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30 minutes
Released:
Jun 5, 2016
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If you are a new listener to this award-winning podcast, welcome! With over 40 years of teaching between us, we'll help you improve your English and take it to the next level. Más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/  More podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/  In this episode: Civil Engineering Listener Feedback: Audio Feedback - Mamen Listener Feedback: Alfredo - Should we go to Italy and teach English? Only if there's homemade Italian food! I'm Pablo, a civil engineer who has moved to UK last January. I usually hear (listen to) all ours (your) podcast (your podcasts), and I think that it is a big help in order to improve my listening and vocabulary. In (At) this moment, I am looking for a job as (an) engineer in Cambridge or around (in/around Cambridge). If you accept some ideas for podcast, I would like that you talk (I would like you to talk) some day about engineering. Perhaps, this topic is not too general in terms of vocabulary but is only an idea!! haha! I think you are doing a very good job with the podcasts, I hope to continue hearing it (listening to them)! Thank you for your time. Definition: Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams and buildings. Technical English for Civil Engineers: ( http://rua.ua.es/dspace/bitstream/10045/13698/1/technical_english_for_civil_engineers_construction_basics.pdf ) Free PDF with exercises: ( http://www.usingenglish.com/files/pdf/english-for-special-purposes-engineering-vocabulary-list-dictation-speaking.pdf ) Oxford Dictionary ( http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199534463.001.0001/acref-9780199534463 ) English For Engineering ( https://www.bookdepository.com/Cambridge-English-for-Engineering-Students-Book-with-Audio-CDs-2-Jeremy-Day/9780521715188 ) Vocabulary crane - grúa (grúa can also be a towtruck) ditch - zanja, cuneta, acequia (to ditch something/someone - deshacerse de - "My bag was too heavy, so I ditched some clothes." to drain/a drain (drainage) - desague sewer - alcantarillado overflow - derramarse, rebosar a bridge - puente (to bridge differences of opinion) - Don't burn your bridges to/a dam - presa steel - acero (stainless steel) iron - hierro (to iron = planchar) concrete - hormigón to cement /(some) cement (UNCOUNT.) - cemento - to cement a relationship brick - ladrillo, de ladrillo to tarmac/(some) tarmac (UNCOUNT.)- asfalto scaffolding - andamio/s, andamiaje pavement (UK) sidewalk (US) - acera, pavimento (andén LaAm. - platform) to pave blueprint - heliografía, cianográfica, anteproyecto survey (of a house) - examen, inspección "to carry out/conduct a survey" (to survey - evaluar, valorar, inspeccionar) a surveyor   Thank you to our sponsor, italki. italki gives 100 italki credits (ITC) to each paying student that registers. inglespodcast.com/italki/ We want to say thank you to italki for sponsoring Aprender Inglés con Reza y Craig ...and now it's your turn to practise your English. Do you have a question for us or an idea for a future episode? Send us a voice message and tell us what you think. www.speakpipe.com/inglespodcast Send us an email with a comment or question to craig@inglespodcast.com or belfastreza@gmail.com. If you would like more detailed shownotes, go to https://www.patreon.com/inglespodcast $9.60 per month - We need $100 Our 9 lovely sponsors are: Lara Arlem Zara Heath Picazo Mamen Juan Leyva Galera sara Jarabo Corey Fineran from Ivy Envy Podcast Rafael Daniel Contreras Aladro Manuel Tarazona On next week's episode: We don't know yet! Más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/  More podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/  The music in this podcast is by Pitx. The track is called 'See You Later'
Released:
Jun 5, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

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