Стр.60 Рабочая тетрадь ГДЗ Вербицкая Forward 8 класс
READING
Read about these four inventions. Put the sentences A–H in the correct place in the text. There is one extra sentence.
A It might be difficult to look the ‘words’ up, though!
B And, because of the noise, everybody else knows too!
C Well, in the future, they may get much smaller.
D In seconds computer screening can match this to any similar photos held on their database.
E We all know that we shouldn’t eat too fast.
F But how will you talk back?
G Here are some that, in a few years, you may want to have in your home!
H This is why it is so useful.
WONDERFUL (AND NOT SO WONDERFUL) NEW INVENTIONS!
What is the most important invention ever? The wheel? Electricity? The computer? There are many important inventions and, in the future, there will be many more.
1) ________________________________________
THE NOISY KNIFE
2) ________________________________________ But sometimes, we put the food in our mouths and it goes, without us really thinking about it. Well, this knife helps you to eat properly. As you cut your food, an alarm is set in the knife. If you cut another piece of food too soon, the alarm rings to tell you that you are eating too quickly!
3) ________________________________________
ANIMAL TRANSLATOR
The Americans are known for their animal beauty parlours, animal psychologists and animal cemeteries. They can now go one step further and talk to their animals. A company has spent years listening to dogs, cats, horses and other pets and has now released a dictionary with CD-ROM of animal noises.
4) ________________________________________
EAR PHONE
What’s the smallest mobile phone you know?
5) ________________________________________ When a call comes in, only you will be able to hear it as it goes from the ear directly to your brain.
6) ________________________________________
SMART CAMERA
This camera is connected to a special Internet database. Whenever you take a photo, you can choose to send it for analysis.
7) ________________________________________ If it finds a match, a message will be sent to you, telling you exactly what your photo is of. It could be the name of a plant, a translation of a street sign, it may even be able to tell you a stranger’s name.
GRAMMAR
Without looking into the text in Exercise 23 put prepositions in the following phrases. Then find these phrases in the text and check yourself.
to be known for sth
work on sth
to be connected to sth
a photo of sth
send sth for analysis
match sth to sth
photos held on their database
without really thinking about it
Complete the sentences with the adjectives from the box in the right form.
bad, important, small, easy, far
I really don’t know what is the 1) __________________ invention ever, but I think that the smart camera makes travelling 2) __________________.
I don’t think I’d like to use the ear phone — the 3) __________________ mobile phone in the world. I think it is bad for health, bad for the brain. Researchers say that using a mobile isn’t safe, and ear phone is probably even 4) __________________.
As to the animal translator, I wouldn’t call it ‘one step 5) __________________’, I’d say it’s going too far. You see, I’m a sceptic!
SPEAKING
Say what you will do if you have these inventions. Use if phrases.
Mime using one of these inventions. Then you repeat your pantomime and your partner describes your actions.
Compare these inventions. Which one of them is the most important and why?
Tell the class what you will or won’t do when you are parents. Use the words from the box.
miss the lessons, play computer games, watch TV, play football, go to bed late, make them cry, shout at them, help them with their school work, go to parties, invite their friends to stay, eat junk food
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1 — G
2 — E
3 — B
4 — A
5 — C
6 — F
7 — D
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to be known for sth
work on sth
to be connected to sth
a photo of sth
send sth for analysis
match sth to sth
photos held on their database
without really thinking about it
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1) the most important
2) easier
3) the smallest
4) worse
5) further
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If I have an ear phone, I won’t use my smart phone any longer.
If I have a smart camera, I will take photos and find out what they show.
If I have a noisy knife, I will eat more slowly.
If I have an animal translator, I will try to understand my pet.
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When I am a parent, I won’t let my children miss the lessons, play computer games too much, watch TV all day, go to bed late or eat junk food. I will let them play football, go to parties and invite their friends to stay. I will help them with their school work and I won’t shout at them or make them cry.
