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English for onstruction

is part o f the

Pearson Longman

Vocational

English series.

It is designed for

students

i n vocational

education and for company employees i n training at work. Written by

industry practitioners, it combines a strong grammar syllabus w i t h the

specialist vocabulary and skills that learners need to succeed in their

chosen field.

Level 1

English

for onstruction is designed for

students

w i t h a

basic

knowledge of general English who now require an elementary (CEF

level

A 1 - A 2 )

English

course

in this specific

field.

It includes:

• topics that reflect the latest developments in construction, mak ing them

immediately relevant to students' needs.

• clearly defined language and function objectives

which

are backed up by

comprehensive on-the-page language boxes.

•

essential onl ine support for

teachers including teacher's

notes, fu l ly

editable tests and

multilingual

glossaries.

• student CD-ROM w i t h interactive glossaries i n both B r i t i s h and

American

English and

f u l l

course

book audio in MP3 format.

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Contents

F u n c t i o n

L a n g u a g e

V o c a b u l a r y

i

n

y

I n t r o d u c t i o n s

p. 4

I n t r o d u c i n g y o u r s e l f and o t h e r s P r e s e n t s i m p l e :

be

P r e s e n t s i m p l e : r e g u l a r v e r b s

A d v e r b s of f r e q u e n c y

J o b s

u

o

F i n d i n g out more

p. 6 T a l k i n g a b o u t j o b s in the

c o n s t r u c t i o n i n d u s t r y

Wh - q u e s t i o n s

Q u e s t i o n s w i t h

be

T h e a l p h a b e t

Wh - q u e s t i o n w o r d s

c

T h e c o n s t r u c t i o n

i n d u s t r y

p. 8

D e s c r i b i n g p a r t s of the

c o n s t r u c t i o n i n d u s t r y

Plurals

P r e p o s i t i o n a l v e r b s

T y p e s of c o n s t r u c t i o n

I n d u s t r y s e c t o r s

l

1

T

P a r t s of a

h o u s e

p. 10

U n d e r s t a n d i n g

a

h o u s e p l a n

N a m i n g p a r t s

of a

h o u s e

7 7 i /s is ...

H o u s e f e a t u r e s

R e v i e w

p. 11

T r a d e s and

training

p. 12

D e s c r i b i n g t r a d e s and the s t a g e s

o f t r a d e t r a i n i n g

P r e s e n t s i m p l e

Trades

V o c a t i o n a l c o u r s e s

(ft

B

T r a d e m a t e r i a l s

p. 14

Tal k ing about m ater ia l s

M a k i n g c a l c u l a t i o n s

P ar ts

of

s p e e c h

N u m b e r s 1-100

M ater ia l s

C a l c u l a t i o n w o r d s

U

2

T

a

I n s t r u c t i o n s

p. 16

G i v i n g i n s t r u c t i o n s

S a y i n g w h e r e t h i n g s

are

T h e i m p e r a t i v e

S e q u e n c e r s

P r e p o s i t i o n s of p l a c e

S c a f f o l d i n g

T h e a p p r e n t i c e

p. 18 G i v i n g p e r s o n a l i n f o r m a t i o n

Q u e s t i o n s

and

a n s w e r s for

p e r s o n a l i n f o r m a t i o n

Too l s

R e v i e w p. 19

c

B

D e l i v e r y

p. 20

A n s w e r i n g q u e s t i o n s a b o u t

de l ivery

T a l k i n g a b o u t the de l ive ry

of

h e a v y e q u i p m e n t

P r e s e n t c o n t i n u o u s

M o v e m e n t v e r b s

e

p

C r a n e s

p. 22

U s i n g c r a n e s and c o n t r o l u n i t s

O p p o s i t e s

There is/There are

C r a n e s

3

H

C o n t r o l s and

equipment

p. 24

A s k i n g q u e s ti o n s a b o u t

e q u i p m e n t

E x p l a i n i n g how

to

mix c e m e n t

clockwise/anticlockwise R e m o t e c o n t r o l s

E q u i p m e n t for m i x i n g c o n c r e t e

c

3

O n s i t e

p. 26 M a k i n g c o n v e r s a t i o n W o r d o r d e r

E x p r e s s i o n s : fair enough, will do

Q u e s t i o n p h r a s e s

R e v i e w

p. 27

B u i l d i n g m a t e r i a l s

p. 28 T a l k i n g a b o u t b u i l d i n g s u p p l i e r s

a n d m a t e r i a l s

W ord pa i rs

P r o d u c t s and m ater ia l s

s

e

Materials

p. 30

P l a c i n g

and

c o n f i r m i n g

an

o rder

C h e c k i n g s to c k i t e m s

P h r a s e s :

order

number,

in stock

M a k i n g r e q u e s t s

S u p p l y o r d e r s

U

4

B

d

n

I n s u l a t i o n

p. 32

T a l k i n g a b o u t i n s u l a t i o n

C h a n g i n g a c u s t o m e r

order/

d e l i v e r y

U se to/Used as/Used for

E m ai l s

T y p e s

of

i n s u l a t i o n

S t o c k

U

4

B

d

n

P r o b l e m s on s i t e

p. 34

E x p l a i n i n g p r o b l e m s

Too/Not enough

P arts of a b u i l d i n g s i t e

A d j e c t i v e s :

soft,

wet,

heavy

R e v i e w

p. 35

Contents



F u n c t i o n

L a n g u a g e V o c a b u l a r y

O n - s i t e

s u b c o n t r a c t o r s

p. 36

D e s c r i b i n g w h a t s u b c o n t r a c t o r s

d o / a r e d o i n g

at

t h e m o m e n t

P r e s e n t s i m p l e a n d p r e s e n t

c o n t i n u o u s

S u b c o n t r a c t o r s

D i r e c t i o n s p. 38

F o l l o w i n g d i r e c t i o n s

G i v i n g d i r e c t i o n s

G i v i n g d i r e c t i o n s M a p s

U

5

O

Weather o n s i t e p. 4 0

U n d e r s t a n d i n g d i f f e r e n t t y p e s

of

w e a t h e r

G i v i n g r e a s o n s

Because of W e a t h e r

F o o d p. 42

T a l k i n g a b o u t f o o d C o n v e r s a t i o n u s i n g p r e s e n t

s i m p l e a n d p r e s e n t c o n t i n u o u s

F o o d

R e v i e w p. 43

Warning s i g n s p. 44

I d e n t i f y i n g d i f f e r e n t t y p e s of s i g n s

Must P e r s o n a l p r o t e c t i v e e q u i p m e n t

(PPE)

a

s

a

e

y

Si te safety p. 46

D e s c r i b i n g p r o b l e m s

C o m p l e t i n g

a

v e h i c l e s a f e t y

c h e c k l i s t

A d j e c t i v e s : to o full Heal th and sa fe ty

V eh ic l e par ts

H

h

Firs t a id p. 48

E x p l a i n i n g i n j u r i e s

P a s t s i m p l e :

be

P a s t s i m p l e

P a r t s

of

t h e b o d y

A f i r s t a i d

kit

c

D

W a s t e

d i s p o s a l

p. 50

U n d e r s t a n d i n g w a s t e d i s p o s a l

a n d c o l o u r c o d e s

W o r d p a r t n e r s h i p s :

clean metal,

general

waste

W a s t e m a t e r i a l s

R e v i e w

p. 51

f

a

o

s

o

c

C l i e n t s p. 52

W e l c o m i n g c l i e n t s

W o r d p a i r s J o b d e s c r i p t i o n s

N o u n s :

s tructura l engineer,

bookkeeper

f

a

o

s

o

c

P r o j e c t s p. 54

D i s c u s s i n g p r o j e c t s

D e s c r i b i n g s t r u c t u r e s u s i n g

d i m e n s i o n s

M e t r i c a n d i m p e r i a l

m e a s u r e m e n t s

B u i l d i n g s

T

c

S h a p e s p. 56

D e s c r i b i n g t h e s h a p e

of

c o n s t r u c t i o n s

E x p r e s s i o n s : 3 0

by 60

S h a p e s

D i m e n s i o n s

W o r d s t r e s s

U

t

C a l c u l a t i o n s

p. 58

G i v i n g c a l c u l a t i o n s

C a l c u l a t i n g a n a r e a


W o r d o r d e r

C a l c u l a t i o n s y m b o l s

R e v i e w

p. 59

•o

i

P l a n n i n g

a

p r o j e c t p. 60

P l a n n i n g

a

n e w b r i d g e

C o m p l e t i n g

a

s c h e d u l e

Will

f u t u r e

C a l e n d a r

M o n t h s

of

the year

P

a

n

g

a

S c h e d u l e s p. 62

M a k i n g a p p o i n t m e n t s

Te l l ing the t im e

P r e p o s i t i o n s

of

t i m e D a t e s a n d t i m e s

P

a

n

g

a

B r i d g e s

p. 64

M a k i n g c o m p a r i s o n s

C o m p a r a t i v e a n d s u p e r l a t i v e

a d j e c t i v e s

D e s c r i p t i v e a d j e c t i v e s

U

Q u a n t i t i e s p. 66

W r i t i n g q u a n t i t i e s How much/How many C o n t a i n e r s

R e v i e w p. 67

p. 68

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 i n s p e c t o r a rooter

V o c a b u l a r y

L i s t e n i n g 2

Match photos A-E to texts 1-5.

1 Hello, I'm Kamal Boukhaled, f rom Morocco. I'm a plumber.

I 'm Isabelle Roux, f rom France. I'm an architect

H i,

my name's Santiago Cruz. I'm f rom Venezuela. I'm a

crane

operator.

H i, I'm

Karol

Nowacki. I'm f rom Poland. I'm a roofer.

Hello

there. My name's Jun Takahashi. I'm f rom

Japan.

I 'm a

building

inspector.

Complete

these

conversations. Then listen and compare your

answers.

1

Jun:

Isabelle:

Jun:

Isabelle:

2 Karo l :

Santiago:

Karol :

Santiago:

Karol :

3 Kamal:

Santiago:

Kamal:

Santiago:

Kamal:

4 Kamal:

Karol :

Kamal:

Isabelle:

Karol :

Kamal:

Karol :

Kamal:

Isabelle:

H i I'm Jun Takahashi, f rom the M i n i s t r y .

H i,

Mr Takahashi. (1) Isabelle Roux. I'm

f rom

(2)

I 'm

the architect on this project.

A h ,

I'm a

building

(3)

Pleased to (4) you.

H i

Karol

Nowacki.

Santiago Cruz.

What do you do, Santiago?

I 'm a

crane

(5) And you?

Me? I'm a(n) (6)

H i M y (7) _

is Kamal Boukhaled.

H i, Kamal. I'm Santiago.

(8)

are you from?

From

Caracas, Venezuela.

A h , Caracas.

A beautiful c i ty . I come f rom (9)

Hello. (10)

H i, Kamal. I'm

Karol

Nowacki

name's Kamal Boukhaled.

A n d 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



R e a d i n g

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

b u i l d i n g

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

w i t h clients. Sometimes he visits construction

sites.

And

sometimes he deals w i t h suppliers. He is always busy.

Bu t 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 w o r k on b u i l d i n g projects

3 He has a lot of experience in the tourist industry.

4 He never visits construction sites

5 He always works on Fridays

L a n g u a g e

P r e s e n t

s i m p l e :

be

W e use be to say who s o m e b o d y is or w h a t s o m e t h i n g is. I m Santiago Cruz.

He

s Harun

Rashid.

This is

a

construction site. W e re roofers.

W e

use

be

to ask

p e r s o n a l q u e s t i o n s .

What s

your name?

My

name s Karol.

P r e s e n t

s i m p l e : r e g u l a r v e r b s

We use the p r e s e n t s i m p l e to t a l k a b o u t r o u t i n e s ,

p e r m a n e n t s i t u a t i o n s and g e n e r a l t r u t h s .

W e

work

in an

office.

Water freezes

at 0°C.

We

use

a d v e r b s

of

f r e q u e n c y

and time e x p r e s s i o n s

w i t h

the present s imple.

Harun Rashid never works on Fridays.

They work every Saturday .

S p e a k i n g 5 W o rk in pairs and introduce yourselves. Use this model to help you.

A

B

Hi /Hel lo . /Good morning.

Hi /Hel lo . /Good morning.

I' m

/M y

name's

.

What's your ?

I 'm /M y name's .

Pleased to meet you.

Where are you ?

I 'm

f ro m A n d you?

I 'm

from



Finding

out more

L i s t e n i n g

1

flp

1

*]ff

Listen

and repeat the letters of the alphabet.

S p e a k i n g

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

L imited

(a construction equipment manufacturer)

4

Practise this conversation w i t h your

classmates.

Write the

names.

B

What's your

name?

Jun Takahashi.

How do you spell that?

M y

first

name is Jun -

J-U-N.

M y

family name is Takahashi •

T-A-K-A-H-A-S-H-I.

Thank

you.

6

1 The construction industry



Listening 5

L i s t e n

t o

t h r e e c o n v e r s a t i o n s . W r i t e

t h e

j o b s

y o u

h e a r

f o r

e a c h p e r s o n

1-.

.

1

A h m e d :

2

T a r i q :

3

J a c e k :

4

L u i s :

R ob :

P i e r r e :

K i m :

8

A n t o n i o :

Language

W h- questions

W h- q u e s t i o n s b e g i n

w i t h a

q u e s t i on w o r d

( e . g .

What , Where ,

How).

We use

w h a t

wh en we want to know about some thing .

W hat

's

your name?

W h at do you do?

We use whe r e to ask abo ut plac es .

W he re do you work?

We use ho w to ask about the way to do something.

H ow do you spel l that?

Questions with be

We reverse the order of the verb be to form a question.

H e is

on site

today. • s h e

on site

today?

6 R e a d t h e

t h r e e c o n v e r s a t i o n s

i n

a u d i o s c r i p t

5 o n p a g e 7 2 a n d

u n d e r l i n e

t h e

q u e s t i o n s i n t h e c o n v e r s a t i o n s .

7

C o m p l e t e t h e s e s e n t e n c e s

w i t h What , Where o r How.

- d o y o u

l i v e ?

_

d o y o u d o ?

_ a r e

you?

_'s y o u r a d d r e s s ?

t i m e i s i t ?

o l d a r e y ou ?

. i s t h e

s i t e ?

. a r e y o u

f r om?

8

P u t

t h e

w o r d s

i n 1 -6 i n t h e

c o r r e c t o r d e r

t o

m a k e q u e s t i o n s . T h e n m a t c h

t h e

q u e s t i o n s

t o

a n s w e r s

a - f .

1 •

w h a t

/ h e

/

d o

/

d o e s / ?

2

n c a n / y o u / h e l p / I / ?

3 O h o w

/ s p e l l /

y o u / t h a t

/

d o

/

?

4 Q

w h e r e / w o r k /

y o u / d o

/

?

5 O

w h a t /

y o u

/

d o

/

d o

/

?

6 Q a r e

/

t h e

/ m a n a g e r / s i t e /

y o u

/

?

a ) H e ' s a

c r a n e o p e r a t o r .

b ) I ' m a

p l u m b e r .

c ) O n a b u i l d i n g

s i t e .

d ) C-H-E-S-T-E-R-T-O-N-S.

e ) I ' m

l o o k i n g

f o r

K i m .

0

Y e s , I a m .

Speaking

9

W o r k

i n

p a i r s . T a k e

t u r n s t o a s k a n d

a n s w e r q u e s t i o n s a b o u t

t h e

p e o p l e

i n 5 .

A B

W h a t

d o e s K i m d o ?

S he ' s a

s i t e m a n a g e r .

W h a t a b o u t T a r i q ?

T a r i q i s a

OK . Y ou r t u r n .

The const ruc t ion indust ry

1

7




i n d u s t r y

Listening 1 L i s t e n a n d w r i t e t h e m i s s i n g l e t t e r s .

t n n 1 r d b r d

h s

s h _ 1 _ o s p _ t _ 1

a . a . t m

t

o _ f i c _ b _ o _ k

L i s t e n a n d

w r i t e

t h e

t y p e s

o f

c o n s t r u c t i o n

y o u

h e a r .

4

5

6

Speak ing

3 C h o o s e a

r o l e c a r d . I n t r o d u c e y o ur s e l f

t o

ot h e r s t u d e n t s .

U s e t h e

m o d e l b e l o w

t o h e l p

y o u .

N a m e :

K a s i a K a t o l s k y

J o b : b u i l d i n g i n s p e c t o r

T y p i c a l p r o j e c t s : f a c t o r i e s , s c h o o l s

F r o m : K a t o w i c e , P o l a n d

N a m e :

T h o m a s S m i t h

J ob : r o o f e r

T y p i c a l p r o j e c t s : r e s i d e n t i a l p r o j e c t s ( h o u s e s ,

a p a r t m e n t s )

F r o m :

T o r o n t o , C a n a d a

N a m e : M o h a m e d b i n A l i

J o b : s i t e m a n a g e r

T y p i c a l p r o je c t s : h o s p i t a l s

F r o m : D u b a i , U n i t e d A r a b E m i r a t e s ( U A E )

A

H i

I ' m

M y n a m e ' s

W h a t

d o y o u d o ?

W h a t t yp e s

o f


d o

y o u

w o r k

o n ?

W h e r e

a r e y o u

f r om?

N a m e : P a r k J i - Wu n g

J o b : c r a n e o p e r a t o r

T y p i c a l p r o j e c t s : b r i d g e s , f l y o v e r s

F r om : S e ou l , K o r e a

B

Hi I ' m

R a ja A n a n d . / M y n a m e ' s

R a j a A n a n d .

I ' m a g e n e r a l c o n t r a c t o r .

W e b u i l d a p a r t m e n t b l o c k s .

I 'm

f r o m M u m b a i , I n d i a .

8 1

T h e con s t ru c t i on i n d u s t ry



R eading

4 R e a d t h i s

t e x t

a n d

c o m p l e t e c h a r t s

A a n d B .

T h e c o n s t r u c t i o n i n d u s t r y i n t h e U K

c o n s i s t s

of

f ou r d i f f e r en t s e c to r s .

T h e

r e s i d e n t i a l

s e c to r d ea l s w i t h h ou s e s

a n d

a p a r t m e n t s . T h e

i n dus t r i a l s e c to r d ea l s

w i t h

b ig

p ro j ec ts l ik e fac tor ies

a n d

p ow e r

p l a n t s .

T h e

i n f r a s t r u c t u r e s e c t o r

i s for

p ro j e c t s l i k e r oad s , b r i d g e s

a n d

t u n n e l s .

T h e c omme r c i a l s e c t o r

is for

t h in g s l i k e

s choo l s , h osp i t a l s

a n d

o ff i ce b locks .

T h e

c l i en t

pays

fo r

t h e p r o j e c t a nd h i r e s g en e r a l

c o n t r a c t o r s

t o

d e a l w i t h s u b c on t r a c t o r s ,

e q u i p m e n t

a n d

ma t e r i a l s .

i n d u s t r y

i n

t h e U K

i n d u s t r i a l

( f a c t o r i e s ,

p o w e r p l a n t s )

( r o a d s ,

b r i d g e s ,

t u n n e l s )

( s c h o o l s ,

h o s p i t a l s ,

o f f i c e b l o c k s )

s u b c o n t r a c t o r s u b c o n t r a c t o r s u b c o n t r a c t o r s u b c o n t r a c t o r

Vocabulary

5 W o r k

i n

p a i r s . T a k e

t u r n s t o

d r a w d i f f e r e n t t y p e s

o f


a n d s ay

w h a t

t h e y

a r e .

6 C o m p l e t e t h e s e s e n t e n c e s w i t h

t h e

v e r b s

i n t h e b o x .

a r e c o n s i s t s

o f

d e a l

w i t h

h i r e s p a y s

fo r

s u b c o n t r a c t o r s .

s u b c o n t r a c t o r s , e q u i p m e n t

a n d

m a t e r i a l s .

1 T h e

g e n e r a l c o n t r a c t o r

2

G e n e r a l c o n t r a c t o r s

3 T h e

t e a m

a

s i t e m a n a g e r , t h r e e r o o f e r s

a n d a

p l u m b e r .

4 R o a d s , b r i d g e s a n d t u n n e l s i n f r a s t r u c t u r e s e c t o r p r o j e c t s .

5 T h e

c l i e n t

t h e

p r o j e c t .

Language

We ad d -s , -es, o r -/es t o mak e a noun p lural.

apar tment

- »apar tmen ts

bo x

•

boxes

factory > factor ies

R e a d t h e t e x t i n 4 a g a i n a n d u n d e r l i n e t h e p l u r a l s .

c o n s t r u c t i o n i n d u s t r y i n y o u r a r e a . L i s t

peaking

8 W o r k i n g r ou p s . T h i n k a b o u t t h e

e x a m p l e s

o f t h e

f o l l o w i n g .

1 c l i e n t s

2 g e n e r a l c o n t r a c t o r s

3

s u b c o n t r a c t o r s

4 r e s i d e n t i a l s e c t o r p r o j e c t s

5

i n f r a s t r u c t u r e s e c t o r p r o j e c t s

6 c o m m e r c i a l s e c t o r p r o j e c t s

7

i n d u s t r i a l s e c t o r p r o j e c t s

T he co ns truc t ion indus try 1 9



P a r t s

o f a

h ous e

Listening

1 B - T H

L oo k at ho us e pl ans A an d B. Then listen. Do cs the sp ea ke r des crib e

the ho us e correc tly?

first floor (American

English) = ground

floor (British English)

bedroom

1

second floor

Speaking

2 W o r k i n p a i r s . D r a w a s i m p l e h o u s e p l a n a n d l a b e l i t .

S h o w

i t t o y o u r p a r t n e r

a n d a s k a n d a n s w e r q u e s t i o n s a b o u t i t . T h e n

r e p e a t

w i t h a n e w p a r t n e r .

A : What 's this?

B : This

is a

bathroom.

A :

A n d

this?

B :

This

i s the

hrst

floor.

A n d

this

i s the

second

floor.

10

1 Th e co ns truc t ion indus try



R e v i e w

Writing 1

C o m p l e t e

t h e s e

s e n t e n c e s

w i t h

i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t y o u r s e lf .

1 M y n a m e ' s . . . .

2

I ' m an . .. .

3 I l i v e in . . . .

4 I c o m e f r o m . . . .

2 M a t c h t h e s e q u e s t i o n s t o y o u r a n s w e r s i n 1.

a ) W h e r e a r e y o u f r o m ?

b ) W h a t d o y o u d o ?

c ) W h a t ' s y o u r

n a m e ?

d ) W h e r e d o y o u l i v e ?

3

W r i t e f o ur t h i n g s a g e n e r a l c o n t r a c t o r d o e s . U s e t h e c o r r e c t f o r m o f t h e v e r b s i n

t h e b o x .

d e a l w i t h h i r e o r g a n i s e v i s i t

4 W r i t e f o u r t h i n g s y o u d o i n y o u r j o b . If y o u d o n ' t w o r k ,

c h o o s e

a j o b f r o m

t h e un i t .

Vocabulary 5

C o m p l e t e t h e s e s e n t e n c e s .

T h e .

T h e .

T h e .

T h e .

T h e .

. i n d u s t r y c o n s i s t s o f f o u r s e c t o r s .

. s e c t o r d e a l s w i t h h o us e s a n d a p a r t m e n t s .

. s e c t o r

d e a l s w i t h

r o a d s , b r i d g e s a n d t u n n e l s .

. s e c t o r d e a l s w i t h s c h o o l s , h o s p i t a l s a n d o f f i c e b l o c k s .

. s e c t o r d e a l s w i t h f a c t o r i e s a n d p o w e r p l a n t s .

W r i t e fi ve e x a m p l e s of t h e f o l l o w i n g .

1

j o b s i n t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n i n d u s t r y

2 t y p e s o f c o n s t r u c t i o n

3 p a r t s o f a h o u s e

7 C o m p l e t e t h i s t e x t w i t h t h e w o r d s a n d p h r a s e s i n t h e b o x .

ab ou t a p ro j e c t a n ew o f f ice b l o c k a r c h i t e c t r e s i d e n t i a l a r e a

s u b c o n t r a c t o r s u p p l i e r

T o d a y I h a v e t h r e e m e e t i n g s . F i r s t , I h a v e a m e e t i n g ( 1)

w i t h

a

c l i e n t a n d a ( n ) ( 2) i n B u l a q . T h e p r o j e c t i s a n a p a r t m e n t b l o c k i n

a(n ) (3) . I

h a v e

a l o t o f e x p e r i e n c e w i t h a p a r t m e n t b l o c k s , b u t n o t

i n

t h i s p a r t o f C a i r o . A f t e r

l u n c h ,

I

h a v e

a m e e t i n g

w i t h

a n ew ( 4 )

o n a c o n s t r u c t i o n s i t e i n A l N a s r R o a d . T h i s m e e t i n g i s a b o u t l a b o u r e r s

a n d

e q u i p m e n t f or ( 5) . I n t h e e v e n i n g , I

h a v e

a m e e t i n g w i t h a (n )

( 6) t o d i s cus s m a t e r i a l s f o r a con s t ru c t i on s i t e i n Tu ra . I t ' s a busy

day a s a l way s

8 W h a t d o t h e f o l l o w i n g l e t t e r s m e a n ?

1

H V A C

2 A C

3

PPE

4 HV

5 k g

6 P O L

7

c m

8 r p m

T he construction industry

11



• d e s c r i b e t r a d e s a n d t he s tages of t rade t ra in

2

T r a d e s

• t a lk a bou t t r ade m a te r i a l s

2

T r a d e s

• g i v e a n d unde r s tand ins t ruc t ions fo r e rectin

2

T r a d e s

scaffolding

• g ive pe rsona l inform at ion

T r a d e s

a n d

t r a i n i n g

Vocabulary 1

L a b e l t r a d e s p e o p l e

1-8 w i t h t h e

w o r d s

i n t h e b o x .

c a r p e n t e r c on c r e t e f i n i s h e r e l e c t r i c i a n g l a z i e r p a i n t e r

p l u m b e r r o of e r w e l d e r

a p .

a c . a c

a p .

a

r .

a

w .

a g -

Reading

2

R e a d t h i s

t e x t

a n d

u n d e r l i n e

t h e

t r a d e s .

U s e t h e

p h o t o s

i n 1 t o

h e l p

y o u .

You can refer to

tradespeople in

several ways:

• trades pers on/

tradespeople (for

men and women)

• trade sm an/

tradesmen

(for men)

tradeswoman/

tradeswomen (for

women)

A job in the c o n s truc tio n ind us try?


i n d u s t r y h as

d i ff e r e n t t r a d e s

o r

' c r a f t s ' .

A

t r a d e s p e r s o n

i s a

s p e c i a l i s t

a n d

n o r m a l l y

h a s a

q u a l i f i c a t i o n f r o m

a

v o c a t i o n a l s c h o o l

o r

o t h e r

t r a i n i n g i n s t i t u t e .

P l u m b e r s , e l e c t r ic i a n s

a n d

r o o f e r s

a r e a l l

t r a d e s p e o p l e . O t h e r

t r a d e s p e o p l e o n r e s i d e n t i a l h o u s i n g p r o j e c t s i n c l u d e c a r p e n t e r s , p a i n t e r s a n d

c o n c r e t e f i n i s h e r s . T r a d e s p e o p l e a r e o ft e n s u b c o n t r a c t o r s a n d w o r k f o r a

g e n e r a l c o n t r a c t o r o r a c l i e n t .

Vocabulary

3

W r i t e t h e p l u r a l s fo r 1-5.

1 t r a d e

2 c r a f t

3

t r a d e s m a n

4 h o u s i n g p r o j e c t

5 g e n e r a l c o n t r a c t o r

12



Listening

4

Vocabulary

5

6

L i s t e n t o S a m S m i t h t a l k i n g a b o u t t r a d e s a n d c o m p l e t e t h e s e s e n t e n c e s .

S t a g e

1 :

apprent ice

He/She i s ( 1) a t w o r k .

S t a g e 2 :

journeyman

He/She w o r k s ( 2)

St age 3 : master

He/She

s u p e r v i s e s (3) w o r k e r s .

L i s t e n a g a i n a n d a n s w e r t h e s e q u e s t i o n s .

1 W h a t i s S a m S m i t h ' s t r a d e ? 2 W h e r e d o e s h e w o r k ?

L o o k a t t h i s l i s t o f c o u r s e s a t a v o c a t i o n a l s c h o o l . M a t c h A - C t o t h r e e o f t h e

c o u rs e s . T h e n w r i t e t h e t r a d e

t h a t

e a c h c ou r s e r e f e r s t o .

D I P L O M A IN C O N S T R U C T IO N T E C H N O L O G I E S

1 Basic tools an d equipment:

2 Carpentry:

3 Masonry an d concrete:

4

P ainting an d decorating:

5 Electrical w i r i ng :

6 Residential p l u m b i n g :

7 H V A C :

8 Health an d

safety:

Speaking 7 W o r k i n p a i r s . S t u d e n t A l o o k a t t h e i n f o r m a t i o n o n

t h i s p a g e .

