WHILE-LISTENING

Listen to the video without watching and answer the following questions:

3. What are the people talking about? Complete the heading.

4. How many speakers are there?

Watch the video-track and answer the following questions:

5. Put the names of the speakers in the order of appearance in the track (1, 2, 3, ….):

Ryan Patterson
Renae S. Tichy
Chris Nieport
Sean A. Falkowski
Ben Staub Jr.
Margaret M. Middleton
Dave Myszka
Susan Kotowski
Jeft Wolff

6. Where do all the speakers work?

Watch the parts of the video-track and fulfill the following tasks:

00:01 – 00:19

7. Complete the following text with the words that you hear:

If you like to (1) __________ yourself, you like to take (2) __________ things apart and then back together, if you (3) __________ to see how something works just for sake of doing it, I think (4) __________ __________ would be what you like to do.

00:51 – 01:05

8. Complete the following text with the words that you hear:

Engineering (1) __________ would be a good major for someone who doesn’t just like to come up with an answer on paper or on a (2) __________ but likes to take it on the next (3) __________ and turn it into practical (4) __________ and come up with that final (5) __________ .

01:14 – 01:33

9. Complete the following text with the words that you hear:

I wanna* be in a (1) __________ , I want to work with other (2) __________, I wonna to, actually, work with my hands. …………… I want to see all those seriously on (3) __________ and I think people we actually wanna see help develop ideas, but actually see those ideas (4) __________ to life. I think that what (5) __________ __________ is all about.   * wanna (American slang) = want to

01:44 – 01:54

10. Complete the following text with the words that you hear:

Do you like Math and (1) __________? Do you find (2) __________ interesting? Do you find (3) __________ interesting? If you do – this is for you!

Watch the whole video-track again and answer the following questions:

11. Who … :

says that an engineer likes to see how things work?
says that an engineer likes to take things apart?
says that an engineer likes to create things?
mentions any of disciplines that can be taught at school or university?
says about the difference between working on a computer and working at a plant?