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Unit One Our Major and Future Career

What’s your major in college? Buildingdecoration engineering technology, construction engineering technology, hydraulicengineering technology, construction projectsupervision? There are different majors in Department ofConstruction Engineering, Department of Construction Technology or Departmentof Architecture in vocational colleges. I’m now learning in Department ofHydraulic and Constructional Engineering Technology, BVCA (Beijing VocationalCollege of Agriculture) and my major is building decoration engineeringtechnology. What about you?
Yourcollege:___________________________________________________
Yourdepartment:________________________________________________
Yourmajor: ____________________________________________________
Do you often think about such things whilelearning?
What is required for our first jobs?
What should we do to get well prepared forit?


Part �� KeyTerms and Phrases

1 Our major courses help us to be qualifiedfor what we’ll be. Here is a curriculum schedule showing major courses. Let’scheck them out

Mon.Unit One Our Major and Future Career

What’s your major in college? Building decoration engineering technology, construction engineering technology, hydraulic engineering technology, construction project supervision? There are different majors in Department of Construction Engineering, Department of Construction Technology or Department of Architecture in vocational colleges. I’m now learning in Department of Hydraulic and Constructional Engineering Technology, BVCA (Beijing Vocational College of Agriculture) and my major is building decoration engineering technology. What about you?

Your college: ___________________________________________________

Your department: ________________________________________________

Your major: ____________________________________________________

Do you often think about such things while learning?

What is required for our first jobs?

What should we do to get well prepared for it?

Part �� Key Terms and Phrases

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A. Building Construction Technology

B. Construction Project Estimate and Budget

C. Building Structure

D. Building Materials Testing

E. Construction Surveying

F. CAD Architecture Drawing

G. Indoor Environment and Testing

H. Ground and Foundation

I. Civil Engineering Basis

J. Engineering project management

K. Architectural mechanics

L. Inspection and acceptance of construction engineering

2 Our future work is involved in something related with construction engineering, including but not limited to

A. road and bridge engineering ___________________

B. hydraulic engineering ___________________

C. residential engineering ___________________

D. civil engineering ___________________

E. decoration engineering ___________________

F. installation engineering ___________________

G. fire engineering ___________________

H. high-speed rail engineering ___________________

I. water conservancy & hydroelectric engineering ___________________

Part �� Reading Comprehension

Passage A

Do you really know about architecture, construction and building as a major in jianzhu?

With complex meanings, architecture describes not only buildings and other physical structures, but the art, the style and the science of all about buildings and construction. It has to do with planning, designing and constructing form, space and ambience to reflect functional, technical, social, environmental and aesthetic considerations.

Building construction is the process of preparing for and forming buildings and building systems. Construction starts with planning, design, and financing and continues until the structure is ready for occupancy.

Building, generally, refers to the action or the result of construction, such as “build a new house” or “a teaching / residential building”.

These words will frequently appear while we are doing our jobs. Knowing about them will help us to express ourselves more properly and effectively.

Task 1 Decide which is proper in the sentence, architecture, construction or building. Then translate the sentences into Chinese.

1. Landscape _______ is today regarded as one of the fine arts.

2. The erection of the ________ took several months.

3. You can trust his word; he's been ________ for more than 20 years.

4. I'm interested in classical ________.

5. The office _______ stands as a land mark in this area.

6. The new airport is still under ______.

7. We are looking for a ________ engineer.

8. Sometimes we can’t understand western ________.

9. Inside the residence, one can find the ancient wooden frame ________ system.

10. ________ material and ________ equipment are essential expenses in all projects.

Task 2 Here are commonly-used phrases with the three words. Try to find out their Chinese / English equivalents.

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( ) 4. apartment building D. ��ϽY(ji��)��(g��u)

( ) 5. design architecture E. �W(xu��)�����W(xu��)

( ) 6. study architecture F. �O(sh��)Ӌ(j��)�������L(f��ng)��

( ) 7. construction management G. ����������

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( ) 10. ��ľ���� J. construction joint

( ) 11. �ŵ佨�� K. classical architecture

( ) 12. ���y(t��ng)���� L. sandwich construction

( ) 13. ���K M. shell construction

( ) 14. �������� N. building site

( ) 15. �����I(y��) O. civil architecture

( ) 16. �����Y(ji��)��(g��u),���w�Y(ji��)��(g��u) P. building trade

( ) 17. �����p,ʩ���p Q. traditional architecture

( ) 18. �A�ĽY(ji��)��(g��u),�A�Ә�(g��u)�� R. building block