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Exercise 15. Translate the article with the help of a dictionary.
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Exercise 15. Translate the article with the help of a dictionary.
NEW TECH GADGETS ARE FOLLOWING THE SOUND OF YOUR VOICE
What’s the hottest thing in the world of technology these days? Your voice. Some of the most popular gadgets over the holiday season were smart speakers with digital assistants from mazon and Google. Apple is coming out with its own speaker this year; Microsoft and Samsung have partnered on another. As the annual Consumer Electronics Show kicks off in Las Vegas this week, manufacturers are expected to unveil even more voice-controlled devices — speakers and beyond — as Amazon and Google make their digital assistants available on a wider array of products. If these prove popular, you’ll soon be able to order around much more of your house, including kitchen appliances, washing machines and other devices.
CES is expected to draw more than 170, 000 people, as some 4, 000 exhibitors showcase their wares over the equivalent of nearly 50 football fields, or more than 11 New York city blocks. The show formally opened Tuesday. While major tech companies such as Apple and Google typically don’t make big announcements at CES, their technologies will be powering products and services from startups and other small companies. Expect more gadgets using Google’s Android operating software and Google’s digital assistant, for instance, and products that work with Apple’s HomeKit, a smart-home system getting a boost with the coming launch of Apple’s HomePod smart speaker. Here’s what else to expect at CES.
( Techlife news, January 13, 2018, p. 85)
PART 4 TEST YOURSELF
Variant 1
Exercise 1. Read the text and choose the correct answer in the sentences below.
COMPUTERS AND HACKERS
With the development of technology in the twenty-first century, it would be really difficult to imagine life without computers. They are a source of information, education and entertainment, but today's world of computers can also be quite frightening and dangerous. This is because of people who use computers for illegal purposes. They are called hackers. Hackers spend their time playing with computer data in all parts of cyberspace. Much of what they do is not dangerous, but sometimes their activities break the law, for example, when they break into websites, take control of computers or create viruses. They are especially interested in breaking through the security of military websites. Hackers know how to trick people just using their programs. They use a 'Trojan Horse’, a program that looks perfectly safe, but actually contains something destructive. The only way of not getting into trouble is not to open it. Although they can get serious punishment if they are caught, most hackers still think that what they do is a game. They often meet at festivals to take part in discussions, share their experiences, meet other hackers and generally to have a good time. These meetings are organized in well-known places like Las Vegas or Berlin. However, what the hackers do at such festivals is a secret and often many of their activities take place at night. Recently, hacking has started to increase. Hackers are getting into computer systems and stealing or destroying information. It is certain that there will be a lot more of this high-tech crime in the twenty-first century.
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1. 'Trojan Horse' is...
a) an anti-virus program; b) a computer game; c) a kind of computer virus.
2. In future the number of hackers...
a) will not change; b) will be bigger; c) will decrease.
3. In the author's opinion, the use of computers...
a) is dangerous and destructive; b) is quite safe and necessary; c) has its advantages and disadvantages.
4. Hackers' special interest is...
a) top secret information; b) education; c) entertainment.
5. A hacker is a person who...
a) provides computer users with new and interesting information; b) enters other people's computer programs without permission; c) surfs through the Internet.
Exercise 2. Read the text and complete the gaps with one suitable word.
ARTIFICIAL BREATHING TO GIVE HUMANS THE FREEDOM
OF THE SEAS
In a major breakthrough in diving, scientists have developed an artificial gill capable of obtaining oxygen from sea water. The question of how fish breathe puzzled man (1) __________ centuries. Now, (2) __________, a team of chemists, physicists and mathematicians at Tokyo University have built two forms of artificial gill, which imitate the breathing method used (3) _________ fish. They are also developing a lightweight version (4) __________ could be worn on the back. They expect that the first model (5) __________ be available for human trials within three years and could be (6) __________ sale in the shops within five to ten years. Fish transfer oxygen directly into (7) __________ blood, and the artificial gill will be (8) __________ to transfer oxygen through a mouthpiece into human lungs. This process of taking oxygen (9) __________ of water occurs through the ultra-thin surface of hundreds of fine, hollow threads. As water streams over them, the dissolved oxygen in (10) __________ passes through to become a breathable gas. At the moment, the human gill has a 10-litre volume; (11) __________ has to be halved to produce a machine small (12) __________ to be commercially successful. In (13) __________ of this, the team is optimistic, believing it will have huge value both for commercial and leisure purposes (14) __________ it will let people dive, in shallow water, for as (15) __________ as they like.
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