S t u d e n t B l o ok a t

t h e i n f o r m a t i o n o n

p a g e

68.

S t uden t A

R e a d

t h i s

e m a i l f r o m a v o c a t i o n a l s c h o o l i n C a l g a r y , C a n a d a a n d u n d e r l i n e t h e

k e y i n f o r m a t i o n .

CB2 O •

_

F r o m : Lucy Dani < lucy.d@netf ish .ca>

To: J . Benjamin < j ed .ben jamin@ca lga ryco l l eg e . ca>

T h a n k

you very m uch for your te l e phon e

c a l l .

Our sch ool o ff e r s f iv e ap pre n t ic esh ip

p r og r ams wh i ch i n c lud e sup e r v i s ed

t r a i n i n g ,

on- the- job

t r a i n ing

a nd c l a s s r oom t e a ch in g .

Th e p r og r am s t a k e th r e e o r f ou r y ea r s t o c om p l e t e . Th e p r og r am s a r e HVAC, c a r p en t r y ,

r e s i d e n t i a l e l e c t r i c i a n , w e l d in g and m ason r y . A l l p r og r am s in c lud e h ea l th and s a f e t y

t r a i n ing , m a th s and Eng l i sh .

(

8 W o r k i n t h e s a m e p a i r s . C o m p a r e t h e t w o t r a i n i n g i n s t i t u t e s i n 7. W h a t t h i n g s

a r e t h e s a m e ? W h a t t h i n g s a r e d i f fe r e n t ?

T r ad e s 2

13

mailto:[email protected]






T r a d e

m a t e r i a l s

Vocabulary

1 W h a t m a t e r i a l s d o

t h e s e t r a d e s p e o p l e

u s e ? M a t c h m a t e r i a l s A - F t o

t r a d e s p e o p l e

1 -6.

1

c a r p e n t e r .

2

g l a z i e r

3 p a i n t e r

4 b r i c k l a y e r a n d m a s o n

5

w e l d e r

6

c o n c r e t e

f i n i s h e r

C o m p l e t e t h e s e s e n t e n c e s . W r i t e o n e w o r d i n e a c h g a p .

1

I ' m a b r i c k l a y e r . I l a y .

2 I ' m a ( n ) I d o t h e w i r i n g .

3 I ' m a ( n ) t e c h n i c i a n . I d o t h e h e a t i n g , v e n t i l a t i o n a n d a i r

c o n d i t i o n i n g .

I 'm a c a r p e n t e r . I w o r k

w i t h

I 'm a ( n ) I i n s t a l l w i n d o w s .

I 'm a p a i n t e r . I u s e _

I 'm a w e l d e r. I w e l d .

t o

d e c o r a t e

h o u s e s .

3

C o m p l e t e t h i s t a b l e

w i t h

t h e m i s s i n g v e r b s .

Nouns Verbs

painter

(1)

decorator

(2)

instructor (3)

welder

(4)

worker

(5)

supervisor

(6)

trainer

(7)

Speaking 4 W o r k i n p a i r s . A s k y o u r p a r t n e r a b o u t t h i n g s i n t h e r o o m .

A B

W h a t ' s t h a t ?

^ — I t ' s a w i n d o w .

W h a t ' s

i t

m a d e

of?

G l a s s

a n d w o o d .

14

2 Trades



Language

Numbers 1-100

1 one 11 eleven 21

twenty one

2

two 12 twelve 30 thirty

3 three 13 thirteen 40 forty

4

four 14

fourteen 5 0

fifty

5 five

15

fifteen

6 0

sixty

6

six

16

sixteen

70

seventy

7 seven

17

seventeen

80 eighty

8 eight

18

eighteen

90

ninety

9 nine 19 nineteen 100

a

hundred/one hundred

10

ten

20 twenty

Listening 8

plus

minus

X

times

/

divided by

=

equals

0

brackets

ciUM

L i s t e n

a n d t i c k / t h e

w o r d

y o u

h e a r ,

t h i r t e e n

Q

/

t h i r t y Q 3

s i x t e e n

Q

/ s i x t y

[~~|

f o u r t e e n Q / f o r t y Q 4 n i n e Q / n i n e t y | |

Sa y t h e s e n u m b e r s . T h e n l i s te n

a n d

c h e e k y o u r a n s w e r s .

56

13

34

30

89

14

63

4 0

76

16

21

60

W r i t e t h e s e n u m b e r s .

1

t w e n t y - f o u r

2 t h i r t y - t h r e e

3 f o r t y - s e v e n

s i x t y - n i n e

s e v e n t y - t w o

n i n e t y - o n e

r T . ' l k J J B L i s t e n t o a n a r c h i t e c t t a l k i n g a b o u t a n o f f i c e b l o c k . W h a t d o t h e

n u m b e r s r e f e r

t o ?

M a t c h

1 -5 t o a - e .

1

s i x

a )

n u m b e r

o f

w i n d ow s

p e r

f l oor

2 22

b )

n u m b e r o f f l o o r s

3 4 4

c )

m

2

4 32

d )

n u m b e r

o f

r o o m s

p e r

f l oor

5 t w o

e )

w i n d o w s p e r r o o m

M a k e

t h e

c a l c u l a t i o n s

f o r t h e

o f f i c e b l o c k

i n 8.

E x a m p l e : 1 264 (2

windows

p e r

room x

2 2

rooms

=

44 windows x 6 floors = 264 windows)

t h e t o t a l n u m b e r

o f

w i n d o w s :

264

t h e t o t a l n u m b e r

o f

d o o r s :

t h e t o t a l n u m b e r o f r o o m s :

44 windows;

t h e t o t a l

s p a c e p e r

f l o o r

( m

2

) :

Speaking

10

W r i t e

a

n u m b e r f r om

1 t o 10 0 o n a

p i e c e

o f

p a p e r .

O n t h e

o t h e r s i d e , w r i t e

a

c a l c u l a t i o n

f o r t h e

n u m b e r .

11 W o r k i n s m a l l g r o u p s .

R e a d

y o u r c a l c u l a t i o n i n 10 t o t h e o t h e r s t u d e n t s . T h e

first

s t u d e n t

t o

a n s w e r c o r r e c t l y

i s t h e

w i n n e r .

A : Eight t imes

e ight ,

plus thirty-one, divided by five, plus

thirty-eight equals

....

B : Fifty-eight.

A : W rong

C: Fifty-seven.

A :

Correct

T r a d e s 2

15



I n s t r u c t i o n s

V o c a b u l a r y

1

M a t c h diagrams A - H t o t h e

verbs

i n t h e b o x .

a d j u s t a t t a c h

fill

in f i t j o i n level n a i l slide o n t o

• • 5

t.

2

Look a t

these

diagrams of s c a f f o l d i n g a n d complete t h e apprentice's notes.

Then u n d e r l i n e t h e

verbs

i n t h e notes.

•

guardrail

ladder

planking

base plate

•

jack

\ / b as e pla te

mudsill

^ ^ " ^ nails

r

locking

pin

A - \ 1

coupling

1 P

i n

4

J

1

coupling

1 P

i n

E recting scaffolding

Fill in ike holes and level the area. Nail

the (1)

p

|

a t e s l o i k w u a s i l l

Sliae the fr am es O nto the jac ks . Adjust

the jacks . Use (Z )

p i n s f na

locking pins to join the fra me s . A tta c h |

braces.

F it the planking. A tta c h the gua rdrails .

A tta c h the ladder. Ins pect the scaffold

Remember

Don't climb the scaffolding. Use the

C 3 )

D o n't use bric ks to leve

the frames. Use the (4)

Do n i forget to use loclom

(5)

Language

The imperative

We can use the imperative to give instructions.

U s e

d on t ( d o n o t )

before the verb to give negative instruction s.

Fi l l in th e

holes.

Do n t c l imb the sca f fo ld ing .

We can use the present simple instead of the imperative for

informal instructions.

You l e ve l t he f r ames .

S equencers

We can use first, next,

then,

a f t e r

that,

etc. to des crib e the

order of instructions.

First,

f i l l in the holes.

Next,

a d j u s t the jacks.

Then, f i t the p lank ing .

W riting 3

W o r k i n p a i r s . Close y o u r books. W r i t e i n s t r u c t i o n s f o r e r e c t i n g s c a f f ol d i n g .

16 2

Trades



box

of

pins bas e plates

hammer

toolbox

jacks

Listening 4 E j u H L o o k at the

i l l u s t r a t i o n a b o v e .

T h e n l i s t e n

a n d

c o m p l e t e

t h e s e

s e n t e n c e s .

The

b a s e p l a t e s

are the

t r u c k .

2

The

h a m m e r

is the

t o o l b o x ,

the

t r u c k .

3 The c o u p l i n g p i n s a n d l o c k i n g p i n s are a b o x , t h e

t r u c k ,

t h e b a s e p l a t e s .

T h e j a c k s

are

t h e t r u c k .

T h e f o r e m a n ' s f l a s k

is .

. t h e t r u c k .

Vocabulary 5

W h i c h s e n t e n c e in the l i s t e n i n g is i n c o r r e c t ?

L i s t e n a g a i n .

Ar e

t h e s e s e n t e n c e s

true (T) or false (F)?

1

The

b a s e

p l a t e s ar e n e x t to

t h e

f l a s k . (T / F)

2 The f l a s k is i n the t r u c k . (T / F)

3 The j a c k s are b e h i n d t h e t r u c k . (T / F)

4

The

h a m m e r

is

u n d e r t h e t r u c k .

(T

/

F)

5 The t o o l b o x is in f r o n t of

t h e t r u c k .

(T / F)

Language

Prepositions of place

We

use p repositions of place to say

where someth ing

is.

(in)

between

T h e h amme r is u nde r the truck. The t oo lbox is in f r on t of the truck.

Writing

6 W r i t e f o u r s e n t e n c e s

to

s h o w

w h e r e

t h e

o b j e c t s are in

t h i s i l l u s t r a t i o n .



T h e a p p r e n t i c e

Listening 1

2i XEI

L i s t e n t o a c o n v e r s a t i o n b e t w e e n a f or e m a n a n d a n a p p r e n t i c e a n d

c o m p l e t e t h e s e s e n t e n c e s a b o u t M i c k e y , t h e a p p r e n t i c e .

1 M i c k e y ' s r e a l n a m e i s

2 He c o m e s f r o m

3 He l i v e s i n .

4 H e

goes

t o

c o l l e g e .

5 He ' s a ( n )

6 H e 's y e a r s o l d .

2

l E

^ ^ I

L i s t e n t o a n a p p r e n t i c e , J eff, a s k i n g M i c k e y q u e s t i o n s a b o u t h i s

b i r t h d a y p a r t y a n d c o m p l e t e

t h i s

i n f o r m a t i o n .

1 W h e n :

2 W h e r e :

3 M i c k e y ' s t e l e p h o n e n u m b e r :

Language

3

M a t c h q u e s t i o n s 1-7 t o a n s w e r s a - g .

1

H o w o l d a r e y o u ?

a )

Ye s , p l e a s e .

2 W h a t ' s y o u r n a m e ? b )

I t ' s

265775.

3

W h e r e d o y o u l i v e ?

c )

I t ' s s e v e n o ' c l o c k .

4

C o f f e e ?

d )

I ' m 33.

5

W h a t ' s y o u r t e l e p h o n e n u m b e r ?

e )

I t ' s J o h n S m i t h .

6

H o w t a l l a r e y ou?

0

In P a r i s .

7

W h a t t i m e i s i t ?

g )

I ' m 1.78 m .

4

C o m p l e t e

t h i s

f o r m

w i t h

i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t y o u r s e l f.

Name: (1).

S urname:

(2).

Nickname: (3).

Address :

(4).

Telephone

number:

(5) .

Age: (6) .

Height (in cm): (7)

Speak ing 5

W o r k i n p a i r s . P r a c t i s e

t h i s

c o n v e r s a t i o n .

A : W hat 's your te lephone number?

B :

I t' s And

yours?

A : It 's

A : How old are you?

B : I 'm And you?

A : I 'm

A : Wh ere do you l ive?

B : In/At And you?

A : I l ive in/a t



R e v i e w

Writing 1 W r i t e t h e t r a d e s p e r s o n t h a t w o r k s w i t h e a c h o f t h e s e m a t e r i a l s .

1 w o o d 4 b r i c k s

2 m e t a l 5 c o n c r e t e

3 g l a s s 6 p a i n t

2

A r e t h e s e s e n t e n c e s

true

( T ) o r false (F )?

1 J o u r n e y m e n w o r k u n s u p e r v i s e d . ( T / F )

2 H VA C s t a n d s f o r ' h e a t i n g , v e n t i l a t i o n a n d a i r c o n d i t i o n i n g ' . ( T / F )

3 T w e l v e d i v i d e d b y t h r e e i s t h r e e . ( T / F )

•

3

L a b e l t h e s e d i a g r a m s .

4 W r i t e i n s t r u c t i o n s f or e r e c t i n g s c a ff o ld i n g . Us e t h e w o r d s i n t h e b o x .

a d j u s t

a t t a c h f i l l i n fi t i n s pe c t

j o i n

l e v e l na i l s l i d e u s e

SHII^iHHHHHHHHHHHHHHRBBHHilHHHHIHllHHHHHHiHi^

5

L a b e l t h e s e d i a g r a m s w i t h t h e c o r r e c t p r e p o s i t i o n s .

h

r \

3

6

C o m p l e t e

t h i s

t e x t w i t h t h e w o r d s i n t h e b o x .

a p p r en t i c e ( s ) b e t w e e n o n - t h e - j o b qu a l i f i c a t i o n s a f e t y y e a r s

T h e

I n s t i t u t e

o f M a so n r y i s i n t h e c e n t re o f t ow n , i n ( 1) a f a c t o ry an d

a n o ff i ce b loc k . I t has 28 (2 ) an d thre e

i n s t r u c t o r s .

A l l th e w o r k i s

su p e r v is e d a nd i n c l u d e s (3) t r a i n i n g , i n s t r u c t i o n o n t h e us e o f m o d e r n

e q u i p m en t , t o ol s a nd m a t e r i a l s , a n d i n s t r u c t i on on h ea l t h an d ( 4 )

T h e

t r a i n i n g

t ak es t h r e e ( 5 ) t o com p l e t e . A t t h e en d o f t h e cou r se ,

app r en t i c e s g e t t h e Lev e l 2 D i p l om a i n S t one M as onr y ( 6) .

T r ades

2

19



3

I _J p \ t \ t •

d e s c r i b e

how a

c r a n e

a n d

«/

•

g i v e ins t ruc t ions

for

o p e r

6 Q U 1 D I T 1 G I I t

*

t a l k a D O U t

m i x i n

g c ement

*• • m a k e c o n v e r s a t i o n o n sit<

• t a lk a bou t t he d e l i v e r y of heav y equipm ei

•

d e s c r i b e

h ow a

c r ane

a nd

contr ol un its w<

• g i v e ins t ruc t ions for opera t ing equipment

D e l i v e r y

Vocabulary

1

M a t c h s e n t e n c e s

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

s e n t e n c e s

1-4 in th e

c o r r e c t

o r d e r

f o r

u n l o a d i n g

t h e

c r a t e s .

1

H e ' s

p a r k i n g

t h e

t r u c k

o n t h e

h a r d s t a n d i n g .

|T|

2

H e ' s

u n l o a d i n g

t h e

c r a t e s .

Q

3

H e ' s

a d j u s t i n g

t h e

s t a b i l i s e r .

Q

4 H e ' s

a t t a c h i n g

t h e

s l i n g s

t o t h e

h o o k . |

|

Listening 2 E J E H L i s t e n

t o

t h r e e c o n v e r s a t i o n s a b o u t d e l i v e r i e s

a n d

a n s w e r

t h e s e q u e s t i o n s .

1 W h a t ' s

i n t h e

c r a t e ?

2 W h a t ' s

i n t h e

b o x ?

3 W h a t ' s

o n t h e

p a l l e t ?

3 L i s t e n t o t h r e e m o r e c o n v e r s a t i o n s a b o u t d e l i v e r i e s a n d w r i t e ( h e

p r o b l e m ( s ) w i t h

t h e

f o l l o w i n g .

1 r e b a r

2

t i m b e r

3

s a n d

3 H e a v y

e q u i p me n t



Language

Present continuous

We

use the

present continuous

to

talk about things that

are

happening

now.

We use the form

am is are

+ -ing.

I am phoning

the

suppliers.

S he is waiting

for the timber.

W e are waiting

for the

driver.

4 C o m p l e t e t h e s e s e n t e n c e s

w i t h

t h e p r e s e n t c o n t i n u o u s f o r m

of

t h e v e r b s

i n b r a c k e t s .

( u n l o a d ) t h e

t r u c k .We

2 I ( l o o k f o r ) t h e s i t e m a n a g e r .

3 He ( d e l i v e r ) t h e s a n d .

4 She ( p h o n e ) t h e s u p p l i e r .

5 T h e y ( h a v e ) a m e e t i n g .

6 I ' m s o r r y , b u t I ( r u n ) l a t e .

Vocabulary 5 A c r a n e d r i v e r is d e s c r i b i n g t o an a p p r e n t i c e h o w to o p e r a t e a c r a n e . L o o k at

A - C a n d c o m p l e t e

t h i s

t e x t .

There are two levers. First, the lever on the left. Push it

away from you to (1) the

load.

Pull it towards

you to (2) it. OK? Second,

the

lever on the right.

This moves the load (3) or right. To move the

load to the left, pull it (4) you. To move the load

to the right, push it (5) from you.

Any questions?

6 A n s w e r t h e a p p r e n t i c e ' s q u e s t i o n s .

1 H o w do I r a i s e t h e l o a d ?

2 H o w

do I

l o w e r t h e l oa d ?

3 H o w

do I

m o v e t h e l o a d

t o

t h e l e ft ?

4 H o w

do I

m o v e t h e l o a d

to

t h e r i g h t ?

5 H o w

do I

r a i s e t h e l o a d a n d m o v e

it to

t h e r i g h t ?

6 H o w

do I

l o w e r t h e l o a d a n d m o v e i t

to

t h e l e f t ?

Speaking 7 W o r k i n p a i r s . I m a g i n e y o u h a v e t w o c r a n e l e v e r s . T a k e t u r n s

to

m o v e t h e m .

Y o u r p a r t n e r s a ys w h a t y o u ' r e d o i n g w i t h t h e l o a d .

H ea v y e qu i p m en t

3



A : W h a t a r e t h e d i f fe r e n c e s b e t w e e n t h e t w o c r a n e s ?

B:

T h e c r a n e o n t h e l e ft i s a t o w e r c r a n e . T h e o p e r a t o r s i t s i n a ( n )

( 1 ) n e a r t h e t o p o f t h e ( 2 ) T h e r e ' s a c o u n t e r w e i g h t

b e h i n d t h e c a b . T h e l o a d i s o n t h e o t h e r s i d e o f t h e

j i b .

T h e o p e r a t o r

u s e s

t h e w i n c h a n d b l o c k t o lo w e r o r r a i s e t h e ( 3)

A : I s ee .

B:

T h e c r a n e o n t h e

r i g h t

i s a m o b i l e c r a n e . T h e o p e r a t o r ' s c a b i s n e a r t h e

g r o u n d . T h e o p e r a t o r e x t e n d s o r r e t r a c t s t h e ( 4 ) , o r m o v e s i t f r om

l e f t

t o

r i g h t

o r u p a n d d o w n . B o t h c r a n e s u s e s t a b i l i s e r s o r ( 5 ) ' '

a n d

c o u n t e r w e i g h t s t o

m a i n t a i n s t a b i l i t y .

A : O K . T h a n k y o u .

W r i t e t h e o p p o s i t e s .

1 e x t e n d

2 l o w e r

3 le ft

M a t c h

1-5 t o a - e t o m a k e e x p r e s s i o n s a b o u t c r a n e s .

1 o p e r a t o r ' s a ) c r a n e

2 e x t e n d b ) c a b

3 m o b i l e c ) t h e b o o m

4 r a i s e d ) t h e l o a d

5 t o w e r e ) c r a n e

W o r k i n p a i r s . C l o s e y o u r b o o k s . S t u d e n t A d r a w a t o w e r c r a n e f o r S t u d e n t B

t o

l a b e l . S t u d e n t B d r a w a m o b i l e c r a n e f o r S t u d e n t A t o l a b e l . C h e c k e a c h

o t h e r ' s w o r k .

22

3 Heavy e q u i p me n t



Listening 5 L i s t e n t o a d e s c r i p t i on of crane c o n t r o l s a n d look at A a n d B . Then

complete

t h i s

t e x t .

•

extend the boom

hook

winch

wind the

winch

cab

C rane ope rators use di f ferent

controls to raise a nd low er the

(1 ) , rotate the c ab ,

extend and retract the boom, wind

and unwind the

(2)

and control other equipment.

This operator has two

(3) O ne controls

left-to-right movement of the bo om

and the other controls forward

and bac kward move ment.

T he ope rator use s the foot

(4 ) to retract or

extend the boom.

6 L i s t e n again a n d check y o u r answers t o 5.

Language

The re i s /The re are

joystick

foot pedal

We use t he re i s / the re are

to

say that some bod y

or

something exists.

The r e is a k ey sw i tch on he right.

The r e are wo joys t icks .

Singular questions: I s the re a s tan bu t ton? Yes , t he re is ./No, t he re isn t.

Plural questions:

Are the re any bu t tons? Yes , t he re are./ No, t he re aren t.

Negative forms:

The r e i sn t a ight,

(singular)

The r e a r e n t any sw i tches ,

(plural)

R e a d i ng

7 Read t h i s t e x t a b o u t a remote c o n t r o l a n d l a b e l t h e i l l u s t r a t i o n .

Sometimes crane operators use remote

controls. In this model there s a stop button

on the left. There s a key switch on the

right. There are two joysticks in the middle.

There are three toggle switches on the top.

' * '

—

'

W riting

8 Rewrite t h e t e x t i n 7 fo r

t h i s

remote c o n t r o l .

S p e a k i n g

9

Work

i n p a i r s . D r a w a

remote

c o n t r o l . P u t t h e c o n t r o l s

where

y o u l i k e .

Describe

i t for

y o u r p a r t n e r

t o

d r a w .

Heavy equipment 3

23



C o n t r o l s a n d e q u i p m e n t

Listening 1 M a t c h q u e s t i o n s 1 -6 t o a n s w e r s a - f. T h e n l i s t e n a n d c h e c k

y o u r a n s w e r s .

a ) L o w e r i t ? Y o u

m o v e

t h e j o y s t i c k .

b ) I t 's a r e m o t e c o n t r o l . T h a t ' s r i g h t .

c ) Y es , t h a t ' s t h e p o w e r s w i t c h .

d ) E x t e n d i t ? Y ou u s e t h e p e d a l .

e ) I t 's f o r e x t e n d i n g t h e b o o m .

f ) I t s t a r t s t h e m o t o r .

1 W h a t ' s t h i s ? A r e m o t e c o n t r o l ?

2 W h a t ' s t h i s for?

3 W h a t d o e s t h i s d o?

4 H o w d o I e x t e n d t h e b o o m ?

5 H o w d o I l o w e r t h e b o o m ?

6 W h a t ' s

t h i s

s w i t c h f or ? I s i t

t h e p o w e r s w i t c h ?

K ^ E Q I P u t e a c h c o n v e r s a t i o n i n t h e c o r r e c t o r d e r . T h e n l i s t e n a n d c h e c k

y o u r a n s w e r s .

1 [ T ] D i d y o u s a y t u r n t h e k e y ?

|

T h a n k s .

• Y e s, t h a t ' s r i g h t .

I | C l o c k w i s e .

I |

C l o c k w i s e o r a n t i c l o c k w i s e ?

2 | T| W h a t d o I d o n e x t ?

|

T h a n k y o u .

• O K . W h i c h o n e i s t h e s t a r t b u t t o n ?

I

|

P r e s s t h e s t a r t b u t t o n .

I | I t ' s t h e g r e e n on e , o n t h e l e f t .

3 Q ] H o w d o I s t a r t t h e e n g i n e ?

| S w i t c h o ff ? P r e s s t h e b i g r e d b u t t o n h e r e .

| P r e s s

t h e g r e e n

b u t t o n

a n d t u r n t h e k ey .

I

|

T h a n k s .

I

|

A n d h o w d o I s t o p i t ?

S peaking

3

W o r k i n p a i r s . S t u d e n t A l o o k a t i l l u s t r a t i o n A o n

t h i s

p a g e .


i l l u s t r a t i o n B o n p a g e 6 8. W r i t e d o w n w h a t e a c h c o n t r o l i s fo r. T h e n t a k e

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 . U s e t h e s e 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/joyst ick for?

How do I...?

2 4

3

Hea vy e qu ipm en t



R e a d in g 4 R e a d 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 s e n t e n c e s

1

-5

true

( T ) o r

false

( F ) ?

C

onc r e t e m ix e r s m i x a n d pour conc re te . F or sma l l quan t i t i e s o f

conc r e t e , h an d m ix e r s

a r e

id ea l .

T h e

p o r t a b le m ix e r

h a s w h e e l s

a n d u s e s e lec tr ic i ty. It ha s a sma l l d rum wh i ch r o t a te s . Conc r e t e

t r anspo r t

t ru ck s

- or

in - t rans i t mixe r s

-

t r an spor t l a rge quant i t i e s

of concrete t o t h e s i t e . T h e d rum rota tes dur in g t ran spor t .

Th e chu t e

m a n

pours

t h e

c on c r e t e d ow n

t h e

c hu t e ,

o r

u s e s

I

a p u mp t o g e t t h e c on c r e t e t o d i f ficul t locat ion s.

S o m e t i m e s a c r an e lifts a h opp e r f u l l of c on c r e t e t o th e j ob s i te .

1 C o n c r e t e m i x e r s

m i x a n d

p o u r c o n c r e t e .

( T

/

F )

2 F o r s m a l l q u a n t i t i e s o f c o n c re t e , t r a n s p o r t t r u c k s a r e i d e a l . ( T / F )

3 P o r t a b l e m i x e r s u s e e l e c t r i c i t y . ( T / F )

4

C r a n e s l i f t h o p p e r s f u l l

o f

c h u t e

m e n t o t h e j o b

s i t e .

( T

/

F )

5 I n - t r a n s i t m i x e r s r o t a t e d u r i n g t r a n s p o r t . ( T / F )

Vocabulary

5

L a b e l p h o t o s A - F

w i t h

t h e e q u i p m e n t i n t h e b o x .

S peaking

6 W o r k i n p a i r s . L o o k a t t h e p h o t o s i n 5. M a k e t h r e e s e n t e n c e s a b o u t e a c h p h o t o .

T h e n c o m p a r e y o u r

s e n t e n c e s w i t h

a n o t h e r p a i r .

Heavy equ ipment

25



O n s i t e

Listening

1 L i s t e n

a n d w r i t e t h e c o n v e r s a t i o n n u m b e r n e x t t o e a c h w o r d o r

p h r a s e . T h e r e i s o n e e x t r a w o r d o r p h r a s e .

b o o m

c o n c r e t e .

s a n d

b a s e

p l a t e s

5

6

7

8 r e m o t e c o n t r o l .

h a r d h a t .

flask

h o p p e r _

2

P u t t h e s e w o r d s i n t h e c o r r e c t o r d e r t o m a k e s e n t e n c e s . T h e n l i s t e n a g a in a n d

c h e c k y o u r a n s w e r s .

1 A : W h e r e ' s t h e s a n d ?

B:

(1 ) I / th e / on / t h i n k

/

i t ' s / w a y

A : I h op e so .

2 A : W h e r e a r e t h e

b a s e

p l a t e s ?

B:

( 2 ) t h ey ' r e / su r e / th e / i n / I 'm / t r u c k

A : A h , O K . T h a t m a k e s s e n s e .

3 A : ( 3 ) t oo / th e / b oo m / i s / t h i n k

/

h i g h / I

B:

A h , y e s , y o u ' r e

r i g h t .

U s e t h e r a d i o a n d s p e a k t o t h e o p e r a t o r .

A : OK . G ood i d e a .

4 A: I

t h i n k

t h e c o n c r e t e i s t o o

h a r d .

B:

I d o n ' t t h i n k so . (4 ) l oo ks / i t / t o / m e / OK

A : A r e y o u s u r e ?

B: OK , g o a n d a s k J i m .

A : W i l l d o .

5 A : W h e r e ' s y o u r h a r d h a t ?

B:

O v e r

t h e r e . W h y ?

A : Go an d g e t i t . ( 5 ) t h i s / yo u / w ea r / h a r d / m us t / a r e a / a / h a t / i n

B: OK . He r e i t i s .

6 A : We h a v e a p r ob l e m . ( 6 ) h o p p e r / h o l e / t h e r e ' s / i n / a / t h e

B: J oh n ' s i n t h e h ou s e . H e ' s a w e l d e r . A s k h i m t o fi x i t .

A : G o o d i d e a . T h a n k s .

