V. Make the following sentences passive.

1. We handle all our customer orders by computer.

2. You can use computer systems to control aircraft.

3. We’ve just computerized the whole system.

4. Now we are transferring the data from magnetic tape to hard disk.

5. Smile! I’m filming you.

6. They’ll have produced a new software package by the end of the year.

7. We’ve designed this system to give the user quick and easy access to the required information.

8. We stored enormous amount of factual information on the computer.

9. You can send the files to us on disk or via modem.

10. Teachers should encourage students to use the Internet as a resourse.

11. The digital camera is caput. They can’t repair it.

12. The new technology is changing people’s lives all over the world.

VI. Put the following sentences into Reported Speech.

1. Mrs. Red`s teen-daughter said, «I use my mobile video phone for fun». She spends hours.

2. The programmer said, «The equivalent of 500 pages of the text is stored on the disk».

3. My elder brother said, «I lost all my files yesterday».

4. The manager said, «Enormous amount of factual information was stored on the computer».

5. The representative of IBM said, «Technological advances (успехи) in computing and telecommunication will reduce the need for many people to travel to work».

6. The scientist said, «Recent advances in medical science mean that such terminal diseases as cancer and AIDS will be cured in the near future».

7. My cousin asked me, «Are you still talking in the chat room? ».

8. David said to his classmates, «The pictures are now being downloaded onto the school website».

9. Mrs. Bright said to her husband, «Bob was surfing the Internet all night long again».

10. Paul said to her, «I`ll be working on the computer all day long tomorrow».

11. The software engineer said, «We`ve designed this programme to give the user easy access to the required information».

12. The project leader said, «The whole system has just been computerized».

13. The project manager said, «We`ll have produced a new software package by the 15^th of December».

14. The representative of Apple said to them, «Our new world-processing programme will have been developed by the end of this year».

15. Ann`s mate said to me, «Send me an email when you have any news».

16. The guide said to us, « You can check your email at the Internet café in the square».

17. The teacher said, « Access to offensive information on the Internet must be severely restricted».

VII. Complete the sentences with can, can`t, could, couldn`t, may, might, have

to, be to, should, shouldn`t, must.

1. …you please turn up the volume? I`d like to listen to the news.

2. Teachers … encourage students to use the Internet as a resource for doing research.

3. What a piece of technology…people live without?

4. Children …have access to offensive information on the Net.

5. You …be computer-literate to get this job.

6. When will you have your walkie-talkie repaired? - They …repair it by next Friday.

7. There`s something wrong with my personal organizer. I`ll … have it fixed.

8. We …imagine our life without such items of technology as a mobile phone, a DVD player, a personal CD player and a video recorder.

9. You`re constantly forgetting to switch off the slide projector. It…burn out. (перегорать)

10. …you please copy that file onto a floppy disk and give it to me later?

11. Telephone companies…replace and install expensive new circuits because heavy Internet users are…overloading their systems.

12. With cyber cafes, ever those who …afford computers …access the information they need.

13. You … spend so much time indoors staring at your computer screen. You…out in the open air.

14. I feel I …complain about a DVD player which I bought online from your company.

15. When will you have your camcorder back? - They… repair it by Monday.

16. Thanks to new technology, we…now communicate cheaply and quickly with people on the other side of the world.