Words and terms to be remembered

Unit 4

Before we start:

discuss the questions in pairs: What is technosphere? What words are connected with the term “Technosphere safety”? Why do environmental disasters take place?

Section 1. Word Study

Words and terms to be remembered

Turbulent household floods

fiction disaster earthquakes

habitat safety management consequences

regulations repeal implement

polisher prevention fraught

drawing up guidelines compliance challenge

impact waste assessment

Exercise The above-mentioned words all appear in the text you are going to read:

a). Work with the dictionary and find the transcription and the meaning of the words

b). Practice pronouncing the words

c). Make up the word-combinations of your own using these words

Exercise Read the words correctly and guess their meaning. Consult the dictionary

Social process, fiction, technosphere, complex industrial system, instruction, traditional, project, international standard, expert, technical base, organization, specialist, filter, standard, Ministry, minimize, technology of synthetic materials, process of certification, action plan, ecologist risk

Exercise Fill in the box with all derivatives. Consult the dictionary

Noun	Verb	Adjective	Adverb
		Residential
Legislation
			Constantly
Prevention
		Administrative
	Assess

Exercise Give Russian equivalents of the following words and word-combinations

Shape one’s life, Engineer Environmental, man-made accident, science fiction worlds, list, prevention and warning of consequences, lead to environmental disaster, household appliances, occupational diseases and injuries, environmental legislation, sanitary safety, scale employment

Section 2. Text Study

Exercise Read and translate the texts A,B,C, D and find answers to the following questions:

1. What is the function of Technosphere safety?

2. What does technospheric safety management require?

3. How can experts prevent the consequences of natural disasters earthquakes, floods, etc.?

4. What must an engineer do to in case of man-made disasters?

5. What is the professional sphere of Technosphere safety experts?

Text A.

Text B.

Saving the Environment

The direction "Technosphere safety" is intended to care for the environment. Under this program, to exercise control over compliance with environmental legislation, monitors the implementation of the requirements of standards and regulations, checks whether the production equipment. Engineer Environmental controls and environmental management. In addition, the need to constantly carry out various environmental impact assessments to measure the level of danger and to predict development of the situation. One of the challenges is to determine ecologist risk and its borders. The risk should be minimized both for humans and for the environment.

National scale employment in technospheric security work in the ministries and departments, administrative units of the state and regional level, in the design and research organizations involved in the preservation of the environment. Specify that extensive list of ministries. Ministry of Natural Resources, Ministry of Social Development and the Ministry of Emergency Situations - is just the beginning of the list.

Text C.

Text D.

Emergencies

No matter how hard to mention it, but the production activities of man are mostly harmful. The consequences of human intervention often end with environmental disasters. Of course, the best is to prevent possible accidents and emergency situations. The engineer must be able to assess the risks of natural and man-made disasters, to find an optimal solution in an emergency situation regardless of the place where the accident occurred: a residential quarter of the city, the taiga or industrial enterprise. People need Technosphere safety. The specialty "Engineer of Emergency" allows qualified to assess the situation, quickly make an action plan and implement it on the ground.

In addition, experts in the field have the knowledge and skills to prevent the consequences of natural disasters earthquakes, floods, etc.