Gadgets

I think it`s very difficult to imagine our life without gadgets.        Our century is the age of new technologies. A "gadget" is a modern word, which describes an electronic device. There are different gadgets in every house. They`re vacuum cleaner, washing machine, microwave own, dishwasher, TV set and so on. They made our life easier. Today nearly everyone has smartphones or iPhones. Nowadays the most popular is smartphone. It gets very big evolution every year. Gadgets are very useful. Using them we get much information, they help to communicate.        As for me I think that new technologies really entered into the lives of all people of our world..

Я думаю дуже важко уявити наше життя без гаджетів.     Наше століття - це століття нових технологій. * Гаджет * це сучасне слово, яке описує електронний прилад. Є різні гаджети в кожному будинку. Це пилосос, пральна машина, мікрохвильова піч, посудомийна машина, ТВ і так далі. Вони роблять наше життя легше. Сьогодні майже кожен має смартфон або айфон. Зараз найбільш популярний смартфон. Він вдосконалюється щороку. Гаджети дуже корисні. Використовуючи їх, ми отримуємо масу інформації, вони допомагають нам спілкуватися.     Що стосовно мене Я думаю, що нові технології реально увійшли в життя всіх людей нашого світу.

 TEENS AND TECHNOLOGY

Today’s teens cannot live without communication technologies. A re­cent research showed some surprising results.

‘I would be lost, helpless and alone without the Internet. I don’t know how you people survived without it!’

Sara, 19, UK The number of teenagers using the Internet is growing around the world. According to a recent study, teens are much brighter with computers then adults and use the Internet more often and for more varied reasons — to communicate with friends, to make new friends, to play games, download music, get news, shop, research homework and ask health questions. 

‘I have 102 buddies on my Buddy List and you can click on your buddy if they’re online. At the most I’ll talk to 7 or 8 people at one time, usually 3 or 4.’

Charlotte, 17, USA Email is losing its privileged place among teens. It’s only used to communicate with ‘adults’, such as teachers. Young people prefer instant messaging (IM) and text messaging as ways to connect with their friends. IM is already hugely popular in Russia and its advantages are obvious. When you send someone an email, you don’t know when you will get a reply. Your friend might not check his or her messages, or might not use that email address anymore. You can then send a message to your friend, who can type a reply instantly. 

‘I can’t live without my iPod? I take it to wherever I go.’ Sergei, 18, Ukraine The newest technology popular with teens is pod­casting — both receiving and creating them. The term podcast is a blend of the words ‘iPod (a portable media player) and ‘broadcasting’. But not only teens are crazy about podcasting. Some grandmothers like it too! Queen Elizabeth II has taken up this latest way of listening to music, according to newspaper reports. She is the proud owner of a silver iPod which can hold up to 100,000 songs! 

‘It’s the best thing ever invented!’ Tom, 17, USA In the USA, young people spend five times more time online then in Europe. Their most popular site is Facebook — a place where everybody knows everything about everybody else. It has more then 26 mil­lion members! Facebook offers an adult-free world where teens can do and say what they want. They publish intimate personal details, post photos and bare their souls. Facebook wasn’t created for teenagers. Former Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg started the site in 2004 as an online university directory. It quickly turned into a social-networking tool for colleges, then opened to high-schoolers two years ago. 

‘I would die if I lost my cell phone.’ Rachel, 15, USA ‘It would be the end of the world if I lost my mobile phone.’

Irina, 17, Russia It’s not just computers teens are hooked on, they are also attracted to their mobile phones. Mobile phones are used as a tool of text-messaging, as alarm-clocks, calculators, to send photos, play games and to help with exam revision. Some teens have admitted to cheating on tests using their phones are banned in many schools and universities.

*♥Match the words with their definitions 

#1

1)	icon	a)	controls the location of the cursor
2)	surf	b)	programmes on a computer
3)	software	c)	to receive material from the internet onto your
4)	mouse	d)	to look at internet pages
5)	to download	e)	programme which can harm your computer
6)	internet	f)	the world wide web
7)	network	g)	a picture representing a programme
8)	virus	h)	two or more computers directly linked

                                                 #2

1)	programmer	a)	icon that connects directly to a file, folder
2)	pop-up	b)	marks where you are going to type
3)	shortcut	c)	we use it to type into a computer
4)	printer	d)	hardware that puts material from computer paper
5)	keyboard	e)	another word for computer screen
6)	hardware	f)	message or screen that appears without direct
7)	cursor	g)	person who makes or modifies computer
8)	monitor	h)	equipment which makes up a computer

Key #1 : 1 g; 2 f; 3 a; 4 d; 5 c; 6 h; 7 b; 8 e. 

Key #2: 1 g; 2 d; 3 b; 4 a; 5 c; 6 f; 7 h; 8 e.