VI. Listening: The Smart Systems

Visit http://www.economist.com/blogs/multimedia/2010/11/smart_systems_0 ;

find a special report “The Smart Systems”, listen to the report and fulfill the task:

The convergence of the physical and the real will make the world a more efficient place and create all kinds of new services

The real and digital worlds are converging, bringing much greater efficiency and lots of new opportunities. But is it what people want? Listen to the report on smart systems and summarize its main ideas under the following headings:

1. the potential of Information Technologies (IT);

2. the benefits of IT:

· in terms of providing more information;

· in terms of allocating resources more efficiently;

· in terms of optimizing the real world.

3. the drawbacks of IT:

· in terms of security;

· in terms of government’s surveillance;

· in terms of privacy vs. transparency.

4. perspectives of IT and smart systems.

VII. Writing: Surf the Internet for the additional information and write in 150 - 200 words your own ideas concerning the necessity to reduce electronic waste. Use the following ideas:

ü inevitable developments,

ü progress can not be stopped,

ü advantages and disadvantages of contemporary progress,

ü to enhance our lives (studies, work, etc.),

ü to be harmful or even dangerous to our health,

ü special programs, initiatives, incentives to discourage producing electronic waste,

ü to make polluters pay,

ü public awareness,

ü personal responsibility.

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