Tashkent university of information technologies named after muhammad al-kwarizmi abdiyeva saida

Vocabulary match: Match the words in column A with the best choice in column B.

A		B
1	Legitimate	a	Huge
2	Descendant	b	Real
3	Enormous	c	Shut down
4	Fund	d	Give money
5	Discover	e	Future generations
6	Switch off	f	find

5. 
   Fill in the blanks
   

Switch off, enormous, fund, legitimate, discover, descendants

1. 
   The ________________ theory suggests an advanced civilization is responsible.
   
2. 
   Maybe our future __________________ want to understand 21^st century humans.
   
3. 
   There is _____________________ computing power in the future.
   
4. 
   Tech billionaires have begun to ____________________ research to discover the truth.
   
5. 
   They have given money to scientists to ___________________ a way to free humankind.
   
6. 
   Let’s hope that the program doesn’t crash or it isn’t ____________________.
   

6. 
   Define: Look in your dictionary for each word. Write the definition, correctly pronounce the word, and give an example sentence to the class.
   

1. 
   Legitimate
   
2. 
   Descendant
   
3. 
   Enormous
   
4. 
   Fund
   
5. 
   Discover
   
6. 
   Switch off
   

14C. LISTENING

Listen to the recording and fill in the spaces.

New research ___________________ BBC suggests that children aged 6-12 can learn important ___________________ virtual worlds. The BBC website says: “Virtual words can be valuable places where ___________________ do in real life.” The study’s lead researcher, Professor David Gauntlett, stated that children interacting with others online and exploring web worlds ___________________ than passive pastimes like watching TV. He said the children adopted different roles when ___________________ the virtual world; Some were explorers, others were social climbers, ___________________ fighters or collectors. Professor Gauntlet indicated that the virtual world ___________________ children to rehearse real-life situations without the negative or painful consequences of the real world.

The BBC’s research was carried ___________________ Children’s BBC online world called Adventure Rock. In it, children have to explore, create ___________________ questions as they go deeper into the game. It is a ___________________ children’s avatars cannot meet or communicate. Kids can share tips and hints for other users on a message board, which is controlled ___________________ BBC staff. There are none of the chat rooms or discussion boards normally found in virtual worlds like Second Life. The ___________________ for kids in an online environment without advertising and sales gimmicks. Researchers also asked parents about their ___________________ children spending time in Adventure Rock.  The findings were presented at the Conference on Virtual Worlds for Children on 23 May 2008.