V. Study the Active Vocabulary. Insert the missing words.

1. Can you ___ cubic metre into cubic centimeters?

 

2. The ___ between Moscow and Samara is 1049 ___.

3. “Biology” is a ___ word, and “science” is a ___ one.

 

4. The teacher ___ one of his pupils with a difficult task.

5. Newton was a great ___ who formulated laws of gravitation.

 

6. What is the ___ of this swimming pool? – The swimming pool is twenty-five ___ long and two deep, and ten ___ wide. So, I ___ twenty-five by two and by ten and I get five hundred ___.

7. The ___ of ice is more than the ___ of water as a liquid. But the ___ of ice is less than the ___ of water at 4 C.

 

8. Who was the first traveler who reached the south ___?

 

9. The ___ that studies stars is astronomy.

10. The ___ units of the ___ systems are a metre, a ___ and a ___.

 

 

UNIT 2

Technical Progress

Text A: The role of technical progress

Read and translate the text.

The scientific and technical revolution has changed our life very much.

 

The computers, the mobile phones and other digital devices have entered our everyday life.

 

The atomic, space and energy age was followed by the age of computers. The tasks which had seemed eternal before have been solved one by one by computers. During the last decade many fundamental changes occurred because of electronic devices. It is even difficult to imagine the social and economic consequences of the microelectronic revolution.

 

The large use of computers has influenced our life in such a way that it was difficult to imagine 15 or 20 years ago. On the one hand, computers have simplified our life greatly. If you typed a text on the typewriter and made a mistake you had to type the whole page again. Making several copies of the same document used to be a difficult job too. But now it‘s quite different. Correcting mistakes is easy. Computer also helps us to buy goods, find information, book tickets, make presentations and annual reports, and make difficult calculations. Time is saved for leisure.

 

Leisure time is also influenced by computer and other periphery devices. You no longer go to the music shops – many things are available on the internet. You needn‘t write letters to your relatives or friends – you can send an e-mail. And your photo albums are on computer too. Computer games are probably also a part of your free time. They became more and more realistic and complicated, and for many people it becomes impossible to tear themselves away. This means that electronic devices, such as computer and TV set are used mostly for entertainment and consume most of the time that could be spent on work, going for a walk and sleeping. Man becomes a slave of devices which were designed to make him stronger.

 

Is there a way out? In fact, there is, but many people don`t know it and are still slaves. The best decision is not to give these equipments place in your heart. They should do their work. And when you have a rest, prefer real communication to virtual one and living an active life to watching films about crime. Then electronics will be not our lord or enemy but our friend!

 

Active Vocabulary

age – век

annual – ежегодный

atomic – атомный

available – доступный

consequence – следствие

copy – копия

correct – исправлять

crime – преступление

decade – десятилетие

document – документ

e-mail - электронная почта

enemy – враг

enter - вводить, входить

good – добро

impossible – невозможный

influence - nвлияниеuвлиять

lord -господин

occur -возникать

periphery -периферия

photo album -фотоальбом

progress -прогресс

realistic -реалистичный

report -отчет

simplify -облегчать

slave -раб

social -социальный

type –печатать

virtual –виртуальный

 

 

EXERCISES

 

I. Answer the following questions to the text.

 

1. The technical revolution has changed our life very much, hasn‘t it? 2. What were the predecessors of computer age? 3. Do computers make our life easier and simple? In which way? 4. Computers influence our free time too, don`t they? 5. Can you get music and video on the internet? What other information can you get there? 6. What devices became compatible with computer during the last years? 7. Can you communicate with your friends on the Internet? 8. Do you like such communication or you prefer real one? 9. In what way do computer

games influence the people? 10. Do electronic devices take all our free time? Is man a slave of the devices which were designed to make him stronger? 11. Does the author suggest a way out? 12.What is the way out in your opinion?

II. Study the Active vocabulary. Insert the missing words.

 

1. ___helps you to send letters quickly. 2. If there is an interesting program on TV, it`s difficult for a person to ______. 3. During the last two ___ scientific progress and digitization took place. 4. For some people a computer is an equivalent of a ___: a device for printing and editing documents. 5. Do you have many ___? – Yes, I have parents, grandparents, two sisters and three brothers. 6. I don`t buy _____any more, all my photos are on my computer. 7. Computer is a multifunctional device. So the ____ is that it can be used both for work and for leisure. 8. ____ age was followed by a microelectronic one.

 

III. Continue the following statements.

 

1. The atomic, space and energy age was followed by. 2. It`s difficult to imagine the social and economic consequences. 3. Computers have simplified. 4. Computer helps us to buy goods, find information. 5. Leisure time is also influenced. 6. You no longer go to the music shops. 7. You needn‘t write letters to your relatives. 8. Computer and TV set are used mostly for entertainment. 9. The best decision is not to give these equipments. 10. When you have a rest, prefer real communication.

 

IV. Make a plan of the text and retell the text looking in your plan.

 

V. Discuss the following topics.

1. The fundamental changes caused by technical revolution.

2. The use of computer for work.

 

3. Electronic devices which are used mostly for entertainment.

 

VI. Find a short article in English on the topic of the lesson in one of the scientific magazines or on the Internet. Study and discuss the article in class.

 

VII. Read and translate the text. What are the main advantages of Sun powers cars according to the text

Text B: Sun Powers Cars

Read and translate the text.

 

Each day, millions of people across the world fill their cars with gas¹to make them move. But can you imagine²running a car on just a tank full of sunshine³! That's what some college students did this pastsummer in the U.S.

The students built cars for an unusual race⁴ called " Sunrayce USA". The students had to drive their cars from Florida to Michigan, more than 1, 600 miles, in the fastest time. The only power⁵ their cars used was solar power, or energy from the sun.

The students' solar-powered cars were different from any gas-powered car on the road today. Here's how.

The outside⁶ of the solar cars was covered with rows⁷ of dark, shi-ny⁸ panels⁹made of special materials. These panels caught the sun'srays and turned sunshine into electricity that powered the cars' motors. The panels also saved¹⁰ solar power in special batteries so the cars could run on cloudy¹¹ days.

The solar cars were much lighter¹² than gas-powered cars. Their tires¹³were as thin as bicycle tires. Some race cars¹⁴had parts made ofthe plastic material used in drinking cups.

The cars had to be light because their motors didn't have as much power as cars with gas-powered motors. Each car ran on about the same amount of energy needed to run a hair dryer¹⁵!

The cars were also built in strange shapes¹⁶. One car looked like a giant pizza box with a bubble¹⁷ on the top. Another was shaped like a teardrop¹⁸. These shapes helped air pass smoothly¹⁹over and aroundthe cars so they could move easily along the rode. Will people be able to buy solar cars soon? Most scientists say no. But scientists hope the race will help them learn new ways to build cars that are lighter in weight²⁰and use less fuel.

 

¹(= gasoline) (амер.) бензин; ² представить себе; ³ «бак», за-полненный солнечным светом, ⁴ соревнование, забег; ⁵ энергия; ⁶ внешняя поверхность; ⁷ ряды; ⁸ сияющий, сверкающий; ⁹ панели; ¹⁰ сохранять, накапливать; ¹¹ пасмурный; ¹² весили гораздо мень-ше; ¹³ шины; ¹⁴ гоночные автомобили; ¹⁵ фен для сушки волос; ¹⁶необычные формы; ¹⁷ пузырь; ¹⁸ слеза; ¹⁹ зд. обтекать; ²⁰ вес; ²¹ заражать( воздух, воду); ²² двигатели, работающие на бензине

 

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