FROM ENGINES TO ENGINEERS
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LISTENING
3
a
9.1
Lindsey Barone is one of the
few women engineers in a high position.
Listen to the interview. What type of
engineering has she worked in?
3
b
Listen again and correct the
statements.
1
She started her career in a car
manufacturing company.
2
She worked on military aircraft before
her present job.
3
She works closely with a lot of
other women.
4
She likes engineering because it’s
well paid.
4
Work with a partner to discuss the
following.
1
What did you find most interesting about
the interview with Lindsey Barone?
2
Would you like to have her job?
Why?/Why not?
3
Why do you think there are fewer
female engineers than male engineers?
4
Should there be more women in
engineering? Why?/Why not?
VOCABULARY
COLLOCATIONS (3)
5
a
Match the verbs with the most appropriate words and phrases.
1
test
a
safety tests
2
build
b
a breakthrough
3
solve
c
a problem
4
make
d
a deadline
5
do
e
a theory
6
do
f
some research
7
meet
g
a model/prototype
8
find
h
a solution
5
b
Listen to the interview again and check your answers. What
other combinations of the words in Exercise 5a can you think of?
5
c
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the
collocations in Exercise 5a. The first letter of the noun is given.
1
Following the accident, engineers had to
a lot of s
before the machine could be used again.
2
After a long period of failure, they
an important b
.
3
They
an imaginative s
to the problem after working
with models in the test lab.
4
One part of the engineering process is to
a smaller working
m
before moving on to a full-size or production version.
5
It can take a long time to fully
a complicated t
before putting it into practice.
6
The whole team had to
a lot of careful r
into the
causes of the problem.
7
In the end we were able to
the most serious p
.
8
On many engineering projects there is great pressure to
strict d
.
5
d
Look back at the reading text and find three different
combinations of
problem
and
solve
.
SPEAKING
6
Work in small groups. Look at the list of some great engineering
achievements and do the following.
1
Add one more achievement to each category.
2
Decide which is the greatest engineering achievement in each category.
3
Give reasons for your choices.
WRITING
7
Write a short paragraph about what you think is the greatest
engineering achievement. Think about these questions: Why do you
think it is the greatest achievement? How has it improved people’s
lives? What would people’s lives be like without it?
around the house
the fridge, the microwave oven,
the vacuum cleaner
getting around
the train, the plane, the car
medicine/health
contact lenses, the thermometer,
laser surgery
entertainment
radio, television, the internet
construction
the pyramids, the Eiffel Tower, the
Panama Canal
5
There are all sorts of opportunities in a
variety of engineering fields such as aeronautical,
biomedical, civil, mechanical and computer
engineering. Engineers work alone or in teams,
and in locations such as offices, factories, research
labs, outdoors and even outer space! How many
of the modern world’s greatest engineering
achievements will you use today? A car, a
computer, a telephone? Think about it.
Now is the time for women to engineer the future.
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