Discuss

• Would you like to read the orogonal story? Why?/Why not?

• Could such a situation happen in real life?

• What do you think of the future implementations of nanobots in medicine?

• Can you name any other controversial technological developments of the present time?

Writing

Work in groups and develop the possible continuation of the story. Make use of the ways of expressing future. Read out your stories and discuss as a class.

Get Real

Go online. Find and read a short sci-fi story. Write a reading report. Make use of the Reading Report Form given in Module 3 Unit 2.

Websites to search: Wording see Mod 2 http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Science_Fiction_ http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Science_Fiction_ http://www.baen.com/library/defaultTitles.htm http://www.demensionszine.com/index2.html http://directory.google.com/ http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Literatuhttp://directory.google.com/

In the Realm of Science

1. Complete the following with words given below:

atom mercurial guinea pig planet nucleus formula

2. Some phrases frequently used in science quite often become idiomatic and come into everyday use. Try to match the phrases on the left with their meanings on the right.

1 trial and error	a) at the forefront of progress in its area
2.the rule of thumb	b) you are a long way in front of others in terms of development, success, etc
3 to blind someone with science	c) to have the same ideas and opinions about something
4 it's not rocket science	d) a process of attaining a goal by trying different methods until a successful one is found
5 to recharge your batteries	e) sth involves a lot of guessing and there is not just one right way to do it
6 cutting edge	f) to misunderstand each other, especially when making arrangements
7 don’t push my buttons!	g) a practical and approximate way of doing or measuring something
8. to hit the airways	h) it is a point where people realise that they are threatened of challenged and have to redouble their efforts to catch up
9 light years ahead	i) to confuse people by using technical language that they are not likely to understand
10 on the same wavelength	j) it is easy to understand, obvious
11 sputnik moment	k) to rest or relax in order to get back your energy
12 it's not an exact science	l) is said to someone who is starting to annoy you
13. to get wired crossed	m) to go on radio and TV to promote something or to tell their side of a story

(Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms © Cambridge University Press 1998)

Unit 2 Progress Monitoring In this unit you have worked on the following vocabulary related to future advances of science and technology. to stop aging/ nanotechnology to cure terminal diseases neural network to develop the skills of telepathy cyberspace navigation to contact with living beings beyond the Solar system to make a technological/medical breakthrough to colonize other planets nanobots to crack the genetic code artificial intelligence to cultivate/repair human organs telecommunications an army/swarm of tiny robots to grow more powerful and intelligent intelligent clothing to have many advantages over sth autonomous control to merge with computers Tick (V) the points you are confident about and cross (X) the ones you need to revise.

Review

1. Fill in the gaps with another, (the) other(s).

a) I forgot my pencil. Do you have any ________ pencils?

b) I have four dictionaries. Two of them are electronic, but _________ are books.

c) We had to drive _________ ten miles to get to the seashore.

d) __________ day we went to the exhibition of gemstones and samples of meteorites at the university museum.

e) Kate has three rulers. One of them is white ________ are black.

f) Don’t worry, I’ll finfish writing the essay and submit it before the deadline one way or _________.

g) Where are __________ samples of cells? Has anybody seen them?

h) I’m still hungry, can I have __________ hamburger?

Each one teach one

1. In pairs make up 5 gapped sentences and test your fellow students on the usage of another and other.

2. Make a gapped exercise for your fellow students with the words and idioms from the Realm of Science Unit 2. // Or Questions to check how well you remember …. Discuss your results as a class.

Speaking??????//from Lead IN??

Work in teams. What do you think are the three most important changes that will have occurred on the Earth by 2050?

Hold a cross group discussion. Report back to your team the opinions you have heard.

3. Think about the year 2030. What do you think you

• will be able to do?

• will be doing?

• will have done?

Write several sentences making use of the various ways of expressing future.

Read out your predictions. Discuss as a class.

5.Complete the sentences below with the appropriate/most suitable idiom.

1. We developed the new software through trial and error.

2. I think he decided to blind us with science because he didn't want us asking any difficult questions.

3. We're talking basic common sense here - it isn't rocket science.

6. Comment on the statements:

• Recall Murphy's Law -- if anything can happen, it eventually will.

• “I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.” Albert Einstein.

• The future has a way of arriving unannounced. George Will.

• The future is always beginning now.  Mark Strand.

• The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only far more expensive.  John Sladek.

• “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.

• The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment. Warren G. Bennis.

• 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

“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”

Aristotle