2. Gadgets and inventions. Why are there a lot of various modern inventions (gadgets)? Why does a modern man needs them? Do they save or ruin people’s time and life?

3. computer microwave oven mobile phone camera TV TV remote control fridge Use: I can hardly live without … I can’t imagine my life without … The most important thing for me is … calculator

5. Mobile phone – It is a wireless means of communication used to talk to other people from a distance. A TV remote control - We use it to operate a TV set from a distance. Camera - We use it to take pictures. Mp3 player - We use it to listen to music. Calculator – It is an electronic device used to perform both basic and complex operations of arithmetic. Answers

6. 1955г, The USA 1827г, France 1673, Германия 1957г. USSA 1998, Southern Korea

7. Ancient ways of communicationModern ways of communication By ship By car By train By plane E-mail Mobile phone Carrier-pigeon Horseman

8. Grammar review Prepositions of time at in on Certain time Date Days of the week, month, year The beginning of a period since

9. Grammar review Prepositions of time at in on 1.Usually I go to bed at 11 o’clock. 2.My birthday is in March. 3.The school year starts on the 1 st of September. 4.It is 1998 or a year since first I met Sir Henry Curtis and Captain Good. since Examples

10. Grammar review Prepositions of time at in on 1.Our classes usually start _____ 8 o’clock. 2. Mp3 player was invented _____ 1998. 3.The school year ends _____ the 31 st of May. 4.I’ve been studying French _____ I was 12. since