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1. “An optimist is someone who thinks the future is uncertain” Do you agree with the statement? Why?/Why not? Are you optimistic about the future? Why?/Why not? 2. Take turns to read the statements about the future. Do you agree with them? If not, what do you think will happen?
1. Read the excerpts from the popular science articles and match them with the headlines below.
A) Wearable Intelligence B) The Radio Age C) Robot Army Will Think For Itself D) And Will They Go Inside Us? Discuss Ø Which technologies of the future that you have read about sound most interesting? Why? Ø What other innovations do you expect to see in your daily life in the future? Why? Ø What challenges do you think will the 21st century bring?
Focus on the language 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 - рубашка, светящаяся в темноте
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…
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.
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!
1. Read and answer the questions in the chart below. Discuss your ideas as a class.
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
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?
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.
1. Interview three of your fellow students. Ask for their predictions and comment on them like this:
2. Sum up their opinions. Are your fellow students optimistic or pessimistic about the future?
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.
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.
Plot synopsis Stephen's best friend Dr. Andy Groenig tells him that he wants to marry Stephen's sister, Judy. Overjoyed at the news, Stephen shows Andy the nanobots and explains what a remarkable breakthrough they are. Later on Andy discovers that he has an inoperable cancer, and has approximately one year to live. In desperation he sneaks into Stephen's lab and injects himself with the nanobots. They quickly eliminate his disease. Andy tells Stephen about the success of his machines. Stephen becomes concerned about the impact the nanobots may have on Andy's health — and about the possibility that he may go to prison for using an untested drug on another person. Stephen wants to deactivate the nanobots, but Andy tells him not to worry because he injected himself - so Stephen is not responsible. Andy convinces him to leave the nanobots alone. The nanobots not only cure Andy's cancer, they improve his health in other ways, including: removing a scar, improving his eyesight, and making him stronger and more energetic. In Stephen's lab, Andy puts his hand over a bunsen burner* causing a severe burn, but the nanobots repair the damaged skin in seconds. Stephen starts a series of tests to find out exactly what the nanobots are capable of. Andy is placed under water where he is unable to breathe, but the nanobots keep him alive. Things begin to go wrong when Andy wakes up the following day to find that the nanobots have responded to the tests by giving him gills*, allowing him to breathe underwater in the future. When Stephen learns this news, they both agree that the nanobots must be deactivated immediately. Stephen takes measure after measure to stop them, but he is never able to get rid of them. The nanobots continue making "improvements" to Andy, including giving him eyes in the back of his head, keen hearing and bones above his stomach. Stephen is ultimately unable to deactivate the nanobots. In dispair Andy Kills himself to keep his fiancée from seeing the monster he has become. Stephen burns his laboratory, destroying any remaining nanobots and his research. The episode ends with Andy's grieving fiancée having cut her finger on a shattered photograph of him. The wound heals immediately ….
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(Adapted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Breed_%28episode%29)
Bunsen burner – горелка Бунзена
gills – жабры
Discuss
Ø Would you like to read the original story? Why?/Why not?
Ø Could such a situation happen in real life?
Ø What future do you think nanobots have in medicine?
Ø In groups continue the story. Be sure to use the various forms for expressing future. Discuss as a class
Get real |
Search the Internet or popular science magazines to find and read a short sci-fi story. Write a reading report.
Make use of the Reading Report Form below.
In the Realm of Science |
1. Here are some idiomatic phrases frequently used in science. Give their equivalents in your native language.
trial and error | a process of attaining a goal by trying different methods until a successful one is found |
the rule of thumb | a practical and approximate way of doing or measuring something |
to blind someone with science | to confuse people by using technical language that they are not likely to understand |
it's not rocket science | it is easy to understand, obvious |
to recharge your batteries | to rest or relax in order to get back your energy |
(at) the cutting edge | (at) the forefront of progress in a particular area |
don’t push my buttons! | is said to someone who is starting to annoy you |
to hit the airways | to go on radio and TV to promote something or to tell their side of a story |
light years ahead | you are a long way in front of others in terms of development, success, etc |
on the same wavelength | to have the same ideas and opinions about something |
sputnik moment | it is a point where people realise that they are threatened of challenged and have to redouble their efforts to catch up |
it's not an exact science | sth involves a lot of guessing and there is not just one right way to do it |
to get wired crossed | to misunderstand each other, especially when making arrangements |
(Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms © Cambridge University Press 1998)
2. Complete the sentences below with these words.
atom | mercurial | guinea pig | planet | nucleus | formula |
Unit 2. Progress Monitoring
In this unit you have worked on the vocabulary related to the topic “Latest Achievements and Future Developments in Science and Technology”.
Tick (V) the points you are confident about and cross (X) the ones you need to revise. |
Unit 3 Review
1. Think about the year 2030. What do you think you
ü will be able to do?
ü will be doing?
ü will have done by that time?
Write several sentences. Be sure to use the various ways of expressing future. Read out your predictions. Discuss them as a class.
2. Fill in the gaps with another, other, others. Use “the” where necessary.
a) I forgot my pencil. Do you have any ________ pencils?
b) I have four dictionaries. Two of them are electronic, but _________ are books.
c) We had to drive _________ ten miles to get to the seashore.
d) __________ day we went to the exhibition of gemstones and samples of meteorites at the university museum.
e) Kate has three rulers. One of them is white ________ are black.
f) Don’t worry, I’ll finfish writing the essay and submit it before the deadline one way or _________.
g) Where are __________ samples of minerals? Has anybody seen them?
h) I’m still hungry, can I have __________ hamburger?
3. Spot the odd one out.
a) advances | developments | progress | benefit |
b) foundations | origins | evolution | basis |
c) gizmos | tools | devices | instruments |
d) consequences | impacts | results | effect |
4. Explain the similarity and difference between these pairs.
advantages - disadvantages
breakthrough - cutting edge
optimist - pessimist
mechanism - device
5. Complete the sentences with the appropriate idiom.
a) We developed the new software through ____________.
b) I think he decided ______________ because he didn't want us to ask any questions.
c) We're talking basic common sense here - ______________. I would like to do a postgraduate course and get involved in a _____________ research.
d) I’m really glad Professor Jenkins is my scientific adviser. We’re on ______________
6. Work in teams. Hold a competition. Brainstorm as many changes that will have occurred in our life by 2050 as possible.
7. Read these sayings/statements. Comment on the one you like most.
Ø Recall Murphy's Law -- if anything can happen, it eventually will.
Ø “The future is always beginning now”. Mark Strand.
Ø “When it comes to the future, there are three kinds of people: those who let it happen, those who make it happen, and those who wonder what happened.” John M. Richardson.
Ø “The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers”. Sydney J. Harris
Each one teach one |
In pairs make up 5 gapped sentences and test your fellow students on the usage of another and other.
“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”
Aristotle
Learning Objectives
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