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'Smart' TVs provided with new satellite systems are changing. Soon will be
available as many as half a thousand channels. Home shopping programmes will allow
viewers to shop everything from a yacht to a loaf of bread. Travel services, weather
reports, video games, financial services, any kind of educational courses will be
available at the touch of a button. The possibilities are almost endless.
By combining the technologies of computers, telephones, and television and
then finding new methods of storing and transmitting data it will be possible to
transport any information to every home.
Meanwhile, the time saved by not having to travel from one place to another for
information, goods, and services can be used for rest, recreation, and education. The
quality of life will be surely improved. The world will certainly become a more
interesting place in which to live.
AGAINST:
We have a very comfortable life because of modern technology, but it has
created some negative aspects. I do not support the idea of having advanced
technology because it takes away time from reading and thinking. Before television,
people used to read, think, and converse. They had the time to look at their lives and
values. Today, people prefer to watch exciting things on video and television. Students
today belong to the 'TV generation', few of them find time to read books, journals, and
newspapers.
Another negative aspect, to my mind is computerised service. If most services
are computerised, it will be easy for others to get information about a person. For
example, the use of a credit card number to pay bills or go shopping can take away
your privacy. Someone can easily find out what you bought and what you paid for it.
This can also lead to others using your credit card number, or, in other words, theft.
Vocabulary
satellite, n спутник
to benefit, v извлекать пользу
to excite, v волновать
to plug into, v вставлять, встраивать
tool, n инструмент
major, adj. главный
research, n научное исследование
to locate, v определить местонахождение
to provide (with), v обеспечивать, снабжать
to be available быть доступным
viewer, n зритель
financial, adj. финансовый
to touch, v
касаться, трогать
button, n кнопка
to combine, v сочетать, соединять
to store, v хранить, запоминать

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