Unit 12 Technology

Article "Technology"

1. to alienate - to cause someone or a group of people to stop supporting and agreeing with you

E.g.: Disagreements can alienate teenagers from their families.

Their campaign has alienated the public.

2. to deplete natural resources - to reduce the amount or number of sth

depletion - the act of decreasing something markedly

syn.: reduction, exhaustion, decrease

3. detriment /ˈdetrɪmənt/- harm caused to something as a result of something else

to be of serious detriment to

E.g.: Starting formal education too early can be of serious detriment to the child.

to do sth to the detriment of sth 

E.g.: Funding cuts can be implemented, but only to the detriment of patient care.

detrimental syn.: harmful, damaging

4. elusive /ɪˈluːsɪv/- difficult to describe, find, achieve or remember

E.g.: elusive memories, elusive definition

5. to encompass /ɪnˈkʌmpəs/- to include, especially different types of things

syn.: to include, to cover, to embrace

E.g.: Their albums encompass a wide range of music.

6. implementation - the process of putting a plan or system into operation

E.g.: Implementation of these proposals could have disastrous financial consequences.

to implement /ˈɪmplɪˌment/ - to make something such as an idea, plan, system, or law start to work and be used

E.g.: Attempts to implement change have met with strong opposition.

7. leisure class - the rich, so called because they can afford not to work

8. to pervade /pə(r)ˈveɪd/ - to spread through the whole of sth and become a very obvious feature of it

E.g.: Death is the theme that now pervades his poetry.

pervasive /pə(r)ˈveɪsɪv/

pervasiveness - 1)the quality of filling or spreading throughout sth

2) the quality of being penetrated

9. to opine /əʊˈpaɪn/ - to state your opinion

syn.: to speak out

E.g.: Ernest Rutherford opined that his work on radioactive substances would be of little or no practical use.

10. proponent - someone who publicly supports an idea, plan, etc.

syn.: supporter, defender 

ant.: dissenter, denier

11. to produce by-products - a product that is made as a result of making another product

12. state-of-the-art - very modern and using the most recent ideas and methods

E.g.: state-of-the-art technology/computer

13. utensils - something that you use for cooking or eating with

E.g.: stainless steel cooking utensils

Video: How technology evolves

1. to be pro-technology - supporting or approving of technology

2. to embrace (full arms) - to completely accept something such as a new belief, idea, or way of life

E.g.: Most countries have embraced the concept of high-speed railways.

3. to be wary of/about /ˈweəri/ - careful or nervous about someone or something because you think they might cause a problem

E.g.: I'm a bit wary of/about giving people my address when I don't know them very well.

4. to keep sth/smb at arm's length - to avoid dealing with sth or to not allow someone to become too friendly with you

E.g.: I always had the feeling she was keeping me at arm's length.

5. inherent /ɪnˈherənt/- existing as a natural or basic part of something

E.g.: I have an inherent distrust of lawyers. The design of the building had inherent weaknesses.