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California Startup Uses Robots in Greenhouses to Grow Crops

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venture 
– n. a new business activity that may or may not be successful

acidity – n. the amount of acid in substance

sustainable – adj. involving methods that do not completely use up or destroy natural resources

drought – n. a long period of time during which there is very little or no rain

stage – adj. a period of development

three-dimensional (3D) – adj. having or appearing to have length, depth and height

scalable – adj. able to grow or be made larger

unique – adj. different from most other things


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 II semester Form 11

 Unit 5Inventions and Lifestyles

Наука і технічний прогрес

A famous microbiologist Rita Colwell:

    “Science is discovery. Science is fun. Science is understanding what makes a clock tick and what makes a cat purr, what makes the Sunrise and what makes the Moon look so large on the horizon…”

The motto:

“Necessity is the mother of invention.”

- How do you understand this proverb? (If someone really needs to do something, they will find a way of doing it)

- Nowadays we can even say that “Comfort is the mother of invention” because various inventions in electronics transport etc. make our life easier and more comfortable.

          б) Відповіді на питання.

·        What modern inventions do you have at home?

·        What is the most useful thing for your mother?

·        Which device can’t you do without?

·        What thing can’t your father live without?

·        What gadget do you use every day?

·        What thing can you easily do without?

·        What is the most useless thing in your household?

·        What is your favourite unit and why?



Work in pairs. Game “Pros and cons”.

- You’ll get some statements about modern inventions. You’ll work in pairs. One of you should think of some advantages of this fact, the other should think of its disadvantages. You have a few minutes for discussion.

  • v Modern technologies damage our environment;
  • v The development of computer technologies has changed our lives;
  • v Electric devices make our life easier;
  • v Television influences our everyday life;
  • v Mobile phones make our communication more comfortable;
  • v Our life would be much healthier without cars;
  • v We can’t imagine our life without electricity.

Read the definition of the modern device and try to guess what gadget it is.

1)    A piece of electronic equipment that you use to listen to programs that are broadcast, such as music and news.

    2)    A piece of equipment used to take photographs or make films or television programs.

    3)    A type of oven that cooks food very quickly using very short electrical waves instead of heat.

    4)    The system of communication that you use to have a conversation with someone in another place.

     5)    A machine for stitching cloth or clothes together.

     6)    An electronic machine that stores information and uses programs to help you find, organize or change information.

     7)    A machine for washing clothes.

      8)    A large piece of electrical kitchen equipment shaped like a cupboard, used for keeping food and drink cool.

    9)    The glass part of an electric light that the light shines from.

    10)  A vehicle that flies in the air and has wings and at least one engine.

- The best place to know more about great men’s inventions is, of course, the Museum of Scientific and Technological Progress. 

!!! Today you’ll get acquainted with some old devices and modern ones.     You’ll also try yourself as guides in such a museum. /It was your Homework/ ...

Ancient Inventions that Science Can not Explain:

a) - Look at the photos of these old devices. What do you think you can do with them? What do you think each one is? (The photos of telegraph, cine camera, adding machine, gramophone and crystal radio)

- Now listen and check your answers.

b) Match the early devices with the modern devices we use today.

1)   Adding machine                                    CD player  

2)   Telegraph                                                camcorder

3)   Crystal radio                                           calculator

4)   Gramophone                                          digital camera

5)   Typewriter                                              telephone

6)   Cine camera                                            games console

7)   Video game                                             DAB radio

8)   Instamatic camera                                 word processor

c) Complete the sentences using these words:

1.     My grandparents still listen to music on an old ______________, which is about 80 years old.

2.     Can someone pick up the ___________, please? It’s ringing.

3.     “What’s that old device?” “It’s a _____________. People used it to send messages over long distances.”

4.     My mum hates technology. She doesn’t switch on a ________________ to type a letter. She uses an old ______________.

5.     Sara couldn’t add up the numbers in her head so she used a ______________.

6.     Martin! Turn down your ______________! How can you listen to such loud music while you are doing your homework?

7.     My parents got married in the 1950s. Someone had a ____________ ____and filmed the wedding.

8.     My brother spends hours playing video games on his ________________.

9.     “Look at those people surfing!” “Quick! Switch on the ______________ and record them!”

Let’s think about our Future!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




 

II semester Form 10

Unite 5: Наука та Технічний прогрес

What`s science?

Read the text and continue the sentences below.

SCIENCES

     Scientific fields are commonly divided into two major groups: natural sciences, which study natural phenomena (including biological life), and social sciences, which study human behaviour and societies. These sciences are called empirical, which means the knowledge must be based on observable phenomena and capable of being tested for its validity by other


researchers working under the same conditions. The humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytic or critical. Examples of the disciplines of the humanities are ancient and modern languages, literature, history and philosophy.

