Завдання до тексту:

1. Дайте відповіді:

What is the role of electronics in industry?

What can a manager do with the help of a computer?

What can help you to see across the ocean?

What are the three 'Cs' of automation?

2. Знайдіть випадки суфіксації та словоскладання в абзацах 1,2,3.

3. Знайдіть та прокоментуйте випадки вживання закінчення ‘s’ в абзаці 4.

4. Знайдіть всі займенники в абзаці 3 та назвіть їх розряд.

5. Де в абзаці 4 вживаються порівняльні конструкції?

6. Випишіть з абзацу 2 всі прикметники та вкажіть в якому ступені порівняння вони вжиті.

Doomsday book

1. When and why will the world end? Will it come because of an earthquake, a giant meteor, environmental destruction or nuclear war? People have always thought that the end of the world is near, especially when the century ended.

2. What is doomsday?

Doomsday is the day when the earth gets destroyed. Some religious people think that it's the day of judgement, others think that a giant meteor will crash into the earth and destroy everything. According to the Bible, there are predictions that the world will end. One group of American Christians predicted the end of the world in 1843.Have people always predicted the end of the world? In the Bible, (Genesis chapter 6), the earth gets destroyed by the great flood. Only Noah's family and the Ark survive. Luckily, the world starts again in Chapter 8.

3. What happened when the world hadn't ended?

When nothing happened in 1843 they said it had made a slight mistake. The end of the world would happen next year in 1844. When the world didn't end for the second time, those people were very upset. They even called that time ‘the great disappointment’.

4. Not many people believe that this will happen. Nostradamus thought that it would end in the year 3797. However, some people are starting to get worried now just like they did more than 1000 years ago. The Church believed that the world was going to end in the year 1000. A lot of people were so worried that they didn't plant any food in the year 999. There was a big famine the next year.

5. In a lot of eastern cultures there doesn't appear to be a belief that the world will end. People think that the world will continue forever. But some western scientists definitely believe that the universe will end in 3 billion years' time.

Notes on the text

doom – загибель, смерть doomsday – рел. день страшного суду to fleе – зникати misery – нещастя the day of judgment – судний день to crash – упасти to predict – предрікати Genesis – б/бл. Книга Буття flood – повінь, потоп Noah – Ной the Ark – ковчег

to survive – вижити slight – незначний disappointment – зневіра damage – пошкодження to lay eggs – нестися to charge – брати ціну authorities – влада suspicious – підозрілий bottom – низ millennium – тисячоліття famine – голод

Завдання до тексту:

1. Дайте відповіді:

What do you think about the end of the world?

How would you pass your last day before the end of the world?

Why was one of group of American Christians disappointed?

Why was there a big famine in the year 1000?

2. Знайдіть і перекладіть речення з конструкцією “there + to be” в абзаці 2.

3. Знайдіть у тексті абзаци, в яких кілька разів вживається ,,Future Indefinite”. Перекладіть їх (усно).

4. Прокоментуйте вживання закінчення ‘S’ в абзаці 5.

5. В абзаці 3 знайдіть слово, утворене одночасно за допомогою префікса та суфікса; до якої частини мови воно належить?