A. Discuss in small groups or in pairs: Will wars and combat operations be all carried out with the help of unmanned devices in the future?
Exercise 18. Match the following verbs and nouns to make word combinations.
| to play | a new generation of pilots |
| to pilot | maps and images |
| to cause | a drone |
| to request | weapons |
| to set | turns inside the containers |
| to control | the targets |
| to teach | the engine, the altitude and the attitude |
| to steer | years as a fighter pilot |
| to fly | weapons |
| to take | the identity |
| to spend | the aircraft |
| to do | the cameras and the radars |
| to give | reconnaissance missions |
| to be concerned with | a name |
| to carry | discomfort |
| to hide | support |
| to employ | great job |
| to mark | foot in the enemy territory |
| to dissect | an important role |
Exercise 19. Match each verb with its correct definition.
a. to alert, b. to detect, c. to download, d. to provide, e. to customize, f. to survive, g. to maintain, h. to encounter, i. to surround, j. to rescue.
1. to make or change something according to the buyer’s or user’s needs;
2. to inform or warn about something;
3. to notice, discover or catch something partly hidden or not clear;
4. to help someone or something out of a dangerous or an unpleasant situation;
5. to keep in an existing state, to preserve from failure or declining;
6. to be everywhere around something;
7. to copy or move programs or information into a computer’s memory;
8. to continue to live or exist, especially after coming close to dying or being destroyed;
9. to give somebody something that they need;
10. to come upon or meet with, especially unexpectedly.
Exercise 20.Work in small groups. Name the functions of the following elements of the construction of drones. Discuss these functions. Use the verbs such as:
ALLOW, ENABLE, PROVIDE (FOR), MAINTAIN, CAPTURE, ATTACH, ADAPT, OVERCOME, COLLIDE, COLLECT, DETECT, INTEND, ENCOUNTER, ACCESS, RESEARCH, MEASURE, OBSERVE, IDENTIFY, INFORM, EQUIP, GATHER, ALERT
GimBall: flexible geodesic sphere, motor, outer frame.
Regular drones: rotating blades, engines, camera, sensors, lightweight body, frame, flight controller (central processor), screw propeller, remote control, accumulator.
Exercise 21. Write a short summary of what you have learnt about drones and the ways they are used. Make sure you use the active vocabulary from both texts.
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Exercise 22. ROLE PLAY. Your company develops drones for various commercial purposes. Meet your potential client who needs video surveillance around his summer cottage. Discuss the functions and specific features of the new drone.
Exercise 23. Make up your own Resume/CV for a Drone Pilot (Technical) Company. You may v isit the website addresses given below or use the Supplementary Information at the end of the book:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTbyvLGqTR4
https://www.livecareer.com/resume-search/r/drone-pilot-67934490
https://www.livecareer.com/resume-search/r/drone-technician-89322170
GRAMMAR DEVELOPMENT
Exercise 24. Translate the following sentences into English using Present forms of Participles 1:
1. Сидя рядом с пилотом, он управляет камерами и радарами. 2. Прикрепляя термические камеры, исследователи планировали наблюдать за вулканической активностью. 3. Работая вместе с бортовыми сенсорами и с системой GPS, программное обеспечение помогает контролировать полет дрона. 4. Исследуя вулкан в Гватемале, ученые использовали беспилотные аппараты. 5. Имея на борту оружие, военные дроны представляют угрозу. 6. Пролетая над жерлом вулкана, дрон зафиксировал наличие облаков пыли. 7. Рассматривая карты, аналитики обнаружили противника. 8. Используя мощные лазеры, мы можем помечать цели на земле. 9. Вы не стабилизируете ситуацию в регионе, используя оружие. 10. Давая имена дронам, инженеры хотели показать, что это мощные и опасные машины. 11. Видя, что высота полета увеличивается, операторы приняли решение снизить скорость. 12. Сменяя друг друга в кабине управления, пилоты могут держать дрон в воздухе 24 часа. 13. Находясь на другом конце света, офицеры управляют дронами с потрясающей точностью. 14. Будучи самой крупной военной летной школой в мира, эта база закрыта для журналистов. 15. Представляя собой коварное смертоносное оружие, военные дроны лишают покоя политиков по всему миру. 16. Играя важную роль в военных сражениях, дроны могут быть использованы и в мирных целях.
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Exercise 25. Creating a Web Quest Project.
Collect information on the following topic: «How drones are advancing scientific research» in the fields like wildlife, space exploration and the like. Use the following links or some others relevant to the topic.
https://phys.org/news/2017-06-drones-advancing-scientific.html
https://www.microdrones.com/en/mdaircraft/science-and-academic-research/
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=6682624
https://www.expouav.com/news/latest/usgs-making-drones-work-scientific-research/
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