16 Cinema

Cinema plays an important role in the life of any society. The cinema has become part of the modern way of life. No other art has the impact on our lives as the motion pictures have. The movies appeared in th 20^thcentury. Everybody like to watch films.At present movie is somewhere mass culture and high art. The cinema going habit is still the strong one. I realized it when one day decided to go to the cinema to watch Anna Karenina,but was shocked that the tickets were sold till the end of the week. After such situation I book tickets beforehand. Lots of people find watching films one of the best ways of spending their free time. It is a good place for a the first date. Sitting in a comfortable chairs we can enjoy watching detective films, westerns, adventures, horrors, drama, romantic, comedies, musicals. People need to escape from reality and to plunge into fantastic amusing atmosphere.

I like to watch comedies, detectives, romantic films. The last film I watched was The great Gatsby. It is a screen version of Scot Fidgerald’s book. The film was based on the love story with a lot of flashbacks. Leo dicaprio was the protagonist. He felt in love with a girl but the war began and he had to go to fight. Then he disappeared and this girl married a wealthy man, who cheated,betrayed her. Soon Gatsby appeared. He had a great mention where every week parties were held. He bought the house on the one side of the river ,on the other side lived this girl with her husband. One day they met again and love filled their hearts. But unfortunately she didn’t leave her husband. One night they driving a car and she brought down s girl. People said it was Gatsby because it was his car, but that night she drove a car. After this accident the husband of this woman killed Gatsby and himself. Nobody came to Gatsby funeral ecept one man.

Tis film is full of action, special effects, wonderful music and actors, vintage, style, love.

I try not to miss a chance to go out and watch a new film.

17 Science and technology

It is difficult to overestimate the role of science and technology in our life. It accelerates the development of civilization and help us in our cooperation with nature. Scientists investigate the laws of the Universe, discover the secrets of nature and apply their knowledge in practice improving the life of people. Modern technology is rapidly spreading all over the world. One can hardly imagine our present life without food-processors, air-conditioners, vacuum cleaners, fridges, phones, TV, computers, camera, microwaves and so on. Chemical industry brought new medicine, spray.

I am absolutely sure that all these things make our life comfortable, save a lot of time and help to avoid health problems.

Millions of investigations and discoveries were made in the 20^thcentury. There was atomic age due to the discover of the atom, age of conquest of space, when for the first time in the history of mankind a man overcame the gravity and and entered the Universe. Now we live in information era, when the computer network embraces the globe and connects people all over the world. All these things prove the power and progress of science in our life.

But every medal has its reverse. The rapid scientific progress has aroused a number of problems. These are ecological problems, the nuclear war threat. I hope that humanity will be able to use technology in peaceful purposes. Still we are grateful to outstanding men of the past and present who have courage and patience to disclose the secrets of the Universe.

Darwin investigated the problems of creation. Newton discover the universal law of gravitation.

Recent advances in technology have allowed to make great progress in genetic engineering.Genetic engineering is a highly controversial subject. We can't really be sure whether it is a good or bad thing. If scientists can find and modify the genes for certain diseases like cancer, they could cure those diseases. It helps us to understand why people have predispositions to certain diseases. Even birth defects could be almost totally eliminated if doctors were able to change a childs genes before birth. The process could also be adapted to cure hereditary diseases and prevent them from passing to future generations. Genetic engineering can improve the health of society tremendously then as it is known today.

animals and plants can be made to have desirable characteristics which could help solve some of the world's problems. For example in trees, genes could be manipulated to absorb more carbon dioxide. This would help reduce global warming. Many people are afraid of genetic discrimination. Only humans with genetically perfect DNA could be allowed to reproduce or work in certain, high-level jobs. This would disrupt our entire economy and employment system.

Genetic engineering would cause a greater gap between wealthy and non-wealthy nations. The wealthy nations would have the technology to make stronger, smarter, superior humans while the other nations would continue to fall further behind. it could end individuality. Everyone would want to be muscular, beautiful, smart and so on. When your DNA can be shaped, who would choose "inferior" traits? It could make everyone predictable, indentical. Terrorist groups or armies could develop more powerful biological weapon. These weapons could be resistant to medicines, or even targeted at people who carry certain genes.