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Now complete the definitions (1-8) with the words from the text.
| vision gadget frame to include display to supply to contain vinyl | |||
| To provide someone with something. | |||
| A border of wood or metal that goes around the outside of a door, picture, window, etc. | |||
| To have something inside. | |||
| A small device, tool or machine that has a particular but usually unimportant purpose. | |||
| To have as one part of something. | |||
| Ability to see; a picture in your imagination; your own point of view on a problem. | |||
| A strong but soft kind of plastic that is bent easily and is used to cover walls, floors, furniture, books, etc. | |||
| A synonym to the words ‘screen’, ‘monitor’. | |||
8. Match the following words:
| cup a game information frame display supplied device included vision gadget the world for people |
| a perfect | around | |||||
| a useful | batteries | |||||
| metal | not | |||||
| to deflect | suction | |||||
| helpful | be perfect | |||||
| LCD | to enjoy |
Make a list of 5 gadgets that you use. How useful are they? Put them in order (1 – the most useful; 5 – the least useful). Try to explain your choice to the others.
10. Think of a gadget that you often use. Don’t name it. Describe it to your classmates. Try to answer the following questions:
- Where is it used?
- Who uses it?
- What is it used for?
- Why is it useful?
- What is it made from?
- What powers the gadget?
- How much does it cost? Etc.
Can they guess the gadget?
* (“Engineering” Workshop by Lindsey White, OUP; Unit 18, pg.20, ex.6, 7)
Search the Internet or other sources to find the most strange and unusual gadgets. Tell about them to your class.
12. Translate the following sentences into Russian. Translate the idea, not a word for word:
| 1. | This car has all the latest gadgets. |
| 2. | People have a lot of different gadgets at home. |
| 3. | Which gadget is the most useful? |
| 4. | ‘How can I open the bottle?’ – ‘The gadget is in the right drawer.’ |
| 5. | A lot of different gadgets are invented each year. |
| 6. | Gadgets are invented not only by scientists but by ordinary people as well. |
| 7. | This company supplies tools to our manufacture. |
| 8. | Implants are out of supply at the moment. |
| 9. | When you buy toys, the batteries are usually not supplied. |
| 10. | The production process was stopped because the components had not been supplied. |
| 11. | The price includes the flight, the hotel and food. |
| 12. | The crew included one woman. |
| 13. | Engineering includes several branches. |
| 14. | A wireless mouse was included in the price of a laptop. |
| 15. | I was included into the project. |
| 16. | Frames can be made from wood, metal or plastic. |
| 17. | Nowadays glasses with a metal frame are out of fashion. |
| 18. | Each pack contains 12 batteries. |
| 19. | This bottle contains acid. Don’t handle it! |
| 20. | How many pages does this manual contain? |
| 21. | What kind of information does this manual contain? |
| 22. | This new glasses deflect your vision by 90°. |
| 23. | Do you think that bed glasses with a vision deflection are really useful? |
| 24. | Vinyl is a kind of plastic. |
| 25. | Do you think that vinyl mat is useful in the bathroom? |
| 26. | Nowadays vinyl is used practically everywhere. |
| 27. | She has the same vision of the problem! |
| 28. | Bed glasses deflect your vision by 90°. |
Check the knowledge of active vocabulary from this module with the help of
“ACTIVE VOCABULARY” section.
Part II
GADGETS