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IX. Think over the plan of the text ‘The Internet’. Write it down. Retell the text
according to your plan.
Text B. THE LANGUAGE OF COMPUTERS
Fifty years ago, people hadn’t even heard of computers, and today we cannot
imagine life without them.
Computer technology is the fastest-growing industry in the world. The first computer
was the size of a minibus and weighed a ton. Today, a chip the size of a pinhead can
do its job. And the revolution is still going on.
Very soon we’ll have computers that we’ll
wear on our wrists or even in our glasses and ear-
rings. Such wearable computers are being devel-
oped in the USA.
Japan’s biggest mobile-phone company has
just released its cleverest product so far, the I-mode,
a mobile phone that allows you to surf the Internet
as well as make calls. People are already using the phone to check the news head-
lines, follow the stock market and download the latest jokes. Soon they will be able to
buy cinema tickets and manage their bank accounts.
The next generation of computers will be able to talk and even think for them-
selves. They will contain electronic “neural networks”. Of course, they’ll be still a lot
simpler than human brains, but it will be a great step forward. Such computers will
help to diagnose illnesses, find minerals, understand and control the world’s money
markets, identify criminals and control space travel.
Computer revolution is changing our life and our language, too. We are constantly
making up new words or giving new meanings to old ones. Most of computer terms
are born in Silicon Valley, the world’s top computer-science centre.
I. Read the text ‘The Language of Computers’ without a dictionary. Try to un-
derstand it.
II. ARE YOU PART OF COMPUTER REVOLUTION?
Do the following tasks and find out.
A. Choose an answer – a) or b).
1. A mouse is
a) a small furry animal with a long tail;
b) a small box used to operate a computer.
2. To surf is
a) to ride on a board on the waves of the sea;
b) to move around the Internet.
3. A bug is
a) a small insect;

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