DRIVERLESS CAR IS THE BIGGEST
LEAP FORWARD
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Vocabulary: ex. 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 18
Reading: ex. 2, 5, 6, 11, 17, 23
Speaking: ex. 10, 13, 24
Writing: ex. 3, 9
Listening: ex. 3, 6, 14, 21, 24, 25
Role play: ex. 10, 20, 21, 24
Grammar: ex. 6, 12, 14, 15,20, 22, 24
Creating a Web Quest Project: ex. 25
“Try to invent a self-driving car”
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Exercise 1. Warm-up. In pairs or small groups discuss the questions.
1. Is ‘Driverless car’ or ‘Computer-operated car’ going to be the next major battlefield for the car industry?
2. How could self-operated cars change our whole future?
3. Will there still be driving tests?
4. Will a driverless road be ‘accident-free’ or ‘solve’ crashes?
5. Will we be drivers or passengers?
6. Will a 9-year-old child independently drive to school in the morning?
7. How will ‘Automation systems’ reshape the car design?
8. What parts of a car can be eliminated?
9. Will all cars be electric?
10. Will automated vehicles be vulnerable to hackers?
Exercise 2. Read and guess the meaning of these words which you will see in the text. If you have some difficulties use the dictionary or visit the Internet site:
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Basic_English_international_wordlist
Prospect • reality • decade • acceleration • technology • intelligence • sensor • camera • radar • analytic • transform • computer • industry • major • manufacturer • paradigm • personal • boss • sector • corporation • ranging • Yutong • Audi • BMW • Google • Honda • Intel • Tesla • Uber • Volkswagen • production • Model S • Model X • Model 3 • automobile • design • video • display • informing • location • distance • meter • system • process • information • Tesla • autopilot • virtual • instrument • massive • traffic • upgrade • moment.
Exercise 3. Visit the website address given below. Watch the clip“Mercedes S Class Self Driving Car is here” and write down the international words you have heard. Then read out the words from Exercise 2, which you have heard in the clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDwMhSobaOg
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Exercise 4. Try to memorize the following words and word combinations. It will help you comprehend the text in detail, take part in the discussion, arrange role-plays, and present your Web Quest Project.
1. prospect – перспектива
2. to accelerate – ускорять, увеличивать скорость
3. autonomous driving technology – технологии автономного управления
4. artificial intelligence – искусственный интеллект
5. data analytics – аналитики данных
6. the notion of car ownership itself – понятие владения автомобилем
7. computer-operated – управляемый компьютером
8. driverless car – автомобиль без водителя, автомобиль-беспилотник
9. self-driving car – самоходный автомобиль
10. robot car – машина робот-автомат
11. automated vehicle (AV) – автоматизированное транспортное средство
12. the major battlefield for – основное поле битвы
13. recent prediction – последний прогноз
14. car manufacturer – автопроизводитель
15. to estimate – оценивать
16. to hit the market – выйти на рынок
17. to reduce pollution and congestion – уменьшать загрязнение и загруженность дорог
18. paradigm shift – смена (изменение) парадигмы
19. personal vehicle ownership rates – коэффициент владельцев автомобилем
20. crowded space – переполненное пространство
21. to estimate – давать оценку
22. ranging from – начиная от
23. currently – в настоящее время
24. to inch closer to – медленно приближаться к
25. new hardware – новое аппаратное оборудование
26. to reshape the automobile design – изменить дизайн автомобиля
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27. destination – направление, пункт назначения
28. to provide – обеспечить
29. visibility – видимость, обзор
30. addition – дополнение, дополнительный
31. capability – возможность, способность
32. in relation to its lane – относительно полосы движения
33. to distinguish an obstacle and a sign – различать препятствие и знак
34. important upgrade – важное обновление
35. to seem like novelty – казаться новшеством
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