B: Y o u 'r e w e l c o m e .

7 A : ( 7 ) d o n ' t / fl ask / th e / t ou c h

B: W h y ? Is i t y ou r s ?

A : N o , i t ' s N o r m a n ' s .

B:

F a i r e n o u g h .

Speaking 3 W o r k i n p a i r s . Y o u 'r e o n a c o n s t r u c t i o n s i t e . T a k e t u r n s t o s t a r t a c o n v e r s a t i o n

u s i n g o n e o f t h e p h r a s e s i n t h e b o x . T h e n r e p e a t

w i t h

a n e w p a r t n e r .

How do I . . . ? I

t h i n k

t h e . . .

W he r e a r e th e .. .?

A :

W here's the remote control?

B :

I think i t 's in the truck.

A :

OK, thanks.

B :

You're welcome.

W h a t d o e s . .. ? W he re ' s th e . .. ?

26

Heavy equipment



R e v i e w

W riting 1

W r i t e

o n e s i m i l a r i t y a n d o n e d if fe r e n c e b e t w e e n a m o b i l e c r a n e a n d a

t o w e r c r a n e .

1 s i m i l a r i t y : 2 d i f f e r e n c e :

P u t th e s e w o r d s i n t h e c or r e c t o r d e r t o m a k e q u e s t i o n s .

1

w h a t ' s /

fo r

/

t h i s

/ ?

2 d i d / y o u / t h e /

t u r n

/ s a y / k e y / ?

3 h o w / I / b o o m / e x t e n d / d o / t h e / ?

4 d i d / y o u / m o v e / s a y / j o y s t i c k / t h e / ?

5 w h a t /

t h i s

/ d o e s / d o / ?

6 i s / t h i s / b u t t o n / t h e /

s t a r t

/ ?

7

d o e s /

t h i s

/ m o t o r / t h e / s t a r t / ?

8 i s / a / k e y / t h e r e / ?

M a t c h

w o r d s 1 -6 t o d e f i n i t io n s a - f .

h a n d m i x e r

p o r t a b l e m i x e r

c o n c r e t e t r a n s p o r t

t r u c k

c h u t e

c o n c r e t e p u m p

h o p p e r

a p i e c e o f e q u ip m e n t t o g e t t h 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 s i t e

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 f o r m i x i n g c o n c r e t e

a h a n d t o ol f o r m i x i n g c o n c r e t e

a v e h i c l e f o r 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 f o r c o n c r e t e

a m a c h i n e t o p u s h c o n c r e t e a l o n g a p i p e

The control unit has three levers. The one

on the left raises and lowers the boom. Pull it

towards you to raise the boom. Push it away to

lower the

boom.

The lever on the right moves

the boom from right to left: right is forward and

left is backward.The lever in the middle extends

or retracts the boom. Pull it towards you to

extend and push it away from you to retract.

The red button stops the power.

lever

1 H o w d o I m a k e t h e b o o m g o u p ?

2 H o w d o I m a k e t h e b o o m g o t o t h e r i g h t ?

3 H o w d o I m a k e t h e b o o m e x t e n d ?

4 W h a t d o e s t h e r e d b u t t o n d o ?

5 D r a w a r e m o t e c o n t r o l . P u t t h e c o n t r o ls w h e r e y o u l i k e . T h e n w r i t e a d e s c r i p t i o n

of

i t .

Heavy equ ipment 3

27



4

B u i l d i n g

s u p p l i e s

ta lk a bou t

bu i l d ing m a te r i a l s

d e s c r i b e p rob l ems

on

s i te

o r d e r ma t e r i a l s

c h e c k s tock i tems

ta lk

a bou t

insulation

change

a

c us tomer o rde r/de l i v e ry

B u i l d i n g

m a t e r i a l s

Reading

R e a d t h e s e e x t r a c t s fr o m s u p p l i e r s ' w e b s i t e s a n d m a t c h e x t r a c t s 1-6 to

p h o t o s A-R

1 T h o m s o n ' s A g g r e g a t e s :

W e of fe r a w i d e r a n g e of c o n s t r u c t i o n a g g r e g a t e s , i n c l u d i n g g r a v e l a n d s a n d .

W e a l s o s t o c k c on c r e t e m i x .

2 W a t s o n ' s G o o d s L t d :

W e sp e c i a l i s e i n a c ous t i c , t h e rm a l and fi re p r o t e c t ion i n su l a t i on for w a l l s a nd f l oors .

M o r r i s a n d

S o n s

L t d :

Our t imber comes

in a

range

of

standard

s izes, but can

a lso

be

made

to

order.

It is

perfect

for

flooring, roofing

and

general bui lding work.

We

also stock

plywood

and

chipboard.

W i l l i a m s B r o t h e r s :

W e

design

produce and install high quality s tee l

staircases

gates and railings made to your

specif ications. W e also have a range of standard products

S h o c k i n g l y G o o d :

We supply

a

wide range

of

electr ical products, cables, alarm

systems,

plugs,

sockets,

conduits (PVC and steel ) and other electrical httings .

P e n t e r ' s P a i n t S u p p l i e s :

W e s u p p l y e v e r y t h i n g you n e e d to p a in t , i n c lud in g b rus h e s , r o l l e r s , c l o th in g ,

s p r a y e q u i p m e n t a n d , of c ou r s e , p a in t .

1

28 4 Bui ld in g supp l i es



W r i t e t h r e e t h i n g s t h e s e s u p p l i e r s s e l l .

1

P e n t e r ' s P a i n t S u p p l i e s 4

2 T h o m s o n ' s

A g g r e g a t e s

5

3 W i l l i a m s B r o t h e r s 6

W a t s o n ' s G o o d s L t d

S h o c k i n g l y G o o d

M o r r i s

a n d

S o n s

L t d

Vocabulary

3 C h o o s e

t h e be s t w o r d t o c o m p l e t e t h e s e w o r d p a i r s .

a c o u s t i c

c o n c r e t e


e l e c t r i c a l

t h e r m a l

a l a r m

s t e e l

a ) g r a v e l

a ) i n s u l a t i o n

a )

s i z e s

a ) a g g r e g a t e


a ) s y s t e m s


b ) i n s u l a t i o n

b ) m i x

b ) r a i l i n g s

b ) f i t t i n g s

b )

s i z e s

t> ) a g g r e g a t e

b ) m i x

c ) w o r k

c ) e q u i p m e n t

c ) a g g r e g a t e

c )

s i z e s

c ) g a t e s

c ) m i x

c ) s t a i r c a s e

4 C o m p l e t e t h e s e p h r a s e s

w i t h

t h e w o r d s i n t h e b o x .

e v e r y t h i n g o r d e r s t a n d a r d w i d e y o u r

1

a r an g e o f

2 y o u n e e d

s i z e s

4 a

5 m a d e t o

r a n g e of p r o d u c t s

3 m a d e t o . . s p e c i f i c a t i o n s

5

L a b e l p h o t o s A - K

w i t h


Steffi

c h i p b oa r d e l e c t r i c a l f i tt i n g s f ir e a l a r m f lo o r b o a r d s g a t e g r a v e l p a t h

i n su l a t i on

r a i l i n g s r oo f i n g s t e e l f i re

e s c a p e

t i m b e r

Speaking 6 W o r k i n s m a l l g r o u p s . T h i n k a b o u t s u p p l i e r s y o u k n o w o r u s e . W h a t p r o d u c t s

d o t h e y s e l l ? D i s c u s s .

Bui ld ing supp l i es



M a t e r i a l s

Listening 1 L i s t e n

to t h i s

t e l e p h o n e c o n v e r s a t i o n

and c h o o s e the

c o r r e c t a n s w e r .

1 Who are S m i t h and

S on s ?

a) the s u p p l i e r b) the c u s t o m e r

2 Who are A p e x B u i l d i n g ? a) the s u p p l i e r b) the c u s t o m e r

2 L i s t e n a g a i n and c o m p l e t e t h i s e m a i l .

C D E B • • • •

Sub je c t : Order con f irma t ion

j

F r o m :

Ernes t_Smith@sascons t ruc t ionsupp l i es . com

To: j j ones@apexbui ld ing . com

First name: J e n n y

Last name:

J on e s

C ompany name: A p e x Bui ld ing

Customer number:

(1)

Order number: G G C3 3 4 7 1

Item number:

(2)

D e s c r i p t i o n : c h ip boa rd

Quantity:

(3)

Item number:

(4)

D e s c r i p t i o n : p l ywood

Quantity:

(5)

Item number:

(6)

Des c r i p t i on :

p l ywood

Quantity:

(7)

Delivery:

(8) yes

/

no

Pick-up: (9) yes

/

no

Pick-up date: (10)

C omments:

Cus tom e r a l s o wan t s t imb e r XP6754 . Ou t of s tock .

3

B M T ^M L i s t e n to the f o l l o w - u p p h o n e c a l l . W h a t is n ew ' . '

4 L o o k at a u d i o s c r i p t s 22 and 23 on p a g e s 7 4 - 7 5 . U n d e r l i n e u s e fu l p h r a s e s for

t e l e p h o n e c o n v e r s a t i o n s .

Vocabulary 5 U n d e r l i n e

the

c o r r e c t w o r d s

or

p h r a s e s

in

italics

to

c o m p l e t e t h e s e c o n v e r s a t i o n s .

1 n e e d s o m e t h r e e - c o r e c a b l e , p le a s e . 2.5 m m . 24 0 V.

I ' m s o r r y . W e ' re in stock / out of stock.

w a n t to o r d e r

s o m e

t i m b e r .

Yes , of c o ur s e . W h a t ' s y o u r

customer number

order number,

p l e a s e ?

D o you h a v e t r a n s p o r t ?

N o ,

I'm

s o r r y .

I

d o n ' t .

N o p r o b l e m .

We

o r g a n i s e del ivery pick-up. W h e r e

is the

s i t e ?

He l l o a g a i n .

H e l l o . Can I

place

an

order

change

an

order,

p l e a s e ? We n e e d t h r e e b a g s

o f s a n d , not t h i r t y .

N o p r o b l e m at a l l .

Speaking

6

W o r k in p a i r s . P r a c t i s e a t e l e p h o n e c o n v e r s a t i o n b e t w e e n a s u p p l i e r a n d a

b u y e r . Use the w o r d s and p h r a s e s in 5 to h e l p y o u .

A : I d

l ike

to

place

an

order.

B : Certainly. Wh at 's your custome r num ber?

30 4 Bui lding supplies







Listening 7

8

L i s t e n

t o t h e c o n v e r s a t i on a n d a n s w e r t h e s e q u e s t i o n s .

1 W h a t t h r e e t h i n g s d o e s I s a a c w a n t ?

2 W h a t t w o t h i n g s d o e s A l e x g i v e I s aac?

M a t c h 1 -4 t o a - d t o c o m p l e t e t h e c o n v e r s a t i o n s .

1 H o w ' s i t g o i n g ?

2 Le t ' s s e e . H e r e y o u a r e .

3

C a n I

b o r r o w y o u r

d r i l l ?

4 D o y o u h a v e a n e x t e n s i o n c a b l e ?

a ) N o , I ' m s o r r y . I t ' s b r o k e n .

b ) G o o d , t h a n k s . A n d you?

c )

T h a n k

y o u

v e r y m u c h .

d ) Y e s , I t h i n k I d o .

P r a c t i s e t h e q u e s t i o n f o r m Do you hav e ...?Start w i t h q u e s t i o n 1 . T h e n c h a n g e

t h e p a r t o f t h e q u e s t i o n i n b o l d e a c h t i m e . W r i t e t h r e e m o r e q u e s t i o n s .

1 D o y o u h a v e a s p a r e r o l l o f i n s u l a t i n g t a p e i n y o u r t o o l b o x ?

2 D o y o u h a v e a s p a r e b o x of p l u g s i n y o u r t o o l b o x ?

3 D o y o u h a v e a s p a r e b o x o f p l u g s i n y o u r

t r u c k ?

Language

Making requests

Do you have a spare ro l l o f

i nsu la t ing tape? Yes ,

do./No,

don t.

Does A lex have a th ree -co re cab le?

Yes , he does./No, h e doesn t.

Can bor row your d r i l l? Yes , o f

cou rse . /No , I m

sorry.

I m us ing i t .

Speaking

1 0

W o r k i n p a i r s . S t ud e n t A l o o k a t t h e i n f o r m a t i o n o n t h i s p a g e . S t u d e n t B l o o k a t

t h e

i n f o r m a t i o n o n p a g e s 6 8 - 69 .

S t u d e n t A

R e a d

t h i s l i s t . C h e c k w i t h S t u d e n t B t h a t t h e i t e m s a r e i n s t oc k . T h e n a s k t o

b o r r o w t h e i t e m s y o u n e e d .

Check stock:

• 1 2 m extensio n ca ble - 3

• 5A /25 0 V plug - 3

• 20 mm flexible metal co nd ui t - ^7 W v

• 3G po we r cab le -

• 18 mm x 30 m P V C ins ulating tape -

3

TOILS

You have:

• sp are grey paint

• two brus hes

• a roller

You need to borrow:

• spra y eq uip me nt (for pain ting)

A :

Do you

have three 12-metre extension cables?

B : Yes , we do . W e

have

seven in

stock.

A :

Wh at about conduits?

B : Y e s , w e have conduits. Wh at type?

A :

C a n I borrow ...?

B : Y e s , n o problem.

Bui ld ing supp l i e s

4



J X

^— ^

f

elt tape

Listening 1 L i s t e n t o a n d r e a d t h e b e g i n n i n g of a c o n v e r s a t i o n

b e t w e e n

a c l i e n t

a n d a b u i l d i n g c o n t r a c t o r a n d c h o o s e t h e c o r r e c t a n s w e r .

1

W h i c h s p e a k e r i s t h e c l i e n t ? ( A / B )

2 W h i c h s p e a k e r i s t h e

b u i l d i n g

c o n t r a c t o r ? (A

/

B )

A : C a n y o u

t e l l

m e a b o u t w a l l i n s u l a t i o n ?

B: S u r e . T h e r e a r e t w o t y p e s o f w a l l i n s u l a t i o n : c a v i t y a n d s o l i d . B o t h t y p e s

p r o v i d e t h e r m a l a n d a c o u s t i c

i n s u l a t i o n .

A : W h a t ' s t h e d i ff e r e n c e ?

B:

L e t m e e x p l a i n . S o m e t i m e s w a l l s a r e s o l i d , s o t h e i n s u l a t i o n i s o n t h e

o u t s i d e of t h e w a l l . T h i s i s s o l i d w a l l i n s u l a t i o n .

2

R e a d t h e re s t of t h e c o n v e r s a t i o n a n d p u t i t i n t h e c o r r e c t o r d e r T h e n

l i s t e n

a n d c h e c k y o u r a n s w e r s .

I |

Y e s , e x a c t l y .

^ S o m e t i m e s w a l l s

h a v e

t w o p a r t s : a n i n n e r w a l l a n d a n o u t e r w a l l . C a v i t y w a l l

i n s u l a t i o n

m e a n s

t h a t

t h e i n s u l a t i o n m a t e r i a l i s i n s i d e t h e

w a l l .

[T l A n d c a v i t y w a l l i n s u l a t i o n ?

I

|

A h , O K . S o s o l i d w a l l is o u t s i d e a n d c a v i t y w a l l i s i n s i d e ?

I 11 s e e . T h a n k y o u .

I

|

W h a t a b o u t p i p e s ?

I |

OK , I u n d e r s t a n d . A n d w h a t t y p e s o f i n s u l a t i o n d o y o u u s e fo r c a v i t y w a l l

i n s u l a t i o n ?

I |

O ur c o m p a n y

u s e s

t h r e e t y p e s o f c a v i t y w a l l i n s u l a t i o n t o

f i l l

t h e g a p : f o a m ,

m i n e r a l

w o o l , o r p o l y s t y r e n e b e a d s .

I

|

F o r p i p e s , w e n o r m a l l y u s e fe l t t a p e o r f o a m

t u b i n g .

3

A r e t h e s e s t a t e m e n t s

true

( T ) o r

false

( F )? C o r r e c t t h e f al s e s t a t e m e n t s .

1 S o l id w a l l i n s u l a t i o n i s u s e d t o p r o v i d e t h e r m a l i n s u l a t i o n . (T / F)

2 F e l t t a p e is u s e d a s c a v i t y w a l l i n s u l a t i o n . (T / F)

3 C a v i t y w a l l i n s u l a t i o n

goes

b e t w e e n t h e i n n e r a n d o u t e r w a l l s . ( T / F )

4 F o a m t u b i n g i s u s e d t o i n s u l a t e p i p e s . ( T / F )

5 P o l y s t y r e n e

b e a d s

a r e u s e d t o i n s u l a t e p i p e s . ( T / F )

32 4 Building supplies



Language

Used t o / U sed a s /U sed f o r

Used to is followe d by a verb.

So l id wa l l insulat ion is u se d t o p ro v i d e t he rma l insu la t ion .

Used

as /used

fo r is

fol lowe d

by a

noun

or

adjective

+

noun.

Po lys ty rene beads are u se d as cav i ty wal l insulat ion.

Fe l t tape is u se d f o r pipes.

4

C o m p l e t e t h e s e s e n t e n c e s w i t h to , as o r for.

1 F o a m

t u b i n g

i s u s e d i n s u l a t e p i p e s .

2 F o a m

t u b i n g

i s u s e d p i p e i n s u l a t i o n .

3 P l a s t e r b o a r d i s u s e d c o v e r t h e i n n e r w a l l .

4 W a l l t i e s a r e u s e d h o l d t h e i n n e r a n d o u t e r w a l l s t o g e t h e r .

5 P o l y s t y r e n e b e a d s a r e u s e d c a v i t y w a l l i n s u l a t i o n .

5 L o o k a t t h e i l l us t r a t i o n s o n p a g e 3 2 . L i s t e n a g a i n t o r e c o r d i n g 2 6 i n 2 a n d a n s w e r

t h e s e q u e s t i o n s .

1 L o o k a t i l l u s t r a t i o n 1 . I s i t s o l id w a l l i n s u l a t i o n o r c a v i t y w a l l

i n s u l a t i o n ?

2 W h a t t h r e e m a t e r i a l s a r e u s e d i n c a v i t y w a l l in s u l a t i o n ? ,

o r

3 W h a t t w o t y p e s o f i n s u l a t i o n a r e u s e d f o r p i p e s ? o r

4 W h i c h w o r d i n t h e c on v e r s a t i o n m e a n s cavity?

Speaking 6 W o r k i n p a i r s a n d h a v e t w o t e l e p h o n e c o n v e r s a t i o n s . St u d e n t A l o o k a t t h e

i n f o r m a t i o n o n

t h i s

p a g e . S t u d e n t B l o o k a t t h e i n f o r m a t i o n o n p a g e 6 9 .

S t u d e n t A

1 Y o u w o r k f o r a s u p p l i e r . H e r e i s a n e x t r a c t o f y o u r e m a i l t o a c u s t o m e r .

P h o n e t h e c u s t o m e r a n d t e l l h i m / h e r t h a t S u p a m a t 56 i s ou t o f s t o c k .

D e l i v e r y

i s

n e x t

w e e k .

S u p a m a t

87 i s i n

s t o c k .

Y o u c a n

d e l i v e r t o m o r r o w .

9

T h a n k you for your order fo r

insulat ion

ma t e r i a l s , a s f o l low s :

M i n e r a l w o o l g l a s s S u p a m a t 5 6 (2 0 0 m m x 6 m x 1130 mm ) - 10 rolls

M i n e r a l w o o l g l a s s S u p a m a t 87 ( 200 m m x 6 m x 1 130 m m ) - 7 rolls

P l e a s e

no t e you r o rde r num ber

is

B23451K .

2 T h e r e

i s a

p r o b l e m w i t h

t h e

c u s t o m e r ' s o r d e r . A n s w e r h i s / h e r c a l l .

Bui ld ing supp l ies

33



P r o b l e m s o n

s i t e

A

W T

]

1

P INT

1 {

Listening 1 fljj

__E___

L i s t e n t o t w o e n g i n e e r s

t a l k i n g

o n a

b u i l d i n g

s i t e . W h a t d o t h e y s a y

a b o u t t h e s e t h i n g s ?

C h o o s e

t h e c o r r e c t a n s w e r i n italics.

1

c o n c r e t e , s e c o n d f lo o r : liquid

solid

2 c o n c r e t e ,

f i r s t

f l oo r :

liquid solid

3 p a i n t :

w et dry

4

c o n c r e t e

a g g r e g a t e : to o f ine /

too coarse

5 s c a f f o l d i n g : l ight

heavy

6 g r o u n d :

to o soft to o hard

7 t o o l b o x e s :

too big too smal l

Vocabulary 2

C h o o s e t h e

a d j e c t i v e

i n italics t h a t

d o e s n ' t

g o w i t h t h e n ou n .

1 soft I hard

coarse g r o u n d

4

f ine / soft

coarse a g g r e g a t e

2 l iquid

heavy / w e / s c a f f o l d i n g 5 we t / /m e / /zguit f p a in t

3 dr y / /?of / soft c o n c r e t e 6 b ig

heavy / s o ft t o o l b o x

Language

T o o / N o t e n o u g h

We use t o o + adjective to say that something is more than you want it to be.

The ground is t o o soft.

We use

n o t +

adjective +

e n o u g h

to say that you wa nt so methin g to be

more than it is.

The aggrega te i s n o t f ine e n o ugh .

3 C o m p l e t e

t h i s

c o n v e r s a t i o n

w i t h


coarse coffee deliver order soft

P r o b l e m s , p r o b l e m s . I n e e d a ( n ) ( 1 )

W h a t ' s

u p ?

T h o m s o n ' s

i s

h e r e

w i t h t h e a g g r e g a t e .

T h e y

s a y t h e

g r o u n d

i s t o o

( 2 ) f o r t h e t r u c k .

T h e y c a n ' t

( 3 ) t o t h e j o b

s i t e .

s e e .

W h a t ' s y o u r p l a n ?

W e ' r e p u t t i n g

m a t s d o w n . E v e r y on e

i s

h e l p i n g .

G o o d .

A n d

a n o t h e r

t h i n g . I t h i n k

i t ' s

t h e

w r o n g

a g g r e g a t e . I t 's n o t

(4 )

e n o u g h . C a n y o u c a l l T h o m s o n ' s a n d c h e c k t h e ( 5 ) ?

4 U s e t h e a d j e c t i v e s i n 1 a n d 2 t o d e s c r i b e 1-6.

1

s t e e l :

4

g r a v e l :

2 w o o d : 5 s a n d :

3 g l a s s : 6 p a i n t ( o n a w a l l ) :

Speak ing 5 W o r k i n p a i r s . M a k e a

l i s t

o f p r o b l e m s o n s i t e . U s e to o a n d not enough. T h e n

d i s c u s s s o l u t i o n s .

A : T h e ground is too soft for the s caffolding. A :

B :

W e

need timber

to

mak e mudsi l ls .

B :

The gravel i s no t coarse enough.

We need

to

order

n e w

gravel.

4 Bu i ld ing supp l ies



R e v i e w

Vocabulary

1 W r i t e t h r e e t y p e s o f t h e f o l l o w i n g .

1 i n s u l a t i o n : , ,

2 e l e c t r i c a l p r o d u c t s :

,

3 p a i n t s u p p l i e s : , ,

2 W r i t e t h e o p p o s i t e s .

h e a v y

s m a l l

w e t

c o l d

c o a r s e

Writing

3

C o m p l e t e t h i s e m a i l f r o m a s u p p l i e r t o a c u s t o m e r w i t h t h e w o r d s i n t h e b o x

i n s u l a t i n g i t e m n u m b e r o r d e r q u a n t i t y s e r v i c e s s p r a y t e l e p h o n e

Dear Ms Drescher ,

T ha nk you for your ( 1) .

.

cal l .

T h is is to conf i rm yo ur ( 2) .

number 367.

(3)

Item

(4)

HB392

plywood

7 pieces

ZU3452M ch ipboard

5 pieces

H U 7 8 6

(5) tape

3 rolls

R E 3 4 2 5

three core cable 2.5 mm

16 m

P i 998 (6) eq uip me nt I 1 set

Wi th bes t w i shes ,

E rnes t Smi th

C us tomer (7)

mith nd

ons

C o n s t r u c t i o n S u p p l i e s

4 C o m p l e t e t h i s t e l e p h o n e c o n v e r s a t i o n a b o u t t h e e m a i l i n 3.

H e l l o . S m i t h a n d S on s C o n s t r u c t i o n S u p p l i e s . E r n e s t S m i t h ( 1) .

H e l l o . D o r o t e a D r e s c h e r h e r e .

O h , h e l l o ,

M s

D r e s c h e r .

I t ' s ( 2 ) t h e

e m a i l .

Yes?

T h e r e ' s a m i s t a k e . W e

n e e d

6 0 m e t r e s o f t h r e e - c o r e c a b l e , (3 ) _

O n e m o m e n t ,

( 4 ) O K .

T h a t ' s i t e m n u m b e r R E 34 25 ?

Y e s ,

t h a t ' s r i g h t .

OK , n o ( 5 ) 60 , n o t 1 6 .

( 6 ) y o u

v e r y m u c h .

Y o u' re w e l c o m e .

G o o d b y e .

(7)

16.

5 Y o u a r e a s u p p l ie r . W r i t e t h r e e s e n t e n c e s a b o u t y o u r c o m p a n y a n d y o u r p r o d u c t s .

Bu i ld ing supp l ies

4

35



• s a y wha t col lea gue s do/are doing

ai

5

the moment

5

O n s i t e

• g ive a nd fo l low d i rect ions

• t a lk

a b o u t

the we ather

5

• g i ve r easons us ing because

o f

•

t a lk

a b o u t

food

O n - s i t e s u b c o n t r a c t o r s

Listening 1 L i s t e n t o f iv e p e o p l e . W h a t d o t h e y d o ? T i c k / t h e c o r r e c t b o x e s .

(1) building

inspector

(2) roofer (3) arch itect (4) cra ne

operator

(5) plumber

test electrical systems

/

maintain crane

erect scaffolding

co-ordinate specif ications

install drainage systems

check buildings

install roofing systems

lift equipment

design buildings

M a t c h a - g t o 1- 7 t o c o m p l e t e t h e c o n v e r s a t i o n s .

1 I ' m

l o o k i n g

f o r

S u s a n .

So , w h a t

d o y o u d o ?

E x c u s e m e . I ' m l o o k i n g f o r t h e s u p e r v i s o r .

W h a t a b o u t m a i n t e n a n c e ?

D o

c r a n e o p e r a t o r s m a i n t a i n t h e i r

c r a n e s ?

D o y o u k n o w w h e r e M a n u e l a n d C a r l o s a r e ? .

A r e y o u l o o k i n g f o r K e n ?

W h a t

d o e s

A h m e d

d o ?

a )

T h e y ' r e

o v e r

t h e r e . T h e y ' r e

t a k i n g

a

b r e a k .

b ) He ' s s i t t i n g o v e r t h e r e . L o o k , h e ' s w a v i n g .

c ) S h e ' s i n t h e

t i m b e r y a r d

w i t h

J a n e t . T h e y ' r e c h e c k i n g s t o c k .

d ) H e ' s a n

e l e c t r i c i a n .

e ) Y e s , I a m . I s h e h e r e ?

f ) I ' m a

b u i l d i n g

i n s p e c t o r . I c h e c k s y s t e m s i n n e w b u i l d i n g s .

g ) I n

g e n e r a l ,

y e s . B u t

m e c h a n i c s h e l p ,

t o o .

36 H I

On site



Present simp le and pres ent c onti nuo us

We use the present simp le to talk about things

in general.

/ est e le c t ri ca l and p lumb ing sys tems . (T hat's my job.)

He

designs

bu i ld ings.

(Th at's his job. He's an architect.)

We use the present co ntinuous to talk about

things that are happening now.

I m testing

the f i re a larm s.

He s checking th e stock.

3

4

S p e a k i n g

5

W riting

6

T i c k

/ t h e s e n t e n c e s

t h a t

a r e

t r u e

f o r

y o u . R e w r i t e

t h e

o t h e r

s e n t e n c e s s o

t h e y

b e c o m e

t r u e f o r y o u .

1 Q I ' m

s i t t i n g

i n a c l a s s r o o m .

2

Q

I ' m n o t l i s t e n i n g t o t h e r a d i o .

3

Q I

w o r k

o n

b u i l d i n g s it e s .

4 Q I ' m w e a r i n g a h e l m e t .

5

Q

I u s e c o m p u t e r s .

6

O I ' m

d r i n k i n g

t e a .

7 Q I ' m p l a n n i n g m y n e x t h o l i d a y .

C o m p l e t e t h i s c o n v e r s a t i o n

w i t h

t h e

c o r r e c t f o r m

o f t h e

v e r b s

i n

b r a c k e t s .

A : H i , G e o f f. G o o d t o s e e y o u .

B: S a m e t o

y o u , T o n y .

