Vocabulary

● Guess who is meant.

1. __________ – the boss of the company.

2. __________ – the one who produces things.

3. __________ – the one who is the first to make some new device.

4. __________ – not a professional.

● Find in the text words and expressions that mean:

1) rich ______________________

2) growing firms ____________________

3) starting a tendency ____________________

4) a project ____________________

5) ready to take risks ____________________

6) an academic institution for investors ____________________

● Explain these words in English:

1) Innovation ___________________________________________________________

2) progress _____________________________________________________________

3) model _______________________________________________________________

4) customer ____________________________________________________________

5) attitude ______________________________________________________________

6 ) trend ________________________________________________________________

7) calculator ____________________________________________________________

8) strength _____________________________________________________________

9) leader _______________________________________________________________

● Match the words to build new word combinations:

1) neighboring a) a company

2) to recognize b) calculator

3) risk c) party

4) electronics d) leader

5) to fail e) companies

6) liquid crystal f) oriented

7) technological g) production

8) electronic h) a problem

9) emerging i) to keep

10) to run j) region

11) mass k) display

12) office 1) manufacturer

● Rank these inventions on order of importance. Explain your choice.

Money ______________

Wheel______________

Steam engine ______________

Telephone ______________

Electricity ______________

Photo camera ______________

TV ______________

● If you could choose only one of these things, what would it be and why?

PC – personal computer

Television

Hi-tech trainers

CD-player

Walkman

Microwave oven

Automatic dishwasher

Car

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