- •Books and readers. Rate of reading. The most important types of reading.
- •In conclusion I would like to say that reading is the best way to develop your mind and to learn not only some useful information, but also to learn to feel the real beauty of your language.
- •Books and readers. The purpose of reading. Most essential kinds of reading.
- •Scientific research. Pros and cons.
- •Choosing a Career. The factors contributing one’s choice of a career
- •Juridical system in the usa, uk and Russia
- •In 1993 Russia started to experiment with jury trials (panels of twelve jurors). A jury trial is only available in serious crimes.
- •Comparative analysis of dominant Russian and American Values
- •It is impossible to approach the culture of Russian people without trying to look at the geopolitical context within which Russia has lived for centuries.
- •Environmental protection. Its importance for the European countries. The "Green" parties and organizations.
- •Genetically Modified Foods: Curse, Blessing or other.
- •Genetically modified food
- •Challenges of the XXI Century
- •In my presentation I’d like to talk about the problems which are to my mind the most serious in the XXI century.
- •Travelling. Attitudes towards travelling. What does holiday-making mean for you?
- •Your attitude to travelling. What does holiday-making mean for you?
- •English as an International language
- •The role of computers and the Internet in modern life.
- •In future all techniques will be connected to the Internet. Now we can connect with Internet mobile phone, photo camera, palm computers and even alarm clock.
- •The generation gap. The problem of the young.
- •Childhood and happiness
- •The moon and sixpence The content, main characters of the novel. What is the main problem tacked in the book
- •Healthy lifestyle
The role of computers and the Internet in modern life.
Nearly everything we do in this world is helped or even controlled by computers. They are used more and more often today. So it is difficult to overestimate their role and namely the Internet in our life. With the growth of computing power, computers could do more and more tasks. Increasingly more complex programs, designed for ever more powerful systems, made it possible to create on a computer everything from spreadsheets to visual art and music. The increased linkage of home computers to the Internet greatly accelerated this process. By the end of the twentieth century, the computer affected almost every aspect of human life—particularly the work of artists, architects, composers, and writers.
It’s very convenient and saves our time, and time is money as we know(. For example you don’t need to sit for hours in the library and rewrite the material you need, you can just find it on the Internet and print. So everything you need is at hand – any materials on any topics. It’s also convenient for translators - instead of endless turning over the pages you just need to install an electronic vocabulary and time is saved! Besides vocabularies there are lots of electronic programs almost for every profession: e.g. if you have AUTOCAD you don’t need sit and diligently graph. Today's architect relies on computer-aided design (CAD) programs that enable the visualization of structures in three dimensions. Musicians regularly use computers for composition and playback, acting as their own producers by changing the quality of sound and the arrangement of simulated instrumentation. Visual artists use computer graphics in creating and enhancing their works, and the traditional darkroom of the professional photographer has given way to the digital camera and the PC. As for writers, their work has been affected immeasurably by a range of computer developments, from the simplest word-processing software to complex programs that assist in the writing of novels or screenplays.
The Internet is also a popular mean of communication, nowadays people tend to communicate through e-mails, icq or social networks (such as odnoklassniki). But it has pros to some extend, because you can find people who got out of contact many years ago or who live in another country.
The Internet is used extensively in the sphere of education. On-line education is becoming more and more popular. Getting an online degree from an online college or career school is one of the hottest trends in higher education today. An advantage of such distant education is its cost, it’s much cheaper than full-time course of study, and you needn’t to pay for travel expenses. You have your own curriculum and you can study anywhere – at home, at work, or while travelling. And you have your own tempus of education according to your abilities. Lots of Russian universities nowadays apply this method of education.
Using the Internet in the foreign language learning/teaching is becoming increasingly popular day by day. The development of the new technologies, widespread use of the global information network and the growing number of its users has greatly promoted the teaching methods based on the Internet.
The use of computers in business and industry is widespread too.
The work of banks depends upon computer terminals for millions of daily operations.
It is interesting to note that computers are widely used in medicine. They became valuable medical diagnostic tools. Computers are used for optical scanning and image processing, ranging from pattern recognition to image processing.
At last air traffic control is impossible without computer application. It fully depends upon computer-generated information.
Many other uses of computers that we cannot imagine at present will become commonplace in the transition from an industrial to post industrial, or information society.
Internet in daily life
More and more people nowadays are interested to be known about all events, in taking some information quickly. With the help of Interne you can make it easily.
Back in the 1960th, at the time of cold war, Pentagon needed military systems that would continue to work even the phones and radio had broken down. In 1964 Paul Baron connected 4 computers in different parts of the USA and posted a message.
You couldn’t destroy Internet – if some computers will be broken down, the rest will work well. Nobody owns the Internet, and no organization controls its use.
Now millions of people around the world are logging into libraries, call up satellite weather photos, download computer programs and music, take part in discussion groups. Even the Presidents have their own Internet accounts. In fact, anyone with modem connected to the phone line can enjoy Internet.
The total number of people in Russia, who get into Internet, due the Putin’s statistics, is 10 million. In the modern Europe this number is much more – there are more than 200 million Internet users.