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complaints became very ill or died through the effects of a
mixture of smoke, fog and fumes know as «smog». Rivers
which used to be fouled up with industrial chemical waste are
being cleaned, and fish which could not live there a few years
ago can be caught again.
б) Прочитайте текст еще раз. Выберите правильный
ответ соответствующий содержанию текста:
1. The quality of many people’s lives has deteriorated because
of
a) ugly buildings
b) technological progress
c) powerful plants
2. The motor cars has been responsible for:
a) the construction of noisy and dangerous roads
b) the mobility of millions of people
c) many changes in the environment
3. The killing of insects has resulted in:
a) an increase of food for birds
b) a loss of balance in the ecology
c) a large scale use of chemicals
VII. Перепишите и письменно переведите 2, 3 абзацы
текста.
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I. Before reading
1. Read the headline of the article and say what it will be about
using the choice below.
a. the developments in new technologies
b. the threat of new technologies
c. the benefit of new technologies
2. Read the article and say if your predictions were correct.
THE MENACE OF THE MICRO
Hardly a week goes by without some advance in technology
that would have seemed incredible 50 years ago. Over the past 20
years computers have completely revolutionized our lives. Yet
we can expect the rate of change to accelerate rather than slow
down within our lifetimes. The next 25 years will see as many
changes as have been witnessed in the past 150.
These developments in technology are bound to have a
dramatic effect on the future of work. By 2010, new technology
will have revolutionized communications. People will be
transmitting messages down telephone lines that previously
would have been sent by post. A postal system which has
essentially been the same since the Pharaohs will virtually
disappear overnight. Once these changes are introduced, not only
postmen but also clerks and secretaries will vanish in a paper-free
society. All the routine tasks they perform will be carried on a
tiny silicon chip. As soon as this technology is available, these
people will be as obsolete as the horse and cart after the invention
of the motor car. One change will make thousands, if not
millions, redundant.
Even people in traditional professions, where expert
knowledge has been the key, are unlikely to escape the effects of
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