hello there. My name's Jun Takahashi. I'm from Japan. I'm a building inspector. Complete these conversations. Then listen and compare your answers. 1 Jun: Isabelle: Jun: Isabelle: 2 Karol: Santiago: Karol: Santiago: Karol: 3 Kamal: Santiago: Kamal: Santiago: Kamal: 4 Kamal: Karol: Kamal: Isabelle: Karol: Kamal: Karol: Kamal: Isabelle: Hi! I'm Jun Takahashi, from the Ministry. Hi, Mr Takahashi. (1) Isabelle Roux. I'm from (2) I'm the architect on this project. Ah, I'm a building (3) Pleased to (4) you. Hi! Karol Nowacki. Santiago Cruz. What do you do, Santiago? I'm a crane (5) And you? Me? I'm a(n) (6) Hi! My (7) _ . is Kamal Boukhaled. Hi, Kamal. I'm Santiago. (8) are you from? From Caracas, Venezuela. Ah, Caracas. A beautiful city. I come from (9) Hello. (10) Hi, Kamal. I'm Karol Nowacki name's Kamal Boukhaled. And this is Isabelle Roux. Hello, Isabelle. Pleased to meet you. What do you (11) , Kamal? I'm a plumber. I'm a roofer. And Isabelle designs buildings. She's a(n) (12) ? Yes, that's right. 4 1 The construction industry Reading 3 Read this text and underline the verbs. Harun Rashid is 35 vears old. He comes from Alexandria, but lives and works in Cairo. Harun is a general contractor. He hires subcontractors to work on building projects. He also organises the material and equipment. Harun has a lot of experience in the construction industry. Harun always works hard. Sometimes he has meetings with clients. Sometimes he visits construction sites. And sometimes he deals with suppliers. He is always busy. But Friday is different. Harun never works on Fridays. Friday is a day off. Correct these sentences. 1 Harun Rashid is a plumber. 2 He hires clients to work on building projects 3 He has a lot of experience in the tourist industry. 4 He never visits construction sites 5 He always works on Fridays Language Present simple: be We use be to say who somebody is or what something is. I'm Santiago Cruz. He's Harun Rashid. This is a construction site. We're roofers. We use be to ask personal questions. What's your name? My name's Karol. Present simple: regular verbs We use the present simple to talk about routines, permanent situations and general truths. We work in an office. Water freezes at 0°C. We use adverbs of frequency and time expressions with the present simple. Harun Rashid never works on Fridays. They work every Saturday. Speaking 5 Work in pairs and introduce yourselves. Use this model to help you. A B Hi!/Hello./Good morning. Hi!/Hello./Good morning. I'm /My name's . What's your ? I'm /My name's . Pleased to meet you. Where are you ? I'm from And you? I'm from Finding out more Listening 1 flp' 1 '*]ff Listen and repeat the letters of the alphabet. Speaking 3 Work in pairs. Student A look at the information on this page. Student B look at the information on page 68. Student A Read the letters to Student B. Write the letters Student B says. What do the letters mean? HVAC rpm AC JCB HVAC = heating, ventilation and air conditioning rpm = revolutions per minute AC = alternating current JCB = JC Bamford Excavators Limited (a construction equipment manufacturer) 4 Practise this conversation with your classmates. Write the names. A B What's your name? Jun Takahashi. How do you spell that? My first name is Jun - J-U-N. My family name is Takahashi • T-A-K-A-H-A-S-H-I. Thank you. 6 1 The construction industry Listening 5 Listen to three conversations. Write the jobs you hear for each person 1 i. 1 Ahmed: 2 Tariq: 3 Jacek: 4 Luis: Rob: Pierre: Kim: 8 Antonio: Language Wh- questions Wh- questions begin with a question word (e.g. What, Where, How). We use what when we want to know about something. What's your name? What do you do? We use where to ask about places. Where do you work? We use how to ask about the way to do something. How do you spell that? Questions with be We reverse the order of the verb be to form a question. He is on site today. • Is he on site today? 6 Read the three conversations in audio script 5 on page 72 and underline the questions in the conversations. 