The Internet. News travels pretty fast today

How can we find out what is going on in the world? News is what we see or read about in the media. In the past newspapers, television and radio provided news for the public. Ordinary post does not work as quickly as e-mail. They are sent and got via your PC. Today The Internet allows millions of people to access a huge amount of information quickly and cheaply. The Internet can offer a lot of wonderful things. If you collect something, if you study some subject, if you are keen on travelling or want to set up and develop your own business, the Internet is for you. We can say that "an information revolution" has come to us in the form of the Internet and mobile phones, i pads, computers and CD-ROMs. Computers do some jobs much quicker and cheaper than humans. In the underground we can see people reading electronic books which are also good for reference materials like encyclopedias. The Internet has become a menace to TV, I think. People spend more time surfing the Internet in search of necessary information, looking for new friends and news than watching TV. I can say that the Internet takes all our time today, we can `t imagine our life without it. Many of us spend with the computer up to eight hours a day. We are becoming net addicts. We lead sad virtual lives. Besides that the Internet can exaggerate anti-social tendencies and interfere with healthier, face-to face contact. We should admit that heavy use of the computer is dangerous.

Answer the following questions:

-How often do you use the Internet?

-What kind of information do you usually look for in the Internet?

-Do you play any computer games? What do you think about them?

- How do you think doctors or writers might use the Internet?.

Comment on: "Computers have reached the end of the line; there is nothing left for them to do".

The City. Is it a monster or a place with a great choice of opportunities?

It is known that many of the cities are growing bigger and bigger. There are about 20 cities in the world with a population of more than ten million people. Wherever you look, its people, people and people. The characteristic features of large modern cities are:

- the crazy system of commuting when you have to change from metro to bus,

- pollution,

- addicts, and

- homeless people.

Slums and congested streets make us feel blue. Traffic jams make the transport come to a standstill. Life is stressful in cities. Polluted air influences our health. We miss nature. Large modern cities are too big to control. The cost of living in general is high. We have to pay for the privilege of living in a city. The demand for accommodation is great. So we should ask ourselves-"Is it worth it?"

On the other hand,cities offer better schools, better medical services, better public transport and high standard of living conditions.

On the whole one can have more opportunity to succeed in life. A big city is often called a monster and is full of dangers and traps. We should be extremely attentive in the streets of a large city.

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