Номер 2, страница 63 - гдз по английскому языку 11 класс учебник Вербицкая, Каминс Карр

Unit six.

Good progress.

Track thirty-nine.

A.

Do you sometimes wish you could make a cup of coffee without getting off the sofa? Well, now you can. Scientists have invented a coffee machine which can be switched on by text message. It has a receiver into which you simply program your mobile number, then text the word ready when you are ready for a cup of coffee. The machine is called Fresh Brew and was created by British coffee company Beans Are Us. According to a spokeswoman for the company, the invention is being welcomed by coffee lovers and couch potatoes everywhere. However, there's one drawback. It needs to be filled with coffee and water first, and there's no technology available that can do that for you. Not yet, anyway.

B.

Would you like a magic mirror that predicts how you might look in the future? Apparently, a new system films you in your home, identifying, for example, how long you spend sitting on the sofa and how often you visit the fridge for a snack. Once a profile of your lifestyle has been built up, a computer shows you how your appearance will be affected in the future. Some experts predict that it will be very effective because people will be shown the consequences of an unhealthy lifestyle, and it could shock them into changing their ways. Others think the device will never be popular, simply because nobody likes being told about their bad habits, especially by a computer. But when will it be on the market? Well, when we last heard, the mirror was still being developed in a lab in France.

C.

If you spend hours downloading songs to your iPod, you may no longer need to worry about fiddling about with cables. A Japanese company called NQC Laboratories reports that information such as music and games could be downloaded in seconds via your right arm. How is that possible? Well, their body download system uses the human body as a path for electrical signals. A transmitter is worn on the body and digital messages are sent via the body's electrical field to a receiver on a computer, digital camera, MP three player, or other device. Tests are still in progress at the moment, but the company expects body download to be launched next year.

D.

When Lois realized she had been followed to her front door, she quickly activated her bag, her defense against a possible attack. Sounds like something from science fiction to you? Well, think again. The surprise bag really exists and is a must-have if you are worried about being attacked. You see, when the bag is activated, anyone who touches it is given an eighty thousand volt electric shock, enough to slow down any attacker. The inventors do, however, warn that it should not be used as protection from wild animals because their nervous systems are different from a human's. If you want to have a look at the bag, it is going to be shown at the New Inventors Show next week.