Tapescript to ex. 1.16
Appendix 1
Discuss the following questions.
1.What is bioengineering?
2. Why is bioengineering important for people?
3.How old is bioengineering?
4. What engineering fields are connected with bioengineering? Why?
5.Do you know any examples from everyday life or different spheres of science when bioengineering changed people’s life for the better?
Key Vocabulary for Module II
(Fundamentals of Engineering)
apply automation(n)
astute (adj) assume(v)
affect (v) be concerned with
amplify (v) = reinforce (v) biological control system
branch (n) bioengineering(n)
breakthrough (n) bionics(n)
burn fossil fuels biochemical engineering
consume (v) bioenvironmental engineering
consumption (n) construct(v)
conserve energy civil engineer
demand (for) (n) communication(n)
destroy (v) damage(v) design criteria design(v)
emerge (v) deal with
electrical power engine(n)
electrical appliance electrical installation
enable (v) fermentation(n)
field (n) fluid mechanics
human-factors engineering generation (n)
force (n) instrumentation(n)
generate electricity install (v)
handle (v) improve (v)
innovate (v) investigate (v)
insulate(v)life-support fields
manufacture (v) maintain (v)
non-renewable manufacture (v)
perform (v) microscopic systems
power(v) occupation (v)
plug ( into) (v) operate (v)
replace (v) prevent accidents(v)
remove (v) personality (n)
renewable pose danger
resist (v) robotics (n)
surgery (n) safety engineering
supply (v, n) sensor(n)
store (v) the system of health care
shape (v) subfield (n)
wall socket
(From “Oxford English for Electrical and Mechanical Engineering” Answer Book)
1. I work in a power station. I’m responsible for turbine maintenance. I work shift: midnight to eight o’clock this month.
2. I design body scanners. They give doctors far more information than X-rays and there’s no risk to the patient.
3. I work on jet engines. Onboard computers record readings every five hours and every twenty-five take-off. This information allows us to carry out servicing before defects or reduction in performance occurs.
4. The best thing about my job is that I get to go on sea trials after the refit is finished.
5. I’m working with the architects of a new hospital. Getting the heating and ventilation right is important. I have to make sure that the working environment will be comfortable for the patients and staff.
6. Safety is very important in my job. Everything must be earthed to make sure that no one gets a shock.
7. My main areas of expertise are fuel consumption and engine emission. International pressures are really making things difficult for us.