Ex. 10. Read the text and make up your own dialogues on the topic
THE PROS AND CONS OF THE INTERNET
The Internet is without doubt one of the most important inventions in history. It was started in 1968 by the US army as a computer network without a centre. The idea was that an enemy attack couldn’t destroy a loosely-linked network of computers with no centralized control. In the 1970s many US universities joined the US army network. Then e-mail began. What’s more, when universities in Europe joined the system, it went global! In 1983 there were 1,000 computers on this system. By 1986 there were 60,000. Amazing!
It was around this time that someone invented the name “Internet” to describe this worldwide computer network. At the end of the 1980s – perhaps because of the end of the Cold War between North America and Russia, or maybe because PCs and modems became cheaper to buy, or a combination of both factors – the Internet became more popular, and more commercialized. In the 1990s cybercafés – places where you could pay to surf the web while having a snack and a drink – appeared all over the world.
But that’s not the end of the story. The Net is improving all the time. Since 1990, when the World Wide Web was created, it has changed the world and its uses are growing every day. The main use of the Internet is to find information – for your studying or job, or just to find out more about your hobbies, sports or current events. It’s much faster and easier to surf the net in search of information from all over the world than to travel to libraries in dozens of countries. You can also use the Internet to read newspapers, magazines and books, play games, plan your holiday or buy from your favourite shop.
E-mail makes it possible to send electronic messages anywhere in the world in seconds, and you can use the Internet to chat with people and make new friends.
However, the real world of the Internet may not be as perfect as it seems. With so much information available, finding what you want can take you hours. Multimedia web pages with photographs, music and video are attractive, but they make downloading slow and boring. Besides, there is too much advertising instead of real information. As for Internet friendships, sitting at home in front of a computer making “chat friends” is not the same as actually meeting people. Unfortunately, thousands of young people go online and give complete strangers detailed personal information. They shouldn’t do it because it’s extremely dangerous. Most chat users are normal, friendly people but they are still strangers. How can you trust them? You wouldn’t walk up to a complete stranger in the street and start talking about your personal things, would you?
pros and cons [‘prəuzənd ‘k n z]– «за» и «против»
without doubt [‘daut] – безсомнения
cybercafé [saibə:’kæfəi] – Интернет-кафе
surf [‘sə:f] theweb – искать, бродить по Интернету
current events [‘k rənti’vents] – текущиесобытия
search [‘sə:t ] – поиск
to download [daun’lud] – загружать, «скачивать» информацию
Ex. 11. Read the interview with Prince William from “HELLO!” magazine, October 2001 and name some of the things he likes and dislikes.
INTERVIEW WITH PRINCE WILLIAM
As he starts university Prince William gives his most revealing interview. Nineteen-year-old Prince William started at St. Andrew’s* in Scotland last week. William says, he wants to be “an ordinary student” and hopes that the media won’t invade his privacy. Here is part of his interview with Sam Greenhill.
Did you enjoy your year out before university?
W. –I loved my gap year. I wish I could have another one.
What was the highlight of that year?
W.– I loved working on a farm in England. It was the best part of my year. I enjoyed the fact I was put in as a hand and was paid and was just another guy on the farm. I got my hands dirty, did all the chores and had to get up at 4 am. I got to see a completely different lifestyle.
What did you think of your three months in Africa?
W.– I loved Africa and learned a lot from it. I met some really decent people.
Why did you choose St. Andrew’s?
W. – I didn’t want to go to English university because I’ve lived there and wanted to get away to try something else. And I do love Scotland. There is plenty of space, I love the hills and mountains and I thought St. Andrew’s had a real community feel to it.
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Last year:The engagement of Prince William to Miss Catherine Middleton
“The Prince of Wales is delighted to announce the engagement of Prince William to Miss Catherine Middleton,” the statement from Clarence House early Tuesday read.
Prince William, 28, asked Middleton, also 28, to marry him while the two were on vacation in Kenya last month, the statement said.
The happy couple appeared for the first time after the announcement today arm-in-arm before a barrage of camera flashes, Middleton wearing the famous engagement ring worn by William’s mother, the late Princess Diana.
“He’s a true romantic and we had a wonderful holiday in Africa and it was out there in a very quiet lodge and it was very romantic and it was very personal time for both of us,” said Middleton.
In an interview with Britain’s ITV News today, Middleton said the proposal came as a surprise, despite years of public speculation that the couple would wed.
