III. Use the following phrases in your own sentences

I. Read and learn the following words

UNIVERSAL FEATURES OF HUMAN LANGUAGES

TEXT 18

X. Complete the table.

IX. Solve the problem in section D.

VII. Put the sentences in the order they met in the text.

1. Once the plan is selected, you follow it, then check to see how it’s processing.

2. Another way to look at the strategies involved in problem solving is to reformulate the problem as one involving search.

3. Sometimes the solution to another problem will suggest a way to solve a problem that seems quite different.

4. An especially effective version of means-end analysis is walking backward from your goal.

5. The general rule is to avoid impulsive answers and to explore possible opinions systematically – breaking the problem into simpler, solvable parts.

6. A given problem may be defined in several ways and each way suggests a different part to a solution.

7. Sometimes it’s difficult to distinguish the subgoals and the order in which they should be tackled.

8. We all know that necessity is the mother of invention.

9. One useful technique is to diagram a problem.

10. The five stages of problem-solving are known as IDEAL.

11. Every day we solve hundreds of small problems.

VIII. Imagine that people couldn’t solve problems because they didn’t know how to do it.

The name of the technique	The method of problem-solving
Means and analysis
Problem-solving as search
Analogy
Walking backward
The diagram of the problem
Your technique of problem solving

● take smth for granted воспринимать как должное ● human [`hju:mən] человек, человеческий ● civilization [,sivəlai`zei∫n] цивилизация ● speech [spi:t∫] речь ● comprehension [,kÉmpri`hen∫n] понимание ● to be impaired [im`peəd] быть поврежденным ● significance [sig`nifikəns] важность ● abundantly [ə`bÙndəntli] достаточно ● complexity [kəm`pleksəti] сложность ● clatter [`klætə] шут ● unfathomable [Ùn`fæðəməbl] непонятный, странный ● property [`prÉpəti] свойство ● productivity [,prÉdÙk`tivəti] продуктивность ● displacement [dis`pleismənt] замещение ● predator [`predətə] хищник ● rite [rait] церемония ● survival [sə`vaivl] выживание ● medium [`mi:diəm] средство ● nuance [`nju:a:ns] нюанс ● make for [meik] составлять ● vicinity [və`sinəti] окрестность ● generation [,dʒənə`rei∫n] поколение ● transcending [træn`sendiŋ] выходя за пределы

II. Find synonyms for the following words:

speech, clatter, medium, abundant, unfathomable, nuance, property, human, significance.

individual, discourse, importance, noise, characteristic, way, hint, strange, lavish

Take smth for granted; make for; unfathomable; to be mired in; to be limited to.

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