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Technical Progress
The scientific and technical revolution has changed our life very much. The computers, the mobile phones and other digital devices have entered our everyday life. The atomic, space and energy age was followed bу the age of computers. The tasks which had seemed eternal before have been solved one bу one bу computers. During the last decade many fundamental changes occurred because of electronic devices.
It is even difficult to imagine the social and economic consequences of the microelectronic revolution. The large use of computers has influenced our life in such а way that it was difficult to imagine 15 or 20 years ago. On the one hand, computers have simplified our life greatly. If you typed а text on the typewriter and made а mistake you had to type the whole page again. Making several copies of the same document used to bе а difficult job too. But now it's quite different.
Computer also helps us to buy goods, find information, book tickets, make presentations and annual reports, and make difficult calculations. Time is saved for leisure. Leisure time is also influenced bу computer and other periphery devices. You no longer go to the music shops - many things are available on the internet. You needn't write letters to your relatives or friends - you can send an e-mail. And your photo albums are on computer too.
Computer games are probably also а part of your free time. They became more and more realistic and complicated, and for many people it becomes impossible to tear themselves away. This means that electronic devices, such as computer and ТV set are used mostly for entertainment and consume most of the time that could bе spent on work, going for а walk and sleeping. Man becomes а slave of the devices which were designed to make him stronger. Is there а way out? In fact, there is, but many people don't know it and are still slaves. The best decision is not to give these equipments place in your heart. They should do their work. And when you have а rest, prefer real communication to virtual one and living an active life to watching films about crime. Then electronics will bе not our lord or enemy but our friend!
The Internet has connected people from all parts of the world. People are getting more and more involved in the computer world. Children forget about all other toys when computer games are at hand. Almost all modern projects, designs and calculations are impossible without computers. The newest invention is the virtual reality, which can be changed according to the wishes of the man. It has turned out to be so attractive that there is a danger that it can substitute the whole world for its users.
Dozens of incurable diseases have been overpowered. The man has penetrated inside the cell and such branch of science as genetic engineering is doing wonders nowadays. However its results are sometimes scary, for example cloning. It has caused heated arguments because of its moral side.
The 20-th century is called the nuclear age. It’s due to the fact that the man learned to use the power of the atom. It created the most devastating weapon in history and now the stores of A-bombs and H-bombs threaten the existence of the whole planet.

The exploration of space is based on high technologies which cost a lot of money. However, flights into outer space allow man to penetrate into new spheres of unpredictable discoveries.

Выполните послетекстовые задания:
a) Match the words from the left and the right columns:
1. phones A. annual
2. technologies B. difficult
3. reports С. technical
4. calculations D. high
5. progress E. mobile
b) Translate the following sentences from English into Russian:
1. Computer also helps us to buy goods, find information, book tickets, make presentations and annual reports, and make difficult calculations.
2. The atomic, space and energy age was followed bу the age of computers.
3. Dozens of incurable diseases have been overpowered.
4. The man has penetrated inside the cell and such branch of science as genetic engineering is doing wonders nowadays.
5. They should do their work. And when you have а rest, prefer real communication to virtual one and living an active life to watching films about crime.
c) Translate the following sentences from Russian into English:
1. 21 век называют веком инноваций в области науки и техники.
2. Все современные проекты и вычисления невозможны без компьютера.
3. Некоторые люди считают, что технический прогресс наносит вред окружающей среде.
4. Сегодня невозможно представить нашу жизнь без разнообразных гаджетов.
5. Последствия современной науки и технического прогресса угрожают существованию нашей планеты.