http://www.google.ru/search?q=the+house+of+future&hl=ru&newwindow=1&biw=1024&bih=550&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=MyOoTvuPKImgOpLK_B4&ved=0CB4QsAQ (House of the future – pictures to describe)

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=house+of+the+future+&aq=f (video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y87n7xBAOik&feature=related (авто, компьютеры, дома, мобильные телефоны, технологии, жизнь в 2050)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAeUd9XpZAE&feature=related (Future buildings)

How will the house of the future look like?

By JosueNieves

The house of the future may not be like you imagine. Read more in this article ... Every time you go out for several hours in your house, you have the same routine to check that all appliances are off, disconnected the gas is controlled, etc.? Or are you too lazy to have to be regulating hot water from the shower or have to be a good time at your house to dedicate to irrigate plants or wash your clothes? Some day these activities will be something of prehistory and something we will be living the Jetson-style. Large technology companies are investing in what they consider to be the future standard for all homes. As Bill Gates once said "There will be a computer on every desk," what many laughed, being more open to considering the possibility of an automated home. In fact, there are already some prototype houses where everything is controlled by a system. Is being advertised on television and some systems that help you manage a gas leak shuts down the pilot, or turn on the lights at a certain time. All this is already possible in today's world when they are discovered and more needs, more automation will be integrated into our daily lives.

At the beginning of the first experiments with advanced technology in home appliances, as the French called "smart home" to the new discipline of architecture. Since 1988, used the term "domotique" as the "living concept that integrates security automation, energy use, communication and other services." The roots of this word comes from the Latin "domus" (house) and the suffix "tico" used in words such as telematics and robotics which is means "automatic". Then home automation translates to a house automated or intelligent home. Through home automation seeks to increase safety, control, communication and technical resource management through automation. The home automation system installed in a home, office or building consists of a communication network for interconnecting a number of teams to obtain information from the domestic environment to take action in that environment. These are network equipment with which we already have today: microwave, TV, alarms, gas cocks and water, and so on. But with home automation, control mechanisms are implemented to regulate the operation automatically and sometimes remotely. A home automation system will have an intelligent central unit to manage the house, sending information to various sensors, detectors and wave receivers. The plant will process the environmental data and information as scheduled, will activate certain circuits designed to perform functions in the home. So if you'd like a house of the future, pay attention around you because the smart home is now a fact.

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I. Find the English equivalents of the following word combinations in the text:

1. все электроприборы выключены;

2. посвящать себя чему-либо;

3. слишком ленивый;

4. всё контролируется системой;

5. утечка газа;

6. выключать какое-либо устройство;

7. будут внедряться в нашу повседневную жизнь;

8. новые направления в архитектуре;

9. автоматизированный или «умный» дом;

10. стремиться к чему-либо;

11. повысить безопасность;

12. автоматическая система, установленная в доме;

13. получать информацию;

14. автоматическая система состоит из средства связи;

15. автоматические механизмы применяются для…;

16. домашняя обстановка;

17. обратить внимание;

II. Answer the following questions:

1. What routine do we usually have in the house?

2. What is any person usually lazy to do?

3. What are the large technology companies investing in?

4. Are there already any prototype houses where everything is controlled by a system?

5. What will be integrated in our daily life?

6. What does the home automation seek to?

7. What does the home automation system consist of?

8. What will the home automation system have?

III. Make up your own sentences with the following phrases:

• a new discipline of architecture;

• to obtain information;