2018-01-08
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Task 1. Answer the following questions:
1. Why is electricity a necessity of modern life?
2. What have researchers in MIT devised?
3. What is the main principle of wireless electricity?
4. Who was the first inventor of theories of wireless power transmission?
5. Did Tesla’s theory immediately lead to widespread?
6. What have researchers developed since then?
7. How did it become possible to power a 60 watt light bulb?
8. What are the examples of wireless transmission of energy?
Task 2. Decide which of the following statements are true (T) or false (F):
1. It is difficult to imagine passing a day without electronics.
2. A witricity system consists of a witricity transmitter and another device called the receiver.
3. The principle of wireless electricity works on the principle of transferring atoms.
4. Tesla’s work immediately led to widespread.
5. So far the MIT researchers have been able to power a 60 watt light bulb from a power source
6. The wireless transmission of energy isn’t common in much of the world.
7. The radio waves spread in all directions until they reach cables that are tuned to the right frequency.
| T | T | T | T | T | T | T |
| F | F | F | F | F | F | F |
Task 3. Match the following words and word combinations in column A with their Ukrainian equivalents in column B:
| a) винаходити b) бездротовий c) традиційний d) забезпечувати чимось e) магнітне поле f) втрата g) бути в зоні досяжності h) забезпечувати, надавати i) широкого розповсюдження j) передача |
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Task 4. Complete the sentences with appropriate words from the text:
1. While the idea may _____ futuristic it isn’t _____ new.
2. The _____ transmission of energy is common in much of the world.
3. Electricity is today a _____ of modern life.
4. These researchers _____ the term witricity _____
5. A similar method of transferring electrical power would be both inefficient and _____
6. Tesla’s work was _____,but it didn’t immediately lead to_____
7. One of coils were _____to a power_____
8. A witricity system _____ of a witricity_____ and another device called _____
Task 5. Rearrange the letters in each jumbled word to get a correct one. Make up sentences with the correct words. The first is done for you:
Example: 0. lubb – bulb; Energy saving natural lighting bulbs enjoy the benefits of natural daylight indoors with these remarkable fluorescent bulbs.
Ø sionmitrasns
Ø chreeresar
Ø wiadedersp
Ø swiselre
Ø esdevi
Ø sawet
Ø vreeicer
Ø icol
Task 6. Fill in the gaps in order to complete phrases from the text:
ü m_dern li_e
ü con_ent_onal use
ü w_tricit_ s_stem
ü w_stage of p_wer
ü p_wer transmit_sion
ü e_ectric to_thbrush
ü to re_ch anten_a_
| GRAMMAR |
Modal verbs
