Mark Humayun

IX. Read the text below and choose the invention which from your point of view can change our life drastically.

VII. Restore the word order in the following sentences.

VI. Match the words in A-column with the words in B-column.

V. Fill in the gaps with the proper verb from the table below.

IV. a) Form the nouns using proper suffixes.

To invent, to identify, to restore, blind, to transmit, to transform, to create, to construct, to operate, to communicate, to recognize.

b) Translate the words with prefix fore-.

Foresee, forearm, forego, foreknow, foretell, foretaste, forefather, foremost.

1. The operation … his sight. 2. The government plans to … more jobs for young people. 3. They were … by the news. 4. We have … the business by opening two more shops. 5. I ... him as soon as he came into the room.

A B

1) Serendipitous a) cars

2) Little-known b) impact

3) Academic c) inventions

4) Autonomous d) voice

5) Permanent e) scientists

6) New f) institutions

7) Human g) generation

1. Try / scientists / to expand / knowledge / the frontiers / of human. 2. This / independently / invention / will help / the blind / to walk. 3. Are developing / autonomous / inventors / and / cars / helicopters. 4. The help / is / it / computer / possible / to recognize / with / human voice / of?

VIII. Practice the reading of the following words:

Breakthrough, to revolutionise, scientist, engineer, frontier, via, machine, autonomous, helicopter, physician, surgeon, microchip, retina, to allow, to dial.

Inventions have the power to change the world. Breakthrough can often come from unexpected fields, as Dolly the cloned sheep proved to be a stunning invention in 1997. Little-known scientists and engineers are working in laboratories and academic institutions in hope of being able to revolutionise the way we live in the next century. Helped by leading figures in the scientific community, The Sunday Times has identified those who could shape the 21^st century. Some are likely (вероятно) to become future Nobel prize-winners and they all are working to expand the frontiers of human knowledge.

Eye surgeon and biomedical engineer who has restored limited sight to the blind by linking (подсоединить) a microchip to the human retina (сетчатка), transforming electronic images into electrical impulses that are transmitted via the optic nerve to the brain. Humayun, who is based at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, America, is now working on the creation of a permanent implant. "Within 10 years, I believe we will have a chip that will allow (позволит) a blind person to be able to walk around in a room independently," he says.