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  1. Memorize extra vocabulary: idioms / proverbs

There’s nothing new under the sun.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

Famous words:

One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one

extraordinary man.

E.Hubbard

The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.

B. Skinner

Modern science and techniques have taught mankind at least one lesson. Nothing is impossible.

L. Mumford (US philosopher)

It is only when they go wrong that machines remind you how powerful they are.

C.James (Australian critic)

As machines get to be ,ore and more like men, men will come to be more and more like machines.

J Crutch (US naturalist)

  1. Make up as many sentences as you can using words and phrases suggested above.

  2. Perform the following pre-writing tasks

Pre-writing task 1

Read the article. Make up the plan, marking introductory, main body, conclusion. Make notes under these headings:

Topic sentence Supporting arguments Reasons/Justifications

The pros and cons of using the Internet

Advertisements for the Internet promise you a world of information, entertainment, on-line shopping and e-mail services. However, the real world of the Internet may not be as perfect the advertisements suggest.

Using the Internet offers many advantages. For example, all the latest information is available to you, in your home, at any hour of the day or night. It is 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. Also, on-line shopping makes it possible to search through catalogues to find exactly what you want at the best price, saving both time and money. By joining a newsgroup or chat group, you can share your hobbies and special interests, and perhaps make friends all over the world. Finally, e-mail is popular because it is faster than sending a letter and cheaper than a telephone conversation.

On the other hand, the Internet has several disadvantages. Firstly, 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. What is more, 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.

In conclusion, the Internet obviously has both good and bad points. Fortunately, the system is improving all the time, and any problems which still exist can be solved. Whether we like it or not, the Internet is here to stay, so we have to make the best possible use of it.

Pre-writing task 2.

Read the extract from the text. Use the words and phrases in bold as key words to write about benefits and disadvantages of new ID technologies.