III. Listening: Listen and fill in the gaps.

A top British professor ________________-edge ideas conference he is ________________ a copy of human __________. Professor Henry Markham told the annual Technology, Entertainment, Design global conference that a working synthetic brain ________________ next decade. He told his audience: "It is not impossible to build a human brain and we can do it in 10 years." He set himself a challenge __________________ he succeeded, he would demonstrate the results to all skeptics. He said: “I wish they believed that it’s real.” Professor Markham is director of the Blue Brain project, which ________________ mammals brains from laboratory data. He has already had success with creating parts of a rat’s brain. Markham said the human brain ________________ was an “almost frightening organ”.

Professor Markham hoped his research __________________ treatments for mental illnesses. He said: "There are two billion people on the planet ________________ disorder." Markham believes synthetic brain technology will reduce the need for experiments on animals. "We cannot ________________ animal experiments forever," he said. This will please many animal rights activists, who ________________ is cruel. He hopes to create a kind of animal brain models.

IV. Discussion

1. Answer the following questions

a. Did you like reading this article?

b. Do you think brain transplants are a good idea?

c. What do you know about the brain?

d. Do you think the artificial brain will perform as well as a real brain?

e. What could scientists do with an artificial brain?

f. Do you think the professor’s research will lead to cures and treatments for those suffering from mental disorders?

g. Do you think research on animals is cruel and needs to be stopped?

h. What questions would you like to ask Professor Henry Markham?

2. Team work: Students a strongly believe creating an artificial brain is a good thing; Students b strongly believe the opposite

V. Grammar Focus: I wish…

1. Look through the text and find examples of I wish sentences

2. Translate the following sentences into Russian

a. I wish I were you and had a chance to go to England.

b. I wish she had told me that she hated rock music. I wouldn’t have invited her to that concert.

c. I wish I hadn’t eaten so much last night. I couldn’t sleep well.

d. I wish I could speak English well. I would feel comfortable abroad then.

e. I wish I had asked about the salary before starting work.

f. I wish I had a better memory.

g. I wish Russian summer lasted 6 months.

h. I wish we had informed somebody about going to the mountains.

i. I wish I were a professional designer. I would have saved money when repairing my flat.

j. I wish she didn’t keep so many animals at home.

3. Put the verbs in the right form

a. It’s raining heavily. I wish I ….. (to take) an umbrella.

b. I wish we … (to go) by taxi. We would have come in time.

c. I wish people …. (to be) more careful with nature.

d. I wish I …. (can) cook well.

e. I wish everybody … (to do) their jobs properly.

f. I wish he … (to call) his parents more regularly.

g. I wish I … (not/to live ) far from my friends.

h. I wish I … (to find) an interesting and well-paid job.

i. I wish my computer system … (not/need) updating so often.

j. I wish industrial companies … (to have) modern equipment.

4. Rewrite the sentences using I wish …

a. The shoes are so beautiful, but the size is too small.

I wish I had a smaller size or I wish the shoes were bigger.

b. The bus was very crowded.

I wish _____________________________________________________

c. I feel so sleepy today. I shouldn’t have watched TV so late.

I wish_____________________________________________________

d. I met my classmate yesterday, but I forgot to ask his new telephone number.

I wish_____________________________________________________

e. You look depressed. What’s wrong?

__________________________________________________________

f. This book is rather expensive.

__________________________________________________________

g. My new friend suggested going to the skating rink. But I can’t skate.

__________________________________________________________

h. He has lost his job because of the economic crisis.I hope he will find a new one soon.

__________________________________________________________

i. Many tourists prefer going to Turkey rather than to the Black Sea coast, because the service is not very good.

__________________________________________________________

k. I don’t like office work. I’d like to have more business trips.

__________________________________________________________

5. Make your own sentences starting with I wish…

Homework

1. Make a report about the pros and cons of artificial brains. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?

Unit VIII. Cloned dogs in training to sniff for drugs

Useful words and phrases

purpose-cloned - клонированный с определенной целью

customs service - таможенная служба

to order - заказывать, приказывать

a sniffer (dog) - собака, натренированная на обнаружение наркотиков, взрывчатки и т. п. по запаху)

to reduce costs - снижать/уменьшать стоимость

a canine - (зд.) собака

to carry out – выполнять, проводить

WARM-UP

1. Talk to other students about cloning. Find out what they know