3. ReadthearticlecarefullyandmarkthesentencesT(true)orF(false).

1. Socialnetworkingisimpossibleonline._____

2. AsystemtohelpblindpeopletousetheInternetisstilltobedeveloped.___

3. Thenewsystemresemblesatraditionalcomputermouse.____

4. Brailleisatactilewritingsystemusedbytheblindandthevisuallyimpaired,andfoundinbooks,onmenus,signs,elevatorbuttons,andcurrency.

5. TheprinciplebehindthenewdeviceissimilartotraditionalBraille.____

6. Thereisanoptionofthereaderbeingabletohearthewholetextread.____

7. Itisverydifficultforthereadertokeepthetrackofthelinebeingread._____

8. Thenewmouseisn’tsuitabletoencountergraphsormaps,tosaynothingofmorecomplexdiagrams.____

9. Thegadgetmakesitpossibletodistinguishcolours._____

3. Translateparagraphs4and5inwrittenform.

4. TranslateintoEnglishusingtheGerundwherepossible.

ВотоднаизконцептуальныхновинокSony:портативныйкомпьютерVaioEQ.Этоткомпьютер,имеющийформушестиугольника,помещаетсявкарманиспособензапоминатьпредпочтенияпользователя,даватьемуполезныесоветыинапоминания.Еслиегопостоянноноситьссобой,токомпьютербудет"накапливатьопыт",аегосоветыбудутстановитьсявсеболееполезными.

Например,есливзагруженномизинтернетапрогнозепогодыбудетговоритьсяовероятностидождя,компьютерпредложитпользователювзятьссобойзонт.Еслижепользовательокажетсявемунезнакомомместеипроголодается,компьютервыдастемусписоккафеиресторанов.Приэтом,повозможности,всеонибудутсоответствоватьгастрономическимпредпочтениямеговладельца.

Self-assessmentiii 1.Translatethearticleusingadictionary.

MeetRex,therealbionicman

ItcostsixmilliondollarstocreatebionicsuperheroSteveAustin. Scientists

howeverhavebuiltamanfromartificiallimbsforasixthoftheprice.KnownasRex–shortforroboticexoskeleton–his6ftframeismadeupofanarrayofartificiallimbsandorgansfromaroundtheworld.BuiltforaChannel4documentaryexploringhowfartechnologyhasdeveloped,Rexraisesethicaldilemmas.Researchonadvancedprostheticsandartificialorgansmeansscientistscouldsoonnotonlyreplacemissingbodyparts,butimproveonthem.TheC4program’spresenterisDrBertoltMeyer,asocialpsychologistfromSwitzerlandwhohimselfhasa£30,000bioniclimbafterbeingbornwithoutalefthand.Hesaid:‘It’sexcitingandabitscary.Wemightbeatapointinscienceandtechnologywhere

weseefirstglimpsesofthepossibilitiestogobeyondthelimitsofevolution.’

GeorgeAnnas,ProfessorofBioethicsandHumanRightsatBostonUniversity,warned:‘Ithinkwhenitcomestoourbodies,thedangeriswemightchangewhatitistobehuman.Createanewspeciesthatmayturnaroundtobiteus,similartothe

Frankensteinmyth,whereyourcreatureletlooseintheworldbecomesdestructiveanduncontrollable.’

Thebionicmanisbeingbuiltfrom$1,000,000(£640,000)oflimbsandorgansbyleadingUKroboticistsRichardWalkerandMatthewGodden.

Thereistheartificialeye,whichconsistsofamicrochipimplantedintotheretinathatreceivesimagescapturedbyacamerahousedonthepatient’sglasses.Itsendselectricalpulsesthataretranslatedbythebrainintoshapesandpatterns.

ProfessorRobertMacLaren,fromOxfordUniversity,said:‘Wearehopingpatientswhoarecompletelyblindwillbeabletoseebasicshapesandobjects.’Scientistsarehopingprostheticreplacementsforfailinghearts,kidneys,pancreasandspleenscouldonedaysolvetheworldwideshortageofdonororgans.

Oneexample,theSynCardiaSystemsartificialheartisalreadysavinglives,withmorethan1,000implanted.Poweredbyabattery,itcantemporarilyreplaceadiseasedheartuntiladonorisfound.

Aprostheticfootandankle–developedbyMassachusettsInstituteofTechnologyprofessorHughHerr,wholosthislegstofrostbiteinaclimbingaccident

–mimicstheactionsofthecalfmuscleandAchillestendon.Theprofessorsaidhewasnowabletoclimbbetterthanbeforehisaccident.

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