Engage 3 Unit 2
Engage 3 Unit 2
Engage 3 Unit 2
Vocabulary Grammar
1 Circle the correct words. 1 Complete the conversation.
1 Factories and traffic pollute / evaporate the Cruz Hi, Frida. How were your exams?
environment. Frida They were really difficult. I’m worried. If I
2 We need to adapt / recycle paper, glass, and (1) __________________ (not pass) my
plastic. exams, I (2) __________________ (not
3 There are so many people in the world that we go) to college. And I really want to!
will use up / melt all the oil. Cruz Which college do you want to go to?
4 We should keep our environment clean and not Frida I don’t know. If I
adapt / litter. (3) __________________ (get) good
5 Many animals are in danger of becoming grades, (4) __________________ (apply)
extinct / used up. to Yale.
6 The water will melt / evaporate if you heat it Cruz What are you going to study?
for too long. Frida If I (5) __________________ (go) to Yale,
I (6) __________________ (study) law!
1 point for each correct answer. Total 6 points.
How about you?
Cruz I don’t want to study law. If I
2 Circle the correct words.
(7) __________________ (do) well, I (8)
1 I can tell my TV to turn itself on. It is voice-
__________________ (study) computer
activated / portable.
2 It is raining, but it doesn’t matter. My cell science.
phone is tiny / waterproof. Frida Well, good luck! Bye.
3 My tablet is small so I can carry it around. It is Cruz See you later.
electronic / portable.
1 point for each correct answer. Total 8 points
4 Do you think robots will be intelligent /
wireless in the future?
5 In many cities you can now get a wireless /
computerized Internet connection.
6 I don’t like portable / electronic books. I prefer
to buy them in bookstores.
1 point for each correct answer. Total 6 points.
Reading __________________________________
6 What might know everything about you?
In the future, technology will be at the center of __________________________________
everything.
__________________________________
Take transport for example. By 2030, people won’t 7 What does the writer think people will lose in
drive cars, they’ll talk to them and the cars will
the future?
obey instructions. “Intelligent” roads will pass
information into cars about driving conditions. If __________________________________
there’s a jam on the freeway, the freeway will tell __________________________________
the driver and he or she’ll be able to avoid it! If 8 Why?
people drive too fast, their cars will slow down __________________________________
automatically. If you forget to pay your car tax,
__________________________________
your car will remind you!
1 point for each correct answer. Total 8 points
Refrigerators will read the “use by” date on our
food containers, and remind people when to go
shopping. If you forget to take your medicine, the Total 60 points.
“intelligent” medicine jar will remind you. Your
clothes will activate special advertisements on the
street and in stores. When you walk past, they will
show you a personal choice of clothes designed
especially for you.
Sounds good, doesn’t it? But if “big business”
knows everything about you, then you will lose
your privacy forever. Everything you do will be
monitored and controlled. How does this sound
now?