- •Read the curriculum vitae (cv) quickly and choose the correct answer.
- •Read the cv again and decide if the sentences (1 – 7) below are true (t) or false (f).
- •Read these phrases from the cv and the advertisements. Choose the correct meaning (a or b) of the words in italics.
- •Write your own cv in English using qualifications you already have or ones that you think you might have in the future. Use Gavin’s cv as a model for your writing.
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •Geometrical Figures
- •1. Is Geometry a very important subject for technology? Name the most important geometrical figures.
- •2. Let’s revise some geometrical figures.
- •3. Read the sentences and answer the questions.
- •4. Translate the Ukrainian phrases into English and reproduce the dialogue with your partner.
- •5. Describe some geometrical shapes and use the following adjectives: right, obtuse, acute, open, closed, parallel.
- •6. The students are at the lesson of Geometry now. Listen to their conversation and learn how to name different geometrical shapes.
- •13. Say whether you agree or disagree with the following descriptions.
- •14. Translate the following sentences from Ukrainian into English.
- •15. Read the text and learn how to describe geometrical figures and objects.
- •16. Answer the following questions.
- •17. Complete the dialogues.
- •2.Numbers and Fractions
- •Learn the following table:
- •Learn how to read large numbers:
- •Learn how to read percents:
- •L earn how to read phone numbers:
- •Learn how to read dates:
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •4 .Quantities, Measurements and Dimensions
- •1. Discuss the following questions:
- •2. Learn how to speak about dimensions of different objects and shapes.
- •3. Make sentences:
- •4. Complete the dialogues.
- •6. Choose the correct form of the word in brackets.
- •7. Use the proper word in the following situations.
- •15. Write down and read the following numbers.
- •6. Complete the table.
- •17. Complete according to the table.
- •19. Compare the objects.
- •20. Choose the correct option to complete the sentences.
- •2 1. Correct mistakes.
- •22. Translate the following sentences into English using your active vocabulary.
- •23. Look at the pictures below and answer these questions.
- •24. Read the text and check your answers.
- •25. Complete the dialogues.
- •10. Complete the text with the words from the box.
- •11. Answer these questions about robots.
- •12. These words are from the text below. Consult your dictionary to check their meaning.
- •13. Read this text attentively and learn some facts from robot history.
- •14. Answer the questions.
- •15. Complete the sentences.
- •1 6. Expand these sentences with the facts from the text.
- •17. Write the headings above the six texts about working robots.
- •18. Read the text attentively to find something new about robots.
- •19. Provide extensive answers to the following questions.
- •20. Will you agree to these statements? Give reasons for your opinion.
- •21. Robotics is a quickly developing science. It certainly brings advantages but also puts difficult questions. Here are some of them. Discuss these questions in small groups.
- •22. Discussion.
- •23. Study the example and write your own advertisement of a new model of a robot.
- •2 . Computers and their Functions
- •1. Is it possible to imagine our life without computers? How useful are they?
- •2. Alice and Paul are talking in the College coffee-bar. Listen to their conversation and name the advantages of computers.
- •3. Match a line in a with a line in b.
- •4. Label the diagram.
- •5. Complete one word from a and one word from b and match it with the appropriate definition in c.
- •6 .Complete each gap in the following text with a phrase from the table above.
- •7. A lot of people have a computer nowadays. What do you know about computers? What basic jobs does a computer perform?
- •8. Match the component of a computer with the function. Look through the text to check your answers.
- •9. Read the text attentively and find the answers to the following questions.
- •11. Before reading the text answer the following questions.
- •12. Now read the text about the Internet service.
- •14. Write two paragraphs, one about the advantages and the other about the disadvantages of computers.
- •15.Translate the text into Ukrainian.
- •16. Put all possible questions to the following statements.
- •17. Are you good at computers? Try to answer the following questions to check your knowledge. Is there anybody in your group who knows all the answers?
- •18. Read the text and check your answers.
- •19. Complete the sentences.
