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Task 2. Reading

Read the texts and put the appropriate ‘consequences’ from the box below into the gaps.

Consider the development of a nuclear power plant at an ocean site. The anticipated and intended goal or consequence is the production of electric power. The undesired but common and expected consequence is the heating of the ocean water near the plant. An undesired and improbable consequence would be a major explosion.(a)

Number of prohibiting laws of human actions like selling alcohol drinks, birth, abortion also has unintended results. In the history keeping domestic animals was banned in cities, thinking of making cities more modern and cultural and to increase intelligence. People disposed them of after tax had been set for

keeping them. ______________________________ ________Human stupidity ___________________ as the results of running after beauty.

Most modern technologies have negative consequences that are both unavoidable and unpredictable. For example, almost All environmental problems, from chemical pollution to global warming, (C)

are the unexpected consequences of the application of modern technologies. Invention of the automobiles resulted Traffic congestion, deaths injuries from car accidents and air pollution.(b)

One of the innovations- the Internet has already had an impact on human life significantly. It changed the ways in which we meet each other, the ways we run

business, the ways we share information, and many more. Still, all of this is surely only the small tip of a huge iceberg, which seems very likely to change our lives in ways which we cannot today imagine.(d)

.We cannot begin to anticipate the consequences of this technology. Spam (e)_is also unintended consequence of the

e-mail service. Bluetooth and Wi-Fi abilities are not detected fully.

The other technology which has stirred the public imagination in this century is the cloning of animals, and the possibility that we may eventually be able to

clone human beings. Who knows what consequences it may bring?

Another much desired technology is robot. People expect robots as their helpers or slaves and are going to have much happier life. If we look at peoples’

dependency on computers today, it is difficult to anticipate if robots will be slave to people (f) or vice versa.

Consequences:

a. would be a major explosion.

b. Traffic congestion, deaths injuries from car accidents and air pollution.

c. All environmental problems, from chemical pollution to global warming,

d. which seems very likely to change our lives in ways which we cannot today imagine.

e. Spam.

f. robots will be slave to people

g. the modernization ideas ended with famine.

h. caused disabilities or even death.

Task 3. Writing

Do you agree or disagree with the given statement?

If any invention has a negative unintended consequence then the only inventor is guilty. Write down your opinion (150-200 words).