Вопрос № 857132 - Английский язык

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TV is one of our most important 1_______ of communication. It brings 2_______ and sounds around the world to 3_______ of homes. Communication satellites in space transmit TV pictures over oceans and continents.
By the late 1970’s, such devices as video cassette recorders, videodisc players, and personal 4_______ have changed the way people use television at their homes. For example, TV sets may be used for such purposes, as playing electronic games and receiving televised information services.

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The 1_______ time the baby is in the mother’s 2_______ is about 40 weeks – 9 3_______ and 1 week, but a few days earlier or later is within the range of normality. A baby who is born earlier than his time is called 4_______.

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The name electricity came from the Greek word for amber and 1_______ by Elizabeth I’s physician William Gilbert who was among those 2_______ noticed that amber had the power to attract light objects after being rubbed. In the 3_______ century such great names as Michael Faraday, Humphry Davy, Alessandro Volta and Andre Marie Ampere all did 4_______ work on electricity.

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As you know personal computers use a lot of power. In fact, with their printers and monitors, computers in the USA use each year as much electricity as the whole state of Oregon. Not to waste electricity, new ‘green’ computers are being developed by more than a hundred personal computer firms in the USA. When left on but unused for more than a few minutes, they go down to a standby, using 80 per cent less energy. At a command the PCs return to full power.
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How much electricity do the computers in the USA use every year?

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Nowadays, people working in offices use computers, which contain hundreds of documents! Do you know how much space these documents would take up, if they were printed on paper? They’d occupy whole rooms! In many offices computers are linked in a network. This way, employees can exchange information and messages without moving from their tables.
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Why can employees exchange information and messages without moving from their tables?

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Technology has allowed more and more people to work from the place where they live. Using a modem on a telephone line connected to their computer, everyone can be linked to the company computer. In this way, they don’t waste so much time because they don’t have to go to the office every day. It also means less pollution in the atmosphere caused by transport.
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Why don’t people waste much time for work in place they live?