Engineering in our life

Module 1 III

Part III 1. BEING AN ENGINEER (01:02) PRE-LISTENING 1. How can you characterize an engineer? What kind of person is an engineer? 2. Study the following words and phrases: to disassemble, to take things apart, components, to run a test, vision, inaptitude, to lead a normal life. WHILE-LISTENING Watch the whole video-track and answer the following questions: 3. What kind of video is this? - a documentary; - a comedy; - a humoristic cartoon. 4. Why did they come to the doctor? 5. Was the result of a visit good? Why do you think so? Watch the parts of the video and answer the following questions: 00:00 00:24 6. What did the child do yesterday? 7. How long did it take the child to do this? 00:25 00:41 8. What happened to the diagnostic machine? 9. Was the doctor satisfied with this? 00:42 end 10. What was the doctors diagnosis? Watch the whole video again: 11. Fill in the gaps in the following text: Im worried about this little Dilbert. Hes not like other kids. - What do you mean? - (1) __________ I left him alone for a (2) __________ and he disassembled the (3) __________ , our clock and the stereo. - That is perfectly (4) __________ . Kids take things apart. - The part that worries me is that he used the components to build a home radio set. - Oh, dear - Is that (5) __________ ? - Normally Id run an EEGmmm but machine is not (6) __________ . - Its . - What is it?
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Im afraid your (7) _________ has the mark. The mark? The mark its a rare condition characterized by an extremity vision about all things, mechanical and (8) __________ , and other social inaptitude. Can he lead a normal (9) __________ ? No. Hell be an (10) __________ . :o)) :o)) :o))

POST-LISTENING 12. What is the general idea of the track? 13. What do you think about this? 2. WHAT IS ENGINEERING? (02:37) PRE-LISTENING 1. What do engineers do in their profession? Use verbs to answer. For example design, invent, etc 2. What spheres of life do engineers deal with? Make a list. 3. What can a career in Engineering provide a person with? WHILE-LISTENING Watch the parts of the video-track and answer the following questions: 00:00 01:50 4. Order the spheres of life that engineers deal with which appear in the track. 5. Compare it to your own list. What didnt you mention? What wasnt mentioned in the track? 01:51 end 6. What can a career of an engineer provide for a person according to the track? 7. Do you agree that Engineering is our future? Why? POST-LISTENING 8. Watch the video again and try to make your own comments (you should make sentences to perform a small text about the video). 3. WHAT IS ENGINEERING ?
(A REAL VIDEO LECTURE)

(10:08) PRE-LISTENING 1. What is Engineering? Is Engineering for you? Why did you choose Engineering as a profession? 2. What may a lecturer speak about in the lecture What is Engineering? WHILE-LISTENING Listen to the video a part by part without watching and answer the following questions: 00:00 00:15 3. What is the main aim of the lecture?

Engineering in our life

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00:16 00:53 4. What do engineers do every day? 5. What does Engineering technology improve? 6. What can we call engineers in other words? 00:54 03:15 7. What are the attributes of a real engineer? List 10 attributes. 03:25 04:22 8. What should an engineer be able to do? (7 items) 04:23 05:05 9. What does the word design mean? Fill in the gaps in the explanation with the words you hear: Design is a __________ of going from __________ needs to a __________ that meets those __________ . 05:06 05:48 10. What product is it spoken about in this part? 05:50 06:37 11. What are important aspects of design? (2 aspects) 12. What are measures of product design? (3 measures) 06:38 07:54 13. What are the steps of a design process? Now listen and watch to the parts above again and check your answers. 07:55 09:40 Watch the video and answer the question: 14. What is the idea of this part? POST-LISTENING Try to summarize this lecture and make a small text (15 18 sentences) to comment on the following: - What is the main aim of the lecture? - What do engineers do every day? - What does Engineering technology improve? - What can we call engineers in other words? - What are the attributes of a real engineer? - What should an engineer be able to do? - What does the word design mean? - What product is it spoken about in this part? - What are important aspects of design? - What are measures of product design? What are the steps of a design process?