- •I. Read the text
- •1 . Here is a crossword. Guess the meanings of the words with the help of their definitions
- •Unit III. New computer art mirrors viewer’s mood
- •Warm-up
- •2. Talk about how important your computer is to you. How does it help you in your life? What things do you like doing with it? What other fields of computers’ applications do you know?
- •I. Read the text
- •II. Comprehension check
- •1. Read the article and say whether these sentences are true (t) or false (f)
- •2. Answer the following questions
- •IV. Listening
- •1. Listen to your teacher reading and fill in the spaces
- •V. Grammar Focus: Modal Verbs
- •1. Find the examples of modal verbs in the text. What other modal verbs do you know? Revise modal verbs with your groupmates and your teacher
- •2. Choose the best variant
- •3. Translate the sentences paying attention to the meanings of modal verbs and infinitives used with them
- •4. Insert a suitable modal verb in the right form
- •VI. Discussion
- •4. Discuss the following topics
- •Homework
- •I. Read the text
- •I. Read the text
- •Unit VI. Computers 'to match man by 2029'
- •I . Read the text
- •Unit VII. Artificial Brain
- •Warm-up
- •2. Read the title of the text and try to predict which words/word combinations can be found here. After reading the text see who is the best predictor
- •I . Read the text
- •II. Comprehension check
- •1. Answer the questions
- •1. Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text
- •III. Listening: Listen and fill in the gaps.
- •2. Team work: Students a strongly believe creating an artificial brain is a good thing; Students b strongly believe the opposite
- •2. Discuss these opinions with your partner(s)
- •I. Read the text
- •1. Say whether these sentences are true (t) or false (f)
- •5. Put the words into the gaps in the text
- •1. Make a report about the pros and cons of cloning. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson
- •2. Imagine that you have a clone. Your clone is 15 years old. Write your diary entry for one day you spent with him/her Unit 9. Television shoes
- •III. Vocabulary
- •1. Insert an appropriate word or phrase from the text
- •4. With different partners have these fun 2-minute debates. Your teacher will time you and tell you to change partners
- •1. Write an imaginary article for a fashion magazine. Explain in the article what the future of fashion will look like and how the function of our clothes will change.
- •2. Imagine you are a child. Write a letter to the children’s newspaper to tell people what you think of this new invention
- •I. Read the text
- •I. Comprehension check
- •1. Say whether these sentences are true (t) or false (f)
- •2. Look through the text and find the sentence proving that
- •3. Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one combination is possible)
- •4. Write 1-2 questions and ask them your groupmates
- •I II. Vocabulary
- •1. Here is a crossword. Have fun
- •1. While listening, delete five incorrect words from the ten in bold in each paragraph. In pairs / groups, think of better words to replace them
- •V. Discussion
- •1. Discuss these opinions with your partner(s). Do you agree with them?
- •2. Answer the following questions
- •1. Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word
- •2. Write your opinion about the Stealth Text technology Texts for supplementary reading
- •Text 2. Human noise pollution a danger to sea life
- •Text 5. New Warnings For Video Games
- •Text 6. Microsoft Launches Bing Decision Engine
- •Text 7. Eu warns of hidden ringtone charges
- •Text 9. Scientists use windows to trap solar energy
- •Text 10. Scientists test WiTricity – Wireless Electricity
- •Список используемой литературы
- •Оглавление
- •Unit VIII. Cloned dogs in training to sniff for drugs ………47
- •Unit X. Self-destructing mobile phone messages …………...60
IV. Listening
1. Listen to your teacher reading and fill in the spaces
Researchers in America and England have developed software ________________ feelings on peoples’ faces and then produces a piece of computer-generated artwork. The technology is still very new. ________________ expressions, including the position and shape of the mouth, the openness of the eyes and the angle of the _______. This information is ________________ web cam, which uses data from the person’s face to guess how the viewer is feeling. The program automatically chooses ________ and types of brush strokes each time the person’s expression changes and paints a new picture ________________ mood. Leading researcher Dr. John Collomosse said the technology "does ________________ time, meaning that as the viewer's emotions change the artwork also changes".
Collomosse said: “________________ the programme and you must adjust it for the individual viewer, and you are ready to start recreating personalized art based on your mood.” The project ________________ research to develop different artwork tools for use in the computer graphics industry. It may also ________________ fields. Analysts can use the software to find out more about the psychological state of patients. A trained _________ can look at the images and then give a patient ________________ live a happier life or be more confident. The program may also provide a little more color to our everyday lives - by placing cheerful pictures in front of us ________________. No more grеy faces on the daily train to the ___________.
V. Grammar Focus: Modal Verbs
1. Find the examples of modal verbs in the text. What other modal verbs do you know? Revise modal verbs with your groupmates and your teacher
2. Choose the best variant
a. Why is Alex wearing sunglasses? It’s not sunny. – He must/may/can have some problems with his eyes.
b. You must/can/should be proud of your son winning so many prizes.
c. One can/have to/should always lock the front door when going out.
d. Participants of the conference musn’t/shouldn’t/needn’t/ print their article. Their electronic variants are accepted.
e. You ought to/must/have to wear a helmet when you go mountain skiing.
f. Yesterday I must/had to/could meet my relatives at the airport.
g. The doctor says that this patient has to/ need/should stay in bed for several days.
h. Fortunatelly we don’t have to/can’t/needn’t to go to the university on Saturdays.
i. Be careful! The road is very icy. You can/might/may fall down and get some injuries.
j. The sky is very dark. It may/must/can start raining soon.
3. Translate the sentences paying attention to the meanings of modal verbs and infinitives used with them
a. Anna looks so happy. She must have got wonderful news.
b. It must be done immediately. It’s an urgent question.
c. I can’t tell you where she is. She might be arranging a welcoming party for her guests from Germany.
d. You should have consulted with a designer before starting decoration of the house.
e. Inna can’t have worked in Egypt for a year. She hates hot sun.
f. I’ve bought you an incredibly tasty cake! - Oh, you needn’t have bothered. I’m on a diet.
g. According to the contract we are not to give any information about the ongoing experiments.
h. He can’t be sleeping now. He must be at work in 10 minutes.
i. I can’t go now. We have bought a new desk and the store may be delivering it today.
j. Sportsmen must have been thirsty after running a maraphone.
k. Andrew will be abe to become independent of his parents if he finds a part-time job.