Control the temperature yourself

Be a designer of your clothes

Save on perfume

4. Wash them ... and they still look nice

Be an artist and protect our planet

In four different laboratories across Great Britain, scientists are already working on fashion for the future. Today we visit them and talk about their ideas.

 

A. First we go to a small university building on the outskirts of Liverpool. Jocelyn Brown, the head of the department, informs us about their project: clothes which smell. As Brown explains, people can save on antiperspirants and perfume because the clothes produce a nice, fresh aroma.

B. The next place to visit is a charming village on the coast of Scotland. Our host here is Mandy Wilson who manages the project for the University of Glasgow. Their idea is clothes with a tiny electrical heating system to keep the wearer warm. When it is hot, you can switch the system off and clothes are cool again!

C. In Wales, scientists are busy with large sheets of paper-like material. They are producing clothes which the user can paint and decorate any way they like. What's more, it is possible to wash the clothes and paint them once again. Mary Smith, the director of the project, also stresses the fact that these clothes are environmental- friendly.

D. But a truly modern idea of clothing is waiting for us in the capital of England, London. Nick Heldon of Fashion Co. presents us with something which looks like a Roman toga, a set of different belts, and a pair of scissors. We put the toga on and can do whatever we like with it: for example, out it very short, or put a belt on.

A	B	C	D

 

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Sleep ... sleep ... sleep

In a normal life a person sleeps for about twenty-five years. But why do we sleep? The simple answer is: we don't know. We need more sleep when we are young. A baby sleeps for about ten hours. A teenager sleeps for eight and a half hours. And adult sleeps for seven or eight hours. Old people need only five or six hours.

There are two kinds of sleep. When you go to sleep you go into deep sleep. Your temperature falls, your body relaxes, and you breathe slowly. After about half an hour you go into active sleep. This is also called rapid eye movement sleep (or REM sleep), because your eyes move. You dream in both deep sleep and REM sleep, but in REM sleep you dream in pictures. If you wake up in REM sleep you can usually remember your dream. Your body spends about twenty minutes in REM sleep and then goes back into deep sleep for an hour.

Do you ever talk or walk in your sleep? People sleepwalk in deep sleep and sleepwalkers do amazing things. They open doors and windows; they ride bicycles and drive cars. They cook, they take a bath or a shower (often in their pyjamas), they shave, they clean their teeth, they get dressed, they dig the garden and other things.

Sleepwalkers are asleep, but they have their eyes open and they can see. They can't wake up easily. If they do, they can't remember anything. Do you ever sleepwalk? Are you sure? Perhaps you do, but nobody sees you.

7.

Teenagers need less sleep than adults.

            1) True                          2) False

8.

REM sleep is the same as active sleep.

            1) True                          2) False

9.

People sleepwalk in REM sleep.

           1) True                          2) False

10.

 

Sleepwalkers can't see.

           1) True                           2) False

11.

Sleepwalkers remember everything they do.

           1) True                           2) False

ГРАММАТИКА И ЛЕКСИКА

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	One day two men, who were travelling in a wild part of America, met an old Indian who was a hunter.
12.	He was very clever and                everything about the forest and animals living in it and many other things. He could also speak English quite well.

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