Nanotechnology

Read the text and explain what nanotechnology is.

Answer the questions.

Read and study new words on the topic.

Nanotechnology

Technological Innovations

Unit 4

Make up a description of the ideal 21st century engineer.

Use these word combinations in the sentences of your own.

Match a verb and a noun to make phrases.

Give the translation of the following phrases, using the text.

Replace the underlined words with their synonyms from the text.

Combinations.

Find in the text the opposites of the following words and word

orderly

simple systems

sum of its part

at present

similar components

1) Nanotechnology is one of the promising fields that will change the future.

2) The new device will have wonderful elasticity.

3) Silicon is comprised of orderly crystals.

4) Cognitive revolution can minimize the impact of the information revolution.

5) Some of the new capabilities are determining the future of engineering

- современные системы

- белковая свертка

- устройство, созданное человеком

- удивительный прорыв

- упорядоченные кристаллы

- прекрасная гибкость

- кажущиеся несовместимыми компоненты

1 to acquire a) the future

2 to expand b) capabilities

3 to shape c) a variety of processors

4 to handle d) knowledge

5 to require e) much time

- the personal qualities he should possess

- the knowledge he should acquire

affect (v)	[əˈfekt]	воздействовать, влиять
amplify (v)	[æmplˈfaɪ]
= reinforce (v)	[ˌri: ınˈfɔːs]	усиливать
artificial (adj)	[ˌɑːtıfɪ∫ıəl]	искусственный
destroy (v)	[dıˈstrɔɪ]	уничтожать, разрушать
disperse (v)	[dıˈspɜːs]	рассеивать (n)
manufacture (v)	[ˌmænjʊˈfækt∫ə]	производить
perform (v)	[pəˈfɔːm]	выполнять
replace (v)	[rıˈpleıs]	заменять, вытеснять
remove (v)	[rıˈmu:v]	удалять
resist (v)	[rıˈzıst]	противостоять, сопротивляться
surgery (n)	[ˈsɜːdʒəri]	хирургия
supply (v)	[səˈplaı]	поставлять, обеспечивать
supply (n)	[səˈplaı]	запас, поставка
spill (v)	[spıl]	разлить
store (v)	[stɔː]	хранить
shape (v)	[∫eɪp]	формировать
target (n)	[ˈtɑːgıt]	цель
target (v)		нацеливать

4.1.2 Read these international words and guess their meanings.

aerosols	[ˈeərəsɒl]
bio-active	[baıə-æktıv]
ceramics	[sıˈræmɪks]
hierarchy	[ˈhaırɑːkı]
hierarchical	[haıˈrɑːkıkəl]
polymers	[ˈpɒlımə]
product	[ˈprɒdʌkt]

a) What do you know about nanotechnology?

b) What can we build with nanotechnology today and what will we be able to build in future?

Nanotechnology is the engineering of functional systems at the molecular scale. Thus it’s the science of building tiny things. Today we usually make things by shaping materials – cutting, grinding*, milling**, etc. But in the future, we’ll be able to work on a smaller scale and build things atom by atom.

Today scientists can build nanowires – extremely strong tubes that are just four atoms wide. And when they have the manufacturing systems, they’ll be able to build anything we want – diamonds, water, food, robots, etc. We’ll be able to make all kinds of things smaller, lighter, cheaper, stronger, and smarter.

We are at the start of a technological revolution and nanotechnology will affect every part of our lives – cars, computers, medicine, energy supplies, food, clothes. It will offer better built, longer lasting, cleaner, safer products for home, for communications, for transportation, for agriculture, and for industry in general. And it will happen sooner than most people think. By 2010 you won’t be able to count the number of businesses using nanotechnology.

* • шлифовка

** размол

4.1.5 Mark the sentences True (T)/ False (F). Correct the wrong statements.

1. Nanotechnology is the science of making large things.

2. Nowadays scientists can’t build nanowires.

3. In the nearest future we’ll be to make smaller, cheaper and safer products for all needs.

4. Technological revolution won’t influence any sphere of our life.

5. Nanostructures will be true only in 40-50 years.

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