6. Match the parts together.

1	mobile	years
2	recent	radiation
3	wireless	scientists
4	power	technology
5	mobile	output
6	emission	impact
7	minute	technology
8	exploitation	channels
9	trained	structure
10	long-term	communication

READING COMPREHENSION

1. State whether the sentences given below are true or false according to the text.

1. Computers are collecting huge amount of information, communicating with each other and sharing media like never before.

2. Devices are getting more microscopic while demand on their performance and power output is increasing.

3. Master project, founded by EU, is currently exploring the potential of spin transfer nano-oscillators to help update wireless telecommunication technology.

4. Master is investigating how to increase their efficiency and power input.

5. The innovative microscopy techniques established by Master will have a broader, long-term impact for nanotechnology on the whole.

2. Test your understanding of the text.

1. Mobile and ________ technology has come a long way in recent years .

a) cordless

b) wireless

c) shortest

2. The needs grow for faster and more ________ wireless technology.

a) powerful

b) capable

c) handy

3. The project is exploring the _________ of spin transfer nano-oscillators.

a) possibility

b) imagination

c) future

4. Nanotechnology could help change _______ communication to the better.

a) computer

b) cell

c) face-to-face

5. The innovative microscopy techniques will have a _______ impact for nanotechnology.

a) overwhelmed

b) confident

c) long-lasting

Discussion

1. Discuss the questions above.

1. What is nanotechnology?

2. Why develop nanotechnology?

3. Where is nanotechnology used today?

4. Do you think nanotechnology is dangerous or benign?

5. Are you ‘boosters’ for nanotechnology ?

6. Will nanotechnology be good or bad for the environment and the economy?

2. Imagine you are an inventor. Describe an invention you are working on. Think about:

• size

• importance

• price

A PRACTICAL ENGLISH GRAMMAR: Past Simple questions

In Past Simple questions we use did + subject + infinitive:

did

you she they

enjoy? see? Go?

Did you go out last night?

When did Mr Thomas die?

Did you have time to write the letter?

The past of be is was/were:

was were

I / he / she / it? We / you / they?

Was the weather good when you were on holiday?

Did you go out last night or were you too tired?

We have to pay attention to the questions which starts with what and who. When they are the subject of a sentence we omit auxiliary verb:

Who lives in that house?

What happened?

When they are the object of a sentence we use did:

Who did you meet yesterday?

What did she say?

Exercise 1. A friend has just come back from holiday. You ask him about it. Write your questions.

1. (were/go?) …………………………………………………………

2. (go alone?) ………………………………………………………...

3. (food/good) ………………………………………………………..

4. (how long/stay there?) …………………………………………….

5. (stay/at a hotel?) …………………………………………………..

6. (how/travel?) ………………………………………………………

7. (the weather/fine?) …………………………………………………

8. (what/do in the evening?) …………………………………………..

9. (meet anybody interesting?) ………………………………………..

Exercise 2. Make questions with who or what. Sometimes who/what is the subject, sometimes who or what is the object.

1. Somebody lives in that house. Who………………………………………?

2. Tom said something. What ………………………………………………..?

3. They have lost something. What ………………………………………...?

4. Somebody cleaned the kitchen. Who …………………………………….?

5. I asked somebody for money. Who ………………………………………?

6. Somebody asked me for money. Who…………………………………….?

7. Something happened last night. What ……………………………………?

8. Jack bought something. What ……………………………………………?

9. Somebody telephoned me yesterday. Who ……………………………….?

10. I telephoned somebody yesterday. Who …………………………………?

11. Somebody knows the answer. Who ……………………………………?

12. Something woke me up this morning. What …………………………….?

13. Somebody has got my pen. Who ………………………………………..?

14. Tom and Ann saw something. What …………………………………….?

15. Somebody saw the accident. Who ……………………………………….?

16. Somebody did the washing-up. Who ………………………………….?

17. Jill did something. What ……………………………………………….?

18. This word means something. What ………………………………….?