Английский язык для студентов строительных специальностей. Unit 1,building construction

UNIT 1, BUILDING CONSTRUCTION

SECTION 3 READING AND SPEAKING

13. Before you read Text 1A " Building Engineering as a
Discipline", discuss these questions with your groupmates or
teacher.

a) Do you know how building construction began?

b) Is there any difference between civil engineering and building engineering?

c) Is building engineering a big subject?

d) Why is building engineering very important in modern life?

e) What building engineering courses are usually taught at higher educational institutions?

f) What degrees do building engineering academic programmes provide?

14. Read Text 1A to find out if your answers are right or
wrong. The following phases may be helpful: Quite so. Exactly.
It's (partly) true. Just the opposite. I don't think so. That's right.
That's wrong.