   Formal sciences, like mathematics, statistics and logic, are important to the empirical sciences. The formal sciences are essential in the formation of hypotheses, theories, and laws, both in discovering and describing how things work (natural sciences) and how people think and act (social sciences). Mathematics, which is classified as a formal science, has both similarities to and differences from the natural and social sciences. It is similar to empirical sciences in that it involves an objective, careful and systematic study of an area of knowledge; it is different because of its method of verifying its knowledge, using a priori rather than empirical methods.

  1. Natural sciences study…
  2. Social sciences study…
  3. In empirical sciences, the knowledge must be based on…
  4. The humanities are…
  5. Examples of the disciplines of the humanities are…
  6. The examples of formal sciences are…
  7. The formal sciences are essential in…
  8. Mathematics has both similarities to and differences from…
  9. Mathematics is similar to empirical sciences in that…
Watch!  What is Science?


Inventions and Inventors

1) Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. (T. Edison)
2) You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself. (Galileo)
3) It is better to understand a little, than to misunderstand a lot. 
4) Wonders are many and nothing is more wonderful than man. (Sophocles)
5) We know what we are but we know not what we may be. (Shakespeare)
6) Imagination is more important than knowledge. (A. Einstein)  
7) Men learn while they teach.
8) Train hard, fight easy.
9)  Necessity is the mother of invention.

Match the early devices with the modern ones
  1. Adding machine                  
  2. Telegraph
  3. Crystal radio
  4. Gramophone
  5. Typewriter
  6. Cine camera
  7. Video game
  8. Instamatic camera
  • CD player
  • camcorder
  • calculator
  • digital camera
  • telephone
  • games console
  • DAB radio
  • word processor

Activities are the most popular with teenagers

     Now you’ll read the text and find out which activities are the most popular with teenagers. But before reading, let’s remember the main rules of writing an essay.

1) How many parts are there in an essay?
(There are three parts.)
2) What are they?
(introduction, body, conclusion)
3) Which parts are almost the same?
(introduction and conclusion)
4) Which part is the biggest one?
(body)
5) How many paragraphs are there in a body?
(There are two or more.)
6) What’s the structure of a paragraph?
(topic sentence and 2 or more reasons)

1 Put the right letter (a-b) for each part of the essay: 1) body; 2) conclusion; 3) introduction.

2 Choose the better headline for each part of the essay (a-b)
1) Things you can do with the help of the Internet.
2) The Internet in the future.
3) Where and how to access the Internet.

3 Match the words (d-f) and their definitions (7-9)
7) a place on the Internet where you can meet people
8) a page on the Internet
9) a place where you can access the Internet
d) cybercafé
e) chat room
f) website
10) Which three Internet activities (g-l) are the most popular?
g) visiting a chat room
h) researching for school homework
i) visiting websites
j) buying clothes
k) buying CDs
l) reading the news

Relax!

REPORT ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE INTERNET TO YOUNG PEOPLE
a
Nowadays almost every teenager has access to the Internet. Most people surf the
Internet on computers in their home. A few people go to cybercafes. However,
cybercafes are mostly used by people who are travelling abroad. This is because it is cheaper to email family and friends than to make a phone call.
b
Young people use the Internet for many different reasons, and most teenagers use it every day. A lot of young people use the Internet at school to research information for homework and projects. Many also use it to email their friends.

Nearly all teenagers have visited Internet chat rooms. Many of them use chat rooms to meet new  people and exchange news and information. Teen Talk is one of the most well-known chat rooms in the UK.
   Over 70 % of teenagers use the Internet to visit official fan sites. Leonardo DiCaprio’s official website is one of the most popular, along with football sites for teams such as Manchester United. A few young people actually create their own websites which they dedicate to their favourite film stars or sports star.
Not many teenagers buy clothes on the Internet. At the moment, teenagers like getting sportswear from sports shops. However, my friends say that Internet shopping will become more popular with young people in the future.
c
This report suggests that people are using the Internet more and more, for everything from entertainment to research. Teenagers who have Internet access use it mostly to send emails or to visit fan sites and chat rooms. In the future, the Internet will be accessible not only on computers but also on mobile phones. Young people will carry on surfing more and more.

Continue the sentences
1 Nowadays almost every teenager has access to the … ( Internet).
2 A few people go to… (cybercafés).
3. A lot of young people use the Internet at school to… (research information) for homework and projects.
4 Nearly all teenagers have visited the Internet …(chat rooms).
5 Over 70 % of teenagers use the Internet to visit official fan… (sites).
6 A few young people actually create their own …(websites) which they dedicate to their favourite films star or sports sites.
7 Not many teenagers … (buy clothes) on the Internet.
8 I think that people are using the Internet more and more, for everything from …(entertainment) to research.
9 Teenagers who have Internet …(access) use it mostly to send emails or to visit fan sites and chat rooms.
10 Young people will carry on...(surfing) more and more.

