Thuyết minh tiếng anh xây dựng 2UNIT 1 teamwork 2

I’m a driver. I work for a concrete supplier. We deliver concrete to construction sites all over the country. 2) I’m a master electrician. This is my apprentice. 3) I’m painter. Today I’m painting a steel staircase. 4) I’m a security guard. I control access to the site. I’m responsible to the site manager. 5) I’m the site manager. My company is responsible for the whole project. 6) We’re reporters. We’re visiting the site to ask some questions.

UNIT 1: TEAMWORK

• Talk about roles and responsibilities

• Explain how an organisation works

• Write your CV

• Discuss roles in an international

construction project

 Roles and responsibilities

D C

E F B A

1 Match these descriptions with the people in the illustration

1) I’m a driver I work for a concrete supplier We deliver

concrete to construction sites all over the country

2) I’m a master electrician This is my apprentice

3) I’m painter Today I’m painting a steel staircase

4) I’m a security guard I control access to the site I’m

responsible to the site manager

5) I’m the site manager My company is responsible for the

whole project

6) We’re reporters We’re visiting the site to ask some

questions

2 Translated from difinition available

1) Driver (n) Someone who drives a car, bus, ect

2) Concrete supplier (n) A company or person that provides a

substance used for building that is made by mixing sand, small stones, cement and

water

3) Master electrician (n) Someone who is very skilled at connecting

or repairing electrical wires or equipment

4) Apprentice (n) Someone who works for an employer for a

fixed period of time in order to learn a particular skill or job

5) Painter (n) Someone whose job is painting houses or

other buildings

6) Security guard (n) Someone whose job is to guard a building.7) Colleague (n) Someone you work with

8) Control access to

(phr) To decide who has the right to enter a place, use something, see someone, ect

9) Site manager (n) Someone whose job is to manage the area

where building is taking place

10) Reporter (n) Someone whose job is to write about news

events for a newspaper

Thợ sơn

Bảo vệ an ninh

Kiểm soát ra vào

Quản lý công trường

Nhà báoĐồng nghiệp

11) consortium (n) A group of companies or organisations who

rae working together to do something

12) Generator (n) A machine that produces electricity

13) General contractor

(n) A person or company that agrees to do various building work

14) Subcontractor (n) Someone who does part of the work of

another person or company

Tập đoàn

Máy phát điện

Thầu chính

Thầu phụ

3 Two reporters are visiting Martin Karp from Karp Construction Listen to their conversation and complete

these sentences.

Project manager

General contractor Site manager

Karp construction

client Cement supplier Assistant’s Martin

1 Karp Construction is the

2 Martin Karp is the

3 Sabina Tom is the

4 Kasper Karp owns

5 Mr Lang represents the

6 Anna Black works for the

7 Robert Lane is

Language: Present simple and present continuous

 We use the present simple to talk about routines and

things that are permanent or happen all the time

EX: - I control access to the site.

- She works for the cement supplier.

 We use the present continuous to talk about things that

take place at the time of speaking and are not permanent.

EX: - We’re visiting the site.

- He’s walking through the gate.

 We use adverbs of frequency (e.g always, usually,

often, sometimes, never) with the present simple to describe how often somebody does something or how often something happens.

EX: - We usually have about 100 people on site.

- Sometimes we work in a consortium.

1 Andy sometimes (read) a comic.

2 I (phone) my friend at the moment.

3 Listen! Sandy (sing) in the bathroom.

4 My sister usually (help) in the kitchen.

5 My mother (make) breakfast now.

6 We never (watch) a video in the morning.

7 They often (clean) the bathroom.

8 My grandfather (go) for a walk every day.

9 Cats (eat) mice.

10 Look! He ………(leave) the house

read

‘m phoning

is singing

help

is making watch

clean

go eat

is leaving

 Structure of an organisation

Administration (n): quản lý hành chính Legal (adj): hợp pháp

consultant (n): chuyên viên tư vấn

department head (n): trưởng phòng

development (n): phát triển

1) Administration a) Someone whose job is to give advice

on a particular subject.

2) Legal b) The department in a company that is

concerned with matters relating to the law.

3) Consultant c) The department involved in managing

the work of a company or organisation.

4) Department

head d) the process of increasing business.

5) development e) The person in charge of one of the

groups of people who work together as part of a large organisation.

a

b c

e d

1 Then complete the sentences with the words in the box

Departments, divided, external, has, look, part,

report, section, top

1) Our company has a simple structure At the……….is Kasper

Karp, the owner.

2) There are seven……… The department heads report to the

owner.

3) Operations consists of a Health and Safety ………… and all

the project managers.

4) The site managers and supervisors …………directly to a

project manager.

top part

section

report

5) Business Development is ………… into three sections: Design, Estimating and Marketing.

6) Engineering also ……… three sections: Structural,

Mechanical and Electrical.

7) There are different departments which ……… after

materials and plant, accounting, administration and legal 8) Sometimes we have ………….consultants to help with special jobs They are not ………of the company

divided

has

look

departments external

2 Listen to the heads of the seven departments talking about their roles Write the names of their departments

Use the organisation chart in 1 to help you

Materials and plant Legal

Engineering Operation Accounting Business development Administration

 Job and experience

Land surveyor (n): trắc địa viên

Self-employed (adj): tự làm

Apprenticeship (n): người học việc

CV (n) = [ curriculum vitae]: sơ yếu lý lịch Experience (n): kinh nghiệm

Competency (n): năng lực

Qualification (n): trình độ

 Vocabulary

1 Listen to three conversations Match the job in each

conversation with a word from the box.

