Preparation Match the vocabulary with the correct definition and write a – h next to the number 1 – 8.
1…….. the screen a. completely different (to what has gone before)
2…….. a laptop b. a card you need to have to get on a plane
3…….. hardware c. a difficult but stimulating thing
4…….. a boarding card d. a portable computer small enough to use on your knee
5…….. a challenge e. easy to bend
6…….. manufacturing f. the part of a TV, computer, etc. where the image is shown
7…….. flexible g. making a large amount of something using machinery
8…….. revolutionary h. the physical parts of a computer system

I am fond of reading. I like to read books about adventures, great people and famous travelers, stories about animals and birds, fairy-tales and fables. I have read a lot of interesting books, but my favorite book is "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain. This well known book is popular with the children all over the world. The main character of the book is Tom Sawyer, who lived in a small town on the Mississippi River. He was a boy with a wild imagination. He liked to play games with his friends. They often dreamed of different adventures. Tom was sometimes naughty and never quiet. But his friends liked him because he was kind and brave. Besides, he was noble.I liked Tom Sawyer very much because he was always bright and full of ideas. Tom teaches us to be noble, kind and brave. He also teaches us to be a true friend. I have learnt a lot about the life of children in America from this book.111

I Want to be an administrator.
I want to become a computer programmer. I am interested in computers. It is a whole new world.
Many people continue careers of their parents or grand parents but it is not the case with me. My mother is a teacher and my father is a doctor. But I don't want to be neither a teacher nor a doctor.
My favourite subjects in school are mathematics, physics, and, of course, information technology. I am not interested in such subjects as geography, biology or chemistry. My hobby is computer games and computer programming.
I have a computer at home and can spend hours working at it. It is much easier to do things on computer, for example to write a composition. You can change the text as many times as you want and you don't need to rewrite everything if you changed something.
I think that the profession of administratorr can give many opportunities. Computers are the most rapidly changing sphere of modern technology. We are living in the age of information. And I think that the future is just filled with computers.
Today, in England or in the US people can work, go shopping or even go on dates sitting at their computers. In our country, computers have been used just for a short time.
So after I finish school I want to enter the university and study administration.
Перевод:
Я хочу быть aдминистратором
Я хочу быть администратором. Я интересуюсь компьютерами. Это целый новый мир.
Многие люди идут по стопам своих родителей или дедушек и бабушек, но со мной дело обстоит наоборот. Моя мать — учительница, а отец — врач. Но я не хочу быть ни учителем, ни врачом.
Мои любимые предметы в школе — математика, физика и, конечно, информатика. Я не интересуюсь такими предметами, как география, биология или химия. Мое хобби — компьютерные игры и программирование.
У меня дома есть компьютер, и я могу часами работать на нем. На компьютере гораздо легче делать разные вещи, например, писать сочинения. Можно изменять текст столько раз, сколько понадобится, и не нужно будет переписывать весь текст заново, если вы что-то в нем изменили.
Я думаю, что профессия программиста предоставляет много возможностей. Компьютеры являются самой быстро меняющейся сферой современной технологии. Сегодня мы живем в век информации. И я думаю, что будущее принадлежит компьютерам.
Сегодня в Англии или в Соединенных Штатах люди могут работать, делать покупки и даже ходить на свидания, сидя за своим компьютером. В нашей стране компьютером пользуются совсем недавно.
Так что после того, как я закончу школу, я хочу поступить в университет и изучать администрирование.