- •20. Describe the computer you would like to have in the future.
- •6. Are these true or false? Correct the false ones.
- •7. Make sentences:
- •8. Read these sentences and make tables like the ones above.
- •8. Make sentences about the materials with “can …, but … can’t”, or “can … and … can”.
- •9. Which material are most practical for making these things and why? And which materials are impractical and why?
- •10. Are these true or false? Correct the false ones:
- •12. Match the sentences.
- •13. Underline the two correct adjectives for each material.
- •14. Find sixteen materials in the puzzle. Read across →, down ↓, and diagonally.
- •3 .Metals
- •1. Discuss the following questions.
- •2. The students are at the seminar on metals technology. Listen to their discussion and learn what properties copper has and where it can be used.
- •3.Match a line in a with a line in b.
- •4. Use the table to complete the sentences.
- •Vocabulary Work
- •5. Learn how to read these words.
- •6. Match the Ukrainian words with their English equivalents.
- •7. Translate the sentences into English using your active vocabulary.
- •8. These words are taken from the text. Use the dictionary to find out their meaning.
- •9. Read the text attentively for more information about copper.
- •10. Say if the following statements are true or false. Correct the false statements.
- •11. Agree or disagree with these statements. Give reasons for your answer.
- •12. These words are taken from the text. Use the dictionary to find out their meaning.
- •13. Read the text to learn more about properties and applications of copper.
- •14. Explain why...
- •15. Translate the original and derivative words, using a dictionary and create several new words by adding suffixes:
- •16. Read the text dealing with discovery of metals and opening the Periodic Law.
- •17.Complete the sentences:
- •18.Insert the proper words into the sentences:
- •19.Find in the text the sentences that correspond to the following statements:
19. Complete the sentences.
1. First-... computers ... 5,000 ... and 1,000 ... . 2. The ...-generation ... performed ... ten times faster than the ... -generation .... 3. Second-generation computers used ... instead of 4. Many companies ... their computers into .... 5. Future computers ... probably ... data with the help of ... of laser light. 6. Some experts predict that… will... a large role in education.
Writing
20. Describe the computer you would like to have in the future.
VOCABULARY
1. |
Human being |
|
людська істота |
2. |
speed |
|
швидкість |
3. |
calculating machine |
|
лічильна машина |
4. |
to operate |
|
оперувати |
5. |
to receive |
|
отримувати |
6. |
to process |
|
обробляти |
7. |
speaker |
|
динамік |
8. |
keyboard |
|
клавіатура |
9. |
processor |
|
процесор |
10. |
monitor |
|
монітор |
11. |
device |
|
пристрій |
12. |
data |
|
дані |
13. |
storage |
|
накопичення |
14. |
hardware |
|
апаратна частина ком’ютера |
15. |
software |
|
програмне забезпечення |
16. |
generation |
|
покоління |
17. |
condition |
|
умова, стан |
18. |
purpose |
|
мета |
19. |
in comparison with |
|
у порівнянні з |
20. |
to link |
|
поєднувати |
21. |
to improve |
|
покращувати |
22. |
intelligent machines |
|
розумні машини |
Vocabulary Notes
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PART IV
WORLD OF MATERIALS
Materials
1. Stand up and walk around the room with your teacher. Ask what things are made of.
Y
ou:
What’s this made of?
Your teacher: It’s made of glass.
You: What are these made of?
Your teacher: They’re made of leather.
2. What are these materials called?
3. Study this:
4. Make questions and answers:
EXAMPLE: a) A: What’s this setsquare made of?
B: It’s made of plastic.
Study this:
5. Change these sentences:
EXAMPLE: a) This spoon is made of metal.
b)
This is a wooden ruler
a) This is a metal spoon.
b) This ruler is made of wood.
c) This is a steel bridge.
d
)
This pipe is made of copper.
e) This is a glass bottle.
f) This handle is made of rubber.
g) This is a plastic setsquare.
h) This vice is made of iron.
