Practise reading modern press. Станкова Т.Ю. - 24 стр.

îáùåñòâåííûå èëè êîììåð÷åñêèå öåëè; ðåãóëèðîâàòü ïðîñòðàí-
ñòâî ïðîæèâàíèÿ è êèáåðïðîñòðàíñòâî; ïîòðåáíîñòè è öåííî-
ñòè ëè÷íîñòè è îáùåñòâà.
      III. Fill in the gaps with the appropriate word or phrase from those given
below: genes, cyberspace, amounts of information, computing and communication
technologies, cause.
      1. More and more people have direct access to vast ... . 2. There
are ... that are responsible for the colour of the eyes. 3. ... is the
imaginary place where electronic messages exist while they are being
sent between computers. 4. ... will alter relationshi ps and boundaries
in both time and space. 5. The Information Revolution is the ... of
many new phenomena in the world around us.
      IV. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English.
     1. Èíôîðìàöèîííàÿ ðåâîëþöèÿ — ýòî êîìïüþòåðèçàöèÿ,
íîâûå êîììóíèêàòèâíûå òåõíîëîãèè è ðàçâèòèå áèîòåõíîëî-
ãèè. 2. Íîâûå êîììóíèêàòèâíûå òåõíîëîãèè ñòèðàþò ãðàíèöû è
â ïðîñòðàíñòâå, è âî âðåìåíè. 3. Íåêîòîðûå ëþäè äóìàþò, ÷òî
ãåííàÿ èíæåíåðèÿ è êëîíèðîâàíèå ìîãóò áûòü îïàñíûìè äëÿ
÷åëîâå÷åñòâà. 4. Èíôîðìàöèîííûå ñòðóêòóðû â ñîâðåìåííîì ìèðå
î÷åíü áûñòðî ìåíÿþòñÿ. 5. Áëàãîäàðÿ êîìïüþòåðèçàöèè è íî-
âûì òåõíîëîãèÿì ðîëü ïðàâèòåëüñòâ çíà÷èòåëüíî óìåíüøèëàñü.
      V. State if the sentences are true to fact.
      1. By «information» historians mean only computing and
communication. 2. The Information Revolution is capable to blur
boundaries in both time and space. 3. Gene transfer, cloning and
robots capable of self-replication and evolution blur the boundaries
in science. 4. The Information Revolution doesn’t lead to transformation
of international politics and economics. 5. Nowadays power is shifting
from government to market. 6. Scientists are responsible for the
implementation of the results of the Information Revolution.
      VI. Ask five questions about the text.

      VII. Practise speaking about the topic considered in this article. Make
up a dialogue.
     Your friend and you are discussing the problems of the influence
of the Information Revolution on the life of modern and future
generations.

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