III Render the text in a written form

Comprehensive skills

I Read the words which can help to understand the information you will listen to now

1. repel [rɪ'pel] – відбивати

2. occasion [ə'keɪʒən] – подія

3. infinite ['ɪnfɪnɪt] – довговічний

4. satellite ['sætəlaɪt] – супутник

5. track [træk] – відстежувати

6. breathing ['bri:ðɪŋ] – дихання

7. alarm [ə'lɑ:m] – сигнал небезпеки

8. sound [saund] – звук, сигнал; звучати

sleepwear ['sli:p 'wɛə] – нічна білизна
alter ['ɔ:ltə] – чергувати, міняти
application ['æplɪ'keɪʃən] – застосування

12. conductive [kən'dʌktɪv] – той, що проводить щось

II Listen to the text «Smart clothing» and try to understand it

III Listen to the text one more time and decide if the following statements are true or false. Correct the wrong sentences

1. Smart clothes will tell the parents when their baby fell asleep.

2. Dresses will change their colour when they are dirty.

3. Dirty clothes will communicate with washing-machines.

4. Satellites and children’s clothes will keep in touch.

5. Military tents will be on-line with the satellites.

Communicative Skills

I Read the dialogues and try to understand them

1) A: What do you do?

B: I’m an apprentice with a local textile factory.

A: How long will you get an experience there?

B: My training lasts two months.

A: What do you need it for?

B: After I graduate from the uni I hope the factory will take me on as an engineer.

2) A: How many hours do you work a week?

B: I do a forty-hour week. I usually start work at 8 a.m. and finish at 4:30 and half an hour for lunch.

A: And how many weeks holiday do you get a year?

B: Four – plus public holidays. I usually take two weeks off in the summer and the rest at New Year.

A: Do you do overtime?

B: Yes, if we’re busy. I’m paid double time if I work at weekends.

3) A: What sort of shift system do you operate?

B: We have a three-shift system – that’s three eight- hour shifts each weekday. We’re shut at weekends. This week I’m on the early shift.

A: Do you ever have to do the night shift?

B: Yes, sometimes. I don’t like working nights – I have problems with sleeping during the day.

II Write down questions from the dialogues for the following responses

1) ……………………………………………………………………………

I’m a technical worker at a large textile factory.

2) ……………………………………………………………………………

I work an average thirty-five hours a week.

3) ……………………………………………………………………………

Yes, sometimes. I have to work in the evenings if we have to finish an order in time.

4) ……………………………………………………………………………

We’re usually given 24 hours holiday a year.

III Role play

A. You are going to apply for a job in a textile factory. Your neighbor is an engineer in one of the divisions of the factory. Ask him about his working shift, duties and holidays.

B. You’re an engineer at a textile factory. Tell your neighbor about conditions of your work.

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