Answers. 1. Vocabulary extension: Choose several of the words from the text

HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about Dr Ray Kurzweil, his work and his predictions. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. INVENTIONS: Make a poster about the inventions you think we will see in the future. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?

4. ROBOT ATTACK: Write a magazine article about how super-intelligent robots try to take over the world. Include imaginary interviews with the robot leader and the robot creator.

Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down new words and expressions.

5. LETTER: Write a letter to futurologist Dr Ray Kurzweil. Ask him three questions about what he thinks the future will be like. Give him three predictions of your own. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.

TRUE / FALSE:

a. F

b. T

c. F

d. T

e. F

f. F

g. F

h. T

SYNONYM MATCH:

1.	leading	a.	top
	predicted	b.	forecast
3.	within	c.	inside
4.	upcoming	d.	future
5.	extension	e.	addition
6.	identify	f.	point out
7.	experts	g.	specialists
8.	pioneer	h.	developer
9.	pace	i.	speed
10.	science fiction	j.	sci-fi

PHRASE MATCH:

1.	computers will be as intelligent	a.	as humans
	overtake the power	b.	of the human brain
3.	tiny robots	c.	called nanobots
4.	make us think faster and give us more	d.	powerful memories
5.	technology will be a further	e.	extension of that
6.	one of	f.	18 top intellectuals
7.	identify our greatest technological	g.	challenges
8.	a very impressive	h.	background in science
9.	He also pioneered automatic	i.	speech recognition
10.	more and more a	j.	part of our everyday lives

GAP FILL:

Computers ‘to match man by 2029’

A leading US scientist has predicted that computers will be as intelligent as humans by 2029. Futurologist Dr Ray Kurzweil told the American Association for the Advancement of Science that in the near future, machine intelligence will overtake the power of the human brain. He said that within two decades computers will be able to think quicker than humans. Dr Kurzweil painted a picture of us having tiny robots called nanobots implanted in our brain to boost our intelligence and health. He told reporters that these microscopic nanobots would work with our brains to make us think faster and give us more powerful memories. Kurzweil explained that we are already “a human machine civilization” and that the upcoming technology “will be a further extension of that."

Dr Kurzweil was one of 18 top intellectuals asked by the US National Academy of Engineering to identify our greatest technological challenges. Other experts included Google founder Larry Page and the human genome pioneer Dr Craig Venter. Kurzweil has a very impressive background in science and innovation. He was an innovator in various fields of computing, including the technology behind CDs. He also pioneered automatic speech recognition by machines. He predicts the pace of new inventions will increase greatly from now, saying: "…the next half century will see 32 times more technical progress than the past half century." This means scenes from science fiction movies, like Blade Runner, The Terminator and I Robot, will become more and more a part of our everyday lives.

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