Vocabulary

to embrace - охватывать

to design -замышлять, конструировать

to survive -выжить, уцелеть

path -путь

available -доступный

to stay in touch -оставаться на связи

route -путь, маршрут, курс

packet switching -пакет коммутации

to knock out -уничтожить, вывести из строя

host computer -сервер

fairly accurately -довольно точно

access -доступ

to communicate with -сообщаться, связаться с …

actually -фактически, действительно

user -пользователь

fee -оплата

the cost of running -стоимость обслуживания

wires and wireless stations -проводные и беспроводные станции

saving money -экономия денег

will drastically increase -значительно возрастет

garment center /Amer./ -центр моды

to transmit –передавать

to refine -совершенствовать

skilled -квалифицированный

computer-aided –design specialists -специалисты компьютерного дизайна

security -безопасность

data -информация

destination -место назначения

router -маршрутер

intercept -перехватить

encoding programs -кодировочные программы

i.e. /id est/ -то есть

to conduct transactions -проводить сделки

Exercises level II

Answer the questions

1. Was the Internet designed as a civil program?

2. What packet switching network survived at war?

3. Where are most of the host computers?

4. Does anybody know exactly the number of users?

5. What services are available on the Internet?

6. What can commercial users do over the Internet?

7. When will commercial use of the network increase?

8. What is the most important problem of the Internet?

9. Why is it possible to intercept the data sent over the Internet?

10. When are encoding pro grams used?

Level III

Give the English for:

благодаря этой

технологии

можно сосчитать

довольно точно

их количество растет тысячами ежемесячно

люди, имеющие

доступ в Интернет

надежная альтернатива

ежемесячная или

почасовая оплата

экономия денег

зарабатывать деньги с помощью Интернета

квалифицированные, но недорогие

войти в любой компьютер

перехватить или даже изменить информацию

потребуется время для решения

Level IV

Prove that

- the Internet was designed as a military experiment;

-the Internet is a reliable alternative to telecommunication systems;

-there is a problem of security.

Television In Our Life

The name ‘Television’ comes from Greek word meaning ‘far’ and Latin word meaning “to see” so it means “to see far”.

Experiments in broadcasting television began in the 1920s but were interrupted by World War II. By 1992 the U.S. had 1,505 television stations, and cable television systems in the U.S. served over 56 million households. Television signals are also now transmitted from satellites direct to household satellite dishes.

Television is the main source of news for many households around the world. TV does what none of the other media can: it brings the sight and sounds of some important news events by means of filmed, taped or live reports.

TV is one of the best inventions the man has ever made. We are beginning to forge what the world was without TV. Everybody knows what a great force TV is in the world today. Thanks to TV we get a great amount of information. It gives wonderful possibilities for education. It enriches our intellect we also become better informed by watching documentaries, science programmers, and discussions and by learning the most important issues of the day.

TV gives an opportunity to see the best actors, sport matches, to meet famous people. TV brings the world to our room. We see people in our country and in other lands and learn about their customs, occu­pations, traditions, problems. We become cultured people by learning more of the arts.

Television helps us to relax after a hard day's work, so we can then cope better with the next day's work. Besides, there is a considerable amount of TV programmes: news, different talk-shows, TV games, concerts and va­riety shows, sport programmes, feature films, serials and so on and so forth. They are of great enter­tainment value and provide useful topics for conversation. A lot of these programmes are very popular. For example, News deal with political and social problems of modern society. Their aim is to give analysis of the problems and show different view points. They are concerned with the country's national events, the most topical political problems of the day. Musical Review presents songs, pop groups, folk songs. It is very popular with TV viewers.

Thus, we can say that TV is a great force which attracts millions of people to the screens.

But tastes differ. Some people are against TV. They say that TV is doing a lot of harm. It occupies a lot of free time. People used to have hobbies, to meet with friends, to go to the cinema or theatre, to read books, to listen to music. Nowadays many people sit watching TV hour by hour. They don't read books, they don't do sports, they begin to forget the art of conversation. Watching TV for a long time may lead to poor health and ruin eye-sight.

But nobody makes you watch TV for hours. You can simply switch off your TV-set . Nobody can deny the fact, that TV is a great force in the world today.