Man and Technical Progress

1. The first Industrial Revolution took place between the years 1760 and 1860. It was a revolution resulting from the introduction of a new form of power — steam power. The first industrial revolution gave us machines to do the work that had been done before by men's hands. The second Industrial Revolution is much more complicated than the earlier one. In fact, it is a series of revolutions. The second revolution has produced machines that can do the work of men's brains.

2. In 1957 the launching of the Earth's first man-made satellite ushered in the space age. Since then, automatic space probes have brought information about the Moon's surface and samples of its soil. They reached the planets Mars and Venus and are transmitting back to the Earth singular data about outer space over hundreds of millions of miles. People have learned how to live and work in near space and on the Moon, and are preparing for the day when interplanetary travel will be possible.

3. The population of the Earth is growing rapidly. The utilization of natural resources is growing accordingly. How does the environment influence man and how does society influence nature? Scientists study this problem. Various types of human activity are becoming more and more independent of environmental conditions. All this does not mean that environmental factors and conditions no longer have an effect on our activities. Quite the contrary, the more independent of the environment our actions become, the more fully must we take into Account its properties and conditions. Technical progress has made it imperative.

Модуль 2

Модуль 2. Контрольная работа № 2
УЭ-1	УЭ-2	УЭ-3	УЭ-4	УЭ-5	УЭ-6	УЭ-7	УЭ-8	УЭ-9	УЭ-10

	Название учебных элементов
УЭ-1	Неопределенные времена 1.1. Present Simple 1.2. Past Simple 1.3. Future Simple
УЭ-2	Времена группы Continuous
УЭ-3	Времена группы Perfect
УЭ-4	Времена группы Perfect Continuous
УЭ-5	Страдательный залог
УЭ-6	Модальные глаголы
УЭ-7	Причастие
УЭ-8	Герундий
УЭ-9	Придаточные предложения: определительные, дополнительные, условные
УЭ-10	Интернациональные слова

УЭ – 1

Простые/ неопределенные времена the simple/ indefinite tenses

Общее значение времен группы Simple/Indefinite— констатация факта совершения действия в настоящем (The Simple Present/Present Indefinite), прошедшем (The Past Simple/The Past Indefinite) или будущем (The Simple Future/The Future Indefinite) без указания на характер протекания действия и бе­зотносительно к другому действию или моменту, т. е. они не связаны жестко с определенным моментом.