С АНГЛ. Technological Progress and Science
At present in the modern world of rapid technological progress we can still find positive moments, in spite of many people’s fear about the possible danger that technological progress could cause.
We can name a lot of things being useful in our everyday life. And yet we may think of many more possible and impossible inventions we would like to have. Oscar Wilde once said: “The more we have, the more we want”.
Sometimes we call the times we live in as the age of the atomic age, or space age, or the electronic age, but what stands out most of all is that is an age of change.
All of us are a link in the chain of universal human progress.
There’s no end to permanent search of something new or just more comfortable that would make our lives better than before. It is television that has been called man’s ”third eye”. One can’t help mentioning about some amazing achievements in modern technology such as video card, scanner, printer, digital camera, Skype, face time, electronic mail (e-mail) and others. Electronic mail is a way of sending messages between computers, as we do.
Why do we need all this? We are not sure if we really do need them. But we want to possess, to use something new and like children often lose interest to the things which have been used for many years.
Vocabulary Notes
to cause danger – вызвать опасность
people’s fear – боязнь людей
invention – изобретение
a link in the chain – звено в цепи
permanent search – постоянный поиск
one can’t help mentioning – нельзя не упомянуть
amazing achievements - поразительные (удивительные) достижения
like children – подобно детям, как дети
digital – цифровой
2) Выполнить письменно следующие задания по тексту и прислать препода-вателю на проверку:
а) выписать все слова интернационального происхождения
б) составить аннотацию (краткое изложение содержания текста на английском языке объемом в несколько предложений) в формате Word ;
в) слова последнего предложения текста расположить в алфавитном порядке;
г) письменно составить 5 во к тексту;
д) найти в тексте любое предложение в настоящем времени и поставить его в и будущем времени.
ж) В следующих предложениях раскройте скобки и замените инфинитив глаго-ла необходимой формой соответствующего времени в английском языке. Пере-ведите предложения письменно на русский язык.
1. He (to have) his dinner now, he (to have) a good appetite. 2. She (to read) a book when both friends (to come). 3. This month Mr. Brown (to be) to Moscow and to some country places. 4. The students often (to go) to the stadium to train. 5. What
you (to do) tomorrow at this time? 6. We (to visit) our first school teacher last year.
7. By the end of the next term many students of the fourth year (to complete) their diploma works. 8. He said that he already (to finish) his work in time. 9. When I (to
come) home I will call you. 10. Next year we (to graduate) from the University.
