New gadgets - what can we expect

LEAD - UP ACTIVITY

Short discussion.

1. How fast does technology advance?

2. In your opinion what is the reason of fast technological development?

3. What new devices can you name?

4. What are they characterized with?

2) Look at the following quotations. Which do you agree with? Why? Discuss in pairs:

‘It is assumed that anyone who makes a million dollars has a unique gift, though he might have made it off some useless gadget’

William Faulkner (American short-story writer and novelist)

‘A new gadget that lasts only five minutes is worth more than an immortal work that bores everyone’

Francis Picabia (French painter and illustrator)

READING

1. Read and translate the following words. Try to explain their meanings in English:

envision, electronics, bionics, ergonomics, certainly, non-proliferation, perspective, generation, machismo, allow, integration, discussions, weapons, nanotechnology, eco-friendly

Read and translate the text.