TASK 1 Read, translate and learn the new words (20 min, 1 point)

. Let’s start! We live in the 21^st century and can’t imagine our life without modern objects we are surrounded in our everyday life.

People’s How can we name all the things?

 

Invention - изобретение

Application - приложение, прикладная программа

Gadget - приспособление, прибор

Device - устройство

Unit - агрегат, прибор

Item - изделие, элемент

 

TASK 2 Read and translate the text (25 min, 2 point)

Scientific and Technological Progress Scientific and Technological Progress

It’s difficult to overestimate the role of science and technology in our life. They accelerate the development of civilization and help us in our co-operation with nature.

Scientists investigate the laws of the universe, discover the secrets of nature, and apply their knowledge in practice improving the life of people. Let’s compare our life nowadays with the life of people at the beginning of the 20th century. It has changed beyond recognition. Our ancestors hadn’t the slightest idea of the trivial things created by the scientific progress that we use in our every day life. I mean refrigerators, TV sets, computers, microwave ovens, radio telephones, what not.

They would seem miracles to them that made our life easy, comfortable and pleasant. On the other hand, the great inventions of the beginning of the 20th century, I mean radio, airplanes, combustion and jet engines have become usual things and we can’t imagine our life without them. A century is a long period for scientific and technological progress, as it’s rather rapid. Millions of investigations the endless number of outstanding discoveries have been made. Our century has had several names that were connected with a certain era in science and technology. At first it was called the atomic age due to the discovery of the splitting of the atom. Then it became the age of the conquest of space when for the first time in the history of mankind a man overcame the gravity and entered the Universe. And now we live in the information era when the computer network embraces the globe and connects not only the countries and space stations but a lot of people all over the world. All these things prove the power and the greatest progressive role of science in our life.

What have we done today? What was difficult for you? What new words have you learnt?

TASK 3 Work in pairs/ Make following grammar exercises (25 min, 1 point)

Explain why you cannot imagine your life without these technologies.

How do they make your life easier?

Example 1: I can’t imagine m у life without a refrigerator. If I didn't have it I wouldn’t be able to keep food cold and fresh and I would have to do shopping every day.

Example 2: I can’t imagine my life without an automatic washing machine because it is our assistant in daily work. It does the washing clothes faster. It helps to relax after a hard day's work and gives us an opportunity to have more free time reading and communicating with our relatives and friends.

Dialogue vocabulary

I find... very useful because...

I spend too much time...

I could be doing...

I spend most of my time...

It’s good / bad for my health because...

If I didn’t have... I would...

TASK 4 Guess what are these texts about (20 min, 1 point)

1. It is a cooking device that can cook or reheat food much faster than a conventional oven. Using microwave technology, water and particles within the food are heated incredibly fast, turning cold or frozen food into steaming and hot meals. Although the technology behind microwave ovens has been around for nearly seventy years, many people still believe there are some health risks associated with using this type of oven for cooking.

2. It is responsible for washing dishes in a restaurant, dining hall, cafeteria, or other eatery. They can scrub pots and pans, and maintain a general level of cleanliness in the kitchen. It doesn't receive much training, and there are not many requirements to get the position

3. They are telephones that provide features that are above and beyond the simple ability to make calls.They are normally understood to be small computers and not land line telephones. Over the years, the concept of them has continued to expand as hand held devices have become more sophisticated.

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