To translate the given text for a 9th-grade English lesson, we focus on the questions related to the history of technology:
B. Listen to the same text, (47), and read (48), (A).
Answer the questions on the text “History of Technology” (part II).
What periods in the history of humanity are mentioned in the text? What was invented during these periods?
Why did people choose brute force? What method did they use?
How did Europe lose its forests?
Why was the engine very important?
How has the modern society changed thanks to the achievements in technology?
What are the negative results of the technological revolution? Can people improve the situation? How?
8 Speak about the history of technology. Mention the following periods:
- technology in the Middle Ages;
- technology during the period of the Renaissance;
- the Industrial Revolution in Europe.
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9 Read the text “History of Technology” again and find in it the English equivalents for the following:
- production of energy; 2) Gothic architecture; 3) New World; 4) working with oxen; 5) shipbuilding and metalwork; 6) in the early 19th century; 7) thanks to Henry; 8) energy from steam; 9) transport, communication.