High tech gadgets
Electronic equipment & problems
Reported Speech
Idioms
Culture
10
Who is the maker of the iPhone?
Apple
10
Which electronic equipment can have the problem of jammed paper?
Printer
10
Turn the following sentence into reported speech:
She asked: “Can I go tomorrow?”
She asked if she could go the next/following day
10
Find a synonym for the following phrase:
To begin closely inspecting someone or something
to put something under the microscope
10
Who is the author of the novel "The Time Machine"?
Herbert George Wells
20
What is a camcorder?
a small video camera that can be held easily in one hand
20
Which gadget can record your school lessons?
Dictaphone
20
Turn the following sentence into reported speech:
The boy asked the tour guide: “Where is the main tourist office? “
The boy asked the tour guide where the main tourist office was
20
What does the idiom "the price is right" mean?
If the price is right, the cost of something is reasonable or someone is being offered enough money
20
You know that a lot of great inventions were made along the same line by Russian scientists and foreign scientists.
Match the invention and the inventors.
Russian inventors
A. Alexander Mozhaisky / B. Alexander Lodygin / C. the Cherepanovs
Inventions
1. incandescent lamp / 2. steam locomotive / 3. aeroplane
Foreign inventors
D. Wright brothers / E. Thomas Edison / F. George Stephenson
1. incandescent lamp (B. Alexander Lodygin / E. Thomas Edison)
2. steam locomotive (C. the Cherepanovs / F. George Stephenson)
3. aeroplane (A. Alexander Mozhaisky / D. Wright brothers)
30
What gadget(s) help(s) you to do the following:
To surf the Net
To take pictures
To send text messages
To watch films
To talk to your friends/ relatives
To store music
To surf the Net (Computer)
To take pictures (Camera / .....)
To send text messages (Smartphone / ....)
To watch films (TV / ...)
To talk to your friends/ relatives (Telephone / ....)
To store music (CD-player / ....)
30
What problem can you see in the picture?
The lens is scratched / cracked
30
Turn the following sentence into reported speech:
The old lady asked the policeman: “Is there a shopping centre nearby?”
The old lady wanted to know if there was a shopping centre nearby
30
Translate into English using the following idiom "in the works":
Я читал сегодня в компьютерном журнале, что работа над программным обеспечением нового поколения идет полным ходом.
I read in a computer magazine today that a new generation of software is in the works.
30
What is alternative energy?
Name alternative sources of energy.
Alternative energy is a term for any nontraditional energy form, source, or technology differing from the current popular forms, sources, or technologies
(solar power / wind power / hydroelectric power / .....)
40
What is the other term for a gadget?
Gizmo
40
Translate into English:
Он купил новый ремень для своей камеры, потому что старый был разорван.
He bought a new strap for his camera because the old one was torn
40
Turn the following sentences into reported speech:
Peter announced: “I will not give up until this factory is shut down.”
Peter announced that he would not give up until that factory was shut down
40
Give a definition of the following idiom:
back to the beginning of a process to start it again, because it is not working
40
Read the passage from the novel "The Time Machine" and try to explain what the word "anticipation" means.
"... I felt the same horrible anticipation, too, of an imminent smash..."
a feeling of excitement about something that is going to happen in the near future
50
What is the difference between headphones and earphones?
The key difference between earphones and headphones is that earphones are inserted into the ear canal, whereas headphones are worn around the head and cover the outer ear.
50
What does the phrase "under guarantee" mean?
If a product is guaranteed, the company that made it promises to repair or change it if a fault develops within a particular period of time
50
Turn the following sentence into reported speech:
Gloria explained: “I can’t come to the party because I’m going away for the weekend.”
Gloria explained that she couldn’t / wasn’t able to come to the party because she was going away for the weekend.
50
Guess the idiom by the picture below:
it's not rocket science
used to say that you do not think that something is very difficult to do or to understand
50
Read the passage and try to explain what the word "decades" means.
"...John Logie Baird worked hard to transmit the first real television images, a dream of many scientists for decades before..."
a period of ten years
