Page 6 - English for Construction 1

The • introduce yourself and others
1 construction • talk about jobs in the constructior
industry
industry • • describe types of construction
understand a house plan

Introductions

a building inspector a rooter

Vocabulary Match photos A-E to texts 1-5.
1 Hello, I'm Kamal Boukhaled, from Morocco. I'm a plumber.
I'm Isabelle Roux, from France. I'm an architect
Hi, my name's Santiago Cruz. I'm from Venezuela. I'm a crane operator.
Hi, I'm Karol Nowacki. I'm from Poland. I'm a roofer.
Hello there. My name's Jun Takahashi. I'm from Japan. I'm a building
inspector.
Listening 2 Complete these conversations. Then listen and compare your
answers.
1 Jun: Hi! I'm Jun Takahashi, from the Ministry.
Isabelle: Hi, Mr Takahashi. (1) Isabelle Roux. I'm from (2)
I'm the architect on this project.
Jun: Ah, I'm a building (3)
Isabelle: Pleased to (4) you.

2 Karol: Hi! Karol Nowacki.
Santiago: Santiago Cruz.
Karol: What do you do, Santiago?
Santiago: I'm a crane (5) And you?
Karol: Me? I'm a(n) (6)
3 Kamal: Hi! My (7) _ . is Kamal Boukhaled.
Santiago: Hi, Kamal. I'm Santiago.
Kamal: (8) are you from?
Santiago: From Caracas, Venezuela.
Kamal: Ah, Caracas. A beautiful city. I come from (9)
4 Kamal: Hello. (10) name's Kamal Boukhaled.
Karol: Hi, Kamal. I'm Karol Nowacki And this is Isabelle Roux.
Kamal: Hello, Isabelle.
Isabelle: Pleased to meet you.
Karol: What do you (11) , Kamal?
Kamal: I'm a plumber.
Karol: I'm a roofer. And Isabelle designs buildings.
Kamal: She's a(n) (12) ?
Isabelle: Yes, that's right.

4 1 The construction industry