Разработка занятия по английскому языку "Technological progress"

Задачи урока:

1. повторение и расширение лексического запаса;

2. повторение и обобщение настоящего и про­шедшего времени для описания ситуации в прошлом и сравнения ее с настоящим;

3. развитие умений говорения;

4. развитие критического мышления.

Ход урока

I. Вводная часть

1. Организационный момент.

- Приветствие студентов и ознаком­ление их с темой, целями и задачами урока.

Good morning, dear friends. I’m glad to see you. Take your seats, please.

Today we are going to 1) remember the vocabulary, develop our lexical skills, 2) have a talk about dependence on modern technologies and 3) develop our speaking skills.

1. Write and learn new words.

1. high technologies — высокие технологии

2. development of science and technology — развитие науки и техники

3. unpredictable discoveries — непредсказуемые открытия

4. become an inseparable part of our life — стать неотъемлемой частью нашей жизни

5. imagine without various gadgets — представить без разнообразных гаджетов

6. heated arguments — горячие споры

7. make more comfortable and safe — сделать удобнее и безопаснее

8. scaring and unpredictable results — пугающие и непредсказуемые результаты

9. consequences of modern science and technical progress — последствия современной науки и технического прогресса

10. threaten life on the Earth — угрожать жизни на земле

11. threaten the existence of our planet — угрожать существованию нашей планеты

2. Основной момент. Работа с текстом. Read and translate the article.

• Nuclear Power

nuclear age — ядерная эпоха

devastating weapons — оружие массового поражения

The 20-th century is called the nuclear age. It’s due to the fact that the man learned to use the power of the atom. He created the most devastating weapon in history and now the stores (запасы) of A-bombs and H-bombs threaten the existence of the whole planet.

• Space Exploration

be based on — быть основанным

penetrate into — проникнуть в

The exploration of space is based on high technologies which cost a lot of money. However, flights into outer space allow man to penetrate into new spheres of unpredictable discoveries.

• Achievements in Medicine and Biology

overpower — одолеть

incurable diseases — неизлечимые заболевания

cell — клетка

genetic engineering — генная инженерия cloning — клонирование

Dozens of incurable diseases have been overpowered. The man has penetrated inside the cell and such branch of science as genetic engineering is doing wonders nowadays.

However its results are sometimes scary, for example cloning. It has caused heated arguments because of its moral side.

• The Internet

It has turned out to be — Оказалось, что она (виртуальная реальность)

substitute — заменить

The Internet has connected people from all parts of the world. People are getting more and more involved in the computer world. Children forget about all other toys when computer games are at hand. Almost all modern projects, designs and calculations are impossible without computers. The newest invention is the virtual reality, which can be changed according to the wishes of the man. It has turned out to be so attractive that there is a danger that it can substitute the whole world for its users.

• The Mobile Phone

be introduced — введены в действие

Nowadays it is difficult to find a person who hasn’t got a mobile phone. Before the invention of the mobile phone (1983), there were only phones which were connected to a phone line. The problem was that it was impossible to contact people if you were on a bus or in a car. Also people couldn’t send text messages to each other. Since the mobile phone was introduced, text messages have changed the way of communication. At present we don’t actually need to call someone.

The first mobile phones were big and heavy, now they are small and light. The chances are that they will become even smaller and lighter in future.

Лексико-грамматические упражнения.

3. Translate sentences.

1. The Internet has become an inseparable part of people’s everyday life.

2. Virtual reality is the curse of the 21-st century.

3. Exploration of space is very expensive and quite useless.

4. Nuclear energy should be used less and less because of its negative influence on nature.

5. Cloning is the greatest achievement of medicine in the 21-st century.

Пример:

• searching for information

• typing and keeping information

• listening to music

5. Read the timeline and complete the gaps (1-12) with the correct form of the words in brackets.

1821: Michael Faraday is 1._____ (invent) of the electric motor. Without this, we would not have 2. ______ (technology) appliances we take for granted today. Faraday's face used to be on the British £20 note from 1991 to 2001.

1829: George Stephenson 3._______(design) a steam train locomotive called the 'Rocket'. It was a great success and encouraged the 4. ______(grow) of railways, which played a very important part in the 5.________(Industry) Revolution in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Many of the items we use today were invented during that time.

1837: Charles Babbage is considered by most to be the 'Father of Computing'. By 1834, he had invented the 'analytical engine' which established the 6. _________(base) principles of computing.Although he never completed any of his 7. __________(computer) machines, his detailed 8. ________ (draw) were used to build a model of his Difference Engine No. 2 at the London Science Museum. It was completed in 1991, and it performed mathematical 9. _________ (calculate) very accurately.

1925: John Logie Baird worked hard to transmit the first real television images, a dream of many 10. ________(science) for decades before. His first 'TV set' could be made from everyday objects such as a biscuit tin, cardboard and string! Later, others 11. ________(take) Baird's ideas and 12. ________(slow) developed TV as we know it today.

6. Here are some of the modern inventions that are used in everyday life. Match the words from the two columns. Learn the words from the first column:

7. Translate into English.

1. Компьютеры, Интернет, мобильные телефоны и другая электроника делают нашу жизнь проще и продуктивнее.

2. Наша работа сейчас намного проще, чем была по крайней мере 20 лет назад.

3. Наш дом полон вредной электроники, которую мы используем для «отдыха».

4. Мы покупаем именно то, что нам сказали с телевизора.

5. Многие виды растений и животных вымерли.

6. Сегодня опасные болезни распространяются по всему миру.

7. Даже запасы ядерного оружия США могут уничтожить весь мир за считанные минуты.

8. Еще одна проблема — бедность в наименее развитых странах.

9. Миллионы людей умирают от инфекционных заболеваний каждый год.

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