3. Combine the following words to receive word-combinations:

• decreasing realization

• facing enrichment

• technical progress

• unique knowledge

• intricate role

• living science

• artificial tools

• synthesizing cell

• progressive substances

• tremendous equipment

• earth research

• pronounced gene

• mutual branch

• empirical trend

• increasing leap

• swift satellites

• accelerating cooperation

4. Fill in the gaps in the following sentences from the text:

1. Today technological progress is….without theoretical knowledge.

2. Secondly, technology uses….to give the latter technical tools, unique equipment, instruments and installations for…..

3. For example, modern biology….to the optical microscope which helped to discover…. and many microorganisms.

4. The same….to one of the oldest sciences – astronomy.

5. Modern science and technology show an even more….towards……

6. Apart from the …..between sciences, on the one hand, and the interaction between science and technology, on the other, there is….toward…. the mutual enrichment of various branches of technology.

7. Another clearly expressed tendency of modern scientific and technological progress is…of scientific discoveries.

5. Answer the following questions:

1. What role does theoretical knowledge have in technological progress?

2. What kind of knowledge does technology use?

3. What are some biological achievements?

4. What can you say about some achievements in astronomy?

5. Do the modern science and technology go towards mutual cooperation?

6. What is the role of interaction between science and technology?

7. What is another tendency of modern scientific and technological progress?

6. Write the following sentences in the Future Continuous Tense:

1. I (to do) my homework at six o’clock tomorrow.

2. When I come home tomorrow, my family (to have) supper.

3. Don’t come to my place tomorrow. I (to write) a composition the whole evening.

4. What you (to do) at eight o’clock tomorrow?

5. I (to watch) TV from three till six.

7. Translate into English the first part of the following sentences:

1. Вони вечерятимуть, when you come back.

2. Ви говоритимете по телефону, when your friend comes.

3. Вони слухатимуть радіо at this time tomorrow.

4. Ми працюватимемо тут all day long.

5. Ми обговорюватимемо це питання at 3 p.m. tomorrow.

6. Діти вже спатимуть, when you come home.

8. Communicative situations:

1. Speak with your group mate about: “The role of theory and practice in the modern world”.

2. Make a report on the topic: “Theoretical knowledge and its application in technological progress”.

9. Retell the text.

Self-assessment questions: module 1

1. What is the Earth?

2. How far does the Earth travel around the Sun?

3. What is the reason for the computer revolution?

4. What is the principle of computers?

5. Where can laser be used?

6. What does the laser consist of?

7. What is ammeter used for?

8. Is it difficult to measure current and voltage?

9. What are the advantages of electronic equipment?

10. Which way does electricity flow in transformers and lamps?

11. What has electronics given to the humanity?

12. What is the function of radiotelescope?

13. What does the simplest electric circuit consist of?

14. What is called an electric circuit?

15. What does electronics study?

16. What discovery gave a powerful stimulus to the development of electronics?

17. Where has the first photoelectric solar power station been put into operation?

18. How does the station operate?

19. What role does theoretical knowledge have in technological progress?

20. What is the role of interaction between science and technology?

MODULE 2