A : S o, w h y ( 1 ) ( y o u / v i s i t ) t h e s i t e ? Y o u n o r m a l l y ( 2 ) ( s t a y )

i n

y o u r o f fi c e .

B:

W e l l ,

( 3 )

( I / l ook )

f o r

M a n u e l .

I h a v e a

r e p o r t

f o r

h i m .

A : I s e e . I

t h i n k

( 4 ) ( M a n u e l / h a v e ) h i s

l u n c h

a t t h e m o m e n t .

B:

A h , O K . D o y o u k n o w w h e r e ?

A :

( 5 )

( h e / t r a i n )

s o m e n e w

a p p r e n t i c e s t o d a y .

(6 )

( t h e y / w o r k ) w i t h s c a f f ol d i n g i n B u i ld i n g 4 .

B:

O K , t h a n k s .

A : Y o u ' r e w e l c o m e .

W o r k

i n

p a i r s . P r a c t i s e t h i s t e l e p h o n e c o n v e r s a t i o n , t h e n c r e a t e y o u r

o w n

c o n v e r s a t i o n s u s i n g t h e p r o m p t s .

A : W h e r e a r e y ou?

B:

I ' m i n t h e o f f i c e .

A : W h a t

a r e y o u

d o i n g ?

B: I ' m w o r k i n g o n a d r a w i n g .

1 o n s i t e / t e s t i n g e l e c t r i c a l e q u i p m e n t

2 i n t h e r e s t a u r a n t / m e e t i n g a c l i e n t

3

i n t h e

s u p p l i e r ' s w a r e h o u s e / c o l l e c t i n g t i m b e r

W r i t e d o w n fiv e t h i n g s

y o u d o e v e r y

w e e k .

/ instal l heating equipm ent. I write reports ...

On site

37



D i r e c t i o n s

Listening 1

L i s t e n t o a d r i v e r a s k i n g f or d i r e c t i o n s f r o m S p a r k y 's E l e c t r i c a l S u p p l i e s

a n d fo l l o w t h e r o u t e o n t h e m a p .

2 C o m p l e t e t h e s e e x p r e s s i o n s f or g i v i n g d i r e c t i o n s

w i t h


T h e n l i s t e n a g a i n a n d c h e c k y o u r a n s w e r s .

e x i t m i s s o n p a s t tel l

1 C a n y o u m e w h e r e M i l l S t r e e t i s ?

2

T a k e

t h e

f i r s t

3 T h e n d r i v e t h e h o s p i t a l .

4 M i l l S t r e e t i s t h e s e c o n d s t r e e t t h e l e ft a f t e r t h e t u n n e l .

5 Y o u c a n ' t t h e e n t r a n c e t o t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n s i t e .

3 L o o k a t t h e m a p i n 1. R e a d t h e s e d i r e c t i o n s f r o m M i l l S tr e e t c o n s t r u c t i o n s i t e t o

B r i g g 's T i m b e r Y a r d a n d p u t t h e d i r e c t i o n s i n t h e c o r r e c t o r d e r .

^] G o u n d e r t h e r a i l w a y b r i d g e .

Q G o t h r o u g h t h e t u n n e l .

• I t ' s on t h e l e f t .

3 T u r n r i g h t .

|T| Go d o w n M i l l S t r e e t t o t h e m a i n r o a d .

|

T u r n l e ft a t t h e r o u n d a b o u t .

4

L o o k a t t h e m a p i n 1 a g a i n .

Y o u ' r e

at Br i g g ' s T i m b e r Y a r d . L i s t e n t o t h e

d i r e c t i o n s . A r e t h e y c o r r e c t o r i n c o r r e c t ? C o r r e c t t h e d i r e c t i o n s as

n e c e s s a r y .

E x a m p l e : /

incorrect - The hosp ital is on your left.

Speak ing

5 W o r k i n p a i r s . P r a c t i s e g i v i n g d i r e c t i o n s u s i n g t h e m a p in 1. S t a r t a t t h e c i t y h a l l .

A : Can you tel l me where the superm arket is?

B :

Yes. Go past the pol ice stat ion. Turn r ight . Go past Sam s Paint Shop and i t 's on

your r ight.

38

5 O n site



Listening

6

_ _ r ' _ _ B L i s t e n t o t h i s c o n v e r s a t i on a n d m a r k t h e s i te m a n a g e r ' s

o f f i c e

i n A .

Quest ions:

Can you he lp m e? /Whe re s the s i te manage r s o f f ice? /How do

ge t to the con fe rence room?

Answers:

Go along the corr idor. /Take the l i ft . / lt s the secon d door on the r ight /Go through the f i re doors. /G o

up the s ta irs . /W hen you come ou t o f the

lift,

u rn r ight / I t s oppo si te the l if t . /l t s next to the . . . .

Speak ing

7

W o r k i n p a i r s . T a k e t u r n s g i v i n g d i r e c t i o n s . S t u d e n t A l o o k a t t h e i n f o r m a t i o n o n

t h i s p a g e . S t u d e n t B l o o k a t t h e i n f o r m a t i o n o n p a g e 69 .

S t u d e n t

A

L o o k

a t

t h e s e f l oo r p l a n s .

Y o u a r e a t

R e c e p t i o n .

A s k

S t u d e n t

B h o w t o g e t t o t h e

f o l l ow i n g .

1

t h e

s i t e m a n a g e m e n t o ff i c e

2 t h e

first

f l o or c o n f e r e n c e r o o m

3 t h e s u p e r v i s o r ' s o ff ic e

purchasing

accounts

general

manager

w c

photocopying

conference

room

ground floor

lift

W C

10

residential

commercial

W C storage projects

lift

W C

entrance

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W e a t h e r o n s i t e

Vocabulary 1 Look a t photos A - F . Sa y t h e words a l o u d .

Listening 2

n

1

L i s t e n a n d m a t c h conversations 1- 6 t o t h e weather photos i n 1.

R e a d i ng

3

Complete t h i s

t e x t a b o u t extreme weather a n d c o n s t r u c t i o n sites w i t h t h e

words i n t h e b o x .

cold hot l ightning wet wind

Bad weather often causes long

delays on construct ion si tes.

Bui ld ing mater ia ls behave

differently, eq uip me nt nee ds

protection and injuries are more

c o m m o n .

In (1) we athe r,

paint and concrete dry too fast,

sand gets into machines and other

equipment, and in jur ies inc lude

dehydrat ion and sunburn. In (2)

we athe r, a big pro ble m is mu d. S trong (3) blo ws thing s

away. (4) ca n kill. A nd in (5) wea ther, wo rke rs require

special clothing and f ingers stick to metal,

c o m m o n .

In short , weather is expensive.

In extreme wea ther, acc id ents are mo re

4 Read t h e t e x t i n 3

again

a n d m a t c h

these

w o r d p a i r s f r o m t h e t e x t .

s t r o n g

b i g

special

w e t

l o n g

a ) c l o t h i n g

b ) w i n d

c )

delays

d ) p r o b l e m

e )

weather

5

On site



R eading

5 P u t t h e w o r d s i n t h e b o x i n t h e c o r r e c t c o l u m n . S o m e t i m e s m o r e t h a n o n e w o r d

i s

p o s s i b l e .

c l ou d

d e h y d r a t i o n l i g h t n i ng m u d ra in s n o w

s u n b u r n

s u n n y w i n d

Hot Co ld We t

Listening

6 L i s t e n t o f i ve t e l e p h o n e c o n v e r s a t i o n s a n d c o m p l e t e t h i s t a b l e .

C onvers ation W eather Proble m(s)

1

(1)

(2)

2

(3)

(4)

3

(5) (6)

4

(7)

(8)

5

(9)

(10)

Language

Because of

We can use because of to explain why we can't do something

How s i t go ing?

or why something isn't possible.

Well, we can t work on the roo f a t the moment.

Why no t?

Because of

th e rain. I t s too dange rous .

Ah , y es , OK .

\

7 L o o k a t a u d i o s c r i p t 3 3 o n p a g e 7 6 . U n d e r l i n e

because

of in t h e c o n v e r s a t i o n s .

8 M a t c h q u e s t i on s 1- 5 t o r e a s o n s a - e .

1 W h y c a n ' t y o u w o r k o n t h e roo f?

W h y d o y o u n e e d m o r e s h e e t i n g ?

W h y c a n ' t y o u w o r k o u ts i d e ?

W h y c a n ' t y o u u s e t h e c r a n e ?

2

3

4

5 W h y d o y o u n e e d s u n g l a s s e s ?

a )

B e c a u s e

o f t h e

s a n d .

W e

n e e d

t o

c o v e r

t h e

m a c h i n e s .

b ) B e c a u s e i t ' s t o o c o l d . W e n e e d b e t t e r c l o t h i n g .

c ) B e c a u s e o f t h e s u n . I t ' s v e r y b r i g h t .

d ) B e c a u s e o f t h e r a i n . I t ' s t o o d a n g e r o u s f o r t h e r o o f e r s .

e ) B e c a u s e i t ' s t o o w i n d y . I t ' s d i f f i c u l t t o h a n d l e t h e l o a d s .

S peaking

9 I m a g i n e y o u w o r k o n c o n s t r u c t i o n s i t es a l l o v e r t h e w o r l d . G i v e e x a m p l e s o f

p r o b l e m s d i f fe r e n t t y p e s o f w e a t h e r c a n c a u s e . D i s c u s s t h e s e w i t h a p a r t n e r .

A :

O n e b i g problem on building

sites

is rain.

B : Why?

A :

Y ou can't work on the roof in the ra in. I t 's too dangerous. An d t h e ground is

too soft for big

trucks.

B :

An d t h e

paint can't

dry.

A :

Y e s , good point.

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4



F o o d

V o c a b u l a r y

1

R e a d

c o n v e r s a t i o n s 1 -6 a n d m a t c h t h e m t o p h o t o s A - R T h e n c o m p l e t e t h e

c o n v e r s a t i o n s w i t h t h e w o r d s i n t h e b o x .

b i s c u i t s

c o f f e e

m i l k n o od l e s s a n d w i c h e s s o u p

S p e a k i n g

1 A :

B:

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W h a t h a v e y o u

g o t ?

C h o c o l a t e ( 1 )

. W a n t

o n e ?

Y o u l o o k h u n g r y .

Y es , p l e a s e . A n d y o u ' r e

r i g h t . 1

a m h u n g r y .

T h e r e y o u g o.

T h a n k s .

W h a t a r e y o u d r i n k i n g ?

O r a n g e j u i c e . W o u l d y o u l i k e

s o m e ?

N o , t h a n k s . I a lw a y s d r i n k (2)

w h e n I 'm t h i r s t y .

T h e r e ' s a t a k e a w a y d o w n t h e r o a d .

W h a t d o t h e y d o ?

( 3 ) D i f f e r e n t k i n d s , l i k e

c h e e s e

a n d t u n a . A n d t h e y a l s o d o

o t h e r s n a c k s .

T h a t

s o u n d s l i k e j u s t w h a t I n e e d .

W o u l d

y o u l i k e s o m e ( 4 ) ?

Ye s , p l e a s e .

H o w d o y o u t a k e it ?

W h i t e w i t h s u g a r, t h a n k s .

W h a t a r e y o u e a t i n g ?

C h i c k e n (5)

A h .

I h a v e f i s h w i t h r i c e .

I t ' s

c o l d t o d a y .

Y e s . B e l ow z e r o , I t h i n k .

W h a t ' s i n t h e f la s k ?

(6)

S m e l l s g r e a t . Is i t c h i c k e n ?

Yes .

2

W o r k i n p a i r s a n d p r a c t i s e t h e c o n v e r s a t i o n s i n 1. W h a t d o y o u u s u a l l y h a v e f or

l u n c h ? W h a t a r e y o u h a v i n g t o d a y ? D i s c u s s w i t h y o u r p a r t n e r .

3

W o r k i n s m a l l g r o u p s . Y o u ' r e o n a b u i l d i n g s i t e . I t ' s l u n c h t i m e . A s k y o u r

c o l l e a g u e s w h a t t h e y ' r e h a v i n g f o r l u n c h .

4 2

5 On s i te



R e v i e w

W r i t i n g 1 C o m p l e t e

t h i s

c o n v e r s a t i o n w i t h t h e c o r r e c t f o r m of t h e v e r b s i n b r a c k e t s .

Hi

C a n I h e l p y o u ?

Ye s , I ( 1 ) ( l o o k f o r ) S a sk i a P o l i n s k i .

S h e ' s

a n e l e c t r i c i a n .

Y e s , I k n o w Sa sk i a .

T o d a y

s h e ( 2) ( w o r k ) i n

th a t b u i l d i n g o v e r

( i n s t a l l ) a

l i g h t i n g

s y s t e m o n t h e g r o u n d f lo or .

A

B

A

B

A :

B:

A :

B

A

B

t h e r e . Sh e ( 3 ) .

T h a n k s .

J u s t a m o m e n t . I s n ' t

t h a t

h e r

o v e r

t h e r e ? I n t h e b l u e j a c k e t ? S h e

( 4 ) ( c a r r y ) a b o x o r s o m e t h i n g .

No , I c a n ' t s e e h e r .

S h e ( 5) ( w a l k ) p a s t t h e b l u e p o r t a b l e c a b i n .

Yes, I t h i n k y o u ' r e

r i g h t .

T h a n k s .

D o n ' t

m e n t i o n i t .

A n s w e r t h e s e q u e s t i o n s a b o u t t h e c o n v e r s a t i o n i n 1.

1

W h a t d o e s S a sk i a d o ?

2 W h a t i s S a s k i a d o i n g ? ( f o u r t h i n g s )

L o o k a t t h e m a p o n p a g e 3 8 . W r i t e d i r e c t i o n s :

1

f r o m t h e

M i l l

S tr e e t c o n s t r u c t i o n s i t e t o t h e s u p e r m a r k e t .

2 f r o m Sp a r k y ' s E l e c t r i c a l S u p p l i e s t o t h e p e t r o l s t a t i o n .

3 f r o m B r i g g ' s T i m b e r Y a r d t o

M i l l

S t r e e t .

W r i t e t h e t y p e o f w e a t h e r t h a t

c a u s e s

t h e fo l l o w i n g .

1

d e h y d r a t i o n 4 fin ge rs t o s t i c k t o m e t a l

2 s a n d t o g e t i n m a c h i n e s 5 s o f t g r o u n d

3 s h e e t i n g t o b l o w a w a y

W r i t e

q u e s t i o n s fo r a n s w e r s 1-4 .

1

B e c a u s e o f t h e s n o w . 3

2 B e c a u s e i t ' s t o o w e t . 4

B e c a u s e o f t h e w i n d .

B e c a u s e i t ' s t o o h o t .

6 C o m p l e t e

t h i s

e m a i l w i t h w h a t y o u h a d fo r

l u n c h .

Dear Sam,

Th an ks f or l ook i ng a ft e r me th is mo r n i n g . Th e s i t e i s l ook i ng

g o od

a nd th e t ra ff ic

m a na g em en t s y s t em is w e l l or g a n i s e d .

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w as grea t I r ea l ly en joyed the (1) an d the (2) w as

per f ec t - m uch bet t er

t h an

I

h a v e

a t h o m e

See you soon,

Caro l

7 W o r k i n s m a l l g r o u p s . B r a i n s t o r m l i s t s o f t h i n g s t o e a t a n d

d r i n k .

On

si te 5

4 3



6

H e a l t h a n d

s a f e t y

• i d e n t i f y warning s i g n s

•

complete

a v e h i c l e s a f e t y c h e c k l i s t

• e x p l a i n i n j u r i e s

• t a l k about waste d i s p o s a l c o l o u

codes

W a r n i n g

s i g n s

V o c a b u l a r y

1 L o o k a t t h e s e s ig n s . W h a t d o

t h e y

m e a n ? C o m p l e t e t h e s e n t e n c e s f or s i g n s 1-6

w i t h t h e w o r d s i n t h e b o x .

© q ® < d © o

a

h a r n e s s a

m a s k

e a r p r o t e c t i o n g l o v e s

p r o t e c t i v e c l o t h i n g

s a f e t y

g l a s s e s

1 Y o u

m u s t

w e a r .

2 Y o u

m u s t

w e a r .

3

Y o u m u s t w e a r .

4 Y o u

m u s t

w e a r .

5 Y o u

m u s t

w e a r .

6

Y o u m u s t w e a r .

2 H e r e a r e s o m e

o t h e r

s i g n s . W h a t i s t h e d i f f e r e n c e

b e t w e e n

t h e s e s i g n s a n d t h e

s i g n s i n 1?

'A

A A A

\

A A

anger

Scaffolding incomplete 1

Caution

Slippery surface

Warnin g Stand clear 1

of suspended load

Warning

Falling objects

A A A A

aution

Overhead cables

Caution

Trip hazard

Warning

Fork lift trucks

Caution

Guard dogs on patrol

R e a d

t h e s e s e n t e n c e s . W h a t

s i g n

i s n e e d e d ?

L o o k

a t t h e

s i g n s

i n 2 a n d w r i t e t h e

s i g n l e t t e r

for 1-8.

1 T h e r e a r e m e n w o r k in g o n t h e

r o o f

t o d a y .

2 T h e n e w

s e c u r i t y

c o m p a n y u s e s d o g s

3 T h e r e a r e p o w e r c a b l e s

n e a r

t h e f e n c e

4 T h e r e ' s a l o t o f d e b r i s o n t h e

g r o u n d

5

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e r e c t i n g

t h e

s c a f f o l d i n g

t h i s a f t e r n o o n

6

W e ' r e

u s i n g

t h e c r a n e t o d a y .

7

W e ' re m o v i n g t h e t i m b e r t o d a y .

8 T h e r e ' s o i l o n t h e g r o u n d

6 Hea l th and sa fe ty



4 U s e c l u e s 1-9 t o f i l l i n t h e s q u a r e s . W h a t h e a l t h a n d s a f e t y a d v i c e d o y o u r e a d

i n

t h e c o l u m n ?

L i s t e n i n g 5

f a l l i n g .

C l u e s :

1

o v e r h e a d

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

s u r f a c e

s u s p e n d e d .

h a z a r d

s t a n d

s a f e t y .

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l i f t

t r u c k

d o g

1 C o n v e r s a t i o n

1

a ) A

2

C o n v e r s a t i o n

2 b ) B

3


3 c ) C

4


4 d ) D

5 C o n v e r s a t i o n

5 e ) E

6


6

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7


7

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8

C o n v e r s a t i o n 8

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L o o k a t t h e s e p h o t o s . W h a t a r e A - E c a ll e d ? L i s t e n a g a i n a n d c h e c k y o u r

a n s w e r s .

S p e a k i n g

7 W o r k i n p a i r s . W h a t o t h e r s a f e t y s i g n s d o y o u k n o w / s e e o n s i t e ? D i s c u s s w i t h

y o u r

p a r t n e r .

T a k e t u r n s

t o s a y w h a t t h e s i g n s m e a n .

Hea l th

an d sa fe t y 6 4



Si te sa f e ty

V o c a b u l a r y

1 L o o k a t t h i s i l l u s t r a t i o n . C i r c l e t h e h e a l t h a n d s a f e t y p r o b l e m s y o u s e e .

2 Y o u a r e a n i n s p e c t o r . L o o k a t t h e i l l u s t r a t i o n i n 1 a ga i n . T i c k ( /) g o o d o r

c r o s s (X ) b a d fo r 1-6 i n t h i s r e p o r t . T h e n w r i t e t h e p r o b l e m f or e a c h u s i n g t h e

w o r d s i n t h e b o x .

b o o t s c h i l d r e n fal l h e l m e t l a d d e r m a sk o il s k i p t r i p w e l d i n g

R B

J o h n s o n

Construction

G o o d B a d P r o b l e m ( s )

1 W as t e

2 PPE

3

A c c e s s

4

Veh ic les

5

S i gns

6

Equ ipment

S p e a k i n g

3

W o r k i n p a i r s . C o m p a r e y o u r r e p o r t s i n 2 .

4

F i n d a n e w p a r t n e r .

T a k e

t u r n s t o d e s c r i b e a p r o b l e m o n a c o n s t r u c t i o n s it e . Is

t h e p r o b l e m i n t h e i l l u s t r a t i o n in 1?

6 Hea lth and safety



V o c a b u l a r y

5

L o o k a t t h i s i l l u s t r a t i o n . Sa y t h e w o r d s a l o u d . T h e n c l o s e y o u r b o o k , d r a w a n

i l l u s t r a t i o n

of a

f o r k l i f t t r u c k a n d l a b e l i t .

L i s t e n i n g

6

L i s t e n to t h i s c o n v e r s a t i o n . W r i t e t h e v e h i c l e n u m b e r t h e n c o m p l e t e

t h e c h e c k l i s t w i t h

a

t i c k

(/) or c r o s s

(X ) .

Fork lift

Daily

Inspect ion

Checkl ist

Vehic le number:

/ = OK

X = act ion n e e d e d

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s

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m

s

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7 L i s t e n a g a i n a n d d e s c r i b e t h e t h r e e p r o b l e m s w i t h t h e v e h i c l e .

S p e a k i n g 8 W o r k i n p a i r s . S t u d e n t A lo o k a t t h e i n f o r m a t i o n o n t h i s p a g e . S t u d e n t B l o ok a t

t h e i n f o r m a t i o n on p a g e 70.

S t u d e n t A

R e a d t h e

l i s t

of f a u l t s f or v e h i c l e G H 6 75 a n d e x p l a i n t h e m to S t u d e n t B. T h e n

m a k e no t e s a b o u t t h e f a u l t s f o r v e h i c l e J K 893 .

D

m

s

/ = OK

X = act ion

n e e d e d

L

g

s

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4 7



F i r s t a i d

V o c a b u l a r y

L a n g u a g e

P a s t s i m p l e : b e

eye

finger

thumb

head

chest

hand

knee

foot

elbow

back

ankle

H j ^ x H L i s t e n t o s i x conversations a b o u t i n j u r i e s o n s i t e a n d m a t c h 1-6 t o a -f

t o complete t h e sentences.

1 H e s p r a i n e d a ) h i s a r m .

2 H e b r o k e b ) h i s b a c k .

3 H e b u r n t c ) h e r f in g e r .

4 H e

h u r t

d ) h i s h a n d .

5 S h e c u t e ) h i s a n k l e .

6 T h e p a l l e t c r u s h e d f ) h i s knee.

W e us e t h e p a s t s imp l e o f

b e

t o t a lk about the pas t .

1/He/She/It

was/wasn t In the site manag er s office yesterday.

We/You/They

were/weren t here this morning.

P a s t s i m p l e

W e u s e t h e p a s t s i m p l e t o t a l k a b o u t a c t i o n s a n d s i t u a t i o n s t h a t s t a r t e d a n d f i n i s h e d i n t h e p a s t .

To fo rm the pas t s imp l e o f r e g u l a r v e r b s , w e a d d - e d t o the v e rb . / sprained my ankle.

Th e

pallet

crushed

h is hand.

Some

verbs

d o no t fo rm the pa s t s im p l e w i t h -ed.They a r e i r r e g u l a r

(e.g. go > went, buy • bought, meet -* met, etc.).

He

fell off the scaffolding, (fall

•>

fell)

He

broke h is arm. (break -> broke)

2

Read

t h i s e x t r a c t f r o m a n a c c i d e n t r e p o r t a n d u n d e r l i n e t h e

verbs

i n t h e p a s t

s i m p l e . W h i c h

verbs

a r e r e g u l a r ?

A C C I D E N T R E P O R T

N a m e : Michel Kempinski D a t e : 7 t h N o v e m b e r L o c a t i o n : Mill S t r e e t

R B J o h n s o n

T h i ' i -n Construction

D e sc r i p t i o n

Of inc ident : 1 was in the site manager s Of fee yes terd ay . I here

was a problem with some wa ste management paperwork^. The site manager told me to

cheeky

th e

skjps

in the gard . I counted the

skips

and found th er e we re Onlg six , not eight.

Then I saw the accide nt . W arrg t r ied to lift a skip wrt-h his Cra ne . Th e load was too heavg

and the Crane tipped ov er . I t Crashed in to the scaf fo lding tha t we ere cted gesterdag.

F o u r

men were h ur t . We ca lled the emergenCg

s e r v ic e s .

Theg se nt twO ambul ances.

6

H e a l t h a n d

safety



V o c a b u l a r y

3 T i c k / t h e i t e m s y o u

n e e d

t o t r e a t a cu t f i n g e r .

•

a bandage |

•

a roll of tape

1

n

P u t

t h e s e s e n t e n c e s

fo r t h e t r e a t m e n t o f a c u t fi ng er i n t h e c o r r e c t o r d e r .

Q C l e a n t h e c u t u n d e r

r u n n i n g

w a t e r .

|

C o v e r

t h e c u t w i t h a d r e s s i n g o r p l a s t e r .

| P ut o n d i s p o s a b l e

g l o v e s .

[T | W a s h y o u r h a n d s .

| D r y t h e c u t u s i n g a d r e s s i n g o r c o t t o n w o o l .

I m a g i n e a w o r k e r c u t h i s fin ge r y e s t e r d a y . W r i t e d o w n h o w y o u t r e a t e d i t . U s e

t h e v e r b s i n t h e b o x t o h e l p y o u .

L i s t e n i n g

6

7

c l e a n e d c o v e r e d d r i e d p u t o n w a s h e d

L i s t e n a n d c o m p a r e . I s a n y t h i n g d i f fe r e n t t o t h e w a y y o u t r e a t e d t h e

finger i n 5?

L i s t e n t o a h e a l t h a n d

s a f e t y o f fi c e r o r d e r i n g s u p p l i e s

f r o m a m e d i c a l s u p p l i e r fo r t h e

first

a i d k i t a n d c o m p l e t e t h i s

l i s t .

1

-two rolls of (I)

<me tu b e of <m-tiseptic ( 2 ) .

•tUree

boxes

of (3)

« couple of packers of (V)

a bottle of (S")

S p e a k i n g 8 W o r k i n p a i r s a n d t a k e

t u r n s . C h o o s e

o n e o f t h e i n j u r i e s i n 1. T e l l y o u r p a r t n e r

a b o u t t h e i n j u r y a n d e x p l a i n h o w i t h a p p e n e d . Y o u r p a r t n e r e x p l a i n s w h a t t o d o

u s i n g t h e p h r a s e s i n t h e b o x .

ca l l

a n a m b u l a n c e

t a k e an X - r a y

g e t t h e f i rs t a i d k i t g o t o hos p i t a l s e e th e doc t o r

A :

I cut my finger on some broken

glass.

B : OK . I need to get the hrst aid kit. First, I need to clean the cut...

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49



W a s t e d i s p o s a l

V o c a b u l a r y 1

R e a d

t h i s w a s t e d i s p o s a l n o t i c e a n d w r i t e t h e n a m e o f t h e c o n t a i n e r f o r

i t e m s

1-7.

W A S T E D I S P O S A L

Please fol low these waste disposal procedures.

Con tain ers are colour code d as fo l lows:

B i o h a z a r d -

f o o d ,

plants

G y p s u m - p l as ter board and gy psum pr oduc ts

H a z a r d o u s - con tam in ated wastes such as asbestos,

pain t t ins , tar

I n e r t - con crete, rubble, t i les , br icks, debr is

Metal - c lean metal

M i x e d - gener a l was te

W o o d - c le an , u n t r e a te d t i m b e r

1 m a n u a l s :

2 l e f t - ov e r f ood :

3 b r o k e n s t e e l p i p e :

4 p a i n t

t i n s :

5 o l d s h e e t i n g :

6 t a r m a c :

7 p a i n t e d w o o d :

2 Mr Th B

L i s t e n

a n d

c h e c k y o u r a n s w e r s

t o 1.

S p e a k i n g

3

W o r k

i n

s m a l l g r o u p s . T a l k a b o u t w a s t e d i s p o s a l

i n

y o u r

a r ea .

A :

W e have three skips. One i s for debris, one is for pa in t and one i s for

general waste.

B : What about

glass?

A: Glass

goes

in

general waste.

6 Hea l th and sa fe ty



R e v i e w

W r i t i n g 1

W r i t e t h e m e a n i n g s o f t h e s e s i g n s .

2 D e s c r i b e t h e f a u lt s o n a v e h i c l e y o u i n s p e c t e d . U s e t h e w o r d s i n t h e b o x .

b r o k e n c r a c k e d

d i r t y

f la t l e a k i n g m i s s i n g

3

W r i t e t h e i t e m s y o u n e e d t o t r e a t a c u t r in g e r . T h e n w r i t e h o w t o t r e a t i t .

4 R e a d t h i s e m a i l a b o u t a c c i d e n t s o n t h e M i l l S t re e t s i t e a n d c o r r e c t t h e w o r d s

i n b o l d .

D C C C • »

•1

T o : s i t e man ager

F r o m : s i te supe rvisor

We (1 ) h a d d fou r a c c i d en t s on t h e Mill S t ree t s i t e th i s w e e k . A h m e d

(2) c u t t e d h i s f in g e r a nd n e ed ed s t i t c h e s . M i ck i (3 ) b r e a k e d h i s

a r m . K im (4 ) b u r n d h i s hand . An d Susan (5 ) f a i l e d i n a ho le an d

h ad t o go to hos p i t a l .

