Unit One. Engineering An Engineering Student Lead-in

I. List the main branches of engineering. Compare your list with that of your groupmates.

II. You are a student at University now. Listen to the dialogues you can hear at University during your first days of studying and learn how to introduce yourself.

A

Teacher: Good morning! Let me introduce myself. I am your English teacher. I am here to help you with English. What are you? What do you do? Why are you here?

Class: We are students.

Teacher: Are you first-year students? Are you freshmen?

Class: Yes, we are.

Teacher: Will you introduce yourselves? Who are you?

Student: I am Andrew Kolosov. I am here to study English.

Teacher: What is your name?

Student: My name is Kate Gomonova. I am a first-year student. I am here to master my English, too.

Teacher: Thank you. I am glad to meet you.

Students: We are glad to meet you, too.

B

Teacher: Allow me to introduce your supervisor.

Supervisor: How do you do?

Students: How do you do?

Supervisor: You are eager to study at our Technical University and become good specialists, aren't you?

Students: Yes, of course, we are.

Supervisor: You are lucky to study at our University. I wish you success.

Students: Thank you very much.

C

Teacher (in whisper): Oh, I'm sorry, who is this student?

Monitor: This is Oleg Smirnov.

Teacher: I see. He is 18 years old, isn't he?

Monitor: Yes, he is.

Teacher: Is he from Moscow?

Monitor: No, he isn't. He is Belarusian. He is from Grodno, from the Republic of Belarus.

Teacher: O.K. Thanks a lot.

D

Oleg: Hello, Kate. How are you?

Kate: Very well, thank you. And how are you?

Oleg: Quite well, thanks. Kate, this is Mike. He is my friend here at University and he was my friend at school.

Kate: Hello, nice to meet you.

Mike: Hi, I'm glad to meet you, too.

III. That's how we greet and introduce each other in English. Study this table.

Good		morning afternoon evening	Good		morning afternoon evening
Hello How do you do? How are you? How are you doing? How are you getting on? How are things? Is everything fine? Let me introduce myself. My name is … This is Mr., Mrs., Miss …			Hello How do you do? I'm fine, thank you. I'm OK, thanks. Not bad. Quite well. Excellent, thanks. Nice to meet you. Pleased to meet you. I am … Glad to meet you.

Language Practice

I. Imagine Kate and Mike or other students of the group are talking. Put in is / am / are and reproduce the dialogues.

1. Kate: Excuse me, are you Paul? Michael: No, I … … . My name … Michael. Kate: Well, Mike, are you tired after your first day at University? Michael: No, I … …, really. I ... eager to study here. Kate: Me too. They say the Technical University … a very exciting University to attend.

2. Andrew: I ... Andrew Kolosov. I ... fond of computers. And you? Alice: I ... Alice. I ... fond of programming as well. And besides, I ... interested in graffiti arts. Andrew: What is it?

3. Ann: Alexey, you ... good at drawing. Alexey: Really? I ... glad to hear it.