- •Vocabulary list
- •I. The statements below were other results of the survey. Write g if you think the statement might refer to girls and в if you think it could refer to boys.
- •II. How modern are you? (pop quiz)
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Match each component in column a with its function in column b:
- •IV. Label the diagram of a computer system using these terms:
- •I. Find in the text equivalents to:
- •II. Fill in the table:
- •Masters of invention
- •In 1972 Bushnell founded Atari Inc. In Sunnyvale, Calif., to build Pong games. By 1975 there were 150,000 Pong games in American homes.
- •In 1977 Jobs and Wozniak sold their first Apple II, which launched the personal computer industry. By 1985 they had sold more than two million Apple I I's.
- •Vocabulary ratings
- •Vocabulary list
- •I. Find in the text the English equivalents to:
- •II. True or false?
- •IV. Construct other sentences in these patterns (models):
- •V. Complete the sentences (if, when-clauses):
- •Exercises
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Complete the following and discuss it:
- •Topics for Essays, Oral or Written Reports
- •Essay Selection for Reading as a Stimulus for Writing
- •Keep clicking!
- •Vocabulary list
- •Text I. Prehistory
- •Exercises
- •Descendants, automated machine, exception, virtue, intelligence, to transmit, reliable, sufficient, in the early 19th century, in modern times.
- •Exercises
- •VIII. Translate into English
- •Vocabulary list
- •Text I. The early years
- •(6) Jobs and Wozniak brought different abilities to their venture: Wozniak
- •Exercises
- •Text II. Deep blue
- •Vocabulary list
- •Text I. The first hackers
- •Exercises
- •I. True or false?
- •Text II. Computer crimes
- •Exercises
- •Topics for Essays, Oral or Written Reports
- •Essay Selection for Reading as a Stimulus for Writing
- •Hackers of today
- •Unit VI. Computer Security
- •Prereading Discussion
- •Reading Analysis
- •Vocabulary list
- •IV. Put the proper words into sentences:
- •Exercises
- •Viruses and vaccines
- •Essay Selection for Reading as a Stimulus for Writing
- •Unit VII. Virtual Reality
- •Prereading Discussion
- •Reading Analysis
- •Vocabulary list
- •Topics for Essays, Oral or Written Reports
- •Essay Selection for Reading as a Stimulus for Writing
- •Unit VIII. It Revolution
- •Vocabulary list
- •Text I. Surfing the net
- •Exercises
- •*:0) Clown face; I'm feeling like a buffoon.
- •:A9 Licking the lips; very tasty or delicious.
- •I. Словарик юного интернетчика.
- •Точка, точка, запятая -
- •Вот и рожица кривая
- •III. Биокомпьютеры
- •IV. Оптические компьютеры
- •B. Electrical engineering vs. Computer science
- •Exercises
- •D. Mother should have warned you!
- •Bill gates in heaven
- •E. Can you do a better translation?
- •A) oa programmers
- •0A программистов
- •F. Render into English
- •Literature
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At best the computer can search for intelligence in the form of operating system.
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Computers might affect your future career.
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Young people mav not understand these cyberphobic reactions.
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Computers do not put in the data they must work with, people do.
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Could unauthorized persons obtain personal info?
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Should legislators be encouraged to create laws for society's protection?
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We cannot guarantee that anyone who drives a car is an auto mechanic.
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When your PC is turned off...
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You will bring it to life when...
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If everyone around you uses computers...
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If you are taken aback how to use a computer...
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As multimedia becomes more prevalent on the Web...
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If you look on the entire Internet today...
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If the program fails the test...
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Don't open until...
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9. If you are selling weapons, cryptography, military info, pornogra phy...
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If the program passes the test...
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If you don't view your Web site as a global presence...
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If Java is the answer,...
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They will lose status if...
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Provided you have the necessary tools...
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TEXT HI. WHY I WON'T BUY A COMPUTER
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I do not see that computers are bringing us one step nearer to anything that does matter to me: peace, economic justice, ecological health, political honesty, stability, good work.
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What would a computer cost me? More money than I can afford and more than I wish to pay to people whom I do not admire. But the cost would not be just monetary. It is well understood that technological innovation always requires the discarding of "the old model", what would be superseded would be not only something, but somebody.
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To make myself as plain as I can, I should give my standards for technological innovations in my work. They are as follows:
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The new tool should be cheaper than the one it replaces.
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It should be at least as small in scale as the one it replaces.
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It should work clearly and demonstrably better than the one it replaces.
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It should use less energy.
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If possible it should use some form of solar energy.
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It should be repairable by a person of ordinary intelligence, provided he has the necessary tools.
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It should be purchasable and repairable as near to home as possible.
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It should come from a small, privately owned shop or store that will take it back for maintenance and repair.
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It should not disrupt or replace anything good that already exists, and this includes family and community relationships.
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1 • What does the author think a computer would "cost" him? 2. Given the author's standards for technological innovation, what other new tools do you think he might object to?
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How has technology changed your everyday life?
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What new "gadgets" do you particularly like?
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Have you learned to use a computer? Why or why not?
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Do you fear the power of computers?
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Modern technology is out of control, and ruining the quality of life on Earth; we must limit technology and its influence on individual.
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Modern inventions are labor-saving devices. Without them people remain slaves to boring, repetitive work.