7 Complete these sentences with What, Where or How. - do you live? _ do you do? _ are you? _'s your address? time is it? old are you? . is the site? . are you from? 8 Put the words in 1-6 in the correct order to make questions. Then match the questions to answers a-f. 1 • what / he / do / does / ? 2 ncan/you/help/I/? 3 O how / spell / you / that / do / ? 4 Q where / work / you / do / ? 5 O what / you / do / do / ? 6 Q are / the / manager / site / you / ? a) He's a crane operator. b) I'm a plumber. c) On a building site. d) C-H-E-S-T-E-R-T-O-N-S. e) I'm looking for Kim. 0 Yes, I am. Speaking 9 Work in pairs. Take turns to ask and answer questions about the people in 5. A B What does Kim do? She's a site manager. What about Tariq? Tariq is a OK. Your turn. The construction industry 1 7 The construction industry Listening 1 Listen and write the missing letters. t n n 1 r d br d h s s h _ 1 _ o s p _ t _ 1 a.a.tm t o_fic_b_o_k Listen and write the types of construction you hear. 4 5 6 Speaking 3 Choose a role card. Introduce yourself to other students. Use the model below to help you. Name: Kasia Katolsky Job: building inspector Typical projects: factories, schools From: Katowice, Poland Name: Thomas Smith Job: roofer Typical projects: residential projects (houses, apartments) From: Toronto, Canada Name: Mohamed bin Ali Job: site manager Typical projects: hospitals From: Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) A Hi! I'm My name's What do you do? What types of construction do you work on? Where are you from? Name: Park Ji-Wung Job: crane operator Typical projects: bridges, flyovers From: Seoul, Korea B Hi! I'm Raja Anand./My name's Raja Anand. I'm a general contractor. We build apartment blocks. I'm from Mumbai, India. 8 1 The construction industry Reading 4 Read this text and complete charts A and B. The construction industry in the UK consists of four different sectors. The residential sector deals with houses and apartments. The industrial sector deals with big projects like factories and power plants. The infrastructure sector is for projects like roads, bridges and tunnels. The commercial sector is for things like schools, hospitals and office blocks. The client pays for the project and hires general contractors to deal with subcontractors, equipment and materials. industry in the UK industrial (factories, power plants) (roads, bridges, tunnels) (schools, hospitals, office blocks) subcontractor subcontractor subcontractor subcontractor Vocabulary 5 Work in pairs. Take turns to draw different types of construction and say what they are. 6 Complete these sentences with the verbs in the box. are consists of deal with hires pays for subcontractors. subcontractors, equipment and materials. 1 The general contractor 2 General contractors 3 The team a site manager, three roofers and a plumber. 4 Roads, bridges and tunnels infrastructure sector projects. 5 The client the project. Language We add -s, -es, or -/es to make a noun plural. apartment -»apartments box • boxes factory > factories Read the text in 4 again and underline the plurals. construction industry in your area. List Speaking 8 Work in groups. Think about the examples of the following. 1 clients 2 general contractors 3 subcontractors 4 residential sector projects 5 infrastructure sector projects 6 commercial sector projects 7 industrial sector projects The construction industry 1 9 [...]... t for (5) I n the evening, I have a m e e t i n g w i t h a(n) (6) to discuss materials for a c o n s t r u c t i o n site i n Tura It's a busy day as always! 