Exercise 11. Match each item on the left with an item on the right to complete a sentence.
| 1.Over the next decade, accelerating autonomous driving technology | a. and will also bring about a paradigm shift in personal vehicle ownership rates. |
| 2. Computer-operated, also known as a driverless car, self-driving car or robot car | b. with relevant information. |
| 3. Self-operated cars will be safer, reduce pollution and congestion, | c. has become the next major battlefield for the car industry. |
| 4. 59% of industry bosses believe that more than half of all car owners today | d. is crowded space. |
| 5. Today’s automated vehicle sector | e. will no longer want to own a car by 2025. |
| 6. They come with one radar sensors, and Nvidia’s Titan GPU onboard computing system | f. in blue. |
| 7. The car is able to distinguish between an obstacle and a sign | g. are set to transform not only how we drive, but the notion of car ownership itself. |
| 8. The obstacles are highlighted | h. to process all the information. |
| 9. The car can also see traffic lights – | i. it will open up new prospects. |
| 10. At the moment, the driverless car doesn’t seem like novelty, | j. that’s an important upgrade. |
Exercise 12. For each group of words a-j find a synonym from 1-10.
| 1. prospect (adj.) | a. potential, scope, future, expectations, possibilities; |
| 2. to estimate (v.) | b. to increase, to rise, to advance, to leap, to surge, to escalate; |
| 3. range (n.) | c. synthetic, fake, false, mock, imitative, simulated; |
| 4. driverless (adj.) | d. brainpower, perception, sharpness, cleverness, ability; |
| 5. prediction (n.) | e. autonomous, independent, self-ruling, uncontrolled; |
| 6. intelligence (n.) | f. forecast, prognosis, anticipation, apprehension; |
| 7. to inch (v.) | g. blockage, bottleneck, traffic jam; |
| 8. artificial (adj.) | h. evaluate, figure out, consider |
| 9. congestion (n.) | i. to creep, to drag, to lag, to worm; |
| 10. to accelerate (v) | j. radius, area, orbit, field, scope, scale, horizon, latitude; |
Exercise 13. Answer the questions concerning the topic of the Module. It will help you understand the text in detail:
1. When will the prospect of flying cars become a reality?
2. What does accelerating autonomous driving technology include?
3. Will driverless cars change the way we think of car ownership?
4. Can you enumerate all titles of driverless cars?
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5. What will be the next major battlefield for the car industry?
6. When will automated vehicles hit the market?
7. What advantages will self-operated cars bring?
8. Will car owners want to own a car in future?
9. Is today’s automated vehicle sector crowded or empty space?
10. What companies are currently developing AV technology?
11. Tesla is inching closer to having a fully self-driving car, isn’t it?
12. What does Elon Musk’s announcement include?
13. Are the Model S, Model X, and Model 3 being built with new hardware?
14. What will new hardware enable them to do?
15. Will self-operated cars reshape the automobile design?
16. How will passengers be informed about the current location?
17. Will it be possible to know the distance to your destination or the speed?
18. With how many cameras are the self-driving cars being built?
19. What other modern components do they come with?
20. Does the driverless car seem like novelty?
EXPLORING GRAMMAR
Exercise 14. Define the meaning of the modal verbs and their equivalents in the following sentences. If you have some difficulties use the grammar reference at the end of the book or the Internet sites:
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/modal-verbs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiIa2nAHkBw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBIawQGe-88
1. Tesla Corporation must accelerate autonomous driving technology. – Tesla Corporation has to accelerate autonomous driving technology.
2. Self-operated car can transform the notion of automobile ownership itself. – Self-operated car is able to transform the notion of automobile ownership itself.
3. The first automobile couldn’t be acomputer-operated vehicle. – The first automobile wasn’t able to be a computer-operated vehicle.
4. Any modern companies may currently develop AV technology. – Any modern companies are allowed to/are permitted to develop AV technology.
5. You needn’t control the distance to your destination or speed in a driverless car. – You need to control the distance to your destination or speed in a driverless car.
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6. Shall I try to repair this wheel or will you?
7. Something is wrong with this sensor. I think we should check everything again.
8. We ought to find andcompare artificial intelligence (AI) software.
9. Would you mind waiting a moment?
10. Would you preferBMV or Mercedes? – I’d likeTesla.
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