в) Перевірка розуміння прочитаного. Discussion.
- So what are the three Internet activities the most popular with teenagers (and for you)?
- For what purpose do young people use the Internet? (to buy something, to chat, to do homework)
- Do you chat online?
- Which sites do you usually visit?
- Do you have your own website?

*****Розвиток навичок аудіювання.
1) Підготовча робота до проведення аудіювання:

- Do you often communicate with your friends using email? (on the Internet)
- Do you often make some spelling mistakes in different words? Is it acceptable?

- Do you always correct them?
- Is your tone sometimes rude or sarcastic?
- Have you ever heard about digital manners?

***So you’ll listen to the text about necessary digital manners. But at first look at the unknown words.
 computer-literate = свічена щодо комп’ютера
 survey                  = опитування
 timid                    = несміливий
 to deal with         = поводитися (з кимсь)
 unsuitable tone   = незручний тон
 rude                     = грубий, образливий
 Minor                  = незначний
 acceptable           = прийнятний

2) ***Прослухування тексту. Listen to the story about digital manners.  TypeScript

Joining the online information revolution of the computer-literate has made it possible for us to communicate with millions of people around the world. But whether we’re sending electronic mail to the office next door or broadcasting our opinions to a global audience on the Internet, we need to learn some digital manners!
A recent survey shows that hiding behind a computer gives many timid people the opportunity to say exactly what they like. These people seem to forget all they have ever been taught or have learned about how to deal with others, and they adopt a completely different and unsuitable tone when communicating digitally.
   In fact, their tone is really quite rude! The massages themselves have become extremely informal. There is no need to put an address at the top and the tone is always chatty and friendly. But it has
gone much further than that. Minor spelling mistakes have now become quite acceptable in emails, whereas it isn’t acceptable to spell any words wrongly in a normal business letter.
   But the careful - this informal style can cause problems. Although emails are more like a conversation than a written letter, in fact, they often sound stronger, because the words are written down. So watch out - even if you didn’t mean to be rude, your email might sound it!
   There’s a lot more advice around about how to make emails sound right, but I’d say the best two to remember are "Don’t try to be too funny or sarcastic" and "Don’t send messages when you are angry"!

3) Виконання тестових завдань в комплексі.
Listen to the story and choose the right variant (a or b) for each task (1-8)
How the information revolution has changed our lives:

1 We are now in touch with …
a) millions of people around the world
b) our relatives and friends
2 The next step: learn some...
a) computer programmes
b) digital manners
Effect computers have had on some people
3 Tone they use in digital messages is...
a) rude
b) friendly
How email has changed style:
4 Now acceptable to make …
a) minor spelling mistakes
b) different messages
Advice when communicating digitally:
5 Be careful - words sound stronger when they are...
a) pronounced
b) written down
6 Don’t try to be …
a) too funny or sarcastic
b) chatty and friendly
7 Don’t send messages if you are …
a) angry
b) in a good mood
8 It isn’t acceptable to spell any words wrongly in …
a) an informal letter
b) a normal business letter


Висновок
  People should use a tone that is suitable for the content of their message, for example formal, with correct spelling and punctuation, for business communication and informal chat between friends.

Culture notes
!!! Sending rude or abusive email messages is called flaming by regular computer users WRITING MESSAGES IN CAPITALS, LIKE THIS, is regarded as rude, rather like shouting at someone. People who do this might be asked by other computer users to “lower their caps”, i.e. to use normal lower–case letters.

+++++ Написання email на ситуацію.
You want to join a pen-friend’s site on the Internet. Write an e-mail to your pen-friend, and:
 Briefly describe how you look and what kind of person you are;
 Write about your interests;
 Explain why you want to exchange letters in English.

1/05/2024

 

II semester Form 9

Наука і технічний прогрес 

Unit 3. WHATS YOUR KNOWLEDGE?

Ідіоми про технології англійською

Через те, що ідіоми в англійській дуже популярні вони є і невіддільна (частина/ознака) частиною в English for science and technology. Ви можете breaking new ground (відкрити нові рубежі) у розмовній англійській, використовуючи фразеологізми. Це дозволить ефективніше спілкуватися з native speakers та розуміти всі nuts and bolts (тонкощі, подробиці, основні складові) колориту англомовного населення. Іноземну мову легко освоїти, це не rocket science (це не ракетна наука, ядерна фізика), але іноді потрібно застосувати blue sky thinking (нестандартне мислення).     Важливо відкинути сумніви, ліньки та get down to business (перейти до справи).

Think! Complete sentences. Find information!

