By Alexis Grant, USNewsCareers Aug. 17, 2011
13 Look at the following pyramid and write your
dream goal at the top of it.
a) M y dream goal is ________
b) Now break your goal into manageable bits.
1
. ____________________________________________
2
. _____________________________________
3.
4.
5.
14 Look at the SMART criteria and outline your
goals according to it.
S: S P E C IF IC — Straightforward and clearly defined.
Would it be understood / interpreted by others in the
same way?
M : M E A S U R A B L E — A goal where you can see
changes happen. Could this goal be broken down into
smaller bits?
A : A C H IE V A B L E — Don’t set a goal that’s far out
of reach. Is there a specific point at/after which the
goal can be thought as having been achieved?
R : R E A L IS T IC — Make sure the goal is “do-able”. Is
the scope of this goal appropriate, given the available
resources, possibilities, skills, time, etc.?
T: T IM E-BO U N D — Set a timeframe for the goal.
Does this goal have a specific deadline?
GOALS
1. To win a scholarship and obtain a master degree
abroad
2. To improve my spoken English
Remember! Your goal is the main aim you want to
achieve within a particular period of time. If your
dream goal requires four years, you’ll need to plan
the steps that w ill help you reach your goal.
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Match the photos 1-3 and the pictures a-c.
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W ith your partner, discuss your decision. What is the reason of your choice?
What are the latest achievements in your specialty?
1 Put the words below in the relevant line so they make a synonym group.
speculation
_________ ____________________________
to have craving for
,_____
_______________________
pile
_________
_______________________
implement
_________
_______________________
immense
thought; contemplation; encourage;
outbreak; achievement; eventually;
finally; theory; want; desire; demand;
heap; mass; stack; tool; instrument;
utensil; vast; huge; enormous; nurture
foster
_________
_______________________
breakthrough
_________
_______________________
ultimately
_________
_______________________
2 (T15) Read the sentences below. Listen and put the sentences in the correct order.
□ First computers were huge in size.
□ Several decades ago, calculation was accomplished without calculators.
□ There would be less female employees.
□ Typewriters were prototypes of modern PC.
□ Nowadays people do not appreciate the capabilities of recent inventions.
□ The thing we would like to do is speculation but not philosophical issue of the topic.
□ Registration processes would be much longer.
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1
If there hadn’t been all
necessary equipment,
a. a lot of people would have been
saved.
3 Answer the following questions
1. What are the consequences of life without
computers in your opinion?
2. What do you think could have happened if the
light bulb hadn’t been invented?
3. To what extent computer development has
influenced recent achievements?
4 Explain the meaning of the following quote.
If I had had
a time machine,
I would have
traveled to the
Future.
5 Match the beginnings of the sentences and their endings.
2. If doctors had invented another
type of injection,_____________
b. we would never have had
photographs of distant galaxies.
3. If a new method of curing
cancer had been worked out,
I would have bought a space
shuttle and traveled to the Moon.
4. If the scientists hadn’t invented
d. it would have been less harmful
the equipment which helps to
for the health,
measure the distance from
the Earth to the Sun,
_______________________________
5. If there hadn’t been a
telescope,
e
professor Rahimov’s group wouldn’t have managed to
beat the world’s foremost scientific institutes in the race
to produce the blue laser.
6
If 1
had had enough money,
f
we would never have known that it comprises about 149
million kilometers.
6 Change the sentences into conditionals as in an example.
E.g.:
I didn’t buy this bicycle because it wasn’t o f the latest model.
I f that bicycle had been of the latest model, I would have bought it.
1. The woman died because she didn’t receive newly invented type of medical injection.
2. We bought this mobile phone because it had all modern functions.
3. We had our car serviced because there was a problem with the engine.
4. Karim ’s electricity was cut off because he forgot to pay the bill.
5. We wore masks during the experiment because these chemicals gave off fumes that could be harmful.
6
. Alchemists spent many years trying to turn metals into gold.
The gas escaped through the tube during the experiment because scientists weren’t so attentive.
7 Work in pairs. Make a list of several recent inventions and define their value.
eg solar energy
—
reduces the nMd for alienate -resources; incfWseS the supply o f energy
1
. _______________________________________________________________________________________________
2
. ___________________________________________________ _ _ _______________ _
'3. __________________________________________________ _____________________________ ________________
8 Read the information about new inventions created during the last decade and match the passages
A-E and the pictures below.
бше/са.
a. Chinese inventors created Pencil Pusher, which
turns paper,
destined
for recycling, into pencils.
The machine looks like a three-hole punch crossed
with an electric pencil sharpener.
Here’s how the pencil-making gadget works: You
insert wastepaper into a feed slot. The machine
draws the paper in, rolls and compresses it, and
then inserts a piece of lead from a storage chamber
located in the top of the device. A small amount of
glue is added before ...
voild
... a pencil slides out
from a hole on the side.
b. Translucent
Concrete
developed by Hungarian
architect is called LitraCon. It is based on a matrix
of parallel optical glass
fibers
that can transmit
light and color from the outside...
c. The tiny device ‘Mini-Heart’ is formed in the
shape of a
cu ff
meant to be placed around a vein,
where its rhythmic contractions help to drive
blood flow while also preventing the vein from
becoming distended. The cuffs can be made from
cardiac muscle cells derived from the patient’s
own adult stem cells, this prevents a chance of
rejection. Soon the research team hopes to conduct
animal trials. The researchers attempt to grow the
cuffs directly on the veins in the body.
d. A team from the University of Washington desig
ned silicon, plastic card-sized device, prototype
of m icrofluidic, for pancreatic cancer diagnosis
that is able to analyze a whole
tissue
biopsy for
3D imaging. The device allows the tissue undergo
the same series of processes as would occur in a
pathology lab, but on a much larger scale.
e. The LightRail zipper* recently developed for
Olympic teams, zips closed to create a waterproof,
almost invisible
seam.
It is bonded to the clothing using laser-cut fabric
and an adhesive that is sim ilar to seam tape, which
reduces weight and
bulkiness
and eliminates the
need for stitching. The zipper also features a
dock
for the zipper head, which allows it to close more
tightly and eliminate gaps.
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