38. Match the following synonyms from the text.

    	addiction		different
    	forgetful		expect
    	various		impacting
    	resembling		immersed
    	affecting		obsession
    	quizzed		communication
    	absorbed		looking like
    	anticipate		absent-minded
    	interaction		moan
    	complain		questioned

39. Match the following words and phrases (1-10) with (a-j) from the text.

	a problem that many of us have		and impatient
	millions of us are addicted		you being unhappy
	making us more forgetful		called “Internet dependence”
	he said we are living in		always being online
	young people had what she		to being online
	being overly absorbed		sign
	another telltale		of dependence
	a sure sign		but are not aware of
	the “online lift” that stops		“virtual lifestyles”
	others complain about you		in technology

WRITING

40. Complete this chart to find out if you are an internet addict. Show answers to your partner(s).

    How often do you…	Answer	Is this a problem?
    check your e-mail before doing other things?
    really want to get online?
    say “just a few more minutes” when online?
    lie about how long you spend online?
    choose the Net to going out with friends?
    feel much happier after logging on?

41. Write a paraphrase of the following quotation (140 - 150 words): “One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.” Mother Teresa

42. Read the article "This is Your Space" (Further Reading, unit 4, Text a). Write a summary of the text (130-150 words).

43. Write a list of advantages and disadvantages of using the Internet. Use information from the text “Internet: Advantages and Disadvantages of Using It” (Further Reading, unit 4, Text b).

44. Choose a website and think about the questions below:

1. What type of website it is?

2. Why do you like it?

3. How often do you visit it?

4. Is it a community of users?

5. Who would you recommend it to?

Write a website review (120-150 words). Show it to other students. Which websites sound interesting to you?

Number the features of a review in a logical order:

• say the purpose of the website;

• say who you’d recommend the website to;

• introduce the name of the website;

• say what special features the website has.

PROBLEM-SOLVING

45. Do the quiz (see Problem-Solving to Unit 6).

Unit 7: Computer Graphics and Animation

Everything is designed. Few things are designed well.

Brian Reed

WARM-UP

a)

b)

1. Graphics or reality? Look at the following landscape pictures and define which landscape is real? Give reasons for your answers.

2. Which of these computer images are three-dimensional (3-D)?

a) b)

c)

3. Answer the following questions.

• What are the advantages of creating 3-D images?

• Who uses computer graphics nowadays? How?

• What is animation mainly used for?

• What types of animation you know?

• What's the difference between traditional animation and computer animation?

4. Look at the statements below. Which one(s) do you agree with?

• “Because of the nature of Moore's law, anything that an extremely clever graphics programmer can do at one point can be replicated by a merely competent programmer some number of years later.” John Carmack

• “The days when you needed amazing Silicon Graphics machines to run animation software are gone now.” Dave Rowntree

• “Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as best to accomplish a particular purpose.” Charles Eames

• “It can't be stressed enough that in order to produce great graphics, you have to have a good product and a good client capable of making decisions.” Primo Angeli

• “Good design is obvious. Great design is transparent.” Joe Sparan

5. In pairs, discuss which application of computer graphics you think is the most important and useful. Give reasons for your answers.

READING

6. Identify the stressed sound in each word as in the example. Practice reading.

Variety, manufacturing, understandable, circuits, diagrams, across, geometric, attributes, horizontal, techniques, rendering, specify, pallete.

7. Read the text “Computer Graphics” and answer the following questions.

1. What are computer graphics?

2. In what way do computer graphics help people?

3. What is computer animation and how does it help scientists and engineers?

4. What does a graphic package include?

5. What are “primitives”?

8. Find synonyms to the words in bold from the text.