Vocabulary

nature - природа

environment — окружающая среда

ecology - экология

littering - загрязнение

air pollution – атмосферное загрязнение

destruction – разрушение

natural resources – природные богатства

to suffer — страдать

ozonelayer– озоновый слой

damage— вред

enterprises — предприятия

disaster — катастрофа

Answer the questions:

1. How did people live for thousands of years?

2. What is ecology?

3. How does the activity of industrial enterprises affect our health?

4. What is the most horrible ecological disaster?

5. Why is the disappearance of forests so dangerous?

6. Is environmental protection of universal concern?

1.12. Человек и компьютер.

Match the words with the pictures:mouse, tower, CD-ROM, lap top, floppy disk, screen, keyboard, monitor, laser printer

The meanings of these symbols are wrong. Can you correct them?

Read the text about the role of computers in human life and answer the questions

Man and computer

Fifty years ago people didn't even hear of computers, and today we cannot imagine our life without them. Computer technology is the fastest-growing industry in the world. The first computer was the size of a minibus and weighed a ton. Today, its job can be done by a chip the size of a pin head. And the revolution is still going on.

Very soon we'll have computers that we'll wear on our wrists or even in our glasses and earrings.

The next generation of computers will be able to talk and even think for themselves. They will contain electronic "neural networks". Of course, they'll be still a lot simpler than human brains, but it will be a great step forward. Such computers will help to diagnose illnesses, find minerals, identify criminals and control space travel.

Some people say that computers are dangerous, but it is so, when they turn into obsession and the virtual world substitutes the reality. It is very bad for health to spend a lot of time in front of the monitor.

It goes without saying that computers save a lot of time. They seldom make mistakes. It's much faster and easier to surf the Internet than to go to the library. E-mail is a great invention, too. It's faster than sending a letter and cheaper than sending a telegram.

Computers are a useful tool. They have changed our life for the better. So why shouldn't we make them work to our advantage?

Vocabulary

computertechnologyкомпьютерная технология

generationпоколение

tocontainсодержать

industryотрасль промышленности

neuralnetworkнейронная сеть

humanчеловеческий

minibusмикроавтобус

brainмозг

to weigh весить

step шаг

tonтонна

todiagnoseставить диагноз

chipчип, микросхема

toidentifyопознавать

pinheadбулавочная головка

criminalпреступник

wrist запястье

dangerous опасный

tosaveэкономить

e-mail электронная почта

tosurftheInternetискать, "бродить" по Интернету

invention изобретение

all in all в общем

on-line shopping покупки через Интернет (интернет- магазины)

tool инструмент

Answer the questions

1. Have you got a computer?

2. Do you think it's a useful tool?

3. Will computers become smaller in the future?

4. Can the Internet help you to do your homework?

5. Can computers help us to learn foreign languages?

6. Do you play computer games?

7. What are the advantages of on-line shopping?

8. What are the advantages of e-mail?

9. Do you think that computers are bad for health?

10. Some people have made friends through the Internet. What about you?

11. Some people say that computers make us less sociable. Do you agree?

12. What will the next generation of computers be able to do?