Civil engineer concrete finisher land surveyor

Civil engineer Concrete finisher Land surveyor

1.

2.

3.

2 Read the questions For each conversation, answer

yes (Y), no (N), or doesn’t say (X)

Conversation 1 Conversation 2 Conversation 3

1 Is he a manual worker?

2 Does he work mostly in doors?

3 Was he good at maths at school?

4 Does he work with CAD

YNXNXYY

NYXNYNY

Questions

Questions with be begin with the correct

form of the verb be, or use a rising tone Are you self-employed? You’re self-employed?

Is he on site today?

He’s on site today?

Questions with do/does/did Do you work indoors?

Does he work indoors? Did you go to university?

Questions words ( what, where, who,

how) What do you do? Where are they from?

Who is the client?

How does it work?

Objective :

I am looking for a job in construction where I can learn and develop my knowledge and skill

I also love a career that I can help other people and

contribute to the development of the society

SKILLS AND INTEREST :

SKILL : TEAMWORK : GOOD

INTERESTS: SPORT : BASKETBALL

MUSIC : US-UK LANGUAGES : FRENCH : BASIC

ENGLISH: NATIVECOMPUTER SKILLS : SAP ETAB , SAFE , AUTOCAD

ACTIVITIES : TEAM LEADER OF ENGLISH

CLUB

 Focus on a project: International Finance Centre (IFC) Seoul, Korea

Vocabulary

Award (v): khen thưởng

Architectural firm (n): cty kiến trúc

Joint venture (n): liên doanh

Excavate (v): đào đất

Storey (n): tầng

Complex (n): phức tạp

Elevator (n): thang máy

Escalator (n): thang cuốn

1 Read these extracts about a new development in

Seoul, Korea What is the project?

Siemens-Shinwha has been awarded a contract to supply

a fire safety system for the new IFC Seoul project which

was developed by AIG real estate

Designed by the award-winning architectural firm

Arquitectonica, IFC Seoul is the leading business

destination in Seoul with approximately 500,000 square

metres of development

1

2

The IFC Seoul is a joint venture between the Seoul Metropolitan Government and AIG Global Real Estate.

A consortium led by GS Construction and POSCO won the contract to excavate the site The contract for the next phase of construction was signed with a new consortium, including Dealim, POSCO, Hyundai Development and headed by GS Construction in January of this year

To the south will be the 29-storey Two IFC office tower, which will offer some 79,000 square metres of floor space; to the west will be the 32-storey One IFC with 88,000 square metres, while the northern corner will be reserved for a 450-guestroom, 38-storey five-star hotel.The structure on the north-eastern side of the project, Three IFC, will be 55 storey in height and, with a total office space of 160,000 square metres, will be the largest

structure in the complex

Otis Elevator Company was awarded a contract from AIG Korean Real Estate Development Yh to provide 125 elevators, escalators and moving walkways for International Finance Centre (IFC) Seoul in Korea

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7

2 Match the organisations involved in the project with their roles Sometimes more than one answer is

possible.

1 GS Construction

2 Siemens-Shinwha

3 POSCO

4 Seoul Metropolitan Government

and AIG Global Real Estate

5 Arquitectonica

6 Daelim

7 Otis Elevator Company

a) Architectsb) Excavationc) Fire safety equipment supplierd) Elevator manufacturer

e) Owners/ developersf) Consortium memberg) Steel producer

b, e c b

f a f

d, g

 Review

a) an adviser b) a group of people or

companies who work together

on a project c) a person who holds the legal

rights to something d) a customer

e) a person or company who

agrees to provide materials or services for a specific price.

1 Match 1-5 with their meanings a-e.

2 Complete this description of the organisation of a company with appropriate words.

The Berlin branch has three departments The project management department consists (1) seven sections Each section looks (2) a different project The legal and finance department deals (3) all accounting issues, as well as contracts and claims The logistics department is responsible (4) making sure that the project management department has the resources to do the job This includes all personnel and plant The head of the Berlin branch reports directly

(5) the owner, who is based in Frankfurt.

of after

with for

to

1 Does you work outdoors?

2 Is you self-employed?

3 Did you done an apprenticeship?

4 Was you good at maths at school?

5 What did you doing yesterday?

6 When did you started excavating?

7 Where is supplying the elevators?

3 Each of these question has one error Correct the errors.

Language

/ Do/ Are

/ Do/ Were/ Do/ start/ are

Use the following phrases to help you:

I am writing in reply to your advertisement in [name of newspaper/ website] for [job title].

I am currently working on…

My main qualifications are…

I started working in the construction industry in…

I believe I have the right experence and qualification for this job, specifically my…

I look forward to hearing from you in the near future.

4 Write a short covering letter to a potential

employer to accompany your CV Include:

1 An introduction: intruduce yourself and say where you saw the job advert

2 a summary of your qualifications

3 a summary of your experience in the construction industry

Thank you for your cooperation