- •Сучасний англомовний світ
- •Read and memorize the following words and word-combinations:
- •Read and translate the text: Canada
- •In pairs, discuss with your friends possible sightseeing activities in Canada. Use the pattern.
- •Read and translate the text: Australia
- •Read and translate the text: New Zealand
- •Життя студентів вищих навчальних закладів
- •Read and translate the text:
- •International organizations and international co-operation
- •Read and translate the text: To study in Great Britain? No problem!
- •Read and translate the text: University Education in Britain
- •Read and translate the text: Me and my University life
- •Read and translate the text: Study and plans for the future
- •Read and translate the text: choosing a career
- •Activities:
- •Fill in the correct word.
- •2. Complete each sentence with a suitable word or phrase from the list below. Use each item once only.
- •3. Complete each sentence with a suitable word or phrase from the list below. Use each item once only.
- •4. Complete each sentence with a suitable word or phrase from the list below. Use each item once only.
- •Наука і технічний процес science and technology
- •Read and translate the text.
- •2. Answer the questions.
- •3. Read the information about the information about the Nobel Prizes, fill in the proper words and say which scientists mentioned in the text became Nobel laureates and for what discoveries.
- •Find the information about female Nobel laureates and present your findings to the students.
- •5. Repeat Passive Voice and rewrite sentences in Passive.
- •6. Read the information and say :
- •7. Work in pairs. Read and act out a dialogue. Discuss the pros and cons of the Internet.
- •9. Work in pairs. Discuss the statements.
- •10. Write a paragraph of approximately 80-100 words about how you use computers. Include the following points:
- •12. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense form and voice.
- •13. For gaps (1-8) read the text given below. Choose the correct item (a, b, c, or d) which best fits each space to complete the text. There's an example (0) at the beginning.
- •14. Read and translate the dialogue.
- •15. Look at the fact files, turn the notes into questions and interview your classmates about one of these scientists. Report your findings to the class.
- •16. Read and translate the text.
- •Science in ukraine
- •Література
7. Work in pairs. Read and act out a dialogue. Discuss the pros and cons of the Internet.
Student A is talking about the advantages of using the Internet.
Student В is talking about some negative aspects of using the Internet such as Internet addiction, violation of people's security and privacy, hacking etc.
8. Work in small groups. Discuss the situations.
How does the Internet change our lives?
Printed books will soon be viewed as objects of art since people will rather use a computer if they need information or if they want to read fiction. Do you agree?
9. Work in pairs. Discuss the statements.
Access to the Internet helps people save time and efforts while doing even simple things. Express your point of view on the following:
the Internet is a big library;
the Internet uses technologies like voice-talk and live webcam to communicate;
the Internet provides online shopping.
10. Write a paragraph of approximately 80-100 words about how you use computers. Include the following points:
when you use it;
why you use it;
how much time you spend in front of the computer screen;
if you see any signs of addiction;
what you do when you are away from the computer.
11. Fill the gaps with the correct word, forming it from the letters given in brackets.
The Internet has changed (1) ... (cmuiainomncto) as we know it. From education to (2)... (giirvansted) this new (3)... (tleacchingool) advance has affected (4) ... (lypraclacit) every aspect of our lives. Magazines, newspapers and even books are "online" and can be read on the computer. You can find (5) ... (mraotfinoin) on any topic - (6) ... (bipoesislisti) are (7) ... (essndel). The Internet can (8) ... (yinltstna) connect you to other computers, allowing you to "chat" with people all over the world. It's actually very easy to learn how to use the system, and once you're online, you'll never want to turn the computer off! The (9) ... (dvlpetnmoee) of such technology has come a long way. These (10) ... (mnagaiz) electronic devices have changed many people's lives forever.
12. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense form and voice.
"For kids it (1) ... (to become) an identity-shaping and psycho-changing object," Ms Turkle said. "No one who creates a new technology really understands how it (2)... (to use) or how it can change a society."
Mobile phones, instant messaging, email and the like (3) ... (to encourage) younger users to create their own inventive, quirky and very private written language. "That (4)... (to give) us the opportunity to essentially hide in plain sight. We (5)... (more / to connect) than ever, but were also far more independent," Ms Turkle's daughter explained.
Ms Turkle (6) ... (to recall) a vacation with her daughter in Paris, where she (7) ... (to hope) to immerse her in the local culture and cuisine. "Part of the idea of Paris is being in Paris," Ms Turkle said. But during an afternoon stroll, her daughter (8) ... (to receive) several calls and text messages on her mobile phone from friends back in Boston; her daughter (9) ... (to answer) to everyone.
When Ms Turkle asked why she (10) ... (not / to turn off) her mobile phone and enjoy the city, her daughter replied, "I (11)... (to feel) more comfortable talking with my friends. They just (12)... (to want) to know where I am," the girl said. "It is a new form of sensibility."