Дополнительный материал к учебнику Starlight 10 (Module 5)

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I. Choose the correct answer according to the contents of the video and circle it:
1. utopia a) something that people didn’t want to have b) something that people have wanted to get rid of c) the very idea the best minds of mankind tried to develop
2. All utopias failed because of … a) lands of poor fertility b) scarcity c) new territories
3. The replicator in Star Trek … a) cannot be created with the help of nanotechnology b) it is an assumed name of a character c) … “ we'll have it with nanotechnology.”
4. If you have a molecular assembler, a) you can turn wood into glass b) you can turn sand into glass c) a) you can turn plastic into glass
5. The 20th century is bad because of a) wars b) horrible diseases c) desertification
6. Many people of the 20th century froze themselves in order… a) not to see the troubles of their lives b) to let their bodies to experiment with c) to get cured of their diseases
7. The crew of the Enterprise in Star Trek…. a) wonders what money was b) shows no surprise. c) shows the banker where he can get his multiplied investments
8. The idea - "If you want something, you simply ask for it and you get it" is… a) reasonable b) attractive c) subversive
9. Some sociologists think that “if drugs are totally legalized”…. a) 3 to 5% of the human race will become permanent drug addicts. b) 1 to 3% of the human race will become permanent drug addicts. c) 5 to 7% of the human race will become permanent drug addicts.
10. What happens when we have this society based on replicators?  a) 3 to 5% of the human race will become permanent parasites. b) 1 to 3% of the human race will become permanent parasites. c) 5 to 7% of the human race will become permanent parasites.
Your Name: _______________________________________ 2 V
I. Choose the correct answer according to the contents of the video and circle it:
1. utopia a) something that people didn’t want to have b) something that people have wanted to get rid of c) the very idea the best minds of mankind tried to develop
2. All utopias failed because of … a) lands of poor fertility b) scarcity c) new territories
3. The replicator in Star Trek … a) cannot be created with the help of nanotechnology b) it is an assumed name of a character c) … “ we'll have it with nanotechnology.”
4. If you have a molecular assembler, a) you can turn wood into glass b) you can turn sand into glass c) a) you can turn plastic into glass
5. The 20th century is bad because of a) wars b) horrible diseases c) desertification
6. Many people of the 20th century froze themselves in order… a) not to see the troubles of their lives b) to let their bodies to experiment with c) to get cured of their diseases
7. The crew of the Enterprise in Star Trek…. a) wonders what money was b) shows no surprise. c) shows the banker where he can get his multiplied investments
8. The idea - "If you want something, you simply ask for it and you get it" is… a) reasonable b) attractive c) subversive
9. Some sociologists think that “if drugs are totally legalized”…. a) 3 to 5% of the human race will become permanent drug addicts. b) 1 to 3% of the human race will become permanent drug addicts. c) 5 to 7% of the human race will become permanent drug addicts.
10. What happens when we have this society based on replicators?  a) 3 to 5% of the human race will become permanent parasites. b) 1 to 3% of the human race will become permanent parasites. c) 5 to 7% of the human race will become permanent parasites.
II. Answer the following questions:
What is the whole nature of the human psyche based on? __________________________________________
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  Is it possible to reach infinite plenty?_________________________________________________________
What can a nanobot do? ____________________________________________________________________
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What sort of replicator has Mother nature created?_______________________________________________
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What can the ribosome do? __________________________________________________________________
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III. Fill in the gaps:
Throughout human history people have tried to create utopia, ___________________. In fact, America, the American ___________, in some sense was _________ on utopianism. Why do we have the Shaker movement? Why did we have the Quakers? Why did we have so many different ____________________movements that fled Europe looking to create utopia here in the Americas? Well, we know the Shakers have ___________ and many of these colonies have also disappeared only ______________________ in footnotes in American textbooks, and the question is why?
II. Answer the following questions:
What is the whole nature of the human psyche based on? __________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
  Is it possible to reach infinite plenty?_________________________________________________________
What can a nanobot do? ____________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
What sort of replicator has Mother nature created?_______________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________
What can the ribosome do? __________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________
III. Fill in the gaps:
One reason why is scarcity because back then _____________________________ was still young and societies had scarcity. Scarcity ________________________ and unless you have a way to _______________________, your colony falls apart. How do you _____________________? Who ________________________________ when there is a famine? Who _______________________ when there is a snowstorm and all of the sudden you've eaten up your seed corn? These are questions that faced the early American colonists, and that's the reason why we only see the ghost towns of these utopias. 
ANSWERS:
I. Choose the correct answer according to the contents of the video and circle it:
1. utopia a) something that people didn’t want to have b) something that people have wanted to get rid of c) the very idea the best minds of mankind tried to develop 2. All utopias failed because of … a) lands of poor fertility b) scarcity c) new territories
3. The replicator in Star Trek … a) cannot be created with the help of nanotechnology b) it is an assumed name of a character c) … “ we'll have it with nanotechnology.”
4. If you have a molecular assembler, a) you can turn wood into glass b) you can turn sand into glass c) a) you can turn plastic into glass
5. The 20th century is bad because of a) wars b) horrible diseases c) desertification
6. Many people of the 20th century froze themselves in order… a) not to see the troubles of their lives b) to let their bodies to experiment with c) to get cured of their diseases
7. The crew of the Enterprise in Star Trek…. a) wonders what money was b) shows no surprise. c) shows the banker where he can get his multiplied investments
8. The idea - "If you want something, you simply ask for it and you get it" is… a) reasonable b) attractive c) subversive
9. Some sociologists think that “if drugs are totally legalized”…. a) 3 to 5% of the human race will become permanent drug addicts. b) 1 to 3% of the human race will become permanent drug addicts. c) 5 to 7% of the human race will become permanent drug addicts.
10. What happens when we have this society based on replicators?  a) 3 to 5% of the human race will become permanent parasites. b) 1 to 3% of the human race will become permanent parasites. c) 5 to 7% of the human race will become permanent parasites.