Презентация "What the future hold?" 10 класс
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New Millennium English 10 Lessons 1-2 Unit 8
- COMPUTERS
- What the future hold?
- replace (something)
- Read the words and definitions. Three of them are mixed. Find and match them properly
- access (something)
- doubt
- current
- on-line
- provide (somebody with something
- remain
- have the ability or right to enter or use
- a feeling of being unsure
- take the place of something or somebody
- belonging to the present time
- see or describe the future
- to supply
- continue to be unchanged
- connected with the computer network
- predict (something)
- There isn't any ..........
- That the book will soon die out
- Some of them will still ……….
- That's the reason for my pain
- New computers will ……….
- Those working "at a snail's pace"
- Everybody will ……….
- All the info we possess
- I ………. that news ……….
- Will be ………. all the time
- Please ……….. this silly rhyme
- With the words you've learnt this time!
- Fill in the gaps with the words to make the lines rhyme.
- access
- doubt
- current
- on-line
- predict
- complete
- remain
- replace
- provide
- doubt
- remain
- replace
- access
- predict
- on-line
- current
- complete
- Printed books or computers?
- Tick the arguments each speaker used.
- Dana
- Computers allow us to access the latest information really quickly.
- It’s much easier to edit and print documents using a PC.
- Interaction with the world is a great advantage of a computer.
- Michael
- Books are enjoyable things.
- One of the good things about a book is that you can take it to bed.
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- Fiona
- A printed page is better for human eyes than a computer screen.
- Printed books are cheaper and easier to use.
- Andrew
- Printed books don’t need electricity.
- Books have always been a part of human culture, so they will be used as well as computers.
- Emma
- Large amount of information become available through computers.
- Computers are better at strong information.
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- Compare the sentences below. Which verb form expresses the strongest degree of certainty ?
- 1.Computers replace books in the future. (There is much evidence of that).
- 2. Computers replace books in the future. (I’m quite sure)
- 3. Computers replace books in the future. (It is quite possible)
- 4. Computers replace books in the future. (It is possible)
- 5. Computers replace books in the future. (It is possible)
- are going to
- will
- may
- might
- could
- not
- yes
- certainly
- certainly
- are going to
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- will
- may
- might
- could
- On the scale try to place the verbs according to the degree of certainty they express.
- A.
- I'm sure the paper book be around for a long time. They look and feel great and they always remain the same. Paperback books are lightweight (lighter than most laptop computers) and relatively low-cost. Computers become cheaper, too, but they definitely be more expensive than books, books are easy to use and it's clear that people always prefer paperback books.
- might
- could
- might
- may
- will
- will
- will
- will
- There are some grammar errors. Suggest a correction if it’s necessary.
- The book was Invented 500 years ago by Aldo Manuzio in Venice, Italy. So much time has passed that there is no doubt that books change a lot. Cheap, handy, pocket-size electronic books soon appear and replace all paperback books. Though people keep some books they be found only in museums.
- And one more thing. People waste a lot of timber to produce e-books and this save the forests.
- could
- will
- will
- will
- won't
- will
- may
- will
- B.
- Read the text (SB p.23) again. Read the summary . It contains four factual mistakes. Find and correct them.
- The author raises the problem of the future of books. with Marshall McLuhan's opinion that computers will conquer the world. She says that printed . Irma has some sentimental memories about how "Don Quixote de la Mancha". But the electronic era has changed her relationship with books and now she thinks that
- She agrees
- She agrees
- 1- The author doesn’t agree, that people in future will prefer computers to books.
- books have no future
- books have no future
- 2 – Irma’s view is that printed books will not disappear.
- she read
- she read
- 3 - Irma didn’t read “Don Quixote de la Mancha”, her grandfather read it to her.
- books on-line are entirely replacing
- printed books.
- printed books.
- books on-line are entirely replacing
- 4 – Irma doesn’t think that books on-line are replacing printed books.
- What will happen
- to books and computers
- in 10 years’ time?
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