9. Перепишіть текст за фахом та перекладіть його рідною мовою.

Technophobia is not a new term and technophobes have existed since the Industrial Revolution and probably for a lot longer in some shape or form. Today we are living in the Age of Technology. Things that were once deemed Science Fiction are becoming a reality. We either accept these changes and move with the times or we resist and become technophobes.

The reality is much simpler than saying that technophobes fear technological advance. Technophobes are anxious because the environment in which they live and work is changing. Most phobias are expressed by a strong physical reaction. People who are claustrophobic suffer palpitations and anxiety attacks when they are enclosed in a small area. An agarophobic suffers in a similar way if they are exposed to the great outdoors. Technophobes, on the other hand, experience milder symptoms. They suffer feelings of self doubt and anxiety. They often feel insecure and obsolete. Some worry that they will lose their job because they cannot keep up with the times. In more extreme cases, technophobes convince themselves that technology will take over the world or that humans will be controlled by computers and robots. At other times they are afraid that if they press the wrong button on their keyboard, the computer will explode.

In most cases technophobes belong to older generations who were not brought up playing with computer games and mobile phones. They have never sent a text message or heard of an i-pod. Not only do they not possess a DVD, they still have not worked out how to use their VHS. These examples seem to validate the old saying; “You can’t teach a dog old tricks”. It is understandable that technophobia exists. Experts in the field of technology are becoming younger and younger. Being taught by somebody who is young enough to be your grandson goes against the laws of nature. Traditionally information and knowledge has been passed down from older generations to younger generations. Young people were taught to respect their elders in part because of the knowledge they possess. If this system is turned upside down, then what happens to the respect for our elders?

1.10. Дайте відповіді на запитання.

1.10.1. How do you become a technophobe?

1.10.2. Who suffers palpitations and anxiety attacks?

1.10.3. Why do technophobes feel insecure and obsolete?

1.10.4. What people are most likely to become technophobes?

1.10.5. Why does it go against the laws of nature to be taught by someone as young as your grandson?

Варіант №2

2.1. Поставте наступні іменники у множину та перекладіть.

Teacher, box, safe, photo, potato, goose, wife, eye, spy, ox, woman, mother-in-law, manifesto, sheep, editor-in-chief, theatre-goer, looker-on, merry-go-round, basis, calculus, nebula, minimum.

2.2. Перепишіть речення, замінюючи іменники в однині на форму множини. Зробіть відповідні зміни в реченні та перекладіть.

2.2.1. This factory has a good laboratory.

2.2.2. The wife of the sailor came to the shore.

2.2.3. The key to the box was lost.

2.3. Замініть, де можливо, іменник з прийменником of на форму присвійного відмінку. Перекладіть рідною мовою.

2.3.1. The poems of Lermontov.

2.3.2. The walls of the room.

2.3.3. The tools of the workmen.

2.3.4. The notebooks of Serge and Fred.

2.3.5. The sister of my best friend Ann.

2.4. Перекладіть англійською мовою.

2.4.1. Я не змог ввійти, ворота було зачинено.

2.4.2. Товар лежить на полках з ранку.

2.4.3. Його одяг не новий.

2.4.4. Я можу витрати ці гроші і не більш.

2.4.5. Ці новини мене не стосуються.

2.4.6. Поліція бажає опитати свідків.

2.4.7. Наша команда найкраща.

2.5. Розкрийте дужки та поставте дієслово у потрібному часі групи Indefinite чи Continuous. Перекладіть рідною мовою.

2.5.1. It ... often in summer. (not to rain)

2.5.2. Don't phone me from 6 to 7, I ... (to deliver) a lecture.

2.5.3. I looked at my husband, he ... (to read) a letter.

2.5.4. ... there (to be) drugs for every kind of disease in 50 years` time?

2.5.5. Yesterday the office ... (to smell) like a dressing room.

2.5.6. James ... still (to work) in the garden.

2.6. Перекладіть англійською мовою.

2.6.1. Того вечора в неї була зустріч з лікарем.

2.6.2. Вона не зароблятиме багато грошей тому, щі лінива.

2.6.3. Я не маю жодної думки, про що ви питаєте.

2.6.4. Коли я переходив вулицю, побачив свою стареньку вчительку та привітав її.

2.6.5. Тоді я не розумів, що робив.

2.6.6. Весь наступний тиждень ти будеш читати вголос.

2.7. Вставте займенники some, any, no. Речення перекладіть.

2.7.1. There is hardly ... place in the house where we can talk alone.

2.7.2. ...body has ... right to interfere in this matter.

2.7.3. There isn't ... boot-polish in this tin.

2.7.4. Can you do ... thing by yourself now?

2.7.5. There are ... matches left. We must buy ....

2.8. Заповніть пропуски одним із наданих слів або словосполучень: audio circuit, coil, detection zone, direct current, magnetic field, pulse-induction technology, resistor. Визначення перекладіть.

2.8.1. a horizontal space in which objects can be detected .

2.8.2. an area around an object that has magnetic power .

2.8.3. a flow of electricity that moves in one direction only .

2.8.4. a wire arranged in a continuous spiral .

2.8.5. an electrical circuit which creates an audible sound .

2.8.6. a wire or object that stops or slows down the flow of electric current through it .

2.8.7. a system which uses a coil or coils as both transmitter and receiver .