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SECTION 4 – Computers 93
Unit 10 – What is a computer? Computers today
Reading and studying
- How computers work 94
- What is a chip? 96
Working on vocabulary, grammar and skills
- Computers 104
- Preparing a flowchart 104
Unit 11 – The future of computing
Reading and studying
- DnA, quantum and optical computers 105
Working on vocabulary, grammar and skills
- Devices 110
- Writing a report 110
- Cohesion 111
Unit 12 – The Internet
Reading and studying
- Using the World Wide Web 113
Working on vocabulary, grammar and skills
- Security 118
- Preparing a home page or a website 118
CLIL in the Lab
How to build a computer 120
CLIL Expansion
Computers tomorrow
- The future of the PC 123
- The future of computing 124
- Communications chameleon 125
- Science, technology and social change 126
SECTION 5 – Robotics 127
Unit 13 – Industrial robots
Reading and studying
- Automation technology 128
Working on vocabulary, grammar and skills
- Machinery 132
- Tenses review 132
- Past tenses 133
- Present Perfect 133
- Future Perfect i.e. the Future in the past 133
Unit 14 – Robot system
Reading and studying
- How do robots work? 134
Working on vocabulary, grammar and skills
- Preparing block diagrams 139
Unit 15 – Robots and science
Reading and studying
- The future of robotics 140
Working on vocabulary, grammar and skills
- High-technology 143
- Planning a system 143
CLIL in the Lab
Designing a robot buggy 144
CLIL Expansion
Robots: reality or fantasy?
- Robots on the Moon 145
- The Robot Chronicles 146
- Alexander the God 147
SECTION 6 – Final examination 153
Unit 16 – Preparing for your final examination
Reading and studying
- A history of bombs and war 154
Working on vocabulary, grammar and skills
- Identify a theme 158
- Finding thematics links 158
- Mapping 158
Unit 17 – Preparing for the
Terza prova
Reading and studying
- Simulations 159
Working on vocabulary, grammar and skills
- Writing essays 165
Unit 18 – Preparing for your oral examination
Reading and studying
- Preparing for your
tesina
and oral examination 167
Working on vocabulary, grammar and skills
- Connecting phrases 168
- Making hypoteses 169
- Planning for your post-diploma study 169
CLIL in the Lab
Designing, making and presenting an electronic
device: frost alert 174
CLIL Expansion
Suggestions for your
tesina
- Anthropogenic
environmental disasters
- You are what you eat, drink and breathe 176
Two example of CLIL activity 178
GRAMMAR CARDS 180
GLOSSARY 188
IRREGULAR VERBS 192
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