InventionsDiscoveries
Surrealism, Hieronymus Bosch, Flemish artistPenicillin, Alexander Fleming
Paper, Ts’ai Lun, a Chinese court
official
Atom, Ernest Rutherford, England
The photograph, Joseph Nicephore NiepceBacteria, Anton van Leeuwenhoek
The saxophone, Adolphe Sax, an instrument makeDNA, Friedrich Meischer
The science fiction novel, Savinien Cyrano de BergeracElectron, Sir Joseph J. Thompson
The serial comic strip, Joseph Pulitzer, the publisherNeptune, Johann Galle
The petrol-powered automobile, Karl BenzPlanetary motion, Johannes Kepler
The dishwasher, Josephine CochranePulsars, Antony Hewish and Jocelyn Bell Burnel
The nuclear reactor, Enrico FermiRelativity, (special and general theories of) Albert Einstein
The sewing machine, Elias HoweSpectrum, (heterogeneity of light) Sir Isaac Newton
The telescope, Hans LippersheyX-rays, Wilhelm K. Roentgen
The waterproof raincoat, Charles MacintoshNeutron, James Chadwick




It`s interesting! Ihor Sykorskiy, as a young Ukrainian man, tried unsuccessfully to build a helicopter in 1909. He went on to build fixed-wing aircraft but returned to helicopters in 1938. Within three years, he had developed the first successful, practical single-rotor helicopter in the United States: the VS-300.

See this helicopter on exhibit at the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation.

NOWADAYS: complete different sentences ...

Гаджети і аксесуари англійською мовою 
А launch - випуск. 
Are you into gadgets? - Ти захоплюєшся гаджетами? 
A tablet - планшет. 
To endure - витерпіти, витримувати. 
To stand in line - стояти в черзі.
To claim - претендувати.
Be released by (a company) - бути випущеним (компанією).
The looks matter a lot. - Зовнішній вигляд багато значить.
A screen - екран.
To drop a phone - впустити телефон.
А feature - властивість, характеристика, особливість.
Webcam - веб-камера.
To press - натискати.
Diverse - різноманітний, інший.
To surpass smb’s expectations - перевершити чиїсь очікування.
To fly off the shelf - розлітатися, як гарячі пиріжки.
Anticipated - очікуваний.
To hit the market - вразити ринок.
Screen size - розмір екрану.
The strength of the screen - міцність екрану.
To tap - натискати, торкатися.
I can not wait to get my hands on this phone. - Не можу дочекатися, щоб взяти в руки цей телефон.
Case - Чохол для телефону / кейс для ноутбука
Screen protection - Захисна плівка для екрану
Body protection film - Захисна плівка для корпуса (телефону)
Сharger - Зарядний пристрій
Keyboard cover - Захист для клавіатури
Cleaning kit - набір для чистки ноутбуків
Remote control - Дистанційний пульт
Wire – Провід
Wireless - Бездротовий
Cable – Кабель
💻💿💻Яким пристроєм ми користуємося протягом дня не менше часто, ніж мобільним телефоном? Звичайно, мова йде про комп’ютер. Ми пропонуємо вам ознайомитися з незамінними фрази, пов’язаними із використанням цього девайса:
My computer keeps freezing up - Мій комп’ютер весь час зависає
To go online for tech support- Звертатися в техпідтримку онлайн
The battery is charged - Батарея заряджена
To run antivirus software - Запустити антивірусне програмне забезпечення
The instruction manual - Інструкція для застосування
To press the button - Натиснути на кнопку
To turn smth on / off - Включати / вимикати
To plug smth in - Підключати, вставляти в розетку
To hook smth up - Підключати (пристрої один до одного)
To be tech-savvy - Розбиратися в техніці
System halted – Система «зависла»
Need more free space – Треба більше вільного місця на жорсткому диску
Connection refused – у з’єднання відмовлено (про спробу під’єднатися через Інтернет)
Access denied – Доступ заборонено
Access granted – Доступ дозволено
Firewall – Програмне забезпечення для захисту в мережі
Password – Пароль
Username – Ім’я користувача
Kernel - ядро операційної системи
Handheld - портативний, ручний.
Automotive - самохідний.
Glare - гладкий і прозорий.
Smudge resistant - стійкий до появи плям.
Touch capable - реагує на дотик.
Lightweight - легкий (про вагу).
Durable - міцний, надійний, тривалого користування.
Photosensitive - фоточутливий.
Photovoltaic - фотоелектричний.
High efficiency - висока продуктивність.
Hermetically sealed - герметичний.
Pressure-differentiating - розпізнає натискання.
Scratch and chemical resistant - з захистом від подряпин і хімічного впливу.
Bandwidth - пропускна здатність.
Bend insensitive - не гнеться.
Multipurpose - багатофункціональний.
Antiviral - противірусний.
Distortion free - без викривлення.
Damage resistant - стійкий до пошкоджень.
Vivid - яскравий.
Immersive - створює ефект присутності.
High-definition - з високою роздільною здатністю.
Fiber - волокно.
Energy efficient - енергетично ефективний.