RFID (radio frequency identification) is a technology that uses radio waves to identify objects and people. There are three main types of RFID tags: passive tags, which don't require a power source; semi-passive tags, which require a power source to read long distances; and active tags, which have their own power source and longer life span. RFID systems are used in many situations, such as for public transportation payment cards in Moscow and London, electronic toll collection systems for vehicles in Japan and other countries, and to track books in libraries.

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Unit 15
Radio Frequency Identification
PARAGRAPH 1 : Bar codes, security tags, and identification (ID) cards...
What are three ways that we use to identify objects and people?
What are the problems with bar codes?
Are security tags cheap?
What is a problem with ID cards?
PARAGRAPH 2 : One new type of identification technology is...
What does RFID stand for?
What is inside of an RFID tag?
In order to read the RFID code, what is needed?
PARAGRAPH 3: There are three types of RFID tags; passive, semi-passive...
What are the three types of RFID tag? What are the advantages of each one?
1) Advantage)
2) Advantage)
3) Advantage)

2. PARAGRAPH 4 : RFID systems have many uses. For example...
When (in what situation) do passengers in Moscow and London use RFID systems?
Why do vehicles in Japan, America, Australia, and France sometimes have RFID systems in their cars?
What is the advantage of the ETC system in Japan?
PARAGRAPH 5 : Libraries use RFID tags to store and find books...
What do libraries use RFID tags for?
What very unusual use for RFID tags was found in nightclubs in Europe?

3. 1. security tag__________
2. identification cards__________
3. identify__________
a) k)
4. objects__________
5. disadvantages__________ b) l)ID
6. damaged__________
c) m)
7. stolen__________
8. faked__________ d) n)
9. attached to__________ e) o)
10. product__________
11. transponder__________ f) p)
12. electronic device__________ g) q)
13. transceiver__________
h) r)
14. decoder__________
15. passive__________ i) s)
16. semi-__________ j) t)
17. active__________
18. life span__________
19. reliable__________
20. temperature__________
RFID systems have many uses.
*For example, in Moscow and London, passengers use RFID smartcards to travel on city subway and bus
networks.
* for example
1)__________________________ have many uses.
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2)__________________________ have many uses.
For example, __________________use ___________________ to________________________________________________.
3)__________________________ have many uses.
For example, __________________use ___________________ to________________________________________________.