Английский для бакалавров. Макеева М.Н - 8 стр.

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1. An inventor is a person who creates
a) something new or better, simple altruism, or for
competitive or commercial reasons.
2. The word "inventor" comes from
b) which can be overcome in time with scientific
advances.
3. Inventors may be inspired to invent
through a desire to create
c) the Latin verb invenire, invent-, to find.
4. An invention is an object, process, or
technique
d) or discovers new methods, means or devices for
performing a task.
5. Some inventions also represent a radical
breakthrough in science or technology
e) which displays an element of novelty.
6. Over time, humanity invented objects
and methods for accomplishing tasks which
fulfill some purpose in a new or different
manner,
f) usually with the objective of realizing that
purpose in a faster, more efficient, easier or cheaper
way.
7. Any barriers to implementation may
simply be an issue
of engineering or
technology
g) which have taken some time to reach physical
reality.
8. History is full of examples of ideas
h) which extends the boundaries of human
knowledge.
5. Choose the phrases on the right which complete the phrases on the left.
1. What can you substitute to make an improvement? 2. What if you swap this for that and what
happens?
3. How can you substitute the place, time, materials or people? 4.
What materials, features, processes, people,
products or components can you combine? 5. Where can you build synergy? 6.
What part of the product could
you change? And exchange for what? 7.
What if you were to change the characteristics of a component?
8. What happens if you warp or exaggerate a feature or component? 9.
What will happen if you modify the
process in some way? 10. What other market could you use this product in? 11.
Who or what else might be able
to use it? 12. Who else has solved this problem? 13.
What similar area of expertise might have solved this
problem? 14. Is there anyone else in the company who knows how to solve this? 15.
What else could we use to
solve the problem? 16. Where else might this problem have been solved? 17.
know how to solve this? 18. What other industries face the same problem and what do they do about it?
6. In pairs or small groups think of an object which you
would like to modify or to invent. Your partner is
interested in it. Answer his questions. When you have
finished, change over.

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