Thursday
Thursday
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access to
appliance
a machine that is designed to do a particular thing in the home (preparing food, heating, cleaning etc.)
breakthrough
an important discovery/event/development
capable (of)
communicate
share information
device
function
innovate
invent
revolutionary
addictive
technophile
technophobe
ubiquitous
user-friendly
artificial intelligence
the study and development of computer systems that can copy intelligent human behaviour
cutting-edge
dependent on technology
state-of-the-art
very modern and using the most recent ideas and methods
technological advances
technological revolution
LEARN TO PEE.
P: Present your main idea.
E: Explain your idea.
E: Exemplify your idea (give an example).
PEE.
What are some of the common gadgets that people
use in their homes?
Today we
continue to talk
about…
The topic of my
talk is…
You will hear a woman talking to a group of first year
science undergraduates about the developing science
of nanotechnology.
• What is ‘nanotechnology’?
• What can it be used for in the future? Think of:
• Medicine
• Technology
• Transport
• The environment
• What are the dangers of such technology?
• Do the positives outweigh the drawbacks?
Section 4
Look at questions 31 – 33
• Read the question stems and options to find the key
words
• Think of paraphrase/synonyms for those key words
• Look at the options and think which one is more
likely
How will he say that
Section 4 there is a problem?
A = Possible. If people do not know/understand the technology, they may not support
it.
B = Possible. It could harm the environment, hurt people, or raise the unemployment
rate.
C = Possible and likely. It is only through new research that we learn if something is
worthwhile or not
Section 4
Look at questions 34 – 40
• What are the headings for each section?
• How is this going to help you?
• How many words can you write?
• Look at the sentences (reading before and after the
gap). What grammar is being used (or not used!)?
What does this tell you?
• Underline key words and think of
synonyms/paraphrase
Uses of Nanotechnology
Transport
Comparative adjective.
• Nanotechnology could allow the development of stronger 34 ........................................... .
No article = uncountable
• Planes would be much lighter in weight.
noun/plural
• 35 ........................................... travel will be made available to the masses.
Technology
• Travel = will
Computers noun. Either
be even an faster,
smaller, adjective orhave
and will modifying
a greater noun.
36 ............................................ .
• 37 ........................................... energy will become more affordable.
Article and adjective.
The Environment Energy = noun.
Countable noun.
• Adjective
Nano-robots couldneeded.
rebuild the ozone layer.
• Pollutants such as 38 ........................................... could be removed from water more easily.
• There will be no 39 ...........................................
No article = uncountable/plural from manufacturing.
Health and Medicine
• New methods of food production could eradicate famine.
• Analysis of medical 40No article = uncountable/plural
........................................... will be speeded up.
• Life expectancy could be increased.
There is no mention of popular support, but he does state that most scientists want
to avoid it becoming unethical.
‘Durable’ = strong
- What it is
- When you became interested in it
- Where you learned about it
- What it is
One important branch of science that I enjoy reading about is astronomy which is the study
of the Universe.
There are many different aspects to astronomy. First, there is a subtopic called cosmology,
which is the study of how the universe began. For example, most scientists who work in this
field tend to agree that the Universe started billions of years ago with The Big Bang. Since
then, they argue, it has continued to grow. However, scientists disagree about what will
happen next – whether the Universe continues to grow or begins to shrink.
Talk about an area of science you are interested in. You should say:
- What it is
- When you became interested in it
I never really enjoyed science at school because I found the maths too difficult – I’m better
with words than numbers. However, a friend gave me a book called A Brief History of Time
written by Stephen Hawking, and after reading it I was hooked. Hawking made the book
really accessible to people without a scientific background.
Talk about an area of science you are interested in. You should say:
- What it is
- When you became interested in it
- Where you learned about it
After reading that, I tried to learn as much as I could. I never had a formal education about it
because it’s not the type of thing they teach in high school. Therefore, I had to teach myself. I
read as much as I could and, although some of it was over my head, I got a grip on the
subject.
Talk about an area of science you are interested in. You should say:
- What it is
- When you became interested in it
- Where you learned about it
I have an interest in the subject because I think it helps us to understand where we came
from. A lot of people believe in god, and that’s fine, but I don’t, so I need to find answers
somewhere else. And astronomy can give me those answers. It’s not an easy subject, and
some of the facts are mind-boggling, but I find it really interesting.
Astronomy /əstrɒnəmi:/: The study of the Universe
Field /fi:ʊld/: A subject someone is an expert in
(to be) hooked /hɅkd/: To be really interested in something
Accessible /əksesIbʊl/: Easy to understand
Formal education /fɔmʊl edʒju:keIʃən/: The education you
receive in school (not self-taught)
Over my head /əʊvə mə͜ hed/: difficult to understand
(to) get a grip /ged͜ ə grIp/: To understand a topic
Mind-boggling /maIn͜ bɒglIŋ/: Really difficult to understand
Talk about an area of science you are interested in. You should say:
- What it is
- When you became interested in it
- Where you learned about it