1. Vocabulary
silicon chip - кремневый чип
search engine - поисковая система
web portal - вебпортал
control panel - пульт управления
self-test - самопроверка
clipboard - буфер обмена
address bus - шина адресов
bandwidth - пропускная способность
mail merge - составление стандартных писем
broadband - широкополосная сеть
shortcut - быстрый вызов
smart card - смарт-карта
scrollbar - прокрутка
recording head - записывающая головка
add-on - дополнения
set-up/setup - установка
menu-driven - управляемый с помощью меню
voice-activated - активизированный голосом
object-oriented - объектно ориентированный
space-saving - компактный
hands-free - позволяющий оставить руки свободными
stand-alone - автономный
2. Translate from Russian into English:
Поисковая система это - программа поиска информации в сети.
Веб портал представляет из себя сайт, который предлагает обширную информацию и ссылки на другие сайты.
Панель управления представляет собой утилиту управления конфигурацией и основными функциями системы.
Самопроверка используется для автоматического тестирования прибора.
Буфер это область для временного хранения информации в компьютере.
Шина адресов осуществляет поиск адресов и их локализацию на компьютере.
Пропускная способность представляет собой количество информации, которую можно послать между компьютерами через телефонный провод.
Составление стандартных писем подразумевает использование компьютера для написания писем разным адресатам по списку.
Широкополосная сеть позволяет большому количеству информации или сообщений быть посланными быстро и одновременно между компьютерами или другими электронными устройствами.
Ярлык является файлом малого размера, который позволяет быстро начать использовать компьютерную программу.
3.1. Read the text
Latest ICT Facts and Figures by End of 2010
Since two thousand five, the number of Internet users worldwide has doubled to more than one and a half billion people. At least two billion are expected to be online by the end of 2010. It is expected that more than seventy percent of new Internet users will be in developing countries. Still, only twenty-one percent of the population of the developing world is online -- compared to seventy-one percent in developed countries.
There are still very huge divides when it comes to accessing the Internet, especially high-speed and high bandwidth Internet. In developing countries, you have only one out of five people using the Internet. If we look at certain regions like in Africa, for example, the figures are even lower. In Africa we have not even ten percent of the population using the internet.
Less than sixteen percent of homes in developing countries are wired for the Internet. But, on the other hand, mobile phone usage has reached sixty-eight percent in developing countries. The world has almost seven billion people now. Nine out of ten have access to mobile networks. More and more people in developing countries are using their mobile phones to connect to the Internet.
The fact is that it's rather difficult to put in places the cable infrastructure and the fiber infrastructure and therefore the mobile networks really offer a great opportunity for people in developing countries to connect to the Internet over the wireless networks.
Mobile technology is already improving lives in developing countries. For example, banking by phone, e-health services and farm reports by text messaging are becoming increasingly popular. And the possibilities will only grow as broadband or high-speed connections become more widely available. The broadband is even called now "the next truly transformational world technology".
3.2. Comprehension tasks
3.2.1. Mark the following statements as True or False:
By the end of 2010 the number of Internet users worldwide is expected to be at least two billion people. Is it true?
The greatest difference between developed and developing countries concerns bandwidth and high speed Internet. Is it true?
Wired Internet connection is the most likely way of internet access in Africa and other developing countries. Is it true?
Mobile technologies are already widespread in developing countries and will improve lives of people in future. Is it true?
3.2.2. Using the information in the article, complete these statements
It is likely that developing countries will use extensive:
wireless networks
cable infrastructure
fiber infrastructure
Lives of people in developing countries will continue improving via their using:
online banking and health services
text messaging and farm reporting
mobile technologies
In future possibilities of people will grow as:
they will be more aware of computer technologies
they will continue using wireless networks
broadband or high-speed connections will become more widely available
4. Discussion
Discuss advantages and disadvantages of wireless and wired Internet connection.
In what way(s) do you think governments of developed countries can help developing countries to improve the situation with Internet connection.
How can mobile technologies improve lives of people in developing countries?
Why is it important to make access to the Internet available to as many people as possible?
