V. Answer the following questions.

1. What role do engineers play in technology?

2. What is the task of mathematicians?

3. Why do we use technology?

4. What is the definition of technology?

5. Does engineering affect the living conditions of humanity?

6. How can we change the world?

7. What branches is technology closely connected with?

VI. Fill in the gaps with the appropriate prepositions. The first one is shown as an example.

1. Every engineering design operates within constraints that must be identified and taken into account.

2. Many engineers are engaged _____ science.

3. _____ the one hand, there may be unexpected benefits.

4. Our access to and use of vast stores of fossil fuels have made us dependent _____ a nonrenewable resource.

5. Technology is largely responsible _____ such large-scale changes as the increased urbanization of society and the dramatically growing economic interdependence of communities worldwide.

6. Most technological innovations spread or disappear _____ the basis of free-market forces — that is, on the basis of how people and companies respond to such innovations.

7. Secrecy most often provides only an advantage _____ terms of time — a head start, not absolute control of knowledge.

8. An automobile is a more complex system, made _____ of subsystems for controlling engine temperature, combustion rate, direction, speed, and so forth.

9. The professional values of engineering are very similar _____ those of science, including the advantages seen in the open sharing of knowledge.

VII. A) In the text “Technology and Science” find the synonyms to the given words.

desire; amateur; request; approach; involvement; insight; improved; breakdown;

interpret; necessary

b) Complete the gaps in the sentences with the appropriate words from part “a”.

Magnesium and iron are also ______for the growth of green plants.

We take a varied and often innovative _____ to teaching, learning and assessment.

We use highly _____ computer models to simulate the body's interaction with the implant.

The gearbox suffered the _____ of a bolt in its upper part.

He has spent over thirty years with the company, rising through the ranks from a young _____ to becoming managing director.

It is too early to make an informed ______ about the scale of the impact on the UK economy.

VIII. Complete the sentences using information from the text “Technology and Science”.

1. First task of engineers is to develop a general approach and then …

2. The main role of scientist is …

3. The results of world changing cause …

4. Realizing the principles of things’ behavior comes from …

5. Technology is closely connected with some branches such as …

6. Scientists, mathematicians and engineers deal with …

7. Technology influences …

IX. Work in pairs. Can you explain the meaning of the words dealing with the technology? Complete the following passages with the words in the diagram.

1. ______ is defined as "the incorporation of new ideas and the most up to date knowledge in order to make advancements in the already existing knowledge". There are several synonyms of the phrase ______ such as advancement, stylish, artistic work, modern.

2. ______ technology refers to technological devices, techniques or achievements that employ the most current and high-level IT developments; in other words, technology at the frontiers of knowledge. ______ is also known as leading edge or state-of-the-art technology.

3. _____relating to the most expensive, most sophisticated, or most powerful in a variety of products such as computers.

4. ______ inventions are new products or methods created from original ideas, while innovations are new versions of something that offer an expanded use.