SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Technology means the use of people’s inventions and discov¬eries to satisfy their needs. science people have appeared on the earth, they have had to get food, clothes, and shelter. Through the ages, people have invented tools, machines, and materials to make work easier.
Nowadays, when people speak of technology, they generally mean industrial technology. Industrial technology began about 200 years ago with the development of the steam engine, the growth of factories, and the mass production of goods. It influ¬enced different aspects of people’s lives. The development of the car influenced where people lived and worked. Radio and tele¬vision changed their leisure time. The telephone revolutionized communication.
Science has contributed much to moden technology. Sci¬ence attempts to explain how and why things happen. Techno¬logy makes things happen. But not all technology is based on science. For example, people had made different objects from iron for centuries before they learnt the structure of the metal. But some moden technologies, such as nuclear power produc¬tion and space travel, depend heavily on science.
EXERCISE 1 a)найдите в тексте слова, которые имеют похожее значение со словами из рамки, выпишите их
ПРИМЕР: a motor- the steam engine
wide, to research, to attempt, to believe, to examine, main,, complex, difficult, to start, big, a motor, various, to study;
EXERCISE 2 найдите в тексте эквиваленты данным словам и выражениям и выпишите их на английском языке.
ПРИМЕР: означает-means
означает, охватывает, взаимосвязь, широкое разнообра¬зие, происхождение Вселенной, структура клеток, сложный, собирать факты, упорядочить и обоб¬щить, общие принципы, пытаются объяснить, как и по¬чему, что-то произошло,, соответствующий действительно¬сти, основные группы, общественные науки, в то же самое время, все менее и менее четкие, многочисленный, тесно взаимосвязаны, она обеспечивает, открытия, изобретения, формировать наши взгляды, о себе, удовлетворять соб¬ственные нужды, они должны были, кров, на протяжении веков, инструменты, чтобы сделать, в настоящее время, тому назад, паровой двигатель, рост, массовое производство товаров, время досуга, произвел революцию, сделала большой вклад, например, из железа, в течение веков, очень сильно, зависит.
"I WAS DRIVING into town one day last week when I SAW a house on fire. I STOPPED the car and SAW three people outside the house. They WERE SHOUTING and one person WAS CRYING. There WAS a woman inside the house. I DIDN'T HAVE my mobile phone, but luckily a fire engine soon ARRIVED"
2.
- Mount Everest IS HIGHER THAN Mount Fuji
- Mobile Phones ARE CHEAPER THAN Computers
- Alaska IS COLDER THAN Rome
- Hollywood film stars ARE RICHER THAN nurses
- The Eiffel tower IS TALLER THAN Big Ben
3.
- Mouse ISN'T AS BIG AS Elephant
- Buses AREN'T AS FAST AS Planes
- English ISN'T AS DIFFICULT AS Chinese
- Children AREN'T AS TALL ASAdults
- Digital Cameras AREN'T AS EXPENSIVE AS Computers
4.
1. My Best friend speaks English FLUENTLY
2. I Passed the history exam EASILY
3. I Can't understand him. He talks too QUICKLY
4. The Play was a disaster. The actors acted very BADLY
5. Liverpool played really WELL yesterday. They Won 5-0
выдвигая такие личности как драматург Уильям Шекспир и такие политические фигуры как сэр Томас Мор и кардинал Уолси.