5 U s e t h e c h a r t o n p a g e 5 0 t o c o m p l e t e t h i s e m a i l a b o u t w a s t e d i s p o s a l o n a

c o n s t r u c t i o n s i t e .

T o : s i te supe rvisor

F r o m : hea l th an d safety inspector

P l e a s e

r e m in d you r w o rke r s t o u se t h e co r r ec t sk i p s fo r w as t e d i sp osa l . He r e i s a l ist of

co l ou r s an d t ypes o f w as t e .

G r e en : u n t r e a t e d wo o d

Gr ey: (1) Or an ge : (3)

Blue : (2) Blac k: (4)

R e g a r d s

Hea l th

a nd sa f e t y 6

51



7

T h e

c o n t r a c t o r ' s

o f f i c e

• w e l c o m e c l i e n t s a n d e x p l a i n w h a t

s t a ff m e m b e r s d o

• d i s c u s s p r o j e c t s

• d e s c r i b e s t r u c t u r e s u s i n g d im e ns ion

• d e s c r i b e t h e s h a p e o f c o n s t r u c t i o ns

• c a l c u l a t e a n a r e a

C l i e n t s

R e a d i n g 1 R e a d

t h i s

e m a i l . W h a t i s i t a b o u t ?

F r o m :

S R a m i r e z @ r a m c o . c o m

T o : A r n o l d _ S c h m i d t @ g o v . c o . u k

D ea r M r S c h m i d t ,

T h a n k

you fo r you r em a i l an d cong ra tu l a t i ons on you r new j ob I

con f i rm I am ava i l ab l e on Tuesday fo r a m ee t i n g an d l ook f orw a rd

to your v isi t to our of fices ne xt Tue sd ay at 9 a.m . to me et our staf f

a n d

to d i s cu s s th e Cam br i d g e Road Hosp i t a l p ro je c t .

Wi th

b e s t w i s h e s ,

Su sa na R a m i r e z

G e n e r a l M a n a g e r

R a m C o

L i s t e n i n g

2 _ _ _____ L i s t e n t o f iv e c o n v e r s a t i o n s b e t w e e n A r n o l d S c h m i d t a n d S us a n a

R a m i r e z a n d a n s w e r t h e s e q u e s t i o n s .

1

W h e r e d o e s A r n o l d S c h m i d t w o r k ?

2 W h a t i s S u s a n a R a m i r e z i n c h a r g e o f?

3 H o w d o e s A r n o l d S c h m i d t t a k e h i s

c o f f e e ?

4 W h a t p l a n d o e s S u s a n a R a m i r e z s u g g e s t ?

5 W h a t t i m e d o e s A r n o l d S c h m i d t h a v e t o

l e a v e ?

3 M a t c h 1-5 t o a - e t o c o m p l e t e t h e c o n v e r s a t i o n s . L i s t e n a g a i n a n d c h e c k y o u r

a n s w e r s .

1

H e l l o . M y n a m e ' s A r n o l d S c h m i d t . I ' m h e r e t o s e e S us a n a R a m i r e z

2 H e l l o . I ' m S u s a n a R a m i r e z . Y o u m u s t b e M r S c h m i d t

3 B e f o r e w e s t a r t , w o u l d y o u l i k e c o f f e e ?

4 H o w a b o u t i f I i n t r o d u c e y o u t o t h e t e a m f i rs t ? T h e n w e c a n l o o k a t t h e

d e s i g n s a n d y o u c a n a s k a n y q u e s t i o n s y o u h a v e

5 H o w l on g h a v e w e

g o t ?

a ) Y e s , t h a t ' s

r i g h t .

P l e a s e d t o m e e t y o u .

b ) A h , y e s . O n e m o m e n t , p l e a s e . Sh e ' s e x p e c t i n g y o u .

c ) I h a v e t o l e a v e at 11.30. So w e ' v e g o t a b o u t a n h o u r .

d ) Y e s , p l e a s e . W i t h

m i l k

a n d o n e s u g a r , p l e a s e .

e ) T h a t s o u n d s p e r f e c t .

7

Th e con t r a c t o r ' s o ff ic e







4 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ L i s t e n t o S us a n a R a m i r e z i n t r o d u c i n g h e r s t a ff . I l o w m a i n e m p l o ye e s

a r e t h e r e ?

5 L i s t e n a g a i n a n d c o m p l e t e

t h i s

s t a f f d i r e c t o r y . U s e t h e w o r d s i n t h e b o x . W h o i s

o u t o f t h e o f fi c e?

B o o k k e e p e r

C i v i l

E n g i n e e r i n g s t u d e n t

S t r u c t u r a l

E n g i n e e r T e a m A s s i s t a n t

R a m C o

•o staff

directo

a

S u s a n a R a m i r e z

K e n n e t h M c G a r r y

R o w e n a M u r p h y

J a n e t

L J o n e s

T i m o t h y

W i s e m a n

L u i s a S e r r a n o

T h o m a s M c N a m a r a

J u l i t a Z i e l i n s k i

N a s i m O r g u n

G e n e r a l M a n a g e r

A r c h i t e c t

(1)

S t r u c t u r a l E n g i n e e r

P r o j e c t M a n a g e r

P r o j e c t M a n a g e r

(2)

(3)

(4)

V o c a b u l a r y 6 M a t c h 1-5 t o a - e t o m a k e n e w w o r d s o r w o r d p a i r s .

1

2

3

4

5

t e a m

e n g i n e e r i n g

p r o j e c t

s t r u c t u r a l

b o o k

a ) m a n a g e r

b ) k e e p e r

c ) a s s i s t a n t

d ) s t u d e n t

e ) e n g i n e e r

7

P u t t h e s e w o r d s i n t h e c o r r e c t o r d e r t o m a k e s e n t e n c e s .

1

R o w e n a / t h e / a l l /

d o e s

/ c a l c u l a t i o n s

2

J u l i t a

/ o f / c h a r g e / i s / i n / s t a f f / t h e / s c h ed u l e

3 T h o m a s / n e x t / g r a d u a t e / h o p e s / t o / y e a r

4 Na s i m / t h e / l oo ks / a f t e r / fi nances

5 t h e / o t h e r s / t h e / a l l / o u t / a r e / a t / m o m e n t

S p e a k i n g 8

W o r k i n s m a l l g r o u p s a n d c o m p l e t e t h e f o l lo w i n g .

1

I m a g i n e y o u w o r k t o g e t h e r i n a g e n e r a l c o n t r a c t o r ' s o ff ic e . W h o d o e s w h a t ?

W r i t e a s ta f f d i r e c t o r y u s i n g j o b

t i t l e s .

2 S e n d on e p e r s o n - ' t h e v i s i t o r ' - t o a n o t h e r ' of fi c e ' t o b e i n t r o d u c e d t o

t h e i r

s t a f f .

3 I n t r o d u c e t h e v i s i t o r t o y o u r s t aff . E x p l a i n t h e j o b s a n d r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s o f

y o u r s t a f f .

A: This is ... . He/Shes respons ible for .

B :

Plea sed to me et you.

A : A nd this is ....

. At the mom ent he/she's working on

Th e con t r a c t o r ' s o ff ic e 7 53



P r o j e c t s

L i s t e n i n g

1

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ L i s t e n t o S u s a n a

Ramirez

a n d A r n o l d S c h m i d t t a l k i n g a b o u t B lo c k A of

t h e

Cambridge

Road H o s p i t a l p r o j e c t a n d fin d t h e t h i n g s t h e y t a l k a b o u t i n A - D .

•J r o om s

e n t r a n c e / \ e n t r a n c e

•

p a s s a g e * -

L

- g l a s s roof

25

m

p a s s a g e

H

m I

Groun d f loor: |

A m e n i t i e s

L a n g u a g e

M e t r ic a n d i m p e r ia l m e a s u r e m e n t s

(m)

®

•

afe book shop

bank

r

e s ' a

J

r

a n *

gift shop |

®

(D

frui t shop bank toy shop

post off ice cafe


i n d u s t r y u s e s b o t h m e t r i c

( e . g .

cm/m/km)

a n d

i m p e r i a l

( e . g . inches/

feet/yards) m e a s u r e m e n t s .

1

i n c h = 1 " = 2 . 5 4 c m

1 2 i n c h e s

= 1

f oot

= 1 '

3

f e e t = 3 ' = 1 y a r d

1 m = 3 . 2 8 1 '

You

c a n a s k a n d

a n s w e r q u e s t i on s

a b o u t

d i m e n s i o n s i n d i f f e r e n t w a y s :

How high is it? It s 25 metres high.

O R

What s the he ight? The height is

25 metres.

How wide is it? It s 16 metres

wide.

O R

What s the width? The width is

16 metres.

You

c a n a s k a n d


a b o u t


How long is it? It s 150 metres long.

O R

What s the length? The length

is 250 metres.

What s th e

area?

It s 25 m

2

.

( s q u a r e

m e t r e s )

You

c a n a s k a n d


a b o u t


How long is it? It s 150 metres long.

O R

What s the length? The length

is 250 metres.

What s the volume? It s 46 m

3

.

( c ub i c m e t r e s )

2 F i l l i n t h e gaps i n t h e c o n v e r s a t i o n .

A : So

t e l l

m e a b o u t t h e n e w p r o j e c t . I

hear

i t h a s a ( n ) ( 1 ) passage?

B : Y e s , t h a t ' s r i g h t . A n d a ( n ) ( 2 )

roof.

A : H o w ( 3 ) i s i t ?

B : T h e passage? 16 (4 )

A : H o w m u c h i s t h a t i n feet?

B : O h , a b o u t ( 5 ) feet.

A : A n d h o w l o n g i s i t ?

B : 2 5 0 m . S o r r y . A b o u t ( 6 ) y a r d s .

A : Q u i t e a l o t o f f l o o r

space

t h e n ?

B : Y e s . T h e ( 7 ) i s 4 0 0 0 m

2

. A n d d o n ' t a s k m e w h a t t h a t i s i n feet

7

T h e c o n t r a c t o r ' s

office



________ L i s t e n t o t h r e e m o r e c o n v e r s a t i o n s a b o u t Bl o c k A o f t h e C a m b r i d g e

R o a d

H o s p i t a l p r o j e c t a n d c o m p l e t e t h i s t a b l e . T h e n c o m p a r e y o u r a n s w e r s

w i t h

a p a r t n e r .

C o n v e r s a t i o n T o p i c

D e t a i l s

1

(1)

(2)

2

(3)

(4)

3

(5)

(fi)

R e a d

t h i s n e w s p a p e r a r t i c l e a b o u t t h e C a m b r i d g e

R o a d

H o s p i t a l p r o j e c t a n d

c o r r e c t t h e

s e v e n

m i s t a k e s .

W o r k o n th e C a m b r i d g e

R o a d

H o s p i t a l p r o j e c t is g o i n g t o p l a n ,

says

A r n o l d

S m i t h ,

t h e g o v e r n m e n t o f f i c i a l r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h e p r o j e c t . T h e n e w s k y s c r ap e r

h a s s i x fl o o r s a n d i s 1 5 0 m e t r e s l o n g . T h e

d e s i g n h a s a c e n t r a l

p a s s a g e

w i t h r o o m s

o n e a c h s i d e . T h e

p a s s a g e

ha s d i f f e r e n t

a m e n i t i e s , i n c l u d i n g s h op s a n d r e s t a u r a n t s ,

a n d a w o o d e n r o o f. T h e p r o j e c t m a n a g e r i n

c h a r g e ,

J u l i t a

Z i e l i n s k i o f

R a m C o , s ays

t h a t

t h e p r oj e c t i n c l u d e s a n e w u n d e r g r o u n d c ar

p a r k .

A l oc a l c o m p a n y , H i n g e w e l l D o o r s , a re

s u p p l y i n g t h e d o o r s .

W o r k i n p a i r s . S t u d e n t A l o o k a t t h e i n f o r m a t i o n o n t h i s

p a g e .


t h e i n f o r m a t i o n o n p a g e 7 0. E x c h a n g e i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t t w o b u i l d i n g s .

S t u d e n t A

L o o k a t t h i s p h o t o a n d r e a d t h e i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t T a i p e i 1 0 1. T e l l St u d e n t B

a b o u t t h e b u i l d i n g . T h e n l i s t e n a n d t a k e n o t e s a b o u t S t u d e n t B's b u i l d i n g .

T a i p e i

101

T h i s s k y s c r a p e r i s 5 0 8 m e t r e s h i g h a n d h a s 1 0 1 f l o o r s . A n i n t e r e s t i n g

f e a t u r e i s t h e s t e e l p e n d u l u m w h i c h h a n g s f r o m t h e 9 2 n d fl oo r a n d a c t s

a s a d a m p e r a g a i n s t s t r o n g w i n d s . It c o n s i s t s o f 4 1 c i r c u la r s t e e l p l a t e s .

E a c h p l a t e i s 1 2 5 m i l l im e t r e s h i g h . T o g e t h e r t h e y f o rm a 5.5 m e t r e

d i a m e t e r s p h e r e . E v e r y ye a r, t h e r e i s a r a c e u p t h e 2 , 0 4 6 s t e p s f r om f l o o r s

1

t o 9 1 . T h e r e c o r d i s

j u s t

u n d e r 1 0 m i n u t e s a n d 3 0 s e c o n d s .

f t * - c3„rj-

Khal i fa

He ./gh - f : (J. ) .

D/Vu ns/onS: (Z)

t imber o f

u t i^AouiZ :

(3)

Th e con tra c tor ' s o f fi c e

55



S h a p e s

V o c a b u l a r y 1 ________ L i s t e n a n d w r i t e t h e c o n v e r s a t i o n l e t t e r n e x t t o t h e s h a p e . L i s t e n

a g a i n a n d c o m p l e t e t h e t a b l e u s i n g t h e w o r d s i n t h e b o x .

l - s h a p e d r e c t a n g u l a r s p h e r e s q u a r e t r i a n g u l a r

a t r i a n g l e

a ( n )

:

. t r u s s

a n l - s h a p e

—

a ( n )

. g i r d e r

o

a c i rc le

a c i r c u l a r r o d

a s q u a r e

a ( n )

7

. . b e a m

a c y l i n d e r a c y l i n d r i c a l c a n

o

a ( n )

a

s p h e r i c a l d a m p e r

" A

a r e c t a n g l e

a(n)

r o o m

U n d e r l i n e t h e s t re s s i n t h e s e w o r d s . T h e n l i s t e n a n d c h e c k y o u r

a n s w e r s .

1 c y l i n d e r

2 r e c t a n g l e

3 t r i a n g l e

4 c i r c l e

c y l i n d r i c a l

r e c t a n g u l a r

t r i a n g u l a r

c i r c u l a r

3 C o m p l e t e t h e s e s e n t e n c e s

w i t h

w o r d s t o d e s c r i b e s h a p e s .

1

T h e p e n d u l u m i n T a i p e i 1 01 i s

2 T h i s p a g e i s

3 M y c u p o f c o f f e e i s

4 A 90 ° c r o s s - s e c t i o n o f a p i p e i s

5 M a n y s t e e l b e a m s a r e

S p e a k i n g 4 W o r k i n a s m a l l g r o u p . M a k e l is t s o f t h i n g s t h a t a r e t h e f o l l o w i n g s h a p e s .

1

c i r c u l a r

2 r e c t a n g u l a r

3 c y l i n d r i c a l

4 s q u a r e

5 s p h e r i c a l

6 l - s h a p e d

7 t r i a n g u l a r

5 C o m p a r e y o u r l i s t s i n 4 w i t h o t h e r g r o u p s .



L i s t e n i n g 6 ________ L i s t e n t o a s t r u c t u r a l e n g i n e e r d e s c r i b i n g t he d i m e n s i o n s o f t w o

beams: an I-shaped cross-s ection and a sta nda rd channel cross-s ection, and a

r o d .

Complete these ta bles.

b e a m

he igh t

(h)

f l a n g e w i d t h

(w)

' w e b

J\

|~- web

t h i c k n e s s

(b)

f l an g e

_ f l a n g e t h i c k n e s s (t)

l - s h a p e d c r o s s - s e c t i o n

F l a n g e w i d t h :

(1)

F l a n g e

t h i c k n e s s :

(2)

W e b t h i c k n e s s :

(3)

B e a m

h e i g h t :

(4)

A r e a :

(5)

•

length (I)

r ad ius (r)

S t a n d a r d

channel

c r o s s - s e c t i o n

D e p t h (h):

(6)

W i d t h (w):

(7)

W e b t h i c k n e s s

(s):

(8)

A r e a :

(9)

R o d

R a d i u s (r):

( 10 )

L e n g t h (I):

(11)

L a n g u a g e

E x p r e s s i o n s

N o t e

how we say d i m e n s i o n s :

3 . 5 2 0

=

three point five two oh

0 . 3 7 0

=

(nought/zero/oh) point three seven oh

(We do NOT say

three point fifty-two, or three point five hundred

an d twenty.)

1

i n c h = a p p r o x im a t e l y 25 m i l l i m e t r e s This

board is 30

x

600. =

This

board is 30 by 600.

7

Write these dimens ions in word s.

1 2.345 2 0.146 3 35.290 4 63.38 5 3.402

S p e a k i n g

8

Work in pair s to com ple te these dimen si ons . Student A loo k at the in fo rm ati on

o n

t h i s page.

Student B loo k at the in fo rm at io n on page 70.

A : What are the dimensions of the rod?

B :

It s 4.35 metres long, ....

A :

What about the

rad ius?

B : The radius is ... .

T h e

c o n t r a c t o r ' s o f f i c e

1 »




V o c a b u l a r y

1 L o o k a t t h e s e c r o s s - s e c t i o n s . C a l c u l a t e t h e a r e a s .

area o f a c i rc l e =

j t r

2

vo lume o f a

cy l inder =

; r r

z

h

vo lume o f a

s p h e r e = ^ n r

3

vo lume o f a c on e

3 0 m m

1

2 0 m m

25 mm

25 mm

L a n g u a g e


N o t e h o w w e s a y c a l c u l a t i o n s :

20 x 30 = 600 =

twenty times thirty is/equals 600

= e q u a l s

ir r

2

= pi r squared

+ p lu s

2 n r

=

two pi r

- m i n u s

6 0 0 m

2

=

six hundred square metres

/ d i v i d e d b y

6 0 0 m

3

=

six hundred

cubic metres

x

m u l t i p l i e d b y/ t imes

J 64 = 8 = the square root of sixty-four is

eight

V th e s qu ar e roo t o f

2 C a l c u l a t e t h e s e v o l u m e s . C o m p a r e y o u r a n s w e r s w i t h a p a r t n e r .

4 "

4 "

8 cm

5 m m

3 T h e a n s w e r s t o

t h e s e

c a l c u l a t i o n s a r e i n c o r r e c t . C o r r e c t t h e a n s w e r s a n d t h e n

c o m p a r e w i t h a p a r t n e r .

1 3 x 4 = 1 5

2 16 /8 = 3

3 V2 5 = 4

4 1 8 - 1 5 = 2

5 76 + 32 = 107

S p e a k i n g 4 W o r k i n p a i r s . T a k e t u r n s t o

g i v e

e a c h o t h e r s i m p l e c a l c u l a t i o n s t o d o .

A What 's the square root of 121?

B 11. My turn. Wha t's 174 divided by 3?

A 48.

B No, it 's 58.

7 T h e c o n t r a c t o r ' s

o f f i c e



R e v i e w

W r i t i n g 1 W r i t e t h e n o u n ( n ) a n d a d j e c t i v e ( a d j ) f or e a c h s h a p e .

l ( n ) _

2 ( ad j )

3 ( n ) _

4 ( ad j )

5 ( n ) _

6 ( ad j )

7 ( n ) _

8 ( a d j ) .

9 ( n ) _

10 ( ad j )

l l ( n ) _

12 (adj )

13 (n ) _

14 ( ad j ) .

2

C o m p l e t e

t h i s

t e x t w i t h t h e w o r d s i n t h e b o x .

c ou n c i l

e n g i n e e r s p l a n s ta ff t e a m w a t e r

o n e g e n e r a l m a n a g e r , o n e

, t h r e e p r o j e c t c o - o r d i n a t o r s ,

a s s i s t a n t . S u s a n a R a m i r e z

R a m C o e m p l o y s n i n e ( 1)

a r c h i t e c t ,

t w o s t r u c t u r a l (2)

o n e fin an ce s p e c i a l i s t a n d a ( n ) ( 3 )

is t h e a r c h i t e c t i n c h a r g e o f t h e C a m b r i d g e R o a d H o s p i t a l p r o j e c t .

E v e r y t h i n g

i s g o i n g t o ( 4 ) , s h e s a y s ,

e x c e p t

f o r t h e

( 5) s u j i p ly , w h i c h r e m a i n s a p r o b l e m . T h e s o l u t i o n i s a

n e w p u m p s y s t e m , s h e sa ys , b u t t h e r e is n o t e n o u g h m o n e y i n

t h e b u d g e t . T h e l o c a l g o v e r n m e n t o f f ic i a l , A r n o l d S c h m i d t ,

s a y s t h a t h e is a s k i n g f o r m o r e m o n e y f r o m t h e l o c a l

( 6 ) T h e h o s p i t a l i s

u s e l e s s

w i t h o u t a

r e l i a b l e w a t e r s u p p l y , h e s a ys .

3 I m a g i n e y o u a r e a v i s i t o r a t a c o n t r a c t o r ' s o ff ic e . W r i t e a n s w e r s t o t h e

r e c e p t i o n i s t ' s q u e s t i o n s 1-3.

1 C a n I h e l p y o u ?

2 W o u l d y o u l i k e c o f f e e ?

3 H o w l o n g

h a v e

y o u

g o t ?

4

W r i t e t h e s e n u m b e r s i n w o r d s .

1 2.905 2 67.98 3 0.223 4 453. 608 5 14.890

5 W r i t e t h e s e c a l c u l a t i o n s i n w o r d s .

1 5 x 6 = 30 4 5 + 3 - 1 = 7

2 10 0 /5 = 20 5 7

2

= 7 x 7 = 49

3 V3 6 = 6

6 L o o k a t t h e b u i l d i n g s i n 5 o n p a g e s 5 5 a n d 7 0 . W r i t e t h r e e

s e n t e n c e s

a b o u t e a c h

b u i l d i n g . Us e t h e i n f o r m a t i o n o n p a g e s 5 5 a n d 70 t o h e l p y o u .

T h e c o n t r a c t o r ' s o ff ic e 7



8

P l a n n i n g

a h e a d

• c o m p l e t e a s c h e d u l e

• m a k e a p p o i n t m e n t s

• t a l k about d a y s , d a t e s a n d t i m e

• m a k e c o m p a r i s o n s

• w r i t e q u a n t i t i e s

P l a n n i n g a p r o j e c t

L i s t e n i n g 1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _

L i s t e n

t o a

p r o j e c t m a n a g e r e x p l a i n i n g

t h e

s c h e d u l e

f o r a

b e a m b r i d g e

a n d

l o o k

a t

t h i s d i a g r a m . T i c k

/ t h e

f ou r w o r d s

y o u

h ea r .

, d e c k Q

a b u t m e n t

supers t ruc tu re [_

s p a n Q ~

foundat ions [_

A r e

t h e s e

s e n t e n c e s

true ( T ) o r false ( F ) ?

C o r r e c t

t h e f a ls e s e n t e n c e s .

1

T h e d e c k i s a b o v e t h e s u p e r s t r u c t u r e . ( T / F )

2 T h e p i e r s a r e b e l o w t h e fo u n d a t i o n s . ( T / F )

3

T h e

s u p e r s t r u c t u r e r e s ts

o n t h e

p i e r s

a n d

a b u tm e n t s .

( T

/

F )

4

T h e

b r i d g e

h a s

t h r e e a b u t m e n t s .

( T

/

F )

V o c a b u l a r y 3 M a t c h 1 -5 t o a - e t o m a k e w o r d p a i r s .

p r o j e c t

b e a m

d e s i g n

s i t e

o p e n i n g

a )

p r e p a r a t i o n s

b )

b r i d g e

c ) c e r e m o n y

d ) s c h e d u l e

e ) p h a s e

8 P l a n n i n g a h e a d



L i s t e n i n g

4 L i s t e n a g a i n a n d c o m p l e t e t h i s s c h e d u l e .

January

February

March

Apri l

May

June

July

August

S e p t e m b e r

October

N o v e m b e r

D e c e m b e r

L a n g u a g e

Will future)

_

re

*_

Q.

<

•

re

s

c

3

~ 3

3

~ 3

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S

u

O

o

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o

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re

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0)

u_

k_

0

Q.

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ra

2

c

3

- J

3

-3

D e s i g n

i t

•////.

W/.

S i t e p r e p a r a t i o n s

F o u n d a t i o n s

P i e r c o n s t r u c t i o n

S u p e r s t r u c t u r e

D e c k

O p e n i n g c e r e m o n y

5

L o o k at the s c h e d u l e in 4 a n d a n s w e r t h e s e q u e s t i o n s .

1 W h e n w i l l w o r k

on the

fo u n d a t i o n s

b e g i n ?

2 W h e n w i l l w o r k

on the

s u p e r s t r u c t ur e e n d ?

3 W i l l

t he

s i t e p r e p a r a t i o n s s t a r t

in

J u n e t h i s y e a r ?

4 W i l l

the

b r i d g e o p e n

in

J u n e n e x t

y e a r ?

W e use will + the i n f i n i t i v e to t a l k

a b o u t s o m e t h i n g t h a t we

t h i n k ,

b e l i e v e

or k n o w

w i l l

h a p p e n in the

fu ture .

W e

ll start

work on the foundations

at the beginning of August,

(we l l

= we

will)

I ll

see you

next week.

(I ll = I

will)

Will

the bridge

open

in July? Yes, it

will./No,

it

won t (will

not).

S p e a k i n g 6 W o r k i n p a i r s . S t u d e n t A l o o k

at the

i n f o r m a t i o n

on

t h i s p a g e . S t u d e n t B l o o k

at the

i n f o r m a t i o n

on

p a g e 71 .

S t u d e n t A

L o o k at t h i s s c h e d u l e for a b r i d g e c o n s t r u c t i o n p r o je c t a n d ask S t u d e n t B for the m i s s i n g

i n f o r m a t i o n .

A :

When wil l

we do the

foundations?

B :

W e '11 start

in

Augus t

and we

11 hn ish

in

December.

A : So, it

will take

hue

months?

B : Yes,

that's right.

A : OK, what about...?

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0

c

3

3

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3

CD

3

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u

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it n



P i e r c o n s t r u c t i o n


I

if

D e c k


H

P l a n n i n g a h e a d

8 61



Schedu l e s

L i s t e n i n g

1

_ ______

L i s t e n t o fiv e c o n v e r s a t i o n s a n d l o o k a t t h i s c a l e n d a r . W r i t e t h e d a y s

o f t h e m e e t i n g s .

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

7 2

3

4

5

7

d 9 10

77

12

73

74 15 16 17 18

19

2 0

2 7 22

23

24

25 26 2 7

2

1

3

3 4

L a n g u a g e

P r e p o s i t i o n s

o f

time

W r i t e t h e s e y e a r s i n fi g u r e s .

1 n i n e t e e n e i g h t y -s i x

2 e i g h t e e n o h o n e

3 t w e n t y o h o n e / tw o t h o u s a n d a n d o n e

3 W r i t e t h e s e y e a r s i n w o r d s .

1972

2018

2007

2034

2010

2015

4 t w e n t y t h i r t y - f i v e

5 n i n e t e e n n i n e t y

6 t w e n t y e l e v e n

W e u s e

o n w i t h

d a y s a n d d a t e s .

N o t e : w e w r i t e 2 2 J u n e or 22nd June, b u t w e s a y June the

twenty-second o r the twenty second of June.

o n Tuesday/22

June/Monday evening

W e u s e in w i t h p a r t s of t h e d a y a n d l o n g e r p e r i o d s o f t i m e .

in the morning/the summer

W e u s e a t w i t h c l o c k t i m e s a n d s o m e e x p r e s s i o n s .

at 5.15 p.m./the weekend/the moment

S a y i n g y e a r s : 1 9 9 8 =

nineteen

n inety-eight

2 0 0 7 = f w e n f y

oh seven/two

thousand

and seven

M a k i n g

a p p o i n t m e n t s :

Are you free ...

on Tuesday?

on Wednesday morning?

at ten o clock?

in the morning?

next

week?

I m fre e ...

all

week,

on Friday.

on

Monday

evening,

at 5.30 p.m.

in

the

afternoon.

M a k i n g

a p p o i n t m e n t s :

1

can t

make it

on

Monday.

S p e a k i n g

4 W o r k i n p a i r s a n d a s k a n d a n s w e r q u e s t i o n s 1 -6. M a k e a n o t e of t h e a n s w e r s .

T h e n find a n o t h e r p a r t n e r a n d r e p e a t .

