Self-renewing timber for the available option is one of the most important natural building material.. +Translate: Gỗ tự tái tạo là một trong những vật liệu tự nhiên quan trọng trong cô
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GVHD : Nguyễn Thị Song Thương SVTH : Ngô Đức Thành
Nhóm : Nhóm 17
MSSV : 18520100342
TP Hồ Chí Minh, ngày 23 tháng 06 năm 2021
Trang 21 Look for 10 noun phrases consisting of 7 words or more, identify their head nouns and translate them into Vietnamese (Note: The material must be about Civil Engineering) (2 points)
- 1 The tensile strength for the resistence of steel reduces rapidly at temperatures
over 1200oF
+Translate: Sức chịu kéo của théo giảm nhanh ở nhiệt độ trên 1200 độ F
+HEAD NOUNS : Strength ( Sức chịu )
- 2 Self-renewing timber for the available option is one of the most important
natural building material
+Translate: Gỗ tự tái tạo là một trong những vật liệu tự nhiên quan trọng trong công trình
+ HEAD NOUNS : Timber ( gỗ )
- 3 Pre-stressed concrete for the altenative solution is an improved form of
reinforcement
+ Translate: Bê tông dự ứng lực là một dạng nâng cao của sự gia cố
+ HEAD NOUNS : Concrete ( bê tông )
- 4 Combustible materials easily caught fire should be put in danger.
+ Translate: Vật liệu dễ bắt lửa sẽ dễ gây hoả hoạn
+ HEAD NOUNS : Materials ( vật liệu )
- 5 The warm-humid zones where the comforting wheather are suitable for using
bamboo on building
+ Translate: Những vùng nóng ẩm thì thích hợp cho việc dùng tre để xây nhà
+ HEAD NOUNS : Zones ( khu vực , vùng, miền )
- 6 Exposed walls lively facing the wheather require frequent repair work.
+ Translate: Tường có mặt lộ ra ngoài trời cần được bảo trì định kì
+ HEAD NOUNS: Walls ( Tường )
- 7 Variable and movable loads dramatically applying on the building are always
unpredictable so there is no exact figures to calculate these forces
+ Translate: Tải thay đổi và di chuyển thường rất khó đoán nên không có một công thức chính xác để tính
+ HEAD NOUNS : Loads ( tải trọng )
- 8 Preservative stains used on external woodwork are highly recommended.
+ Translate: Dầu bảo quản dùng cho gỗ ngoài trời nên được dùng đầu tiên
+ HEAD NOUNS : Stains ( chất bảo quản gỗ )
- 9 Two important parts of the civiling building are the superstructure and the
substructure
+ Translate: Hai bộ phận quan trọng của một công trình là phần kết cấu thân và kết cấu móng
Trang 3+ HEAD NOUNS : Parts ( Từng phần , bộ phận )
- 10 The air pressure on the outside of the leeward wall becomes less than the
pressure inside the building
+ Translate: Áp suất không khí ở bên ngoài tường rào yếu hơn áp suất không khí bên trong toà nhà
+ HEAD NOUNS: Pressure ( Áp suất )
2 Look for five sentences with three or more clauses, and then identify the conjunctions, main clauses and subordinate clauses (Note: The material must
be about Civil Enginnering) (2 points)
1 - When fireproofing is required, the columns may be boxed in with any one of many non combustible materials, so fireproofing is available for that purpose.
2- Wall-bearing framing occurs whenever a wall of a building is used to support
end of main structural elements, without wall-bearing, engineer should come up with
alternative idea
3- A footing is usually made of concrete, and it is placed below the foundation wall
because it is wider than the wall.
4- Architects are responsible for the construction of many skyscapres believe
that a tall building must always have a certain minimum width but there is no limit to its
absolute height
5- Some believe tall towers could contain all the requirements for modern living
so the inhabitants would travel up and down their home and work zones and they would
rarely need to journey to ground level
* NOTE
+ Bold: main clause
+ Italics: subodinate clause
+ Underlined: conjunction
3 Write about the foundations which are commonly used in your hometown in at least 150 - 200 words (4 points)
I was born and raised in Nha Trang under the care of grandparents for 10 years before I moved to Ho Chi Minh city with my parents Nha Trang is well-known for its tourism development In my hometown, Footing foundation is commonly used because
of soil functions As we have already known, the footing foundation is used when the soil has a capacity of supporting the superstructure, so that through all those years, local people applied footings as traditional decision for one-story or two-story houses At the beginning of the process, local people have to dig down to the ground at the appropriate height for about 1.5 meters, the harder the soil, the more strength that workers need to use to create a foundation base After that is the pouring process, workers with their mixing concrete machine take mixed concrete and deliver it into the mold, wait for 28
Trang 4days so that concrete could reach its maximum function In conclusion, footings are a basic solution to make foundation, besides it is also cheap and easy to build
4 What you think is needed to succeed in your profession? (2 points)
In my point of view, there is only one characteristic available to be an engineer and that is protection Because, if you do not put others' lives above yours, there is nothing to make sure that you can do a good job on the site Following protection is being careful
As I mentioned above, protecting people lives shows how careful and responsible you are Jump in conclusion, safe keeping is one of the utmost characteristic that an engineer should have