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1. Check if you know the meaning of the phrases below. Give their equivalents in your native language.
Example: glow-in the-dark sweatshirts – sweatshirts that glow in the dark
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| · radio frequency identification | · diagnostic sensors |
| · a 1000 page safety manual | · lower-tech cousins |
| · blood pressure | · blood sugar |
| · self-heating hats | · patrolling robots |
| · hormone levels and immune system activity | · a high-tech variation |
| · autonomous control |
2. Read the sentence from the text paying attention to the words: another and other(s). Which words do they refer to?
§ One platoon takes continuous readings of blood pressure in different parts of your body; another monitors cholesterol; still others measure blood sugar, hormone levels and immune system activity…
| Another, other(s) and the other(s) Another + singular countable noun § to mean ‘ one more’ e.g. Could I have another book on this subject. § to mean ‘ alternative/besides this’ e.g. The scientists have started another experiment. The other + singular noun § to mean ‘part of the set’ e.g. Hold the beaker in one hand and the pipette in the other. The other + plural noun § to mean ‘the rest of the set’ e.g. She promised to bring the other books on AI development next week. Other + singular noun § to mean ‘different from the item/person already mentioned’. e.g. Ask me some other time, when I’m not so busy. Other + plural noun § to mean ‘more of the set/additional/some more’ e.g. What are his other inventions? § When other is used without a noun, it has –sin the plural. e.g. His favourite subjects were Maths, Physics, Computer Science and others. (other subjects) § Another way of substituting for the noun is to use other+ one or ones e.g. This chemical is poisonous. Other ones are poisonous too. |
3. Fill in the gaps in the sentences with another, other or others. Put the where necessary.
a) Be careful, this chemical is poisonous. ____________ are poisonous too.
b) This book has a page missing. Please give me ____________.
c) Some metals are magnetic and ___________ aren’t.
d) I’m not surprised he’s got a sore throat – he was eating one ice-cream after _________.
e) There’s no __________ work available at the moment.
f) Would anyone like __________ piece of cake?
g) Are you planning to take __________ trip to Himalayas?
h) __________ Internet sites on the subject of the project work were not reliable enough.
i) You shouldn’t expect ___________ to do your work for you.
4. The sentences below are all about the future. With a partner decide which
rule goes with which sentence.
§ I definitely don’t believe people will ever live in giant space stations in order to solve the problem of overpopulation.
§ People will be living in giant space stations in order to solve the problem of overpopulation.
§ By the year 2050 people will have built several giant space stations in order to solve the problem of overpopulation.
§ We are about to start building a giant space station in order to solve the problem of overpopulation.
§ In 2010 we are going to start building a giant space station in order to solve the problem of overpopulation.
| Present Simple and Present Progressive Future Simple and Future Progressive, and Future Perfect § We use … to speak about future personal arrangements and fixed plans or firm intentions; we usually givethe time, date and place § We use…to say that something will be going on at a certain time in the future. § We use … to make predictions when you don’t have ‘present evidence’, to describe a decision made at the moment of speaking or to talk about hopes, beliefs, promises, guesses, etc. § We use … to say that something will have been completed by a certain time in the future. § We use … to talk about the future but mostly when we talk about timetables, routines and schedules. |
5. Choose the correct form of the verb in brackets to complete the sentences.
a) Peter (is/is going to be) at a conference in Geneva next Friday.
b) Oh no! I've broken the container with poisonous substance. What (am I going to say / will I say)?
c) Jack (is having / will have) a dinner party next Saturday.
d) Ann (will be helping / will help) us to label the containers in the lab tomorrow afternoon.
e) By the time you arrive, I'll (have checked / be checking) the equipment for the experiment.
f) (I'll be studying / I'll have studied) at 9 tomorrow evening.
g) Look at the level of pressure on the monitor! It (is going to be / will be) well above the normal.
h) Save the data! It looks like the computer (is going to shut down/ will shut down).
i) I (will be using / will have been used) the microscope for two hours tomorrow.
j) By the time I’m 50 I (will have patented / will patent) a number of remarkable inventions!
| Listening |
1. Read and answer the questions in the chart below. Discuss your ideas as a class.
| You | Speaker 1 | Speaker 2 | Speaker 3 | |
| What will computers be like? | Computers will ____________; They will have _____________ fuzzy query input systems; ______________ ______________ | They will become ____________, as piece of furniture, or ____________ ___________; ___________ ____________ | ___________ ___________ ___________ | |
| How will we communicate with computers? | _____________ _____________ bigger role ofVR | ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ | ___________ ___________ Common interface will support for all languages | |
| Are we going to spend our whole time in Cyberspace? | _____________; _____________ ______________ ______________, and make it operate there | People will use the net more; will watch TV less | ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ | |
| Will computers be intelligent? | They won’t resemble human intelligence | ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ | Computers will become Thinkers by ___________ ___________ ____________ |
2. Check if you know the meaning of some terms commonly used in IT. Give their equivalents in your native language. Use the dictionary if necessary.
Example: voice recognition system - system that can respond to the words spoken by a human being - cистема распознавания голоса
| · tactile response systems | · fuzzy query input systems |
| · tactile gloves | · neural-stimulus |
| · consciousness | · cyberspace navigation |
| · neural network | · eye-tracking movement headgear |
3. Listen to some students’ opinions about the role of computers and related technologies in the future. Fill in the chart above.
Discuss
Ø Which of the opinions do you most agree with? Why?
Ø Who of the speakers do you disagree with? Why?
Ø How will the humans benefit from merging with computers?
Ø What other technological challenges do you think the world will face in the 21st century? Which of them do you consider most promising/devastating for the humanity?
| Writing |
Write a questionnaire to find out what your fellow students think about the life style, education, transport, travel and scientific achievements in the nearest or distant future. Be sure to use the various forms for expressing future.
| Speaking |
1. 
Interview three of your fellow students. Ask for their predictions and comment on them like this:
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2. Sum up their opinions. Are your fellow students optimistic or pessimistic about the future?
| Get real |
Search the Internet or popular science magazines to find information on the future developments in your field of science. Choose to speak about three most probable innovations and present your findings to whole class.
| Reading |
| Study help A plot synopsis is a brief description of the contents of a book or film. |
You are going to read a plot synopsis of the sci-fi episode entitled “ The New Breed ”.
1. What scientific advances and their consequences do you think this episode might be about? Discuss as a class.
2. Read and check your predictions.
Dr. Stephen Ledbetter makes a technological and medical breakthrough when he creates a type of tiny machines, known as nanobots, capable of curing any disease or imperfections in the human body.
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