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1. How do people call the sign @ in different countries? In South Africa it is ‘monkey’s tail’, in Greece ‘little duck’, in Poland ‘little trunk’, in Russia ‘little dog’, in Sweden it is ‘elephant’s trunk’ and in Turkey it’s simply ‘ear’.

2. How did Roy Tomlinson invent email? It was in 1971 and it was a fun thing to try out and it took three to six hours to do.

3. Does it trouble him that he is not very famous? No, it doesn’t bother him. Computer fans know what he has done.

Текст (№ 16 WORLD DIGITAL LIBRARY OPENS)

1. Read the article and say in 2-3 sentences what it is about. The text is about one of the most useful global decisions – the creation of the World digital library. A huge amount of digital images from the earliest times to the present day can be found there.

2. The author tells us about the person who created the library and why he decided to do it. Find this extract and read it aloud. (4 абзац) The World Digital Library was the idea of James H Billington. He is the head librarian of the USA's Library of Congress, the largest library in the world. Mr Billington hopes the new digital library will be used by young students and teachers everywhere to discover more about the world's cultural history. The library contains about 1,200 items from 26 libraries in 19 countries. An explanation of each item is available in seven languages — Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian.

3. What ways are used to search the library? Visitors can search the library in different ways. They can enter historical dates to see what items were made in the world at that time. They can also sort their searches by similar topics or by country.

4. Why is it a good idea to create such a library? The digital library lets people see rare items from around the world, from some of the earliest written works to the modern ones.

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