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entertain, grow, communicate, circle, excite, base
The Internet
Part 1
Modern Technology has had a great effect on the lives of people and their
habits. Today, all over the world the Internet has undergone a phenomenal
. It has become a very important data-gathering and
source. The Net
the globe. Young people spend a lot of time on their computers because it’s
and they have found in the Net new ways of meeting one of the
human needs: the desire to communicate with other people.
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change, print, meet, normal, success, busy
The Internet
Part 2
What is the practical side of it? People can
electronic messages. The Internet has replaced a post office,
, and
-place. Most companies have their own websites; others exist only on the Internet. They are
called “dot com” companies. Some of the most
Net businessmen are teenagers who are still at school. For example, Tom Hadfield, 16, started a football results website called soccer-net, and it became a great
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My favourite film is a science fiction trilogy The Matrix. The first part was shot in 1999, the second and the third – in 2003. I like this movie because it is dynamic, captivating and deeply philosophical at the same time. In my opinion, any good movie should be a combination of a touching story, bright visualization and clever ideas.
The Matrix is a cyberpunk story. The setting is the future where intelligent machines have enslaved the humanity. People are held on gigantic plantations and are used as a source of energy. They cannot fight against their enslavers because they are connected to a virtual reality called the Matrix.
They think that they live in the peaceful twenty-first century. But there is a small group of rebels who managed to escape from the Matrix. They try to destroy the machines. The main character Neo also becomes one of the rebels and uses his special powers in this war. In the end, though, he and his love Trinity die and the world of machines continues to exist.
The Matrix is directed by The Wachowskis – two talented and famous screenwriters and directors. Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne and Carrie-Anne Moss play the roles of the main characters in the trilogy. The actors’ work is great, they show bright and plausible emotions. The computer visualization techniques are innovative (at the time) and very impressive.
I find the ideas of The Matrix deep and interesting. After watching the movie, I thought about it a lot. What if our world is a fake? If we have lived in a virtual reality from the first days of our life, how can we understand it? And finally, if we understand it, should we refuse from our ordinary life and fight? I think that these are deep philosophical questions. The Matrix is a grand movie that gave food for thought to millions of its viewers.
For many years mankind has been wondering whether there is life on other planets and what these planets are. A huge amounts of money are spent on this sphere whereas some people claim that our native planet need urgent help and it would be better to spend money here.
Talking about myself, i am not keen on scientific topic and do not admit the idea of investing billions in the space exploration. I think we had better spent them to solve problems of the contemporary world such as hunger, poverty, ecological issues.
It was said that we should learn more about space due to the danger it can bring to us, for example, a meteorite. From this point of view i agree, we should develop this branch of science but it's unnecessary to make it a problem number 1.
In my opinion, helping children in Africa is more important than building rockets, isn't it? We should help our planet now and here or it will be late to save the earth.