Technologies that surround you (Технологии, которые окружают тебя)

Technologies that surround you the 11 th form

Ожигова Ольга Борисовна

учитель английского языка

МОБУ «СОШ №172»

П. Архара

2018

A LAZY THOUGHT (by Eve Merriam)

There go the grown-ups

To the office,

No wonder

To the store.

Grown-ups

Subway rush,

Won’t grow up

Traffic crush;

Any more.

Hurry scurry,

It takes a lot оf slow

Worry, flurry.

To grow.

What kinds of the activities of a man do the machines and other inventions change? Change the verbs and add necessary nouns.

• EXAMPLE : to cook – cooking food

verb:

to cut

nouns:

the dishes

to sew

to wash

urgent messages

calculations

to send

to find

programs, games

dresses and skirts

to write

information

to defrost

the grass

to do … in sunlight or daylight

to play

carpets

food

Translate the sentences into Russian. What are these machines.

• It is used for walking up people and telling the time.
• It is used for cleaning your flat.
• It is used for taking photographs.
• It is used for writing programs.
• It is used reheating prepared food.
• It is used for carrying calculations.
• It is used for receiving and making calls.
• It is used for building up your strength.
• It is used for operating the TV set from a distance.
• It is used for washing clothes.

What technology and for what do your family’s members use?

• Example: My mother uses the dishwasher for washing the dishes.

• My grandfather uses … (to cut and collect the grass).
• My sister uses … (to brown slices of bread).
• My Granny uses … (to sew and embroidery).
• My mother uses (to open cans).
• My father uses … (to shave every morning).
• My father uses … (find and use information).
• My granny uses … (to defrost food).
• My younger brother uses … (to play games).
• My elder sister uses … in the office (to send and receive urgent messages).
• My mother uses .. (to mix food).
• My father uses …. (to receive and make calls even in his car).

Make up sentences. Translate them into Russian.

• the grass, my, by, used, collecting, a mower, Grandpa, and, cutting, is, for.
• to, early, talking, alarm, clock, for, doesn’t, uses, walking, up, his, get, up, so, mother him, he, like, their.
• I, look, calling, mobile, telephone, when, friend, fell, ill, my, for, father’s, I, my.
• like, the toaster, bread, I, in, browning, the morning, in, of, the morning, in, of, slices.
• 5. went, most, places, taking, we, to, took, photographs, we, of, the, Britain, when, interesting, camera, new, my, for.

All these expressions can be used to talk about different things.

• Divide them into two positive and negative ones.

It’s really invaluable! It’s terrific! It’s very helpful! It’s no use.

It’s really nifty. It’s totally useless! It might come in handy.

It’s just the thing. It’s garbage. It’s junk. It’s exciting. It’s terrible.

Positive

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Negative

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What’s your opinion about the inventions? Choose a word from the box to make up a statement.

Degrees of comparison of adjectives

• The most important invention for women is a washing machine.

• The best invention is …. .

amazing ordinary surprising old dangerous ridiculous

expensive strange good bad silly unusual

Translate into English.

• 1. Телефон был изобретён в США в 1876 г.
• 2. Телескоп сделан значительно раньше, чем был изобретён телеграф.
• 3. К концу ХIХ века телефонная линия была проложена между Англией и Францией.
• 4. Пылесос был изобретён после того, как была изобретена стиральная машина.
• 5. Первый искусственный спутник был сконструирован Сергеем Королёвым в 1957 г.

Match names and inventions

1. A. G. Bell

2. A. Morita

• microsoft DOS
• the first vacuum cleaner
• the first cinema
• the idea of cloning
• photography
• the first airplane
• the first petrol engine
• television
• telephone
• car assembly line
• the first artificial satellite
• Sony Walkman

3. J.M. Spangler

4. H. Ford

5. J.L. Baird

6. The Lumiere brothers

7. N. Niepce

8. B. Gates

9. W & O Wright

10. I. Wilmot

11. K. Benz

12. S. Korolyov

Match two columns

1 . visual

2. communication

a. the act of communicating

3. telegraphy

b. concerned with used in seeing

4. message

c. process of sending and receiving messages by telegraph

5. cable

d. thick strong rope of fire

6. phone

e. informal abbreviation for telephone

f. piece of news or a request went to a person

7. to magnetize

8. optical

g. to give magnetic properties

h. to help eyesight

What are articles necessary and where?

1. Canada is one of ___ biggest countries in the world.

2. I'd like to introduce you to ___ my brother.

3. Do you like ___ my wedding dress?

4. I have ___ dog. His name is Ben.

5. I like your ___ shirt. It's so pretty.

6. I like ___ beautiful, brown coffee table in your living room. Where did you buy it?

7. You should have some ___ chicken soup because you have a cold.

8. I think he is really passionate about ___ art in general.

9. I want to see ___ Pacific Ocean in the summer. Let's go to San Francisco.

10. I went to ___ Switzerland last month.

What are articles necessary and where?

• Yesterday I found … case in the street.
• Look out of … window! What is going on outside?
• What is … longest river in the world?
• … apple a day keeps the doctor away. (Proverb)
• I love … oranges.
• There is a red pen on the table. Give me … pen.
• I am going to … countryside tomorrow.
• Would you like … cup of coffee?
• Where is … Everest situated?
• Marilyn Monroe was … actress.
• … British Isles comprise a lot of small islands.
• Moscow is … capital of Russia.
• Suddenly we saw … house over there.
• … tigers are wild animals.
• It is 5 o’clock in … morning.
• This table is made of … wood.
• … early bird catches the worm. (Proverb)
• Nick’s brother is … writer.