Science and Technology

А Field В Specialist

А В

1) do, carry out, run, perform -an experiment

2) conduct, give, carry out, do - research

3) do, carry out, put, conduct - some tests

4) information, results, somebody’s eyes,

a blood sample -to analyze

5) an atomic bomb, a new plane, drugs

on animals, an experiment -to test

6) the results of the experiment,

scientific research, blood pressure,

somebody’s eyes, drugs on animals -to examine

7) an idea, a theory, a conclusion, a new

machine -to develop

1.4. П ереведите на русский язык следующие словосочетания:

Russian science, a famous scientist, to carry out research, to perform a scientific experiment, to have proper knowledge for research work, a scientific discovery, a chemical substance, to discover a new element, the ability to analyze the results, to examine the results of the experiment, to develop a theory, to make a conclusion, to test drugs on animals, to conduct (=to do) some tests.

1.5. Заполните колонку В, указав название специалиста:

Engineering …

Physics …

Astronomy …

Chemistry …

Computer science …

Genetics …

Biology …

Economics …

1.6. Заполните пропуски в тексте следующими словами:

Microsurgery, lasers, clone, robots, reproduce

1). Scientists can grow crops that are not affected by disease and … animals that produce more meat. They can … plants and animals, by taking a cell and developing it artificially.

2). Using the latest … doctors can perform operations on parts of the body too small to see with the human eyes. In the future patients will not have to worry about operations leaving scars as they will be performed
with ….

3). Life in the twenty-first century will be much easier for most people. More and more dangerous jobs will be done by ….

1.6.1. Выберите для каждого отрывка заголовок, соответствующий содержанию абзаца:

Automation, medical science, genetic engineering, physics, biology.

1.7. Дайте толкование следующим понятиям после обсуждения в группах. Выберите наиболее точные, по образцу:

Science deals with……

Science is concerned with …….

1. ‘Science’.

2. ‘Technology’.

1.8. Ответьте на следующий вопрос:

Are science and technology closely connected? Why? Why not?

1.9. Прочитайте текст и сравните ваши ответы с теми, которые даны в тексте:

In recent years scientific and technological developments have greatly changed the life on our planet. We have got better understanding of the world around us and higher standards of living.

Today science and technology are closely connected. Many modern technologies such as nuclear power and space flights depend on science. Each advance in science creates new opportunities for developing better products for everyday life. In its turn, technology provides science with new instruments for research.

Technology can give us the ways in which people use discoveries for different aims. It satisfies their needs and desires, changes the environment and improves their lives. For all human history men and women have invented tools, machines and techniques to make their lives easier. When we speak of technology, today, we are looking at it in a much narrower sense. We mean industrial technology or the technology that began about 200 years ago. It was the time when the power-driven machines were developed and the number of factories began to grow. Thus, the mass production of goods has created the basis for our modern society.

Today we say that we live in an age of science and technology. According to statistics, 90% of all scientists lived and worked in the 1970s. This scientific activity has brought new ideas, processes and inventions to our life.

1.10. Найдите в тексте эквиваленты для следующих словосочетаний:

достижения науки и техники

атомная энергия и космические полеты

создавать новые возможности

в свою очередь

обеспечит науку новыми инструментами исследования

удовлетворять нужды и потребности

посмотреть на что-то в более узком смысле

станки с механическим приводом

массовое производство товаров

1.11. Подберите пары слов, имеющих сходные значения:

А В

opportunity progress

different plant

factory purpose

change various

aim possibility

advance adapt

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