English for Specific Purposes

Electronic Engineering 61

 

 

5. Match the words in (A) and (B) to form word combinations and the Russian equivalents (C):

 

A	B	С
automated	data	результаты измерений
maintenance	detector	физические показатели
measurement	quality	улучшенное качество
handheld	board	пульт управления
smoke	parameters	химические свойства
circuit	properties	автоматизированное управление
physical	control	эксплуатационные расходы
chemical	device	предохранитель
control	breaker	наладонное устройство
better	costs	датчик дыма

 

6. Complete the puzzle using the clues.

 

S D I E R E V	____________________
L R B I E Y I A L I T	____________________
T R Y R O P E P	____________________
L E H V E I C	____________________
V E L A N S I L U R C E	____________________
V A N C O N T I C E R	____________________
S U E R E M A	____________________

 

 

· a conveyance that transports people or objects;

 

· to estimate the relative amount, value etc., by comparison with some standard;

 

· the basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class;

 

· supervision of a person or a group;

 

· dissimilar, very unlike, of various kinds and forms;

 

· trustworthiness, the quality of being reliable; · a device, especially a mechanical one.

 

 

WORD BUILDING: Job title suffixes

 

	Suffix			Example
	-er / or			plumber, builder, translator
	-ist			biologist, chemist, technologist
	-ant			accountant, flight attendant,
			shop assistant
	-man			postman, fireman, barman
	-ian			musician, politician, technician

 

7. Add a suitable job title suffix to the following stems and translate the words into Russian:

 

supervis_____ roof_____ music_____

 

civil serv_____ interpret_____ teach_____

62 Electronic Engineering

 

 

engine_____	electric_____	politic_____
technolog_____	plumb_____	direct_____
technic_____	art_____	sail_____
manag_____	fisher_____	pian_____

 

8. Find out and spell the words, using the clue:

 

SUFFIX	JOB	CLUE
-ist		He uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems.
-ist		He can take you teeth out
-ian		He solves mathematical problems.
-ic		His occupation is repairing and maintaining machine tools.
-or		You visit him when you are sick
-er		He installs and repairs pipe systems
-ian		He promises to do what you want if you vote for him.
-er		His work is connected with design, construction and use of engines.
-er		He shows you what to learn.
-ian		He installs, operates and repairs electric devices.

 

GRAMMAR FOCUS: Modals

 

9. In the following sentences find the modals. Translate the sentences into Russian. Pay attention that in most cases the sentences are in passive. If you need help, use GRAMMAR FILE 6 (p. 113).

 

1. You could omit this exercise, but I advise against it.

 

2. This discipline may be considered a separate field of science, but it is often studied along with electronics engineering.

 

3. Professionals who deal with installing, operating and maintaining of electric devices should be called electricians.

 

4. Instruments include many varied contrivances that can be as simple as valves and transmitters, and as complex as analyzers.

 

5. A smoke detector can be found in most western households.

6. These devices may provide either remote or automated control capabilities.

 

7. If you are not sure which type of computerized controller to use you should ask the head engineer.

 

8. We must make sure that all the parameters are proper before starting the experiment.

 

9. In the early years of process control, process indicators and control elements such as valves had to be monitored by an operator that walked around the unit adjusting the valves to obtain the desired temperatures, pressures, and flows.

 

10. Among the physical values that can be measured are pressure, flow, temperature, density, frequency, voltage and many others.

 

11. In designing an integrated circuit, electronics engineers first have to construct circuit schematics that specify the electrical components and describe the interconnections between them.

 

12. A thermocouple may be used to help ensure that a furnace's temperature remains constant.

 

13. A process operator could sit in front of a screen and monitor thousands of processes.