8 W h a t do t h e f o l l o w i n g letters mean? 1 HVAC 2 AC 3 PPE 4 HV 5 6 7 8 kg POL cm rpm The construction industry 11 2 • describe trades and the stages of trade train • talk about trade materials • give and understand instructions for. .. about things that are I am phoning the happening now W e use the form am/is/are She is waiting for the timber We are waiting for the driver 4 5 suppliers C o m p l e t e these sentences w i t h t h e present c o n t i n u o u s f o r m of t h e v e r b s in b r a c k e t s 1 2 3 4 5 6 Vocabulary + -ing We (unload) the truck I ( l o o k for) t h e site manager He (deliver) the sand She ( p h o n e )... o l is for T h e n take t u r n s t o e x p l a i n y o u r i l l u s t r a t i o n Use these q u e s t i o n s t o h e l p y o u What's this for? What does this do? What's this switch/button/joystick How do I ? 24 3 Heavy equipment for? Reading 4 Read t h i s t e x t a b o u t m i x i n g c o n c r e t e A r e sentences 1-5 true ( T ) o r false (F)? C oncrete mixers mix and pour concrete For small... e c o n c r e t e f r o m t h e m i x e r t o t h e j o b site a l i g h t w e i g h t m a c h i n e w i t h a d r u m for m i x i n g c o n c r e t e a h a n d t o o l for m i x i n g c o n c r e t e a v e h i c l e for t r a n s p o r t i n g c o n c r e t e a c o n t a i n e r for c o n c r e t e a machine t o push concrete along a pipe The control unit has three levers The one on the left raises... s u l a t e pipes ( T / F) Language Used to/Used as/Used for Used to is followed by a verb Solid wall insulation Used as/used for is followed by a noun or adjective + noun Polystyrene 4 beads is used to provide are used a s cavity Felt tape is used for thermal wall insulation insulation pipes C o m p l e t e these sentences w i t h to, as o r for 1 2 3 4 5 5 Foam t u b i n g is used Foam t u b i n g... Language The imperative W e c a n use the i m p e r a t i v e to give instructions Fill in the holes Use don't Don't (do not) before the verb to give negative instructions W e c a n use the present simple instead of the imperative for climb You level the the scaffolding frames informal instructions Sequencers W e can use first, next, then, after that, etc to d e s c r i b e the First, fill in the holes... (American English) = ground floor (British English) bedroom 1 second floor Speaking 2 W o r k i n pairs Draw a s i m p l e house p l a n a n d label i t Show it t o y o u r p a r t n e r a n d ask a n d answer q u e s t i o n s a b o u t i t T h e n repeat w i t h a n e w partner A: What's this? B: This is a bathroom A: And this? B: This is the hrst floor And this is the second 10 1 The construction. .. o n ' s Aggregates: We offer a wide range of construction aggregates, including gravel and sand We also stock concrete mix 2 Watson's Goods L t d : We specialise in acoustic, thermal and fire protection insulation for walls and floors M o r r i s a n d Sons L t d : Our timber comes in a range of standard sizes, but can also be made to order It is perfect for flooring, roofing and general building work... s t h e p o w e r s w i t c h 4 5 6 2 W h a t ' s this? A r e m o t e c o n t r o l ? W h a t ' s t h i s for? W h a t does t h i s do? How do I extend the boom? How do I lower the boom? W h a t ' s t h i s s w i t c h for? Is it the power switch? d) E x t e n d it? You use t h e pedal e) It's for e x t e n d i n g t h e b o o m f) It s t a r t s t h e m o t o r K ^ E Q I Put each c o n v e r s a... 6QU1DIT1GII t *• and • describe how a crane and control units w< • give instructions for operating equipment oper * t a l k a D O U t m i x i n g cement • m a k e c o n v e r s a t i o n o n sit< Delivery Vocabulary 1 M a t c h sentences 1-4 t o i l l u s t r a t i o n s A - D T h e n p u t sentences 1-4 i n t h e correct o r d e r for u n l o a d i n g t h e crates 1 2 3 4 Listening 2 EJEH Listen t o t h r . illustration. The apprentice Listening 1 2i!XEI Listen to a conversation between a foreman and an apprentice and complete these sentences about Mickey, the apprentice. 1 Mickey's real name is. listen and cheek your answers. 56 13 34 30 89 14 63 40 76 16 21 60 Write these numbers. 1 twenty-four 2 thirty-three 3 forty-seven sixty-nine seventy-two ninety-one rT.'lkJJB . 12 twelve 30 thirty 3 three 13 thirteen 40 forty 4 four 14 fourteen 50 fifty 5 five 15 fifteen 60 sixty 6 six 16 sixteen 70 seventy 7 seven 17 seventeen 80 eighty