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English for Building and Construction Engineering

English for Building and Construction Engineering. Unit Four Superstructure (1) Workplace Conversation International School of Technical Education. Unit Four. Learning Objectives know concrete construction; write a site report according to the workplace conversation;

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English for Building and Construction Engineering

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  1. English for Building and Construction Engineering Unit Four Superstructure (1) Workplace Conversation International School of Technical Education

  2. Unit Four Learning Objectives • know concrete construction; • write a site report according to the workplace conversation; • understand framed structure construction; • get knowledge of basic structural principles; • use the correct terminology in the description of superstructure.

  3. Part One Section A Workplace Conversation • Learning Objectives A. Listen to the conversation and be able to fill in the blank with what you hear. B. Understand the professional words and phrases. C. Be able to write a site report according to the conversation.

  4. Part One Section A Workplace Conversation • I. Listen to the conversation and fill the blanks with what you hear. • II. Keys to the listening • 1) the concrete plants • 2) The last load is on the way now. • 3) a neat joint • 4) a suitable day joint there

  5. Part One Section A Workplace Conversation • 5) in case it can be seen from the floor below • 6) laitance • 7) releasing agent • 8) strike the shuttering easily

  6. Part One Section A Workplace Conversation • III. Analyze the professional words and phrases 1) harden: become hard (凝固；使硬化或变硬） e.g. The varnish takes a few hours to harden. （清漆需要几个小时才能干透。） 2) breakdown: sudden failure in operation e.g. a breakdown of talks between workers and employer (工人和雇主直接的谈判中断） 3) load: (最后一车/一罐 ……) c.f. dead load live load

  7. Part One Section A Workplace Conversation 4) day joint: construction joint made at the end of the day construction joint: joint made between parts of a concrete wall or floor cast at different times. 5) chippie: site word for carpenter 6) batten: strip of wood 7) groove: small channel (沟槽、凹槽） groove joint 凹（槽）缝

  8. Part One Section A Workplace Conversation 8) laitance: layer of slurry cement which forms on the top surface of concrete as it hardens. Laitance is removed when making a construction joint. 9) fresh: new 10) apply: put on 11) releasing agent: mould oil 12) strike: take off, take down 13) special: really good, extra careful

  9. Part One Section A Workplace Conversation IV. Questions to the conversation: • Why is it such a problem when the concrete plant breaks down? • How has the concrete been poured so far? • Why does tony want a batten fixed underneath? • How will they manage to make a strong joint? • What will they do to strike the shuttering easily? • Why must they remove the laitance thoroughly?

  10. Part One Section A Workplace Conversation V. Assignments • Listen to the conversation. • Read the conversation. • Write a site report according to the conversation (by the name of concrete engineer – Malcolm).

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