土木工程应用英语教学参考书Unit4

Unit 4 Alignment Design

Section I Talking Face to Face

1. Introduction

Job description of Site Engineer Site engineers perform a technical, organizational and supervisory role on construction projects, including civil, road, rail and other infrastructure projects. They are responsible for marking out the site, applying designs and plans and liaising with sub contractors. Site engineers work as part of the site management team, sharing responsibility for site security, health and safety, and the organization and supervision of material and human resources. Projects may vary from small scale to multi-million pound ventures.

Ask students to read dialogue and then make dialogues according to the task.

2. Explaining some words and expressions in the dialogue:

1. make sth. out (a) manage to see, read ( usu implying difficulty) : 看出来，

读出来，认出来（通常含示经过困难）

eg. We made out a figure in the darkness.

The outline of the house could just be made out.

(b) write out, complete or fill in : 写出，开出，填写

eg. Before going out for shopping, they made out a list for the grocer.

All of the students are required to make out a document in duplicate.

2. do good to benefit : 有益于……

eg. Eat more fruit, it will do much good to your health.

Smoking does more harm than good to you.

3. remind ~ sb (to do sth /that…) ; ~ sb of sth / sb ,cause(sb)to remember(to do

sth , etc) ; cause (sb) to think (of sth) 提醒（某人）做，使（某人）想起

eg. Please remind me to answer that letter.

Travelers are reminded that inoculation against yellow fever is advisable.

This remined me of what we did together during our holidays.

4.construction site 建筑工地,施工现场

eg. In the construction site, Mr. Brown is in charge.

这块工地由布朗先生负责。

She quickly blocked out a sketch of the construction site.

她迅速画出一幅工地的草图。

He ran towards the sound and stopped at a construction site.

他顺着那声音跑过去，来到一处建筑工地。

construction approval 建造批准construction works 建造工程

construction sequence 施工程序

construction specifications 建筑规范

construction site safety manual 建筑地盘安全手册

SectionII Maintaining a sharp eye

Passage1Alignment Design

Important words

1. interpose vt. 使插入, 使介于二者间, 使干涉

vi. 插嘴, 干预

eg The old man likes to interpose in the disputes. 这位老人喜欢调停争论。

Those who in quarrel interpose must often wipe a bloody nose.

去劝架的人，常常搞到要抹自己的鼻血。

I flung her back, and hastened to interpose the table between us.

我把它推开，赶忙拉过一张桌子作挡箭牌。

2. consistent adj. 一致的，一贯的；（与……）符合

eg. The ideas in his various speeches are not consistent.

He has been a consistent friend to me.

What you say now is not consistent with what you said last week.

3. preferable adj. 更可取的, 更好的, 更合意的

eg. Cooked food is preferable to canned food.

吃熟食比吃罐头食品好。

With an ultimately positive or preferable result.

结果会是好的最终有一个乐观的或让人满意的结果

4. provision n. 准备，防备，供应

eg. Saving money is one way to make provision for one's old age.

They supplied the ship with provisions for a voyage to the Antarctic.

5.maintain v. 保持，维持，继续

eg. The improvement in his health is maintained.

Although sixty years old he is, he still maintains an open mind to any subject.

They should maintain a speed of 60 miles an hour to catch up with the car ahead.

6. involve v. 使陷入（麻烦等中）；牵涉，包含

eg. They are deeply involved in debt.

Don't involve yourself in unnecessary expense.

To accept the position you offer would involved my living in London.

The war involved a great increase in the debt.

7. approach v. 走近，接近

n. 渐近，接近

eg. A boy of eighteen is approaching manhood.

As winter approached the weather became colder.

The enemy ran away at our approach.

8. advisable adj. 明智的，适当的，可行的

eg. Do you think it advisable to wait as he has been for 20 minutes?

According to the weather report , it is advisable to take an umbrella.

9. assume v. 假定，以为

eg. You assume his innocence before hearing the evidence against him.

He's not such a fool as you assumed him to be.