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INVENTIONS (11 form)
1. Вставить подходящее по смыслу слово:
1) A)information, b)computer, c)available, d)problems, e)advantage
The most popular gadget is a personal (1)___. Computers allow us to access the latest (2)____ really quickly. Interaction with the world is a great (3)____ of a computer. Large amounts of information become (4)____.But sometimes we can have (5)_____with computes.
2. Прочитайте диалог и перефразируйте его в текст:
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1.Adrian
has got a problem with…………2.His computer keeps …………………….3.It seems that the
cursor…………………4.Paul suggests scanning………………... 5.He thinks that the cause of
the problem could be………
3. Что нужно сделать чтобы:…
What do you do if you want to…
1 use a
program? A You open it.
2 finish using a program? B You save it.
3 see the information in a file? C You load it
and then run it.
4 to destroy a file? D You
exit or quit.
5 keep the information in a file? E You delete it.
4. Перевести:
1.“I would be helpless and lonely without the Internet.”
2.“It would be the end of the world if I lost my mobile phone.”
3.“I can’t live without my computer.”
4.“No doubt, TV is the most necessary thing at our home.”
5.“I’m sure, iPod is a necessity rather than a luxury.”
5. Соотнесите названия изобретений с текстами о них.
1) the steam engine, 2) gunpowder, 3) the Internet, 4) the Gregorian calendar, 5) the eraser 6) the compass
a) Whenever we think about ____ we start feeling the joy of our everyday life, how we stay in touch, share information, complete tasks, and even make money.
b) is the most remarkable invention of man. Without it, the world simply wouldn’t exist as we know it. This invention was at the root of the Industrial Revolution. It helped in the progress of the world’s economy, industry, and technology.
c) ______ was invented in 1582.The system adopted a leap year. Four years make up a cycle, with an extra or “leap” day added to the fourth year to keep the dates and months synchronized with the solar cycle.
d) The earliest version of the ____ was
made in China in the year 1044. Mariners use it to navigate in the sea. It is
used to calculate the latitude and the longitude as well. Basically, it is
used to find the magnetic North Pole of the Earth.
e)The discovery of ______has been credited to Chinese alchemists around 9th
century. This was the result of many scientific experiments. There were various
formulas that were used and these contained different proportions of nitrate. It
was used not only for fireworks but its mentions were found in the Chinese
military treatise as well.
f) Invented in 1770 ___ was intended to delete lead pencil marks. Before its
invention, bread was used. English engineer Edward Naine gave us a much
better alternative, using natural rubber.
7. Answer the questions:
a) What gadgets are useful in the kitchen?
b) What gadgets help to learn foreign languages?
c) What gadgets help in getting information?
d) What gadgets help do a lot of things faster and better?
e) What gadgets help connect people who lives so far away from each other?
8. Read the dialogue and answer the questions:
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Assistant
Good
morning, Sir. Can I help you? Assistant OK. So what
exactly are you looking for? Customer What's RAM? Customer OK. I'll buy them.
1) Why did the customer want to buy anything in the shop? 2) Does his son have a good computer? 3) What does his son use a computer for? 4) Was the laptop offered by the assistant expensive for the customer? 5) Did the customer use a special offer?
10. Put 5 inventions in order of importance for: elderly people; young people; a family couple; children; 11. Закончите предложения: What would people do if they didn`t have these inventions? (electricity, the refrigerator, the calculator, the plane, satellites, the air conditioner, the ballpoint pen, the elevator). Eg. If people didn’t have …, they would…... 12. Поставьте слово в скобках в нужную форму: a) Michael Faraday is the 1)……. (invent) of the electric motor. Without this, we would not have the 2)……. (technology) appliances we take for granted today. Faraday’s face used to be on the British 20 pound note from 1991 to 2001. b) George Stephenson 3) ……. (design) a steam train locomotive called the “Rocket”. It was a great success and encouraged the 4) ……. (grow) of railways, which played a very important part in the 5) ………(industry) Revolution in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Many of the items we use today were invented during that time. c) Charles Babbage is considered by most to be the “Father of Computing”. By 1834, he had invented the “analytical engine” which established the 6) ….. (base) principles of computing. Although he never completed any of his 7) …. (computer) machines, his detailed 8) ….. (draw) were used to build a model of his Difference Engine № 2 at the London Science Museum. It was completed in 1991, and it performed mathematical 9) …… (calculate) very accurately. d) John Logie Baird worked hard to transmit the first real television images, a dream of many 10) …. (science) for decades before. His first “TV set” could be made from everyday objects such as a biscuit tin, cardboard and string! Later, others 11) ….. (take) Baird’s ideas and 12) ….. (slow) developed TV as we know it today.
13. Распределите в таблице достоинства и недостатки данных изобретений :
1) to travel quickly wherever you want in comfort; 2) might be dangerous for our health 3) to take pictures. 4) to save time, not to depend on public transport; 5) to watch a film. 6) after accidents people spend a lot of money on repairing and restoring it 7) can be used by terrorists to blow a bomb. 8) makes people lazy 9) to take part in race competitions 10) shows a lot of violent scenes 11) to communicate with people in any situation; 12) to get news from all over the world 13) spend a lot of time in traffic jams 14) students can’t listen to the teacher or work if they send text messages or play games; 15) in accidents people might be injured and even killed 16) to learn new facts about other countries, people 17) to call an ambulance or the police in case of emergency; 18) pollute the atmosphere with car exhausts 19) to get and send some information; 20) damages health, bad for eyes; 21) makes people addictive, they depend on a soap opera or a programme 22) a ring might be a serious distraction in a classroom;
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INVENTIONS (11 form)
1. 1. Вставить подходящее по смыслу слово:
A)information, b)computer, c)available, d)problems, e)advantage
The most popular gadget is a personal (1)___. Computers allow us to access the latest (2)____ really quickly. Interaction with the world is a great (3)____ of a computer. Large amounts of information become (4)____.But sometimes we can have (5)_____with computes.
2. Соотнесите названия изобретений с текстами о них.
1) the steam engine, 2) gunpowder, 3) the Internet, 4) the Gregorian calendar, 5) the eraser 6) the compass
a) Whenever we think about ____ we start feeling the joy of our everyday life, how we stay in touch, share information, complete tasks, and even make money.
b) is the most remarkable invention of man. Without it, the world simply wouldn’t exist as we know it. This invention was at the root of the Industrial Revolution. It helped in the progress of the world’s economy, industry, and technology.
c) ______ was invented in 1582.The system adopted a leap year. Four years make up a cycle, with an extra or “leap” day added to the fourth year to keep the dates and months synchronized with the solar cycle.
d) The earliest version of the ____ was made in China in the year 1044. Mariners use it to navigate in the sea. It is used to calculate the latitude and the longitude as well. Basically, it is used to find the magnetic North Pole of the Earth.
e)The discovery of ______has been credited to Chinese alchemists around 9th century. This was the result of many scientific experiments. There were various formulas that were used and these contained different proportions of nitrate. It was used not only for fireworks but its mentions were found in the Chinese military treatise as well.
f) Invented in 1770 ___ was intended to delete lead pencil marks. Before its invention, bread was used. English engineer Edward Naine gave us a much better alternative, using natural rubber.
7. Answer the questions:
a) What gadgets are useful in the kitchen?
b) What gadgets help to learn foreign languages?
c) What gadgets help in getting information?
d) What gadgets help do a lot of things faster and better?
e) What gadgets help connect people who lives so far away from each other?
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