1

W h e n ' s y o u r b i r t h d a y ?

2 W h e n w a s y o u r l a s t h o l i d a y ?

3 W h e n ' s y o u r n e x t h o l i d a y ?

4 W h e n d i d y o u l a s t g o

o v e r

a b r i d g e ?

5 W h e n d i d y o u l a s t v i s i t a c o n s t r u c t i o n s i te ?

6 W h e n w i l l y o u r e t i r e ?

8

P l ann i ng ahead




Look

a t

clocks

1-6.

Listen

t o t h e t imes a n d

w r i t e t h e m

i n words.

1 4

2 5

3 6

6

Write these times i n words.

1 7.25 4 2.05

2 8.45 5 12.30

3 3.15 6 6.10

7 _ _ ______

Listen t o seven conversations. Write t h e times a n d what is

happening.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

L a n g u a g e

T e l l i n g t h e time

6.00 = s i x o ' c lock

6 .05 = fi v e p as t s i x/s ix oh f i v e

6 .10 = ten past s i x/s ix ten

6 .15 = quar te r pa s t s i x/s ix f i ft een

6 . 20 = t w e n t y p a s t s ix /s i x t w e n t y

6 .25 = tw en t y - f i v e pa s t s i x/s i x tw en ty - f i v e

6 .30 = ha l f pas t s i x/s ix t h i r t y

6 .35 = tw en ty - f i v e t o

s e v e n / s i x

t h i r t y - f i v e

6 . 4 0 = t w e n t y to s e v e n / s i x fo r ty

6 . 45 = quar t e r t o s e v e n / s i x fo r ty- f i v e

6 .50 = t en t o

s e v e n / s i x

fifty

6.55 = f ive to s e v e n / s i x fi fty-five

a . m . = i n t h e m o r n i n g

p.m. = i n t h e a f te r n o o n / in t h e e v e n i n g

What s

the t ime?/What

time

is it?

It s half

past

seven/seven thirty.

(7.30)

It s quar ter to seven/six

forty-five. ( 6 .45 )

It s five past six/six oh

five. ( 6 .05 )

A s k i n g w h a t t i m e s o m e t h i n g s t a r t s :

What time is the

meeting?

It s at quar ter past two/

two fifteen. ( 2 .15 )

M a k i n g a r r a n g e m e n t s t o m e e t : Are you free at 11 o clock?

How about/What

about

11.30?

S p e a k i n g

8

Take

o u t

your

o w n

schedule

fo r

t h i s

week.

Work

i n a

s m a l l

group.

Arrange

a

t ime t h a t s u i t s a l l o f yo u to have a two-hour meeting t o discuss a n e w project.

Planning ahead

8



B r i d g e s

R e a d i n g 1 R e a d t h e s e d e s c r i p t i o n s o f fiv e b r i d g e s a n d m a t c h t e x t s 1-5 t o d i a g r a m s A - E .

1

I n a s u s p e n s i o n b r i d g e , c a b l e s g o fr o m o n e t o w e r t o a n o t h e r a n d t h e d e c k

h a n g s f r o m v e r t i c a l s u s p e n d e r s ( c a b l e o r r o d s ) a t t a c h e d t o t h e m a i n

c a b l e

2 A c a n t i l e v e r i s a b e a m s u p p o r t e d a t o n e e n d . I n c a n t i l e v e r b r i d g e s , a b e a m

b a l a n c e s o n t o p of t w o o r m o r e o t h e r b e a m s , o r c a n t i l e v e r a r m s

3 A r c h e s a r e n o r m a l l y s e m i c i r c u l a r i n s h a p e . I n t h i s t y p e o f b r i d g e , t h e r e a r e

n o c a b l e s o r t o w e r s .

4 B e a m b r i d g e s a r e t h e m o s t c o m m o n t y p e o f b r i d g e . T h e d e s i g n i s v e r y

s i m p l e . T h e b e a m s i t s o n t o p of t w o o r m o r e s u p p o r t s o r a b u t m e n t s

5 I n a c a b l e - s t a y e d b r i d g e , t h e c a b l e s g o d i r e c t l y f r o m t h e t o w e r t o t h e d e c k .

C a b l e - s t a y e d b r i d g e s c a n h a v e a n y n u m b e r o f t o w e r s

S p e a k i n g 2 W o r k i n p a i r s . C o v e r t h e d i a g r a m s a n d t h e t e x t s i n 1. T o g e t h e r , s k e t c h t h e fiv e

t y p e s o f b r i d g e s i n 1 a n d e x p l a i n t h e d i f f e r e n c e s t o e a c h o t h e r .

8 P l ann in g ah ead



R e a d i n g

3

R e a d

t h e s e t e x t s a b o u t t h r e e c a b l e - s t a y e d b r i d g e s . A r e s e n t e n c e s 1-5

true

( T ) or

false

( F )? C o r r e c t t h e f al s e s e n t e n c e s .

T

h e S u t o n g Y a n g t z e

R i v e r B r i d g e i n C h i n a

h a s a m a i n s p a n o f

1 ,088 m . Th e r e a r e a l s o s i d e

s p an s , m a k i n g t h e t o t a l b r i d g e

l e n g t h 8 ,2 0 6 m . T h e t w o h i g h e s t

t o w e r s i n t h e b r i d g e a r e 3 0 6 m

h i g h .

T h e b r i d g e o p e n e d i n M a y

2008 .

T

h e R i o n - A n t i r i o n B r i d g e

i s i n

G r e e c e .

C o m p l e t e d

i n A u g u s t 2 0 0 4 , t h e

b r i d g e i s 2 , 880 m l on g a n d 28 m

w i d e . T h e c a b l e - s t a y e d d e c k i s

2 , 252 m l on g . I t h a s f ou r t ow e r s ,

e a c h 220 m

h i g h .

T

h e T a t a r a B r i d g e i n J a p a n

ha s a

t o t a l

l e n g t h o f

1 4 8 0 m , w i t h a m a i n

s p a n o f 8 9 0 m . T h e d e c k

w i d t h

i s

3 0 . 6 m a n d t h e t o w e r s a r e

220 m h i g h . T h e T a t a r a B r i d g e

w a s c o m p l e t e d i n M a y 1 9 9 9.

1

T h e l o n g e s t b r i d g e i s t h e S u t o n g

Y a n g t z e

R i v e r B r i d g e . ( T / F )

2 T h e o l d e s t b r i d g e is t h e T a t a r a B r i d g e . ( T / F )

3 T h e T a t a r a B r i d g e i s l o n g e r t h a n t h e R i o n - A n t i r i o n B r i d g e . ( T / F )

4 T h e R i o n - A n t i r i o n B r i d g e h a s t h e h i g h e s t t o w e r s . ( T / F )

5 T h e S u t o n g Y a n g t z e R i v e r B r i d g e h a s t h e s h o r t e s t m a i n s p a n . ( T / F )

L a n g u a g e

C o m p a r a t i v e

a n d s u p e r l a t i v e a d j e c t i v e s

We use c o m p a r a t i v e a d j e c t i v e s to compare t w o

people or things . We use s u p e r l a t i v e a d j e c t i v e s

to describe one in a group of three or more

people or th ings .

Th e Rion-Antir ion Br idge is

longer

than the Tatara Bridge.

Th e oldest bridge is the Tatara Bridge.

long > longer

than

-» the longest

old -»

o lder

than

> the

oldest

high

->

h igher

than • the

h ighest

short -» shorter than -* the shortest

new - newer

than

• the newest

C o m p l e t e t h e s e s e n t e n c e s . T h e r e is m o r e t h a n on e c o r r e c t a n s w e r .

1 T h e T a t a r a B r i d g e i s t h a n t h e S u t o n g Y a n g t z e R i v e r B r i d g e .

T h e S u t o n g Y a n g t z e R i v e r B r i d g e is t h a n t h e R i o n - A n t i r i o n B r i d g e .

T h e R i o n - A n t i r i o n B r i d g e is . . t h a n t h e T a t a r a B r i d g e a n d .

t h a n t h e S u t o n g

Y a n g t z e

R i v e r B r i d g e .

T h e S u t o n g

Y a n g t z e

R i v e r B r i d g e i s t h e .

T h e T a t a r a B r i d g e is t h e

S p e a k i n g

5 W o r k i n p a i r s . M a k e c o m p a r i s o n s a b o u t t h e b r i d g e s i n

t h i s

t a b l e .

C o m p l e t e d L e n g t h

T y p e H e i g h t

(above

wa t e r )

Firth of Forth Bridge , Scotla nd 1890

8,296

f eet

cant i lever

151 f eet

Golden Gate Bridge, USA

1937

8,981 f eet

suspens ion 220

feet

Howrah

Bridge, India 1943 705 m cant i lever/suspension

8.8 m

1 m = 3.28 feet

P l a nn i n g a h ead 8

65



Q u a n t i t i e s

L i s t e n i n g 1 ________ L i s t e n t o t h e c o n v e r s a t i o n a n d a n s w e r t h e s e q u e s t i o n s .

1

W h a t a r e t h e y t a l k i n g a b o u t ?

2 W h a t a r e t h e y b u i l d i n g ?

2

L i s t e n a g a i n a n d w r i t e t h e q u a n t i t i e s f o r 1-7.

1

b r i c k b l o c k s : 5 s a n d :

2 m o r t a r : 6 g r a v e l :

3 c o n c r e t e : 7 w a t e r :

4 c e m e n t :

L a n g u a g e

H o w

m u c h / H o w

many

W e u s e h o w m u c h t o t a l k a b o u t q u a n t i t i e s w e c a n ' t c o u n t .

H o w much mortar

will

you need?

W e u s e ho w many t o t a l k a b o u t q u a n t i t i e s w e c a n c o u n t .

How many bags of mortar

will

you need?

3 How much o r How many? W r i t e t h e n o u n s i n t h e b o x i n t h e c o r r e c t c o l u m n . A d d

t h r e e m o r e n o u n s t o e a c h c o l u m n .

b o x e s

b r i c k s c e m e n t m e t r e s m o r t a r w a t e r

H o w m u c h ? H o w

m a n y ?


C o m p l e t e

t h e s e

p h r a s e s .

1

a

r o l l

o f

2 a b ox of

3 a b a g of

4 a c up of

a p a c k e t o f .

a b o t t l e o f _

a t i n o f

8 a f l a sk o f .

S p e a k i n g

5 W o r k i n p a i r s . S t u d e n t A lo o k a t t h e i n f o r m a t i o n o n t h i s p a g e . S t u d e n t B l o ok a t

t h e i n f o r m a t i o n o n

p a g e

71 .

S t u d e n t A

Y o u w a n t t o

b u i l d

a 7 m

2

s i n g l e

s k i n

b r i c k w a l l . A s k S t u d e n t B w h a t m a t e r i a l s

y o u

w i l l

n e e d , a n d i n w h a t q u a n t i t y . U s e t h i s t a b l e t o a n s w e r S t u d e n t B's

q u e s t i o n s .

B r i c k w o r k ( m

2

) :

s o l i d

b r i c k wall

Number

o f

b r i c k s Number

of

b a g s

of

mortar

1

120

5

2

2 4 0

10

3

360

15

4

4 8 0

20

5

600 24

6

720 29

7 840 34

8 960 39

9 1080

4 4

8 P l ann ing ahead



R e v i e w

W r i t i n g 1

P u t t h e s e p h a s e s o f b r i d g e c o n s t r u c t i o n i n t h e c o r r e c t o r d e r 1-7.

_| f o u n d a t i o n s _ _ p i e r c o n s t r u c t i o n

s i t e p r e p a r a t i o n s _] d e c k

I

|

o p e n i n g c e r e m o n y s u p e r s t r u c t u r e

_ _ d e s i g n

2

C o m p l e t e

t h i s

c o n v e r s a t i o n a b o u t a b r i d g e p r o j e c t . W r i t e on e o r t w o w o r d s i n

e a c h g a p .

A : S o, w h e n w i l l t h e y s t a r t t h e d e s i g n p h a s e ?

In N ov e m b e r . T h e w h o l e p r o j e c t ( 1) a b o u t 24 m o n t h s .

s e e . W h a t s o r t o f b r i d g e ( 2 ) i t b e ?

I t ( 3 ) a s i m p l e b e a m b r i d g e .

B

A :

B :

A :

B :

A

B

A

B

A n d h o w ( 4 ) . w i l l i t be?

t h i n k t h e o v e r a l l l e n g t h w i l l b e 3 0 0 m e t r e s . Bu t I ' m n o t su r e . (5 ) .

h a v e t o c h e c k .

So

i t ' l l

b e ( 6 ) t h a n t h e o t h e r b r i d g e ?

Y e s , t h a t ' s

r i g h t .

O K . H o w m a n y p i e r s w i l l it (7 ) _? T h r e e ?

No , t h e c i v i l e n g i n e e r s a y s t h a t t w o ( 8 ) .

. e n o u g h .

S k e t c h o n e t y p e of b r i d g e d e s i g n .

N a m e

t h e b r i d g e t y p e a n d l a b e l t h e p a r t s of

t h e b r i d g e u s i n g

s o m e

o f t h e w o r d s i n t h e b o x .

a b u t m e n t

b e a m c a b l e c i r c u l a r d e c k f o u nd a t i o n p i e r

r od

s u p e r s t r u c t u r e s u p p o r t t o w e r

4 W r i t e t h e s e d a t e s i n w o r d s .

1

3 Oc t 1992 3 16 M a r 20 10

2 24 Fe b 200 1 4 12 A p r 1987

5 W r i t e t h e s e t i m e s i n w o r d s .

6 A r e t h e s e q u e s t i o n s correct ( C ) o r incorrect ( I ) ? C o r r e c t t h e m i s t a k e s .

1

H o w m u c h b a g s o f c e m en t ? ( C / I ) 4 H o w m a n y p r o j e c t s ? ( C / I )

2 H o w m a n y l i t r e s o f w a t e r ? ( C / 1 ) 5 H o w m u c h s a n d ? ( C / 1)

3 H o w m u c h m e t r e s ? (C / I )

7 R e a d t h i s i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t a b r i d g e p r o j e c t a n d w r i t e a s h o r t t e x t a b o u t i t f or

y o u r c o m p a n y b r o c h u r e . D r a w a n d l a b e l a d i a g r a m

w i t h

t h e d i m e n s i o n s . S t a r t

l i k e t h i s .

W e starte d th e project in ....

Completed

5 6 m (h i g h e s t p o i n t )

S e p t

2 0 0 9

| N o v 2 0 1 0

n o r t h e r n G e r m a n y

g o v e r n m e n t

P l a n n i n g a h e a d

8

67



P a r t n e r

f i l e s

1

The

c o n s t r u c t i on

i n d u s t r y

F i n d i n g

ou t m ore S p ea k i ng

e x e r c i s e

3 page 6

S t u d e n t B

Read

these

letters to Student A. Write the letters Student A

says. What

do the

letters

mean?

PPE H V

k g

POL

PPE =

personal

protect ion

equipment

HV = hig h

voltage

k g

= kilogram

POL = petro l, oil, lubri cant s

T r a d e s and training

2

T r a d e s

S p e a k i n g e x e r c i s e

7 pa g e 1 3

S t u d e n t B

Read about a

t r a i n i n g i n s t i t u t e

in Dubai, Unite d

Arab Emirates

(UAE) and und erli ne

the key information.

The inst itut e is 24 years old and has over 1 000 stu dent s.Th e firs t year of traini ng

is general and includes training on basic tools and equipment health and safety

and algebra. In the second year apprentices specialise in one trade: construction

e l e c t r i c i a n , painting and deco rati ng co ncr ete specialist heating ventil atio n and

air conditioning technician indoor plumbing roofing or residential glazing.The

training takes three years to complete and includes on-the-job experience.

3 H e a v y

e q u i p m e n t

C o n t r o l s a n d S p e a k i n g

e x e r c i s e

3 page 24

equ ipm ent

Materials

4 B u i ld i n g s u p p l i e s

S p e a k i n g

e x e r c i s e

10 pa ge 31

S t u d e n t B

Read

the

l i s t

on the

opposite

page.

The

items

are in st oc k in the

storeroom. Answer

Studen t A s

que stions. Then

ask to

borrow

the

items

y ou

need.

P a r t n e r f i l e s



In stock:

• 1 2 m e x t en s i o n c a b l e - 1

• 15 m extens ion cab le - 10

• 5 A / 2 5 0 V p l u g

- 30

• 15 mm f lexib le meta l co n du i t -

1 0

| H

• 25 mm f lex ib le meta l con du i t

- 30 l*v

• 3G powe r cab le - ^- l

l

*V

• 18 mm x 30 m PVC insu la t i ng tape - ^ 0 rOtlS

You have:

• spare red paint

• spray equ ipmen t ( fo r pa in t i ng )

You need to

borrow:

• a paint brush

A :

B :

A :

B :

A :

B :

Do y ou have three 12-metre extension cables?

Yes, we do. We

have

seven in

stock.

Wha t about conduits?

Yes,

we have conduits. Wha t type?

Can I borrow ...?

Yes, n o problem.

4 B u i l d i n g s u p p l i e s

Insulation S p e a k i n g e x e r c i s e 6 page 3 3

Student B

1

Y o u a r e a

c u s t o m e r .

R e a d

t h i s e x t r a c t f r o m

a

s u p p l i e r 's e m a i l . A n s w e r

t h e

p h o n e .

T h a n k you for your orde r fo r i n su l a t i on ma t e r i a l s , a s f o l lows :

Min e r a l

woo l g l a s s S u p a m a t 56 (20 0 m m x 6 m x 1130 m m ) - 10 rolls

Min e r a l

woo l

g l a s s

S u p a m a t

87 (20 0 m m x 6 m x 1130 m m ) - 7

rolls

P l e a s e

no t e your order number

is

B23451K.

2 Your

b o s s

w a n t s

17

r o l l s

o f

S u p a m a t

8 7 , n o t 7. P h o n e t h e

s u p p l i e r

a n d c h a n g e

t h e o r d e r .

5 O n s i t e

D i r e ct i o n s S p e a k i n g e x e r c i s e 7 page 3 9

Student B

L o o k a t t h e s e f l oo r p l a n s . Y o u a r e a t R e c e p t i o n . A s k S t u d e n t A h o w t o g e t t o t h e

f o l l o w i n g .

1

t h e

g e n e r a l m a n a g e r ' s

o f f i c e

2 t h e p u r c h a s i n g d e p a r t m e n t

3 t h e t o i l e t

accounts

photocopying

conference

room

r

e

p

t

o

n

lift

r

e

p

t

o

n

residential

commercial

site

management

storage

superv isor s projects

lift

entrance


69



6 H e a l t h a n d s a f e t y

S i t e s a f e t y S p e a k i n g e x e r c i s e 8 p a g e 47

S t u d e n t

B

L i s t e n

a n d m a k e n o t e s a b o u t t h e f a u lt s f or v e h i c l e G H 6 75 . T h e n r e a d t h e

l i s t

o f

f a u l t s

f o r v e h i c l e J K 8 9 3 a n d e x p l a i n t h e m t o S t ud e n t A.

P r o j e c t s

c

ID

in

CD

T

e

CO

>

01

/ = 0 K

X = a c t i o n n e e d e d

L

g

M

r

o

S S

T

e

F

u

d

CD

e

to

m

D

GHb7S

X

• •

X

X

•

7 T h e c o n t r a c t o r ' s o ff i c e

S p e a k i n g e x e r c i s e 5

p a g e

55

S t u d e n t B

L i s t e n a n d t a k e n o t e s a b o u t S t u d e n t A s

b u i l d i n g .

T h e n l o o k a t

t h i s

p h o t o a n d r e a d

t h e

i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t t h e

Bur j

K h a l i f a . T e l l S t u d e n t

A

a b o u t t h e

b u i l d i n g .

The B u r j K h a l i f a

T h e

Burj

Kha l i f a i s a s k y s c r a p e r i n D u b a i . It is 8 2 8 m e t r e s h i g h a n d

has 160 f l oo r s . Th e

t o t a l

f l oor area i s

o v e r

3 0 0 , 0 0 0 m

2

. T h e

bu i l d i n g

c o n t a i n s o f f i c e s , a h ot e l a n d s w i m m i n g p o o ls , as w e l l as 9 0 0 r e s i d e n t i a l

a p a r t m e n t s .

T h e r e a r e 2 4 , 3 4 8 w i n d o w s a n d 2 9 0 9 s t e p s . T h e

Burj

Kha l i f a c o n t a i n s m o r e

t h a n

3 3 0 , 0 0 0 m

3

of c o n c r e t e a n d 3 9 , 0 0 0

t o n n e s of s t e e l r eba r .

Taipei

I d

He - i ' ^ M - :

CO

r W b e r o£

s + e p S :

t$ > —

Race,

record-- W

7 T h e c o n t r a c t o r ' s o ff i c e

S h a p e s S p e a k i n g e x e r c i s e 8

p a g e

57

3.65 m

1.33 m

67 cm

r

4.83 m

65 cm

330 m m

6.38 m

4 5 c m

2 m m

4 m m

50 0 m m

6 m m

A :

Wha t are

the

dimensions

of the rod?

B :

It s 3.65 metres long, ....

A :

What about the

radius?

B :

The radius is ... .





Planning

a

project Speaking exercise

6

page

61

Student

B

L o o k a t t h i s s c h e d u l e

for a

b r i d g e c o n s t r u c t i o n p r o j e c t a n d a s k S t u d e n t

A for

t h e

m i s s i n g i n f o r m a t i o n .

A : When wil l we do the s i te preparations?

B :

We'l l start in

June

and we'll finish in

October.

A :

So, it wil l take f ive months?

B :

Yes, that 's

right.

A : OK,

what about....

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03

s

c

3

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3

i

3

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S

u

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o

z

o

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Quantities Speaking exercise

5

page

66

Student B

Y o u w a n t t o b u i l d a 3 m

2

s o l i d b r i c k w a l l . A s k S t u d e n t A w h a t m a t e r i a l s yo u w i l l

n e e d , a n d i n w h a t q u a n t i t y . U s e t h i s t a b l e t o a n s w e r S t ud e n t A's q u e s t i o n s .

B r i c k w o r k m

2

) :

s o l i d

b r i c k wall Number of b r i c k s Number of

b a g s

of mortar

1 6 0

3

2 120

5

3 180 8

4

2 4 0

10

5 30 0 12

6

360

15

7

4 2 0

17

8

4 8 0

2 0

9 54 0 22


71



A u d i o s c r i p t

f

* I

Unit

1 The

construction industry

[ J T = J u n T a k a h a s h i ; I R = I s a b e l l e R o u x ]

J T : H i I ' m J u n T a k a h a s h i , f r o m t h e M i n i s t r y .

I R : H i , M r T a k a h a s h i . I ' m I s a b e l l e R o u x . I ' m f r o m

F r a n c e . I 'm t h e a r c h i t e c t o n t h i s p r o j e c t .

J T : A h , I ' m a b u i l d i n g i n s p e c t o r .

IR : P l e a s e d t o m e e t y o u .

[ K N = K a r o l N o w a c k i ; SC = S a n t i a g o C r u z ]

K N : H i K a r o l N o w a c k i .

S C : S a n t i a g o C r u z .

K N : W h a t d o y o u d o , S a n t i a g o ?

S C: I ' m a c r a n e o p e r a t o r . A n d y o u ?

K N : M e ? I ' m a r o of e r .

[ K B = K a m a l B o u k h a l e d ; SC = S a n t i a g o C r u z ]

K B : H i M y n a m e i s K a m a l B o u k h a l e d .

S C: H i , K a m a l . I ' m S a n t i a g o .

K B : W h e r e a r e y o u fr o m ?

S C: F r o m C a r a c a s , V e n e z u e l a .

K B :

A h , C a r a c a s . A b e a u t i f u l c i t y . I c o m e f r o m

M o r o c c o .

[ K B = K a m a l B o u k h a l e d ; K N = K a r o l N o w a c k i ;

I R = I s a b e l l e R o u x ]

K B : H e l l o . M y n a m e ' s K a m a l B o u k h a l e d .

K N : H i , K a m a l . I ' m K a r o l N o w a c k i . A n d

t h i s

i s

I s a b e l l e R o u x .

K B :

H e l l o , I s a b e l l e .

IR : P l e a s e d t o m e e t y o u .

K N : W h a t d o y o u d o , K a m a l ?

K B : I ' m a p l u m b e r .

K N : I ' m a r o of e r . A n d Is a b e l l e d e s i g n s b u i l d i n g s .

K B :

S h e ' s a n a r c h i t e c t ?

I R : Y e s , t h a t ' s r i g h t .

A , H , J , K

B, C, D , E, G, P, T, V, Z

F, L, M , N, S, X, Z

I ,

Y

O

Q, U, W

R

H e l lo . M y n a m e ' s T r o c h o w s k i . T h a t ' s

T -R -O-C-

H-O-W-S-K-I .

F i r s t n a m e ?

R o b e r t .

T h a n k y o u .

C a r l o s . C a r l o s d e l B o s q u e .

H o w d o y o u s p e l l t h a t ?

I t ' s d e l Bosq ue . D-E-L . Ne w w or d . B-O-S-Q-U-E.

T h a n k y o u .

S a s h a B u r g e s s .

B:

P a r d o n ?

A : Bu rg e s s . T h a t ' s B -U-R-G-E do ub l e S.

B:

T h a n k y o u .

[ A = A h m e d ; T = T a r i q ; J = J a c e k ]

A : H e l l o . I ' m A h m e d . I ' m t h e e l e c t r i c i a n . F r o m

C h e s t e r t o n s .

T : C h e s t e r t o n s , t h e s u b c o n t r a c t o r s ?

A : Y e s , t h a t ' s r i g h t .

T : A h ,

g o o d

t o se e y o u , A h m e d . I 'm T a r i q .

R o o f e r .

T h i s i s J a c e k . H e ' s a r o o f e r t o o .

A : H i , J a c e k .

J : H e l l o , A h m e d .

T : A n d t h a t ' s L u i s .

A : W h a t d o e s h e d o ?

T : H e ' s a c r a n e o p e r a t o r .

A : OK .

[ K = K i m ; A = A h m e d ; R = R o b ; P = P i e r r e ; L = L u i s ;

T = T a r i q ]

K : O K , e v e r y b o d y . N e w p e o p l e , s o p l e a s e s ay

y o u r n a m e a n d y o u r j o b .

A : A h m e d . E l e c t r i c i a n . F r o m C h e s t e r t o n s .

R : R o b . L a b o u r e r .

P : P i e r r e . L a b o u r e r .

L : L u i s . C r a n e o p e r a t o r .

T : T a r i q . R o o f e r .

K : A n d I ' m K i m . S i te m a n a g e r .

[ A = A n t o n i o ; A h = A h m e d ]

A : H e l l o . M y n a m e ' s A n t o n i o .

A h : P a r d o n ?

A : A n t o n i o .

A h : H i , A n t o n i o . I ' m A h m e d . A r e y o u t h e n e w

e l e c t r i c i a n ?

A : N o , I ' m A n t o n i o R i v a l d i . B u i l d i n g i n s p e c t o r

f r o m t h e M i n i s t r y .

A h : A h , O K . C a n I h e l p y o u ?

A : I ' m l o o k i n g f o r K i m .

A h : K i m , t h e s i t e m a n a g e r ? T h a t ' s K i m

o v e r

t h e r e .

A : T h a n k y o u .

1

t u n n e l - T-U-N-N-E-L

2 r o a d - R -O-A -D

3 b r i d g e - B-R- I-D-G-E

4 h ou s e - H-O-U-S-E

5 s c h oo l - S-C-H-0-O-L

6 h o s p i t a l - H-O-S-P-I-T-A-L

7 a p a r t m e n t - A -P -A -R -T-M-E-N-T

8 off ic e b lo c k - O-F-F-I-C-E B-L-O-C-K

I ' m l o o k i n g fo r t h e s i t e m a n a g e r .

A r e y o u f r o m t h e s c h o o l ?

Y e s , t h a t ' s

r i g h t .

I ' m t h e c r a n e o p e r a t o r o n t h e n e w b r i d g e .

P l e a s e d

t o m e e t y o u .




3

4

W h a t d o e s h e d o ?

H e 's a n a r c h i t e c t . H e d e s i g n s a p a r t m e n t s .

T h a t ' s H e n r i e t t a S a m s o n . Sh e w o r k s f o r t h e

M i n i s t r y . Sh e i n s p e c t s o f fi c e b l o c k s .

A h , 1 s ee . T h a n k y o u .

W h o ' s t h a t ?

T h a t ' s K e n . H e 's a l a b o u r e r o n t h e

t u n n e l

p r o j e c t .

I ' m

l o o k i n g f o r S a l i m .

Sa l i m ?

Y es , h e ' s i n c h a r g e o f t h e r o o f e r s a t t h e ho s p i t a l .

A :

B:

C a n y o u t e l l m e a b o u t t h e h o u s e ?

