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Exercises

Complete the following list with the name of the specialists in the particular fields.

science scientist
chemistry ......................................................................................
physics ......................................................................................
zoology ......................................................................................
genetics ......................................................................................
information technology ......................................................................................
cybernetics ......................................................................................
civil engineering ......................................................................................

Below you have some of the amazing achievements of modern technology. Match the names
on the left with the definitions on the right.
1 video recorder a kind of sophisticated typewriter using a computer
2 photocopier a machine which records and plays back sound
3 fax machine a machine which records and plays back sound and pictures
4 tape recorder a camera which records moving pictures and sound
5 modem a machine for chopping up, slicing, mashing, blending etc.
6 camcorder a machine which makes copies of documents
7 robot a machine which makes copies of documents and sends them
down telephone lines to another place
8 word-processor a machine which acts like a person
9 food-processor a piece of equipment allowing you to send information from one
computer down telephone lines to another computer

Write descriptions like those in exercise 52.2, for the following objects.
f

What are the nouns connected with the following verbs?
1 discover 3 rotate 5 patent 7 dissect 9 combine
2 invent 4 conclude 6 analyse 8 experiment

Give each of the sciences in A opposite a number from 0 to 5 depending on whether it
doesn't interest you at all (0) or interests you enormously (5). Similarly mark each of the
inventions in B, 0 to 5, depending on how important they are to you in your life.
Follow-up: Increase your knowledge of scientific vocabulary by reading articles of general
scientific interest in English language newspapers or magazines. If possible, get a textbook in
English for schoolchildren studying a branch of science that you have studied. Choose a
book where the science is relatively easy for you so that you can concentrate on the English
used.

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