“We were out there with friends, so I really didn’t expect it at all,” Middleton said. “It was a total shock when it came. Very excited!”
The two met nearly a decade ago while students at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. The relationship garnered some controversy because Middleton does not come from royalty and royals are generally expected to wed other aristocrats.
William said the two were friends for more than a year and lived as flatmates. “It blossomed from then on,” he said. “We had lots of fun. … Same interests. She has a really naughty sense of humor.”
When asked why it took so long to propose, a beaming William quipped, “I also didn’t realize it was a race, otherwise I probably would’ve been a lot quicker.”
“We have a great fun time together,” the prince told reporters. As for the ring, William said, it, like Kate, was very special to him.
“Well as you may recognize now, it’s my mother’s engagement ring and it’s very special to me, as Kate is very special to me now as well. It was only right the two were put together,” William said. “It was my way of making sure mother didn’t miss out on today and the excitement and the fact that we’re going to spend the rest of our lives together.”
Diana received the ring from Prince Charles after the two were engaged in 1981. At the time, the sapphire ring, which is surrounded by 14 diamonds, cost 30,000 pounds.
“I had been carrying it around in my rucksack for about three weeks before [the proposal],” William told ITV. “Everywhere I went, I was keeping ahold of it, cause I knew if this thing disappeared, I’d be in a lot of trouble.”
“It’s beautiful,” Middleton said, as she showed the ring to ITV’s camera.
While Middleton is now wearing Diana’s ring, William said that she won’t be in his mother’s shadow.
“There’s no pressure,” he said. “Like Kate said, it is about carving your own future. No one is trying to fill my mother’s shoes. What she did was fantastic. It’s about making your own future and your own destiny, and Kate will do a very good job of that.”
William said he didn’t know where to start when asked why the couple was apparently so loving, but said she makes him laugh. For her part, Kate said William was very supportive of her.
William Didn’t Ask Middleton’s Father for Permission Before Popping Question
The queen said she is “absolutely delighted” for the couple, Buckingham Palace said today.
Like the queen, Middletons’ parents, Michael and Carole Middleton, said they too were “absolutely delighted” by the announcement.
“As you know Catherine and Prince William have been going out together for quite a number of years which is great for us because we got to know William really well. We all think he’s wonderful and we’re extremely fond of him,” Michael Middleton told reporters today. “We wish them every happiness for the future.”
William admitted in an interview that he popped the question before asking for Michael Middleton’s permission.
“I was torn between asking Kate’s dad first and then the realization that he might actually say no,” William told ITV. “I thought, if I ask Kate first, then he can’t really say no, so I did it that way round and managed to speak to Mike sort of soon after.”
The announcement came to the elation of Britons, many of whom viewed the engagement as a seemingly inevitable, yet unreachable moment. Within just 25 minutes of the announcement’s post on the royal Facebook page, more than 1,400 people “liked” the news.
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o’clock?-No.
2). he playing football?-Yes.
3). he get up at 8 o’clock-No.
4). you doing your homework?-Yes.
5)-. you do your homework every day?
6). it often rain in England?-Yes.
7. it raning?-Yes.
8). it sometimes snow in March?-Yes.
9). it snowing?-Yes.
10). it cloudy now?-Yes.
1. Complete the sentences. Make them true.
1)During the new school year I (will/won’t) have to work hard.
2) My friends and I (will/won’t) have to learn a lot of things.
3) I (will/won’t) have to get up earlier than in summer.
4) I (will/won’t) be able to spend as much time outdoors as in summer.
5) But I (will/won’t) be able to see my friends nearly every day.
6) I (will/won’t) be able to wear every day clothes to school.
2. Use the verbs in the right forms to complete the text.
Summer is over,autumn is here. But I still remember my summer holidays. I can say that I enjoyed them a lot. In June I (1). at home, (2). my friends and (3). to different places of interest in my home town. I (4). some good books too. In July my parents (5). me to the south,to the sea. It (6). the best part of my summer holidays: I (7). in the sea and (8). in the sun on the beach. In August we (9). back home. I (10). the last summer month with my grandparents in their country house. Вот слова которые нужно вставить: stay,meet;go;read;take,be;swim;lie,come;spend.
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thank you letter. it was great to get some news from you have alreadybeen at home for a week great to get some news from you i have already been at home for a week because of the flu. I cant say that I am having a good time.but Im trying to enjoy myself. и т.д
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