Unit 3 Revise & Practise
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Explain the similarity and difference between these pairs.
advantages - disadvantages
breakthrough - cutting edge
optimist - pessimist
mechanism - device
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In pairs make up 5 gapped sentences and test your fellow students on the usage of another and other.
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Work in teams. Hold a competition. Brainstorm as many changes that will have occurred in our life by 2050 as possible.
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Read these sayings. Comment on the one you like most.
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Recall Murphy's Law - if anything can happen, it eventually will.
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When it comes to the future, there are three kinds of people: those who let it happen, those who make it happen, and those who wonder what happened. John M. Richardson.
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The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers. Sydney J. Harris
Progress Test
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Spot the odd one out.
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advances
developments
progress
benefit
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foundations
origins
evolution
basis
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gizmo
tools
devices
instruments
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consequence
affect
result
effect
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Think about the year 2030. What do you think you
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will be able to do?
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will be doing?
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will have done by that time?
Write several sentences. Be sure to use the various Tense forms of expressing future. Read out your predictions. Discuss them as a class.
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Fill in the gaps with another, other, others. Use “the” where necessary.
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I left my pencil at home. Do you have any ________ pencils?
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I have four dictionaries. Two of them are electronic, but _________ are books.
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We had to drive _________ ten miles to get to the seashore.
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__________ day we went to the exhibition of gemstones and samples of meteorites at the university museum.
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Kate has three rulers. One of them is white, ________ are black.
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Don’t worry, I’ll finish writing the essay and submit it before the deadline one way or _________.
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Where are __________ samples of minerals? Has anybody seen them?
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I’m still hungry, can I have __________ hamburger?
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Complete the sentences with the appropriate idiom.
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We developed the new software through _______________ .
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I think he decided _________________ because he didn't want us to ask any questions.
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We're talking basic common sense here - _________________ .
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I would like to do a postgraduate course and get involved in a _______________ research.
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I’m really glad Professor Jenkins is my scientific adviser. We are _________________ .
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Self study |
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At the Cutting Edge Throughout history, the discoveries and inventions have determined to a large extent the ways in which we live our lives. Science has had a significant impact on our daily routines. Your faculty is planning an exhibition on future trends and challenges that will occur in the 21th century. You are willing to participate in the project. To make a successful poster which is both informative and eye-catching you need to do some research on the topic.
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“Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love” David McCullough
Learning Goals
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