Y es , o f c o u r s e . T h e h o u s e h a s t w o fl o o r s . W e h a v e

a

k i t c h e n , t w o b a t h r o o m s a n d t w o b e d r o o m s . T h e

k i t c h e n

o p e n s o u t i n t o a f a m i l y a r e a a n d a

d i n i n g

a r e a . W e a l s o h a v e a p o r c h .

D i d

y o u s a y t w o b a t h r o o m s ?

Y e s , t h a t ' s

r i g h t .

A n d t w o b e d r o o m s .

O K . W h a t a b o u t t h e g a r d e n ?

Unit 2 Trades

Hi M y n a m e ' s S a m S m i t h . I ' m a n e l e c t r i c i a n b y t r a d e .

w o r k o n b u i l d i n g s i t e s . I ' m a l s o a n i n s t r u c t o r a t a

v o c a t i o n a l s c h o o l . T o d a y I w a n t t o

t a l k

a b o u t t r a d e s .

T r a d e s n o r m a l l y h a v e t h r e e s t a g e s . T h e f i r s t s t a g e i s

a p p r e n t i c e . A p p r e n t i c e s a r e s u p e r v i s e d a t w o r k a n d

l e a r n

o n t h e j o b . M o s t a p p r e n t i c e s a l s o a t t e n d v o c a t i o n a l

s c h o o l a n d g e t a q u a l i f i c a t i o n . T h e s e c o n d

s t a g e

i s

j o u r n e y m a n . J o u r n e y m e n w o r k u n s u p e r v i s e d . A m a s t e r

i s t h e

t h i r d

s t a ge . M a s t e r s s u p e r v i s e o t h e r w o r k e r s , a n d

a l s o t r a i n a p p r e n t i c e s .

F : I n a b o x , b e h i n d t h e t r u c k , n e x t t o t h e b a s e

p l a t e s . A s k L e n n y .

J :

T h a n k s .

S: W h e r e a r e t h e j a c k s ?

F : B e h i n d t h e t r u c k . B e t w e e n t h e b a s e p l a t e s a n d

t h e

b o x o f p i n s .

S: O K , t h a n k s .

F : W he r e ' s m y f l a s k ?

A l l :

U n d e r t h e

t r u c k .

F : O K , t h a n k s .

[ F = F o r e m a n ; M = M i c k e y , a p p r e n t i c e ]

F : S o, M i c k e y . I s M i c k e y s h o r t f o r M i c h a e l ?

M : N o , i t ' s a n i c k n a m e . I t ' s s h o r t f o r M i c k e y M o u s e . I

h a v e b i g e a r s .

F : A h I s e e . W h a t ' s y o u r r e a l n a m e ?

M : K e n . K e n C h a m b e r s .

F : W h e r e a r e y o u f r o m ?

M :

M a n c h e s t e r .

F : M a n c h e s t e r ? T h a t ' s a l o n g w a y f r o m h e r e . D o y o u

l i v e i n M a n c h e s t e r ?

M :

N o , I d o n ' t . I l i v e i n

L e e d s .

F : A h O K . W h i c h

c o l l e g e

d o you go to?

M :

L e e d s

C o n s t r u c t i o n .

F: Is

t h a t

n e a r t h e c e n t r e ?

M : Y e s . N e a r t h e h o s p i t a l .

F : W h a t t r a d e ?

M : I ' m a p l u m b e r .

F : A n d h o w o l d a r e y o u ?

M :

I ' m n i n e t e e n . A l m o s t t w e n t y . M y b i r t h d a y i s o n

T h u r s d a y .

F : D i d y o u s a y T h u r s d a y ? T h a t ' s i n t e r e s t i n g .

M : W h y ?

F: M y b i r t h d a y i s o n T h u r s d a y t o o .

C o f f e e ?

M : Y e s, p l e a s e . T h a n k s .

1 t h i r t e e n 2 f o r t y 3 s i x t y

f i f t y - s i x ,

t h i r t y - f o u r ,

e i g h t y - n i n e , s i x t y - t h r e e ,

s e v e n t y -s i x , t w e n t y - o n e

t h i r t e e n ,

t h i r t y , f o u r t e e n , f o r t y , s i x t e e n , s i x t y

T h e o ff i c e b l o c k h a s s i x f l o o r s . E a c h f l o o r h a s t w e n t y - t w o

r o o m s . E a c h r o o m h a s t w o w i n d o w s a n d a d o o r , s o t h e r e

a r e f o r t y -f o u r w i n d o w s p e r fl o o r a n d t w e n t y - t w o d o o r s .

E a c h w i n d o w i s 1 m 2 0 b y 8 0 c m . E a c h r o o m i s 32 m

2

.

[ L= L e n n y , c o n s t r u c t i o n w o r k e r ; F = F o r e m a n ;

M

= M i c k e y , a p p r e n t i c e ; J = J e ff, a p p r e n t i c e ; S = S a m ,

a p p r e n t i c e ]

1

L : W h e r e a r e t h e

b a s e

p l a t e s ? O n t h e

t r u c k

t o o ?

F : N o , t h e y ' r e b e h i n d t h e t r u c k .

L : O K , t h a n k s .

2

L : I n e e d a h a m m e r . F o r t h e

b a s e

p l a t e n a i l s .

M : M y h a m m e r i s i n t h e t o o l b o x .

L : W he r e i s i t ?

M :

T h e t o o l b o x ? I t ' s i n f r o n t o f t h e

t r u c k .

L : T h a n k s .

3 J : W h e r e a r e t h e c o u p l i n g p i n s ? A n d t h e l o c k i n g

p i n s ?

[J

= J eff, a p p r e n t i c e ; M = M i c k e y , a p p r e n t i c e ]

J :

W h e n ' s t h e p a r t y , M i c k e y ?

M : S a t u r d a y .

J : W h a t t i m e ?

M :

E i g h t o ' c l o c k .

J :

W h e r e ?

M : A t m y p l a c e .

J : W h a t ' s t h e a d d r e s s ?

M :

S i x te e n , C o n w o r t h R o a d .

J :

Is

t h a t C -O-N-W-O-R-T -H?

M : Y e s, t h a t ' s r i g h t .

J :

O K . O h , w h a t ' s y o u r t e l e p h o n e n u m b e r , i n

c a s e

t h e r e ' s a p r o b l e m ?

M : I t ' s 564362 .

J : D i d yo u s ay 362 or 363?

M :

362.

J :

T h a n k s . S ee y o u o n S a t u r d a y .

M : G r e a t

Unit 3 Heavy equipment

W h a t ' s i n t h e c r a t e ?

A r e b a r c u t t e r .

A w h a t ?

A r e b a r c u t t e r . Y o u k n o w , t o c u t r e b a r .

A h , O K .


73



A : W h a t ' s i n t h e b o x ?

B:

T h e l a b e l s a y s M1G w e l d i n g e q u i p m e n t . H a n g

o n . A h , i t ' s w e l d i n g w i r e .

A : W h a t ' s o n t h e p a l l e t ?

B: I t l o o k s l i k e s h e e t s o f g l a s s .

A : OK .

A : W h a t ' s o n t h e f l a t b e d , u n d e r t h e s h e e t i n g ?

B:

R e b a r .

L o t s o f r e b a r .

A : W h a t a r e y o u d o i n g ?

B:

I ' m p h o n i n g t h e s u p p l i e r s . W e d o n ' t n e e d r e b a r .

He l l o ? He l l o ? I s t h a t H a r r i s o n s ? W e h a v e a

p r o b l e m . Y o u r m a n i s u n l o a d i n g r e b a r i n o u r c a r

p a r k .

W e d o n ' t n e e d r e b a r . W e d o n ' t u s e r e b a r .

W h y ? I d o n ' t k n o w w h y O K .

U h - h u h .

T h a n k y o u .

A : W h a t ' s h a p p e n i n g ?

B:

I t 's a m i s t a k e . H e 's p h o n i n g h i s d r i v e r n o w .

A : G o o d m o r n i n g .

B:

M o r n i n g .

A : I h a v e a d e l i v e r y f or t h e s i t e c a r p e n t e r , A b d u l

K a r i m .

B:

A h , y e s . H e 's w a i t i n g f o r t h e t i m b e r . F l o o r i n g

t i m b e r ,

r i g h t ?

A : N o , r o o f i n g t i m b e r .

B:

O h P a r k o v e r t h e r e ,

p l e a s e .

I

t h i n k

w e

h a v e

a

p r o b l e m .

A : H e l l o . I ' m l o o k i n g f o r t h e s i t e m a n a g e r .

B:

S u re . I ' m t h e s i t e m a n a g e r . J a n e k K r o l . W h a t ' s

up?

A : H i I ' m M a r c M a r t i n , f r o m M a r t i n ' s A g g r e g a t e s .

B: H e l l o . G o o d t o s e e y o u . W e a r e w a i t i n g fo r y o u r

s a n d .

A : Y es , w e l l , t h e s a n d i s c o m i n g - i n a b o u t t w o

h o u r s .

B:

T w o h o u r s ? W h y ? I n e e d t h e s a n d n o w .

A : I ' m s o r r y . W e ' re w a i t i n g fo r t h e d r i v e r .

B: W h a t ?

A : T h e d r i v e r ' s r u n n i n g l a t e . I ' m r e a l l y s o r r y .

C r a n e o p e r a t o r s u s e d i f fe r e n t c o n t r o l s t o r a i s e a n d

l o w e r t h e b o o m , r o t a t e t h e c a b , e x t e n d a n d r e t r a c t

t h e b o o m , w i n d a n d u n w i n d t h e w i n c h a n d c o n t r o l

o t h e r e q u i p m e n t . T h i s o p e r a t o r h a s t w o j o y s t i c k s . O n e

c o n t r o l s l e f t -t o - ri g h t m o v e m e n t o f t h e b o o m a n d t h e

o t h e r c o n t r o l s f o r w a r d a n d b a c k w a r d m o v e m e n t . T h e

o p e r a t o r

u s e s

t h e f o o t p e d a l s t o r e t r a c t o r e x t e n d t h e

b o o m .

D i d y o u s a y

t u r n

t h e k e y ?

Y e s , t h a t ' s r i g h t .

C l o c k w i s e o r a n t i c l o c k w i s e ?

C l o c k w i s e .

T h a n k s .

W h a t d o I d o n e x t ?

P r e s s t h e s t a r t b u t t o n .

O K . W h i c h o n e i s t h e s t a r t b u t t o n ?

I t ' s t h e g r e e n o n e , o n t h e l e f t .

T h a n k

y o u .

H o w d o I s t a r t t h e e n g i n e ?

P r e s s t h e g r e e n b u t t o n a n d

t u r n

t h e k ey .

A n d

h o w d o I s t o p i t ?

S w i t c h of f?

P r e s s

t h e b i g r e d

b u t t o n

h e r e .

T h a n k s .

W h e r e ' s

t h e s a n d ?

t h i n k

i t ' s o n t h e w a y .

h o p e s o .

W h e r e

a r e t h e

b a s e

p l a t e s ?

I ' m s u r e t h e y ' r e i n t h e t r u c k .

A h ,

O K . T h a t m a k e s s e n s e .

t h i n k

t h e b o o m i s t o o h i g h .

A h , y e s , y o u ' r e

r i g h t .

Us e t h e r a d i o a n d s p e a k

t o t h e o p e r a t o r .

OK . G o o d i d e a .

t h i n k t h e c o n c r e t e i s t o o h a r d .

d o n ' t

t h i n k

s o . It l o o k s OK t o m e .

A r e y o u s u r e ?

OK , g o a n d a s k J i m .

W i l l d o .

W h e r e ' s

y o u r h a r d h a t ?

O v e r

t h e r e . W h y ?

G o a n d g e t i t . Y o u m u s t w e a r a h a r d h a t i n t h i s

a r e a .

OK . H e r e i t i s .

W e h a v e a p r o b l e m . T h e r e 's a h o l e i n t h e h o p p e r .

J o h n ' s i n t h e h o u s e . H e 's a w e l d e r . A s k h i m t o

fi x i t .

G o o d i d e a . T h a n k s .

Y o u' r e w e l c o m e .

D o n ' t

t o u c h t h e f l a s k .

W h y ? I s i t y o u r s ?

N o , i t ' s N o r m a n ' s .

F a i r e n o u g h .

W h a t ' s t h i s ? A r e m o t e c o n t r o l ?

I t ' s

a r e m o t e c o n t r o l . T h a t ' s r i g h t .

W h a t ' s t h i s f o r ?

I t ' s f or e x t e n d i n g t h e b o o m .

W h a t d o e s t h i s d o ?

I t

s t a r t s t h e m o t o r .

H o w d o I e x t e n d t h e

b o o m ?

E x t e n d i t ? Y o u us e t h e p e d a l .

H o w d o I l o w e r t h e b o o m ?

L o w e r i t ? Y o u m o v e t h e j o y s t i c k .

W h a t ' s t h i s s w i t c h f or ? Is i t t h e p o w e r s w i t c h ?

Y es , t h a t ' s t h e p o w e r s w i t c h .

Unit

4

Bui lding supplies

[ ES = E r n e s t S m i t h ; J J = J e n n y J o n e s ]

E S: S m i t h a n d S o n s C o n s t r u c t i o n S u p p l ie s . C u s t o m e r

s e r v i c e s , E r n e s t S m i t h s p e a k i n g . C a n I h e l p y o u ?

J J :

H e l l o , t h i s i s J e n n y J o n e s f r o m

A p e x

B u i l d i n g . I ' d

l i k e

t o p l a c e a n o r d e r ,

p l e a s e .

ES: C e r t a i n l y . O n e m o m e n t , p l e a s e . OK , g o a h e a d .

J J : M y c u s t o m e r n u m b e r i s 2 56 73 92 9.

ES: 25673929 . T h a n k yo u .

J J :

I ' d l i k e t o o r d e r s o m e c h i p b o a r d , p l e a s e . T h a t ' s i t e m

n u m b e r

A J 4 3 7 a n d I ' d l i k e t e n

p i e c e s , p l e a s e .

E S: OK , s o t h a t ' s t e n

p i e c e s

o f AJ 437.




J J : Yes . I ' d

a l s o

l i k e s o m e p l y w o o d , i t e m n u m b e r s

HB392 , f ou r p i e c e s , a n d HB 3 9 6 , n i n e p i e c e s .

ES: HB3 92, fo ur p i e c e s , a n d H B 3 96 , n i n e p i e c e s .

J J : Y e s, t h a t ' s r i g h t .

E S : A n y t h i n g e l s e ?

J J :

Y es , o n e m o r e t h i n g . I ' d l i k e

s o m e

t i m b e r ,

p l e a s e .

I t e m n u m b e r X P 6 7 54 . I s i t i n s t o c k ?

ES: J u s t o n e m o m e n t . I ' l l c h e c k .

J J : T h a n k y o u .

ES: No , I 'm so r r y .

W e ' re

o u t o f s t o c k . W e

e x p e c t s o m e

n e x t w e e k .

J J :

N o p r o b l e m .

ES: OK , t h a n k y o u . I s t h a t f o r d e l i v e r y o r p i c k - u p ?

J J : P i c k - u p ,

p l e a s e .

Is t o m o r r o w m o r n i n g O K ?

ES: Y e s, t h a t ' s f i n e . S o t h a t ' s f o r p i c k - u p o n t h e 8 t h of

July . T h a n k y o u v e r y m u c h .

J J : T h a n k y o u .

ES: J u s t o n e m o r e t h i n g . Y o u r o r d e r n u m b e r is

G G C 3 3 4 7 1 . I ' l l s e n d y o u a n e m a i l t o c o n f i r m .

J J :

T h a t ' s g r e a t . T h a n k y o u .

G o o d b y e .

ES: T h a n k y o u . B y e .

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[E S = E r n e s t S m i t h ; J J = J e n n y J o n e s ]

ES: S m i t h a n d

S o n s

C o n s t r u c t i o n S u p p l i e s . C u s t o m e r

s e r v i c e s ,

E rn e s t S m i t h s p e a k i n g .

J J :

H e l l o , t h i s i s J e n n y J o n e s f r o m

A p e x

B u i l d i n g . I ' d

l i k e

t o

c h a n g e

a n o r d e r ,

p l e a s e .

ES: C e r t a i n l y . J u s t a m o m e n t , p l e a s e . OK , g o a h e a d .

J J : M y c u s t o m e r n u m b e r i s 2 5 67 3 92 9 . T h e o r d e r

n u m b e r i s G G C 3 3 4 7 1.

ES: OK . W h a t ' s t h e

c h a n g e ?

J J :

T h e i t e m n u m b e r i s H B 3 92 , t h a t ' s p l y w o o d . I

o r d e r e d f o u r p i e c e s b u t w e n o w

n e e d

e i g h t

p i e c e s .

ES: OK , so

c h a n g e

t h e o r d e r t o e i g h t p i e c e s ?

J J : Y e s, t h a t ' s r i g h t .

E S : A n y t h i n g

e l s e ?

J J :

N o , t h a t ' s a l l . T h a n k y o u .

ES: OK , t h a n k y o u .

G o o d b y e .

J J : G o o d b y e .

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[ I =

I s a a c ;

A = A l e x ]

I : H i , A l e x . H o w ' s i t g o i n g ?

A : H i ,

Is a a c . G o o d ,

t h a n k s . A n d y o u ?

I :

Yes , a l l

g o o d . A l e x ,

I

n e e d s o m e

e l e c t r i c a l s u p p l i e s .

D o y o u

h a v e

a s p a r e

r o l l

o f i n s u l a t i n g t a p e i n y o u r

t o o l b o x ?

A :

L e t ' s

s ee . Yes , I d o . H e r e y o u a r e .

I :

T h a n k y o u v e r y m u c h . T h a t ' s g r ea t .

A : Y o u' r e w e l c o m e .

I :

D o y o u

h a v e

a n e x t e n s i o n

c a b l e ?

A: Yes, I

t h i n k

I do .

I :

I

n e e d

f i ft e e n m e t r e s .

A : F i f t e e n m e t r e s ? I o n l y

h a v e

f i v e m e t r e s .

I : O h , t h a t ' s f i n e f o r n o w , t h a n k s . O n e l a s t t h i n g . C a n I

b o r r o w y o u r d r i l l?

A : No , I ' m s o r r y . I t ' s b r o k e n .

I :

O K , I ' l l a s k T o m . T h a n k s , a n y w a y .

A : N o p r o b l e m .

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A : C a n y o u t e l l m e a b o u t w a l l i n s u l a t i o n ?

B: Sure .

T h e r e

a r e t w o t y p e s o f w a l l i n s u l a t i o n : c a v i t y

a n d

s o l i d . B o t h t y p e s p r o v i d e t h e r m a l a n d a c o u s t i c


A : W h a t ' s t h e d i f f e r e n c e ?

B : L e t m e e x p l a i n .

S om e t i m e s

w a l l s a r e s o l i d , s o t h e

i n s u l a t i o n

i s o n t h e o u t s i d e o f t h e w a l l . T h i s i s s o l i d

w a l l


§ 1 2 6

A : A n d c a v i t y w a l l i n s u l a t i o n ?

B:

S om e t i m e s

w a l l s h a v e t w o p a r t s : a n in n e r w a l l a n d

a n

o u t e r w a l l . C a v i t y w a l l i n s u l a t i o n m e a n s t h a t t h e

i n s u l a t i o n

m a t e r i a l i s i n s i d e t h e w a l l .

A : A h , O K . S o s o l i d w a l l i s o u t s i d e a n d c a v i t y w a l l i s

i n s i d e ?

B : Y e s , e x ac t l y .

A : O K , I u n d e r s t a n d . A n d w h a t t y p e s of i n s u l a t i o n d o

y o u u s e f o r c a v i t y w a l l i n s u l a t i o n ?

B : O u r c o m p a n y u s e s t h r e e t y p e s o f c a v i t y w a l l

i n s u l a t i o n

t o f i l l t h e g a p : f o a m , m i n e r a l w o o l , o r

p o l y s t y r e n e

b e a d s .

A : W h a t a b o u t

p i p e s ?

B : F o r p i p e s , w e n o r m a l l y u s e f e lt t a p e o r f o a m t u b i n g .

A : I s e e . T h a n k y o u .

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A :

L e t ' s

c h e c k t h e

l i s t .

B : O K . F i r s t q u e s t i o n .

H o w ' s

t h e

c o n c r e t e ?

A : T h e c o n c r e t e o n t h e

s e c o n d

f l o o r i s s t i l l

l i q u i d .

B : W h a t a b o u t t h e f i r s t f l o o r ?

A : T h e c o n c r e t e o n t h e f i r s t f l o o r i s s o l i d .

B : T h a t ' s g o o d . W h a t a b o u t t h e p a i n t ?

A : T h e p a i n t i s OK . I t ' s a l l d r y .

B : Y es , t o d a y w a s n i c e a n d h o t .

P e r f e c t

f o r p a i n t .

A : I s t h e c o n c r e t e a g g r e g a t e a l l r i g h t ?

B : No , i t ' s t o o

c o a r s e .

A : I ' l l s p e a k t o t h e s u p p l i e r .

B : T h a n k s .

A : A n d t h e s c a f f o l d i n g . I s i t u p ?

B : No , t h e s c a f f o l d i n g i s

h e a v y

a n d t h e g r o u n d is t o o

s o f t . W e

n e e d

t i m b e r t o m a k e m u d s i l l s .

A : OK .

B : O h , a n d o n e l a s t t h i n g . Y o u k n o w t h e n e w

t o o l b o x e s ?

A: Yes .

B : T h e y ' r e t o o s m a l l .

A : No w a y

Unit 5 On site

§ 1 2 8

1 I e x a m i n e p l a n s a n d c h e c k b u i l d i n g s . I t e s t e l e c t r i c a l

a n d p l u m b i n g s y s t e m s , a n d m a k e s u r e t h a t

b u i l d i n g s a r e

s a f e .

I ' m a b u i l d i n g i n s p e c t o r .

2 I w o r k o n b u i l d i n g s i t e s . I i n s t a l l o r

r e p l a c e

r o o f i n g

s y s t e m s .

S om e t i m e s

I

e r e c t

s c a f f o l d i n g . I ' m a r o o f e r .

3

I d e s i g n b u i l d i n g s . I w o r k i n a n o ff i ce . I c o - o r d i n a t e

c o n s t r u c t i o n d r a w i n g s a n d s p e c i f ic a t i on s f r o m

d i f fe r e n t s u b c o n t r a c t o r s . I ' m a n a r c h i t e c t .

4 I w o r k o n b u i l d i n g s i t e s . I l i f t e q u i p m e n t a n d

m a t e r i a l s . I a l s o m a i n t a i n m y c r a n e . I 'm a c r a n e

o p e r a t o r .

5

I w o r k i n b u i l d i n g s . I i n s t a l l w a t e r p i p e s a n d

d r a i n a g e s y s t e m s . I ' m a p l u m b e r .




I)

[ D = D r i v e r ; P • P e d e s t r i a n ]

D : E x c u s e m e , c a n y o u t e l l m e w h e r e

M i l l

S t r e e t i s ? I ' m

l o o k i n g f o r t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n s i t e .

M i l l

S t r e e t ?

Y es , t h a t ' s r i g h t . T h e

M i l l

S tr e e t c o n s t r u c t i o n s it e .

A h , y e s , of c o u r s e . F r o m h e r e , g o t o t h e r o u n d a b o u t .

T h e r o u n d a b o u t . O K .

T a k e

t h e f i r s t e x i t . T h e n d r i v e p a s t t h e h o s p i t a l ,

u n d e r t h e r a i l w a y b r i d g e a n d t h r o u g h t h e t u n n e l .

OK , s o , f i r s t e x i t , p a s t t h e h o s p i t a l , u n d e r t h e

r a i l w a y b r i d g e a n d t h r o u g h t h e t u n n e l .

P : Y e s , t h a t ' s r i g h t .

M i l l

S t r e e t i s t h e

s e c o n d

s t r e e t o n

t h e l e ft a f t e r t h e t u n n e l . Y o u c a n ' t m i s s t h e e n t r a n c e

t o t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n s i t e . T h e r e ' s a b i g s i g n n e x t t o

t h e

g a t e .

D : T h e

s e c o n d

s t r e e t o n t h e l e ft . T h a n k y o u .

P:

Y o u 'r e w e l c o m e .

T h e h o s p i t a l ? No p r o b l e m . G o d o w n t o t h e

r o u n d a b o u t a n d t u r n r i g h t . T h e h o s p i t a l is o n y o u r

r i g h t .

S a m ' s

P a i n t

S h o p ?

G o s t r a i g h t

o v e r

t h e r o u n d a b o u t

a n d

t a k e t h e

f i r s t

l e f t . T h e n t a k e t h e

s e c o n d

r i g h t .

S a m ' s

P a i n t S h o p i s o n y o u r r i g h t . Y o u c a n ' t m i s s i t .

T h e c i t y h a l l ? G o t o t h e r o u n d a b o u t . T u r n l e ft a n d

t h e n

g o a l l t h e w a y t o t h e T - j u n c t i o n . T u r n r i g h t .

T h e c i t y h a l l i s o n y o u r r i g h t .

[ V = V i s i t o r ; C = C o n s t r u c t i o n w o r k e r ]

V : H i , c a n y o u t e l l m e w h e r e t h e s i t e m a n a g e r ' s o f f i c e

i s , p l e a s e ? I h a v e s om e p a p e r w o r k f or h i m .

C : Y e s, o f c o u r s e . Y o u s e e t h e t o w e r c r a n e ? O v e r t h e r e ?

V: Yes.

C : D r i v e p a s t t h e c r a n e . G o d o w n a r a m p a n d f o l l ow

t h e s i g n s t o t h e c a r p a r k . Y o u c a n ' t m i s s i t .

V : OK .

C : F r o m t h e c a r p a r k y o u ' l l s e e a f e n c e , a n d b e h i n d

t h e f e n c e is a r o w o f p o r t a b l e c a b i n s . T h e s i t e

m a n a g e r ' s o f f i c e i s t h e s e c o n d f r o m t h e l e f t - t h e

b l u e o n e .

V ; T h a n k y o u .

A :

B:

A :

B:

A :

A

B

A

A

B:

A :

A :

B

A

B

M o r e s n o w o n t h e w a y ?

h o p e n o t . W e ' r e w o r k i n g o n t h e r o o f a t t h e

m o m e n t .

H m m . L o o k , l o t s o f c l o u d s a r e c o m i n g i n .

Y e s , b u t n o r a i n w a s f o r e c a s t f o r t o d a y .

A h ,

g o o d .

T h i s w i n d i s g e t t i n g s t r o n g e r .

Y es . T h a t ' s w h y w e ' r e t y i n g d o w n t h e s h e e t i n g

o n t h e t i m b e r . W e d o n ' t w a n t i t t o b l o w

a w a y .

G o o d

i d e a .

h a t e t h i s

r a i n

A n d t h e c o l d .

M e t o o . M i n d t h e p u d d l e

U r g h 1

r e a l l y h a t e t h i s

r a i n .

I t ' s v e r y h o t t o d a y .

Y e s . I t ' s a t l e a s t f o r t y d e g r e e s .

I t

f e e l s

l i k e f o r t y - f i v e .

A n d t h e s u n i s s o b r i g h t . I n e e d m y s u n g l a s s e s .

A : A n d s u n c r e a m . S u n b u r n i s a r e a l p r o b l e m .

B : S o i s d e h y d r a t i o n . W e ' r e d r i n k i n g a l o t of

w a t e r .

A : L o o k s l i k e t h e r e ' s a s t o r m c o m i n g . S h a l l I c a l l

t h e c r a n e o p e r a t o r d o w n ?

B : No , h e ' s a l l r i g h t i n h i s c a b . B u t g e t t h e

w o r k e r s

a w a y

f r o m t h e h o p p e r i n c a s e t h e r e ' s

l i g h t n i n g .

A : OK .

A : H o w ' s i t g o i n g ?

B : W e l l , w e c a n ' t w o r k o n t h e r o o f a t t h e m o m e n t .

A : W h y n o t ?

B: B e c a u s e o f t h e r a i n . I t' s t o o d a n g e r o u s .

A : A h , y e s , OK .

A : W h a t ' s t h e w e a t h e r l i k e ?

B : I t ' s v e r y c o l d . T h e r e ' s l o t s o f s n o w .

A : A r e t h e r e a n y d e l a y s ?

B : Y e s . T h e t r u c k s c a n ' t g e t t o t h e s i t e . T h e r e ' s

j u s t t o o m u c h s n o w . W e ' r e c l e a r i n g i t a t t h e

m o m e n t .

A : OK ,

g o o d .

A : I s t h a t a s a n d s t o r m c o m i n g i n ?

B: Yes, I

t h i n k

so .

A : O K . C a l l t h e m e n i n . W e c a n ' t w o r k o u t s i d e i n

t h i s .

B: OK .

A : W h a t ' s u p ?

B : T h e s h e e t i n g i s b l o w i n g

a w a y .

A : W h a t s h e e t i n g ? T h e s h e e t i n g o n t h e

s c a f f o l d i n g ?

B: Yes,

b e c a u s e

o f t h e w i n d . It ' s t o o s t r o n g .

