Упр.3 Unit 7 Reader ГДЗ English Кузовлев 10-11 класс
For centuries the means of communication at a distance remained very primitive. People made many efforts to change the situation.
- What efforts were made? (reading for specific information)
- Which event was the most important one in your opinion? Which inventions made the event possible?
- The telephone has been improved nowadays. There exist numerous types of telephone units. Here is a cordless telephone. Can you use the base unit and the handset separately? Compare the buttons of the base unit and the handset.
- What functions do the handset and the base unit have? Match the buttons with the functions:
- a. redials the last number
- b. helps us to make/answer calls
- c. adjusts (регулирует) the ringer volume (уровень громкости звонка) and selects the receiver volume
- d. selects a clear channel
- e. shows that batteries must be recharged (перезаряжать)
- f. helps us to store phone numbers in memory
- g. is used when you misdial the number before dialing it again
- h. puts a call on hold
- i. adjusts the speaker volume
- j. helps to store phone numbers in memory and to dial them automatically
- k. makes it possible to communicate between the handset and the base unit
- Some specialists predict another communication means revolution in the near future. Which of their predictions seem to be real?
- What are your predictions concerning the telephone and the telegraph? Will they be improved and used in the future? In what way?
1) People made many efforts to change the situation: they invented the telegraph, the telephone, radio, television, mobile phones and other means of communication.
2) In my opinion, the most important event was the invention of the telephone, because it made direct voice communication over long distances possible. It became possible thanks to the telegraph, electricity and later radio communication.
4) No, you cannot use the base unit and the handset separately. The handset works together with the base unit.
5) Matching the buttons with the functions:
- a — redials the last number
- b — helps us to make/answer calls
- c — adjusts the ringer volume and selects the receiver volume
- d — selects a clear channel
- e — shows that batteries must be recharged
- f — helps us to store phone numbers in memory
- g — is used when you misdial the number before dialing it again
- h — puts a call on hold
- i — adjusts the speaker volume
- j — helps to store phone numbers in memory and to dial them automatically
- k — makes it possible to communicate between the handset and the base unit
6) The predictions that seem real are mobile communication, video calls, wireless devices and faster Internet-based communication.
7) I think the telephone will become even more advanced: it will be smaller, smarter and more multifunctional. The telegraph will probably not be used in everyday life, but it may remain important in some special areas or as a historical means of communication.
