Read new words and translate the examples with them.

Vocabulary

Automation

Change the verb if necessary.

1. all steamed up:to be angry or worried

2. burn the midnight oil:to work late at night

3. burn the candles at both ends:to work too hard without enough rest

4. burn out:to lose one’s interest or desire, often due to overuse

5. get wind of:to discover or find out

6. hot air:meaningless or unimportant things

a) People who_________often have accidents because they are tired.

b) The presenter promised his workshop would be very informative and exciting, but I left because he was full of________

c) After the 2004 season, Nick Jordan was________ on basketball. He wanted to play baseball instead.

d) Once the students________ free light drinks, there was a line at the restaurant.

e) Don’t get_______and start an argument.

f) Because she had a term paper due to the next morning, Mary was_______ to finish it on time.

4.2.16 Number the lines of the dialogue in the correct order. Then try to reproduce it.

- 1) Hello, glad to meet you, Alex, haven’t seen you for ages, since we graduated from the University.

- Oh, your work is very important nowadays. Mankind needs energy for producing light, heat and transportation.

- Sure, that’s so. And as the population grows, so does the demand for better quality of life. Energy consumption increases daily.

- Well, let’s go to the seminar and listen to the presenter speaking aboutalternatives to non-renewable fossil fuels.

- Really? As for me, I am with Bell Telephone Company. It is a global leader in electrical engineering. And I deal with new technologies.

- How do you do, Denis, I haven’t expected to meet you here. Are you also going to attend this seminar?

- Certainly, as you know, I’m interested in energy problems and the speaker will just speak about it. By the way I work at this University.

- But with the threat to clean air and pure water increases too. These natural resources are not unlimited.

- Yes, that’s why we should develop new systems to conserve energy and find alternative sources of energy.

- OK. Let’s go. I want to know much about it.

4.2.17 Make a presentation on “Renewable sources of energy”.