. Questions on the text:
1) Where did Fran Walker spend her childhood?
2) What can you say about her parents?
3) Describe Fran's stepmother.
4) Why did Fran do her best to win her stepmother's affection though she didn't like the woman?
5) What was the new mother's attitude towards her stepdaughter?
6) What was the reason of Fran's exaggerations? What do you think she said about her friends, school, etc.?
7) What way out did Fran's stepmother find to make the girl stop lying?
8) Which phrase in the text proves that it wasn't easy for the girl to win the badge?
9) Fran was eager to announce her victory, wasn't she? Prove it by the text.
10) It was only once that Fran's stepmother believed her. When? Was it of any use?
- The on-screen sensors that monitor health will automatically transmit information to doctors. On the basis of this data, many common diseases can be recognized before they go into serious stages;
- "Clouds" with the decoding of each person's DNA, which by 2025 will allow doctors to determine the most optimal way of treatment as quickly as possible;
- Cars without a driver on intelligent roads;
- 3D printing. Each will have its own home "factory" the size of the desktop. It will allow you to produce different goods yourself when they are needed;
- Soft robots by 2020 will help with the au pair, make up the company, provide security and help the elderly and infirm people.
2. Картина называлась «Наполеон в седле на улицах города Яффо во время чумы".
3. Он был худым, сутуловатым мужчиной, ростом около ста-восьмидесяти сантиметров.
4. В этот момент О'Брайен взглянул на свои часы.
5. Для кандидата от лейбористов дополнительные выборы в Ливерпуле стали показательными.
6. Наконец он обрёл дар речи.
7. Не похоже, что она живет здесь сейчас. Постель не тронута.
8. Женщина на другом конце попросила подождать.
9. Не то, чтобы вы мне не нравились, мистер Монт, просто Флер для меня - всё.
10. Закройте окно, чтобы не впускать холод.
11. Вот вам.
12. Да, верно!
13. Блин!