Toy car which is 5000 years old

Can you imagine that 5 000 years ago children played with toys cars? And parents made toys for them too? This amazing piece of news  on new discoveries in the Turkey area shows that the basics of our life has not changed so much, has it?

ARTICLE: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4990342/5-000-year-old-toy-car-Turkey.html

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English dialogues to learn

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Technicians and engineers

What is the difference between a technician, a technologist, and an engineer?

The main difference is in Ievel of education and training. Engineers have the most advanced training and normally hold university degrees.

In everyday contexts, the titles technician and technologist are sometimes used interchangeably, meaning a specialist working in technology below the level of engineer. In training contexts, technologist is normally used for someone at a hlgher level (usually traine d for 2-3 years) than a technician (usually trained for l-2 years).

You can progress from technician to technologist and then to engineer by following courses at colleges and universities. Colleges offer certificates and diplomas (a diploma is a higher level qualification than a certificate).Universities offer degrees. As an example, in the UK system, most young people who want a career in technology start by studying at a college of further education or universÍty. They would normally followthe route: HNC (Higher National Certificate),  HND (Higher National Diploma), B.Eng /bi: endż/ (Bachelor of Engineering degree). Some universities allow students to transfer to a degree course early, after completing only one year of a diploma course.

It is also possible for students to leave school at sixteen and work as an apprentice with a company. The company can then release them from work for some time every week to allow them to study at a college. This is called a part-time,day-release or 'sandwich' course.

Technology: good and bad sides

Because technology is so important in society,

technicians,t echnologists,a nd engineers always have to think about values, that is, whether something is good or bad. Unfortunately, some technology has both positive and negative effects on society' Using mínerals such as oil, coal, iron, and uranium improves our standard of living, but can aiso pollute the air, water, and ground. The same rockets that allow space exploration can carry nuclear weapons. Road vehicles and planes allow fast travel but also cause accidental deaths and create global warming. The challenge for technology is how to increase the positive effects on society but reduce or eliminate the negative effects.

The purpose of technology

The purpose of technology is to produce applications which improve our material environment. The people who design, test, and make these applications are called

• technicians,
• technologists
• and engineers.

They work in areas such as civil, mechanical, electrical, electronic, and marine engineering, and in newer fields such as information technology (lT). They use scientific knowiedge and technological experience in their work. They often adapt older existing technology (e.g.radio waves) to create new applications ( e.g. mobile phones).

Technology is all around us and affects every aspect of our lives. Here are some examples:

transport - road, sea, and air travel; space exploration

telecommunications - moblle phones, fibre-optics, internet, satellites

trade - credit and debit cards, bank ATM machines,Business-to-busines (B2B) internet trade

work efficiency - washing machines, microwave ovens, computer software

power - heating, lighting, air conditioning

personal entertainment - DVDs, iPods, digital TVs,

digital cameras

health - lasers in eye surgery, medicines

safety and security - ABS brakes, air bags, sensors,

smoke detectors

food - food processing, agriculture

information management - computer databases,

search engines,b usinesss oftware

infrastructure - roads, buildings, sewerage, waste

dÍsposal, water supply

manufacturing - robotics in mass production

(manufacturing an item in very large numbers)

Online learning support - why it is a good idea.

We would all like our English to be better and better. However, language improvement needs a lot of so called input. The word is used for everything we hear or read before we say something in English. When living  in the UK or the States we hear English on a daily basis - almost 24 hours a day - so there's absolutely  no problem with "input", but here in Poland it stands some kind of difficulty as it is quite rare to have some sort of English speaking environment somewhere at hand - at work, in the neighbourhood or at home. In order to make up for the lack of living English some language schools  organize "conversation clubs" where students can meet and speak freely to their native speaker teachers. Another option is making extensive use of online reasources and tools.