Listening & Speaking
1. Group work.Reflect on the following quote about a landscape architect, interpret it and share your ideas with the class. Get ready to discuss different points of view answering questions and persisting in your own opinion. The following lexis can be helpful. (See appendix 1):
“The landscape architect probes to discover, not what the client has, but what she dreams of having: not what she does but what she would like to do”.
“Dreaming enables us to withdraw into ourselves for brief moments and rests us. It is good and if the garden makes it easier and pleasant to dream, then it is a good garden.” Fletcher Steele.
to probe | исследовать |
to withdraw into oneself | уходить в себя |
to enable | давать возможность |
to rest somebody | давать отдых |
Useful terms and phrases
2. Read the following terms and phrases, mind their pronunciation:
to appreciate nature | высоко ценить природу |
analytical skill | умение анализировать |
creative vision | творческое видение |
desirable qualities | желательные качества |
communication skills | навыки общения |
to convey ideas to | выражать, передавать мысли к-л. |
draft | делать чертеж, рисунок, эскиз |
computer application | применение ЭВМ; компьютеризация |
to develop a report | делать отчёт |
to be self-employed | заниматься собственным бизнесом |
business acumen | деловая хватка |
marketing skills | маркетинговые умения |
landscaping | садово-парковая архитектура |
to put roads and buildings | прокладывать дороги и строить здания |
to conserve natural resources | сохранять природные богатства |
to restore | восстанавливать |
to consider | обсуждать, рассматривать |
to project | делать проект |
soil | почва |
work location | рабочая обстановка, рабочее окружение |
geographic information system (GIS) | геоинформационная система (ГИС) |
sketch | эскиз, набросок |
simulation | воспроизведение, воссоздание |
to estimate | оценивать, составлять смету |
to get clients to agree | уговорить клиентов |
to draw up documents | составлять документы |
to meet a deadline | успеть закончить работу к установленному сроку |
to fix historic places | обустраивать исторические места |
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3. Match the words and phrases to their translation:
a)
soil | оформлять документы |
to appreciate nature | творческое видение |
communication skills | выражать, передавать мысли к-л. |
creative vision | оценивать, составлять смету |
to convey ideas to | высоко ценить природу |
to get clients to agree | почва |
to estimate | делать чертеж, рисунок, эскиз |
draft | деловая хватка |
to meet a deadline | заниматься собственным бизнесом |
business acumen | сохранять природные богатства |
to conserve natural resources | навыки общения |
to be self-employed | успеть закончить работу к установленному сроку |
to draw up documents | уговорить клиентов |
b)
analytical skill | делать отчёт |
desirable qualities | маркетинговые умения |
to develop a report | прокладывать дороги и строить здания |
computer application | геоинформационная система |
marketing skills | умение анализировать |
to put roads and buildings | эскиз, набросок |
simulation | восстанавливать |
geographic information system | желательные качества |
sketch | садово-парковая архитектура |
landscaping | применение компьютера |
to restore | воспроизведение, воссоздание |
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II. Evocation (Вызов)
Writing, Listening & Speaking
4. Individual work. Read the following key words and make your own text reflecting your own view on the landscape architecture profession. Entitle the text:
Computer application, business acumen, plan a career in landscape architecture, creative vision, convey ideas to, communication skills, to make presentations, appreciate nature, work with one’s hands, make outdoor places more beautiful and useful, to put flowers, trees, walkways, analyze the nature around the place, draw plans, to explain their ideas, work outside, draw up a list of needed materials.
5. Individual work. Present your text to the class. Get ready to answer questions and discuss different points of view.
III. Realization (Осмысление)
Reading
6. Read the following terms and phrases, mind their pronunciation:
CAD software (computer-aided design system) | система автоматизированного проектирования (САПР) |
word processing | обработка текстов; подготовка текстов |
desktop publishing | настольные издательские средства |
spreadsheet | крупноформатная таблица |
tool | инструментальное средство |
impact studies | изучение воздействия |
environmental scientist | учёный-эколог |
7. Read the text and find answers to the following questions:
1. What kind of people should make a career in landscape architecture?
2. What qualities and skills should they possess?
3. How do landscape architects improve places?
4. What is the most important about making a project?
8. Read the text once again and make marginal marks (пометки на полях):
√ I knew it;
+ New information;
- The information contradicts my knowledge(противоречит моим представлениям);
? The information isn’t enough or understandable (непонятна или недостаточна).
9. Get ready to answer the following questions:
1. What did you know about architecture before reading the text?
2. What information did you find new reading the text?
3. What information contradicts your knowledge?
4. What information isn’t enough or understandable for you?