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5. Find English equivalents for the following phrases in the text:

  1. быть доступным через Интернет

  2. взаимодействовать друг с другом

  3. создавать, покупать и продавать виртуальную собственность

  4. напоминать самих себя

  5. инвестировать

  6. оставаться чьей-либо интеллектуальной собственностью

  7. стать популярным среди пользователей

  8. предоставлять большие возможности

6. Answer the questions to the text:

  1. How are users of Second Life called? How can they interact with each other?

  2. How do avatars look like?

  3. What are the ways of communication between avatars in Second Life?

  4. What can become a user’s intellectual property in the virtual world?

  5. Does the world of Second Life use its own currency? What is it?

  6. What is Second Life Viewer? What is it used for? Can it be recompiled?

  7. What are the applications of Second Life in modern life?

7. Decide if the following statesments are true or false. Correct the false ones:

  1. Residents of Second Life participate in various activities such as meeting other people, selling property or travelling around the world.

  2. To create some virtual object a user needs a special three-dimensional modeling tool in combination with the Linden Scripting language.

  3. A Resident with one account may have multiple avatars at one and the same time.

  4. IM is used for public conversations between two or more avatars and is visible to any avatar within a given distance.

  5. Residents can buy or sell property using Linden Dollars which can be exchanged for real money.

  6. Second Life attracts a great number of people and is used mostly for entertainment.

8. A) Answer the questions to complete the table. Use the information in the text:

1. What is an avatar?

An avatar is a visual presentation of a user in virtual worlds

2. How can a user create its own avatar?

3. What appearance of an avatar may a user choose?

4. How many avatars does one user have?

5. How can avatars of different users communicate with one another?

B) Summarize the information about avatars in Second Life in the written form. Try to use connectors:

  • for listing things (first/ second/then/ finally; to begin with)

  • for giving examples (for instance/ such as)

  • for giving reasons (because/ since)

  • for indicating addition (furthermore/ besides/ and/ in addition/ moreover)

  • for making contrasts (however/ although/ whereas/ but)

  • for explaining the results (so/ consequently/ as a result/ thus)

Text 27. Robots on the job

1. Discuss the following questions in pairs:

  1. What can you say about the use of robots in modern life? Can you give any examples of the tasks that they perform?

  2. Have you ever heard of Asimo? Where was it created?

  3. What is Asimo able to do, in your opinion?

2. Match the following words and word combinations with their definitions and translate them into Russian:

    1. to vacuum

    2. to carry out surgeries

    3. to babysit

    4. a receptionist

    5. a watchman

    6. to resemble

    7. to respond to postures

    8. to serve refreshments

      1. to react to positions of the body

      2. a person who meets clients, answers telephone and works with documents in an office

      3. to clean smth with a vacuum cleaner

      4. to perform operations in hospital

      5. to look like

      6. to offer snacks or drinks to people

      7. a person who guards buildings or streets at night

      8. to work as a nurse

Try to guess what these words and word combinations refer to.