A : C a n y o u t i e i t d o w n ?

B : I t ' s t o o l a t e , I

t h i n k .

A : I s e v e r y t h i n g O K ?

B : N o , o n e m a n is i n j u r e d . H e h a s a b r o k e n a r m .

A : W h a t ? H o w ? B e c a u s e of t h e r a i n ?

B: No, b e c a u s e o f t h e i c e . T h e r e ' s i c e o n t h e

l a d d e r s . I t 's v e r y c o l d h e r e . I t ' s b e l o w z e r o .

Unit 6 Health and safety

W h a t ' s t h a t s o u n d ?

F o r k

l i f t

t r u c k s . W e ' r e m o v i n g

s o m e

p a l l e t s .

O h , O K

T h e r o o f e r s a r e w o r k i n g t o d a y . S o b e c a r e f u l

a r o u n d

t h e b u i l d i n g .

T h e y

of t e n d r o p t h i n g s .

O K . T h a n k s .

W e a r e e r e c t i n g s c a f f o l d i n g t o d a y . So b e

c a r e f u l .

OK .

I t ' s

c o l d t o d a y .

Y e s . T h e r e ' s i c e o n t h e g r o u n d . I p u t u p a s i g n .

W e ' r e u s i n g c r a n e s t o d a y , s o b e c a r e f u l .

OK .

C a r e f ul w h e n y o u

m o v e

t h e c r a n e s t o d a y .

T h e r e

a r e e l e c t r i c a l

c a b l e s e v e r y w h e r e .

O K . T h a n k s .




A :

I t ' s

a c o n s t r u c t i o n s i t e , s o t h e r e ' s a l o t o f

d e b r i s o n t h e g r o u n d .

B:

O K , t h a n k s . I ' l l b e c a r e f u l .

A :

W e h a d a b r e a k - i n l a s t w e e k .

B:

Is t h a t w h y w e h a v e g u a rd d o g s n o w ?

A :

Ye s , e xa c t l y .

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A : O K , l e t ' s g o t h r o ug h t h e c h e c k l i s t . T o d a y is ...?

B:

T u e s d a y .

A : O K . W h a t ' s t h e v e h i c l e n u m b e r ?

B:

BH324 .

A : B H 324 . H ow a r e t h e l i g h t s ?

B:

T h e y ' r e a l l f i n e .

A : A n d t h e b r a k e l i g h t s , t o o ?

B:

Y e s. T h e y ' r e a l l O K .

A : A n d w h a t a b o u t t h e m i r r o r s ?

B:

O n e i s b r o k e n .

A : H m m , O K . W h a t a b o u t t h e s e a t a n d s e a t b e l t ?

B:

B o t h a r e O K .

A : A n d t h e t y r e s ?

B: Y es , t h e y ' r e a l l g o o d . T h e f r o n t r i g h t l o o k s a l i t t l e

w o r n ,

t h o u g h .

A : No , i t ' s OK . F lu i d s ?

B: T h e y ' r e a l l f u l l . B u t t h e r e ' s a b a t t e r y l e a k .

A : A l e ak ?

B: Y e s. T h e r e ' s l i q u i d u n d e r t h e b a t t e r y . A n d t h e r e ' s a

c r a c k .

A : L e t ' s s ee . Y e s , i t ' s c r a c k e d . O K , I ' l l m a k e a n o t e o f

t h a t .

B: Is t h a t i t ?

A : N o , w h a t a b o u t t h e d o c u m e n t s ?

B: E r m , t h e r e a r e n o d o c u m e n t s . T h e y ' r e m i s s i n g .

A : H m m , O K . R i g h t .

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1 A : C a n I h e l p y ou?

B: H e l l o , d o c t o r . Y e s , p l e a s e . I t h i n k I s p r a i n e d m y

a n k l e

y e s t e r d a y . I t r i p p e d o n s o m e d e b r i s o n

t h e b u i l d i n g

s i t e .

A : L e t ' s h a v e a l o ok . Y e s , i t ' s v e r y s w o l l e n . You

n e e d a n X - r a y .

2 A : W h a t ' s u p ?

B: I t ' s n o t m e . I t ' s A h m e d . H e f e l l o f f t h e

s c a f f o l d i n g . H e b r o k e h i s a r m .

A : I ' l l c a l l a n a m b u l a n c e

B:

Yes , h u r r y

3 A : W h a t ' s t h e m a t t e r ?

B:

He

b u r n t

h i s k n e e . He w a s w e l d i n g .

A : O u c h

4 A : I h u r t m y b a c k b e c a us e t h e w h e e l b a r r o w w a s

t o o h e a v y . C a n I g o a n d s e e t h e d o c t o r ?

B: O f c o u r s e . L e t m e k n o w w h a t h e s a y s .

5 A : T h a t g l a s s i s s h a r p . I c u t m y fi ng er .

B: B e c a r e f ul Yo u ' re d r i p p i n g b l o o d o n m e .

A : S o r r y A n y i d e a w h e r e t h e first a i d k i t is ?

B: I n t h e s i t e m a n a g e r ' s o f f i c e .

A : T h a n k s .

B: A n d n e x t t i m e , w e a r g l o v e s .

6 A : W h a t h a p p e n e d ?

B: T h e p a l l e t c r u s h e d h i s h a n d .

A : H ow?

B: I t f e l l o f f th e t r u c k .

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F i r s t

I w a s h e d m y h a n d s . T h e n I p u t o n d i s p o s a b l e

g l o v e s

a n d c l e a n e d t h e c u t . I

d i d n ' t

h a v e w a t e r , s o I u s e d

d i s i n f e c t a n t .

T h e n I d r i e d t h e c u t

w i t h

c o t t o n w o o l a n d

c o v e r e d i t

w i t h

a p l a s t e r . A n d

t h a t

w a s i t , a l l f i n i s h e d .

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[S = S u s a n , h e a l t h a n d s a f e t y o f f i c e r ; J = J o h n , m e d i c a l

s u p p l i e r ]

S: H e l l o . J ohn ?

J : H i , Su s a n . H ow ' s i t g o i n g ?

S: G r e a t , t h a n k s . L i s t e n , I n e e d s o m e m e d i c a l s u p p l i e s

fo r

t h e f i r s t a i d k i t . I t ' s a l m o s t e m p t y .

J :

O K , n o p r o b l e m . W h a t d o y o u n e e d ?

S: L e t ' s s e e , t w o r o l l s o f t a p e , on e tu b e o f a n t i s e p t i c

c r e a m , t h r e e b o x e s o f p l a s t e r s a n d a c o u p l e o f

p a c k e t s o f c o t t o n w o o l . Is

t h a t

O K ?

J :

S u re . I ' l l p u t t h e m a t r e c e p t i o n . Y o u c a n p i c k t h e m

u p

t o m o r r o w .

S: T h a n k s . O h , a n d o n e m o r e

t h i n g :

I a l s o n e e d a

b o t t l e

of d i s i n f e c t a n t , p l e a s e .

J :

OK , I ' v e go t

t h a t .

A n y t h i n g

e l s e ?

S: N o , t h a t ' s i t . T h a n k s , J o h n .

J :

Y o u 'r e w e l c o m e . A n y t i m e . T a k e c a r e n o w .

S: You to o . Bye .

J :

Bye .

§ 1 3 9

A : I h e a r w e h a v e a n e w s y s t e m f o r w a s t e d i s p o s a l .

B:

Y e s, t h a t ' s

r i g h t .

T h e r e ' s a n o t i c e o u t s i d e t h e

m a n a g e r ' s o f f i c e .

A : O K , l e t ' s s e e . M a n u a l s - t h e y g o i n p a c k a g i n g , r i g h t ?

B: Yes .

A : A n d l e f t - o v e r f o od i s e a s y - b i o h a z a r d .

B: Yes .

A : S t e e l p i p e i s m e t a l . H m m , p a i n t

t i n s .

W h e r e d o o l d

p a i n t

t i n s g o ? I n t h e m e t a l s k i p ?

B: N o , t h e m e t a l s k i p i s f o r c l e a n m e t a l o n l y . U s e t h e

s k i p w i t h t h e o r a n g e l a b e l f o r p a i n t t i n s .

A : A h , O K . W h a t a b o u t o l d s h e e t i n g ? I t ' s p o l y t h e n e , I

t h i n k . D o e s i t g o i n p a c k a g i n g ?

B: N o , p a c k a g i n g i s o n l y f o r p a p e r a n d c a r d b o a r d . U s e

t h e

m i x e d

s k i p .

A : O K . A n d t h e t a r m a c f r o m t h e o l d r o a d ? I g u e s s

t h a t ' s

i n e r t ,

r i g h t ?

B:

N o , w r o n g a g a i n . I t 's h a z a r d o u s .

A : H m m , O K . W o o d i s

e a s y .

T h a t ' s g r e e n , r i g h t ?

B:

O n l y u n t r e a t e d w o o d goes i n g r e e n . P a i n t e d w o o d i s

h a z a r d o u s .

A : O K , t h a n k s .

B:

Y o u ' r e w e l c o m e .

Unit 7 The contractor s

office

§ 1 4 0

[ A S = A r n o l d S c h m i d t ; SR = S u s a n a R a m i r e z ;

R = R e c e p t i o n i s t ]

1 A S : H e l l o . M y n a m e ' s A r n o l d S c h m i d t . I ' m f r o m t h e

C o u n c i l . I ' m h e r e t o s e e S u s a n a R a m i r e z .

R : A h , y e s . O n e m o m e n t , p l e a s e . S h e ' s e x p e c t i n g

y o u .

2 S R: H e l l o . I ' m S u s a n a R a m i r e z . I ' m t h e g e n e r a l

m a n a g e r o f R a m C o . I ' m a l s o t h e p r o j e c t


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m a n a g e r i n c h a r g e of t h e C a m b r i d g e R o a d

H o s p i t a l

p r o j e c t . Y o u m u s t b e M r S c h m i d t .

A S : Y e s , t h a t ' s r i g h t . P l e a s e d t o m e e t y o u .

3 S R: B e f o r e w e s t a r t , w o u l d y o u li k e c o f f e e ?

A S : Y e s, p l e a s e . W i t h

m i l k

a n d o n e s u g a r , p l e a s e .

4 SR : O K . H o w a b o u t i f I i n t r o d u c e y o u t o t h e t e a m

fir st ? T h e n w e c a n l o o k a t t h e d e s i g n s a n d y o u

c a n

a s k a n y q u e s t i o n s y o u h a v e .

A S : T h a t s o u n d s p e r f e c t .

5 SR : H o w l o n g h a v e w e

g o t ?

A S : I h a v e t o l e a v e a t 11.30. So w e ' v e g o t a b o u t a n

h o u r .

O 4 1

[S R = S u s a n a R a m i r e z ; R M = R o w e n a M u r p h y ; A S =

A r n o l d

S c h m i d t ; T M = T h o m a s M c N a m a r a ; JZ =

J u l i t a

Z i e l i n s k i ; N O = N a s i m O r g u n ]

SR: So, t h i s i s R o w e n a M u r p h y .

R M :

P l e a s e d

t o m e e t y o u .

A S : W h a t d o y o u d o h e r e ,

R o w e n a ?

R M : I ' m a

S t r u c t u r a l

E n g i n e e r . I d o a l l t h e c a l c u l a t i o n s t o

m a k e s u r e t h e b u i l d i n g s s t a y u p .

AS : I see .

SR : A n d t h i s is T h o m a s M c N a m a r a . H e 's a s t u d e n t

w o r k i n g

w i t h

u s f o r s i x m o n t h s . H e 's w o r k i n g o n a

r e s i d e n t i a l p r o j e c t a t t h e m o m e n t - a b l o c k of f la t s

i n t h e c e n t r e o f t o w n . A n

u n u s u a l

f e a t u r e i s t h e

g a r d e n o n t h e r o o f .

A S : Ho w d o y o u d o ?

T M : P l e a s e d t o m e e t y o u .

A S : W h a t a r e y o u s t u d y i n g , T h o m a s ?

T M : C i v i l e n g i n e e r i n g .

1

h o p e t o g r a d u a t e n e x t y e a r .

A S : G o o d

l u c k .

T M :

T h a n k s .

SR : A n d

t h i s

i s

J u l i t a

Z i e l i n s k i .

S h e ' s

o u r T e a m

A s s i s t a n t . S h e ' s i n c h a r g e o f t h e s t a f f s c h e d u l e , s o

s h e m a k e s s u r e w e a r e a l l i n t h e

r i g h t

p l a c e a t t h e

r i g h t t i m e .

A S : H e l l o ,

Ju l i t a .

J Z : H e l l o .

SR :

J u l i t a ' s

a l s o t h e o n l y o n e w h o k n o w s h o w t o f ix t h e

p h o t o c o p i e r .

A S : A h .

S R: T h i s i s N a s i m O r g u n , o u r B o o k k e e p e r . S h e l o o k s

a f t e r o u r f i n a n c e s .

AS : H i

NO : He l l o .

SR : E r m . A n d t h a t ' s i t . W e h a v e f o u r m o r e e m p l o y e e s ,

b u t t h e y ' r e a l l o u t o f t h e o f fi c e a t t h e m o m e n t . O n e

i s o n h o l i d a y a n d t h e o t h e r s a r e e i t h e r v i s i t i n g

c l i e n t s o r o n s i t e .

AS : OK .

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[ A S = A r n o l d S c h m i d t ; SR = S u s a n a R a m i r e z ]

S R: T h i s is B l o c k A . T h i s i s a l l n e w . T h e b a s i c d e s i g n i s

a r c a d e s t r u c t u r e . T h i s m e a n s t h a t t h e r e ' s a c e n t r a l

p a s s a g e d o w n t h e m i d d l e o f t h e b l o c k ,

w i t h

r o o m s

o n e a c h s i d e . T h e p a s s a g e is g l a s s c o v e r e d .

A S : H o w l o n g i s t h e

p a s s a g e ?

S R : T h e

p a s s a g e

i s 2 5 0 m l o n g a n d 1 6 m w i d e , s o i t

h a s a n a r e a o f 4 0 0 0 m

2

. T h e r e a r e s h o p s a n d o t h e r

a m e n i t i e s o n e a c h s i d e , o n t h e g r o u n d f l oo r .

A S : S o r r y . D i d y o u s a y t h e l e n g t h i s 2 5 0 m ?

S R: Y e s , t h a t ' s r i g h t .

A S : T h a n k y o u . W h a t a m e n i t i e s d o y o u m e a n ?

SR : L e t ' s s e e . W e h a v e t w o b a n k s , a g i f t s h o p , t w o c a f e s ,

a r e s t a u r a n t , a b o o k s h o p , a p o s t o ff i c e , a t o y s h o p .

O h ,

a n d a f r u i t s h o p .

A S : A n d t h e r o o f? H o w h i g h i s i t ?

SR : T h e h e i g h t f r o m t h e t o p o f t h e r o o f t o t h e g r o u n d i s

2 5 m . T h e r e a r e f i v e f l o o r s i n t h e

b u i l d i n g .

A s I s a i d ,

t h e p a s s a g e

i s g l a s s a n d t h e r e s t of t h e

b u i l d i n g

h a s

a t r u s s e d r oo f w i t h t e r r a c o t t a t i l e s .

€ M 3

[ A S = A r n o l d S c h m i d t ; SR = S u s a n a R a m i r e z ]

1 SR :

T h e s e

a r e t h e d o o r s w e p l a n t o u s e i n B l o c k A .

T h e y ' r e a l l GR P .

A S : E x c u s e m e - GRP?

SR : G l a s s r e i n f o r c e d p o l y e s t e r . I t ' s v e r y e a s y t o

c l e a n a n d i t d o e s n ' t h a v e t h e s a m e p r o b l e m s

t h a t w o o d e n o r s t e e l d o o r s h a v e . F o r e x a m p l e ,

w o o d r o t s a n d m e t a l r u s t s .

AS: I see .

SR :

W e ' r e

u s i n g a l o c a l m a n u f a c t u r e r as t h e m a i n

s u p p l i e r , H i n g e w e l l D o o r s .

A S : H i n g e w e l l D o o r s ? Ye s , I k n o w t h e o w n e r . T h a t ' s

g o o d .

2 A S : W h a t a b o u t t h e w a t e r s u p p l y ? I u n d e r s t a n d

t h e r e a r e

s o m e

p r o b l e m s .

S R: Y e s , t h e w a t e r s u p p l y i s a

l i t t l e d i f f i c u l t

d u e

t o

t h e l o c a t i o n . T h e r e a r e p r o b l e m s

w i t h

t h e

w a t e r p r e s s u r e . I t ' s n o t r e l i a b l e . S o m e t i m e s i t ' s

t o o h i g h a n d s o m e t i m e s i t ' s t o o l o w .

AS : I see .

3 A S: W h a t a b o u t p a r k i n g ?

SR : Y e s , p a r k i n g i s

d i f f i c u lt

i n t h i s p a r t o f t o w n . W e

h a v e p l a n s f or a m u l t i - s t o r e y c a r p a r k .

A S : I s n ' t

t h a t e x p e n s i v e ?

S R: Y e s , i t i s . B u t t h e r e ' s n o o t h e r s o l u t i o n . W e

n e e d t o h a v e p a r k i n g f or v i s i t o r s .

AS : Y e s , o f c ou r s e .

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A T h e r o o m i s r e c t a n g u l a r .

B

T h e t r u s s i s t r i a n g u l a r .

C T h e r o d i s c i r c u l a r .

D T h e d a m p e r i s s p h e r i c a l .

E

T h e g i r d e r i s I - s h a p e d .

F

T h e b e a m i s s q u a r e .

G T h e c a n i s c y l i n d r i c a l .

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1 c y l i n d e r

c y l i n d r i c a l

2 r e c t a n g l e r e c t a n g u l a r

3

t r i a n g l e t r i a n g u l a r

4 c i r c l e c i r c u l a r

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»46 |

A : L e t ' s d o t h e I - s h a p e d c r o s s - s e c t i o n f i r s t . A l l

d i m e n s i o n s a r e i n i n c h e s . T h e f l an g e w i d t h i s 12.855

a n d

t h e fl a n g e t h i c k n e s s i s 0 . 96 0 .

B:

12 .855 a n d 0 .960 . R i g h t .

A : T h e w e b t h i c k n e s s i s 0 . 60 5 .

B: OK .

A : T h e b e a m h e i g h t i s 2 4 .4 8 a n d t h e a r e a i s 3 8. 5 i n

2

.

B:

38 .5 . OK .

A : N o w , t h e s t a n d a r d c h a n n e l c r o s s - s e c t i o n . A g a i n , a l l

d i m e n s i o n s a r e i n i n c h e s . T h e d e p t h i s 15, t h e w i d t h




i s 3 .5 20 , t h e w e b t h i c k n e s s i s 0. 52 0 a n d t h e a r e a i s

11.8 i n

2

.

B: S l ow d o w n ,

p l e a s e .

C a n y o u re a d t h e m a g a i n ?

A : S u r e . D e p t h 1 5, w i d t h 3 .5 20 , w e b t h i c k n e s s 0 . 5 2 0

a n d

t h e a r ea i s 11 .8 i n

2

.

B : O K , t h a n k s .

A : A n d t h e l a s t o n e is t h e r o d . T h i s t i m e t h e

d i m e n s i o n s a r e i n m e t r i c . T h e r a d i u s i s 13 m m a n d

t h e l e n g t h is 3 m .

B: 13 m m a n d 3 m . O K , g r e a t . T h a n k s .

Unit

8

Planning ahead

% 47

I 'd l i k e t o e x p l a i n t h e p r o j e c t s c h e d u l e f o r t h e H i g h w a y

4 73 b e a m b r i d g e . A s y o u c a n s e e f r o m t h e s l i d e , t h e

d e s i g n p h a s e

w i l l

t a k e f r o m M a r c h t o J u n e . A t t h e e n d

o f M a y w e ' l l b e g i n t h e s i te p r e p a r a t i o n s , w h i c h

w i l l

t a k e

f ou r m o n t h s . A t t h e b e g i n n i n g of A u g u s t w e ' l l s t a r t w o r k

o n t h e f o u n d a t i o n s . T h e s e

w i l l

t a k e u n t i l t h e b e g i n n i n g

of N o v e m b e r . I n N o v e m b e r w e ' l l s t a r t w o r k o n t h e p i e r s ,

w h i c h

w i l l

t a k e a r o u n d t h r e e m o n t h s . I n t h e m i d d l e o f

F e b r u a r y w e ' l l s t a r t w o r k o n t h e s u p e r s t r u c t u r e , a n d i n

J un e w e ' l l l a y t h e d e c k . T h e o p e n i n g c e r e m o n y

w i l l

b e i n

Ju l y n e x t y ea r .

1

A : H o w a b o u t

W e d n e s d ay

t h e 23 r d ? F o r t h e

p r o j e c t m e e t i n g , I m e a n ?

B:

Y es , t h a t ' s f i n e

w i t h

m e . I ' m

f r e e

a l l d ay .

2

A :

L e t ' s m e e t o n T u e s d a y .

B : T h e 8 t h ?

A :

N o , t h e 1 5 t h . I c a n ' t m a k e t h e 8 t h . I

h a v e

t o

v i s i t a s u p p l i e r .

B : O K , n o p r o b l e m .

3

A : W e n e e d t o m e e t n e x t

w e e k .

H o w a b o u t t h e

2 4 t h

o r 25 th?

B:

T h e

2 4 t h

i s n o g o o d . I

h a v e

a n o t h e r m e e t i n g

t h a t

d a y , a b o u t t h e h o s p i t a l p r o j e c t .

A :

A h ,

ye s . T h e n w e ' l l

h a v e

t o m e e t o n t h e

25 th .

B:

OK . I t ' s i n t h e d i a r y .

4

A : A r e y o u f r e e o n F r i d a y t h e 1 1 t h ?

B : I ' m s o r r y , F r i d a y i s f u l l . H o w a b o u t t h e 1 4 t h ?

A : Y es , t h a t ' s O K . I ' l l b e t h e r e i n t h e a f t e r n o o n .

B:

OK .

5 A :

H o w a b o u t t h e 2 8 t h ?

B:

I ' m

s o r r y . T h e 2 8 t h i s n o g o o d . I

h a v e

a p r o j e c t

m e e t i n g .

A : O K . H o w a b o u t t h e 2 7 t h ?

B : T h e 2 7 t h i s

f u l l ,

t o o . B u t I ' m

f r e e

o n t h e 26 th .

A :

T h e 2 6 t h ? Ye s , t h a t ' s fi ne

w i t h

m e , t o o . G r e a t .

* 4 9 |

1 s i x o ' c l o c k

2 s e v e n f if t e e n o r q u a r t e r p a s t s e v e n

3 n i n e t w e n t y - f i v e o r t w e n t y - f i v e p a s t n i n e

4 t e n

t h i r t y

o r h a l f p a s t t e n

5 e l e v e n fo r t y - f iv e o r q u a r t e r t o t w e l v e

6 t w e l v e f i f t y -f i v e o r f i v e t o o n e

$ 5 0

1

A : H i

R e b e c c a .

T h e c l i e n t

w i l l

b e h e r e a t n i n e

o ' c l o c k . A M s G o r s k i - A n i t a G o r s k i .

B : O K , t h a n k s .

2

A : H i

R e b e c c a .

T h e m e e t i n g

w i t h

t h e

s u b c o n t r a c t o r s i s n o w a t n i n e fift ee n.

B:

O K , t h a t ' s n o p r o b l e m .

3 A : W h a t t i m e i s i t ?

B : I t ' s t h r e e t w e n t y - f i v e .

A : A n d w h e n

w i l l

t h e c o n c r e t e b e h e r e ?

B : B e t w e e n f o u r a n d f o u r

t h i r t y .

A : H m m . W e ' l l h a v e t o h u r r y .

B: Yes.

4

A : W h a t ' s t h e t i m e ?

B : I d o n ' t k n o w . A b o u t fiv e

t h i r t y m a y b e ?

A: He ' s la te . He sa id f iv e f i ft een .

B: W h o sa id fi v e f if teen?

A : T h e c o n t r a c t o r . M r

Perez.

B: I see .

5

A : W h a t t i m e i s t h e p r o j e c t m e e t i n g ?

B : I t s t a r t s a t 10 a . m . a n d fin is h es a t a r o u n d 5 p . m .

A : S e v e n h o u r s ?

B: Yes.

6

A : H o w a b o u t n i n e f o r t y - f i v e t o

t a l k

a b o u t t h e

r e b a r d e l i v e r y ?

B:

N o , I ' m s o r r y . I c a n ' t m a k e

t h a t .

H o w a b o u t h a l f

p a s t t e n ?

A : Y e s , h a l f p a s t t e n i s f in e .

7 A : A r e y o u f r e e a t q u a r t e r t o fo u r ? M r S a n c h e z

w i l l

b e h e r e .

B : Y e s, o f c o u r s e . N o p r o b l e m .

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A : C a n w e

t a l k

a b o u t t h e q u a n t i t i e s n o w ?

B:

Su re .

A : W h a t

w i l l

w e

n e e d ?

H o w m a n y b l o c k s ?

B:

W e ' l l

h a v e

t e n s q u a r e m e t r e s o f b r i c k w o r k i n t h e

w a l l , s o w e ' l l n e e d 1 00 b l o c k s . I t ' s r o u g h l y t e n

b l o c k s p e r s q u a r e m e t r e .

A : O K . A n d h o w m u c h m o r t a r

w i l l

w e

n e e d ?

B:

L e t ' s s e e . W e c a l c u l a t e t w o

b a g s

p e r s q u a r e m e t r e ,

so tha t ' s . . .

A : T w e n t y b a g s .

B : Y e s , e x ac t l y .

A : O K , t h a t ' s f in e . W h a t a b o u t t h e p a t h ?

B : T h e p a t h

w i l l

b e c o n c r e t e . W e ' l l n e e d a b o u t o n e

c u b i c m e t r e o f c o n c r e t e . S o t h a t

w i l l

b e e i g h t b a g s

o f c e m e n t , t w e n t y - f i v e b a g s o f s a n d , f o r t y - f i v e b a g s

o f g r a v e l a n d , o f c o u r s e , w a t e r .

A : S o r ry , h o w m a n y b a g s o f g r a v e l d i d y o u s a y ?

B : F o r t y - fi v e . A n d t w e n t y - f i v e b a g s o f s a n d .

A : O K . A n d h o w m u c h w a t e r

w i l l

w e n e e d ?

B: 150 l i t r e s

w i l l

b e e n o u g h .

A : OK , t h a t w o n ' t b e a p r o b l e m .


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W o r k h a s b e e n a s s e r t e d b y h i m in a c c o r d a n c e w i t h t h e

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r i g h t s r e s e r v e d ; n o p a r t o f

t h i s

p ub l i c a t i o n m a y b e

r e p r od uc e d , s t o r e d i n a r e t r i e v a l s y s t e m , o r t r a n s m i t t e d

i n a n y f o r m o r b y a n y m e a n s , e l e c t r on i c , m e c ha n i c a l ,

p h o t o c op y i n g , r e c o r d i n g , o r o t h e r w i s e w i t h ou t t h e p r i o r

w r i t t e n p e r m i s s i on o f t h e P ub l i s h e r s .

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I SB N : 978 - 1 - 4 0 82 - 6991 - 6

S e t in I T C C h e l t e n h a m B o o k

P r i n t e d b y G r a f i c a s E s t e l l a , Sp a i n

A c k n o w l e d g e m e n t s

T h e p u b l i s h e r s a n d a u t h o r w o u l d l ik e t o

t h a n k

t h e f ol l o w i n g

p e o p l e a n d

i n s t i t u t i o n s

fo r t h e i r f e e d b a c k a n d c o m m e n t s

d u r i n g t h e d e v e l o p m e n t o f t h e m a t e r i a l :

E d w a r d

H a l t o n , U A E ; J u l i e C o r d e l l - S z c z u r e k , G e r m a n y ;

P a m e l a H e a t h , C a n a d a ; S o t i r io s K o u t s k o u k o s , U K ; T on y

H i g g i n s , U K

T h e p u b l i s h e r s w o u l d l i ke t o

t h a n k

t h e f o l low i n g f or t h e i r k i nd

p e r m i s s i o n t o r e p r o d u c e t h e i r p h o t o g r a p h s :

( K e y : b - bo t t om ; c - c en t r e ; l - l ef t;

r - r i ght ;

t - top )

4 A l a m y I m a g e s :

T o n g R o

I m a g e S t o c k ( A ).

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I m a g e s :

M a r c R o m a n e l l i ( C ).

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J i m

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a g e

f o tos tock (D ) . S u p e r S t o c k : T e t r a I m a g e s ( E ) ; S t o c k b r ok e r

(B) . 5 S h u t t e r s t o c k . c o m : K a t y 8 9 . 6

S h u t t e r s t o c k .

c o m : M a r k o M a r c e l l o. 8 F o t o l i a . c o m : gae l j (3 ) . P e a r s o n

E d u c a t i o n

L t d :

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