Match the headlines A-F with texts 1 – 5. There is one EXTRA headline. A. New developments
B. Information online
C. Entertainment online
D. Communication improved
E. New relationships online
F. More peaceful world
1. As we know, approximately fifty years ago television was introduced, making the world smaller by bringing images from all four corners of the world into our homes. Over the last decade or so, a breakthrough in technology has come into our lives which is making the world even smaller: the Internet. With a PC and a telephone line, we are now connected to the whole world in a matter of seconds.
2. It is now possible to speak to relatives and friends anywhere in the world cheaply and quickly. It is even possible, with something called a webcam, to see and hear them at the same time. It was not that long ago that the only way to communicate with family members who were far away was by letter, which could take days or sometimes weeks to reach its destination.
3. The Internet also allows us to access a world of facts, figures and knowledge. If we have a question on any subject at all from history to mathematics or philosophy to geography, it can be discovered on the Net. We can find out the latest news or what the weather is going to be like. Many subjects that required the reading of books and were once only available to a few people are now available to everybody.
4. The Internet not only means that we can communicate with loved ones but also with complete strangers. By using “chat” services, it is possible to meet and exchange ideas with people from all over the world. It is sometimes unbelievable to think that the person we are writing to may be thousands of miles away, living in a completely different culture with a way of life that is nothing like our own. Of course, to be able to do this, we must speak the same language and that’s why most communication on the Internet takes place in English.
5. Other services are also available through the Internet. One of these which provides hours of pleasure for many people is the ability to download songs and music from other people. This has also helped to bring down cultural barriers as we are able to hear all the different kinds of music that exist all over the world. This helps us to understand other cultures better and makes us familiar with what used to be regarded as something completely foreign and strange to us.
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объяснение: someone i admire is my cousin laura. she’s five years older than me, so she’s 19 now and she lives in bristol. she’s very friendly and confident and she’s got long, wavy, brown hair and greeny-brown eyes. she’s medium height, slim and very fit because she’s a dancer.
she’s been dancing since she was six years old and trains every day at her dance school. she wants to be a professional dancer, but it’s a very difficult profession because it’s so competitive. she often dances in shows and i’ve been to watch her several times. her favourite type of dance is modern, which is sometimes a bit strange, but i love watching her dance.
laura is very busy because she also studies photography at university. she’s a really good photographer and has taken lots of amazing photos of me and my family. her photos have won a few prizes and last year one of her photos was in an exhibition at an art gallery in london.
laura doesn’t have a lot of free time and she’s also trying to learn german because she wants to go to germany next year to do a photography course. i think laura is very hard-working and she deserves to become a professional dancer one day.
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a week consist of 7 days. most of them are week days (from monday to friday). on them people have to work, in particular students go to school. they are not interesting. but there are 2 most favourite days -saturday and sunday. they are called days off or a weekend. we all like them because we can usually do whatever we like. people are freeer to do sports or go shopping or go sightseeing or just to relax and watch an interesting film then.
as for me, i`m usually busy even on saturday and sunday, as i have a lot of work to do: first , school homework, second, household duties like dusting the furniture or cleaning the rooms or vacuuming the carpets. however, i`m sometimes free to do nothing, it usually happends on special occasions like public holidays or my birthday. my relaxion includes sleeping long, listening pop music, cooking delicacies and not seeing my younger sister who is quite a nuisance. god bless such days, they give us inspiration to continue work.