1. Listen to the interview and complete the sentences.
1.Mr. Johnson came to the studio to speak about………………………………………………………………………………
2.Smart houses and smart cities…………………………………………………………………………………………………
3.Modern technologies are used to………………………………………………………………………………………………
4.Alzheimer’s disease is………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
5.Patients with Alzheimer’s often…………………………………………………………………………………………………
6.The device called “Mind me”…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
7.Using new technologies, Alzheimer’s patients can…………………………………………………………………………..
2. Read the text and complete it with the phrases. One phrase is not used.
a) in about 50 languages b) common to the widely spoken languages today c) by the time it returns to Earth d) doubts and disappointments e) to open and close f) the messages have to be as detailed as possible g) to have an idea what our life is like h) who we are
How do you like the idea of sending a message into space addressed to future generations? That is what the so-called KEO project is aiming at. KEO stands for Knowledge-centred Earth Observation. Its name also represents the three most frequently used sounds (1)____________ -[k], [I:], [Əu].
KEO is one of the biggest collective projects in history started by Jean-Marc Philippe, a French artist, in 1994. He designed a time capsule and invited people from all around the world to write messages about their ways of life, their hopes and dreams, (2)______.
Once the satellite is launched, the messages will be made freely available on the web. “ They will be anonymous, but it is possible that through them we’ll have a new image of humanity today”, ,says Jean-Marc Philippe.
The time capsule is supposed to be launched into space so that it could return to Earth in 50 years and the people living in the middle of the 21 century will be able (3)_____. Apart from the messages, the time capsule will also carry a diamond that encases a drop of human blood, samples of air, sea water and earth, photographs of people of all cultures and the contemporary library of Alexandria – an encyclopaedic compendium of current human knowledge. The latter is a catalogue of the flora and fauna, a catalogue of the arts and some fundamental texts.
(4)_______KEO will have travelled 14.5 ml km. around the planet. It has a pair of wings designed to give terrestrial observers a better chance to spot it in the sky. The wings will be able (5)____as they pass between sunlight and darkness, using the natural solar power.
Messages have come from different countries (6)______. KEO’s memory bank is so large that it can keep the messages of every one of the 6 billion inhabitants of the planet Earth. The KEO project is hoped to answer two important questions – (7)_____and what we could do together to create a more human world.
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3.Translate from English into Russian and visa versa
1. to arrange a party 2. To arrange alphabetically 3. A period of adjustment to new conditions 4. Delicate taste 5.to feel relieved 6. To set up the projector 7. Her confession of guilt 8. A weekly wage 9. to drop out of school 10. To be no concern of his
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4. Use the derivatives and complete the sentences.
1. What ____ would you call the most ____for millions of people? Entertain interest 2. We tried to convince the_____that the bargain he was asking for could’t be received as it was ____. Visit legal 3. The___of the_____in the area is____evident. Why are you speaking about its____? Grow, populate, absolute, reduce 4. Lots of people are eager to pay a lot of money to experience_____. Weightless 5. We were all ______by the pupils’ ________. Satisfied, obedience 6. New ____ opportunities begin to appear in the sphere of steel______. Industry, produce 7. Do you believe that soon due to the ______of ______progress there will appear machines more intelligent than humans? Develop, technology
5. Complete the sentences
1. There is a chance that______. 2. I’m absolutely sure________3. I expect I’ll_________. 4. I’m thinking about_______. 5. I doubt if I’ll_________________.
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