Vocabulary
3. Choose the definition that fits each word or phrase as it is used in
the text.
1. amateur 3. didn't realize the potential of
a. not professional a. forgot about
b. not educated b. sold
c. not talented c. didn't understand
2. overcome 4. untried
a. recognize a. not early
b. find the answer to b. never done before
c. go past с. unimportant
4. Speaking
Read the text and find answers to the questions below:
Why did Birdseye's first company go bankrupt?
Who discovered that aspirin is a painkiller?
Why did Armstrong kill himself?
What is the biggest problem of successful inventions?
Why do you think many inventors are not good businessmen?
5. Writing
Write a short story of an invention.
Lessons 10-11
The role of gargets in my life.
Grammar: First conditional
First Conditional
Use the First Conditional to talk about a possible situation in the future.
if+ Present Simple, will+ verb
We don’t use will in the ‘if clause’ If we leave at 9.30, we’ll be late.
The ‘if clause’ can come first or second. When the ‘if clause is first, we need a comma at the end of the clause.
If I don’t go to bed now, I’ll be too tired tomorrow.
He’ll fail his exam if he doesn’t work harder.
We can also use other modal verbs in the ‘result’ clause (not just will), e.g. may, might, could.
If I finish this soon, I might go and see Tony.
Bobby may bring his son, if he comes on Sunday.
If you want to go out tomorrow, you should do your homework now.
We can also use other time words (with a present tense) to talk about the future, e.g. when, as soon as.
When I see him, I’ll tell him.
As soon as he arrives, we’ll have dinner.
Preliminary exercises
Do exercises from Macmillan English grammar in use.
Before start. Discussion:
The role of gargets in my life.
I really like my mp3 player because it can do a lot of things. I use it when I’m travelling to work. I can listen to music and I can watch videos. It has a microphone and it can record short conversations but I don’t usually use this. I have lots of photos on it and I can download language exercises to study on the bus.
Look at the pictures and think of a machine you have, for example a mobile phone, a laptop etc. Write a similar description. Say…
Why you like it.
Why you can do it or can’t do it with it.
Reading
Computers
The term computer is used to describe a device made up of a combination of electronic and electromechanical (part electronic and part mechanical) components. Computer has no intelligence by itself and is referred to as hardware. A computer system is a combination of five elements:
• Hardware
• Software
• People
• Procedures
• Data/information
When one computer system is set up to communicate with another computer system, connectivity becomes the sixth system element. In other words, the manner in which the various individual systems are connected — for example, by phone lines, microwave transmission, or satellite — is an element of the total computer system.
Software is the term used to describe the instructions that tell the hardware how to perform a task. Without software instructions, the hardware doesn't know what to do. People, however, are the most important component of the computer system: they create the computer software instructions and respond to the procedures that those instructions present.
The basic job of the computer is the processing of information. Computers accept information in the form of instruction called a program and characters called data to perform mathematical and logical operations, and then give the results. The data is raw material while information is organized, processed, refined and useful for decision making. Computer is used to convert data into information. Computer is also used to store information in the digital form.