6. Обсудите информацию в группах. Распределите роли:

1). The Speaker (Using only his notes).

2). The reporter (listens carefully and reports back to the speaker).

3). The judge (listens carefully to both speaker and Reporter and points out any mistakes).

6. Прочитайте информацию о модальном глаголе can и его эквиваленте be able to; выполните упражнение, вставляя правильные формы глагола.

Study these ways to describe ability:

1. Swarming robots can work together to perform searches.

2. Washing machines will be able to report any breakdowns for repair.

3. Imagine being able to send music files to your MP3 player without a wire connection.

4. Professor Warwick had a chip fitted into his arm which could activate sensors in doors and computers as he approached.

5. Marconi was able to send a radio signal from Britain to Newfoundland.

We use can and be able to to describe ability in the present but can is more common. We use could for general abilities in the past but was/were able to describe an ability on a specific occasion. This table summarises their uses:

Ability

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Present can be able to

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future X will be able to

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present perfect X has/have been able to

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-ing form X being able to

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past (specific action) X was/were able to

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past (general and with

verbs of sensation) could X

For past negatives and questions both verbs are possible. For example:

Early computers could not/were not able to operate at high speeds.

Could they/were they able to store much data?

Imagine 1 open doors and switch on computers as you approach them. Professor Warwick…………..² because he had an electronic chip fitted into his arm for a month. He…………....³ demonstrate to the press how computers would greet him with, 'Good morning, Professor Warwick' as he walked past. Next he wants to record the signals from his brain to his arm to see if he.…... ⁴ program a computer to operate his arm. In the long term, this may help people who………...⁵ use their limbs. His wife too will have a chip implanted. They hope……….⁶ feed messages into each other's brains. According to the Professor, one day we……….⁷ communicate directly with machines. If he is right, we…………..⁸ drive a car from the passenger seat and we…………………⁹ operate a computer without using a mouse or keyboard. However, there is also the alarming prospect that someone………………¹⁰ hack into your brain.

6. А. Прочитайте информацию о конструкциях страдательного залога и выполните упражнения.

A HELP box The passive

We form the passive with the verb be + the past participle of the main verb. When we mention the agent, we use by. The passive is often used in technical writing to give an objective tone. Present simple passive Information is transmitted by devices such as the telephone, radio, TV or... Present continuous passive New technologies are being devised to allow you to watch TV on your mobile. Past simple passive The term cyborg was invented by M Clynes and N Kline in i960.

Past continuous passive My TV was being repaired so I couldn't watch the match. Present perfect passive It has been predicted that about one third a could eventually be performed outside the workplace Past perfect passive The system had been infected by a virus. Future simple passive In the next few years, GPS chips will also be incorporated into most mobile phones. Modal verbs in the passive It has been predicted that about one-third of all work could eventually be performed outside the workplace

В. Прочитайте статью и выделите страдательный залог в предложениях. Определите время.

A HACKER has been sent to jail for fraudulent use of credit card numbers. Nicholas Cook, 26, was arrested by police officers near a bank cash point last month.

Eight months earlier, he had been caught copying hundreds of computer programs illegally. After an official inquiry, he was accused of software piracy and fined £5,000.

It is reported that in the last few years Cook has been sending malware (malicious software) to phone operators and attacking mobile phones to steal business and personal information. Cook has now been sentenced to three years in prison for stealing passwords and obtaining money by credit card fraud.

Government officials say that new anti-hacking legislation will be introduced in the EU next year.

С. Поставьте глагол в правильную форму.

1. Microprocessors (make) of silicon.

2. Call centres (use)…………………………. to deal with telephone enquiries.

3. In recent years, most mobile phones (equip) with Bluetooth.

4. GPS (develop)……………….. in the 1970s as a military navigation system.

5. Sorry about the mess - the computers (replace)……………. at the moment.

6. In the near future, the Internet (access) more frequently from PDA’s and mobile phones than from desktop computers.

7. Networks (can connect) via satellite.

8. I had to use my laptop this morning while my PC (fix)……