Reading.
Task 1. Read the text and mark the statements as T (true), F (false) or DS (doesn't
say).
The future of computer games?
The Facebook owned Oculus Rift is the first
of a next generation of Virtual Reality headsets
based on technology made cheap enough because
of the popularity of smart phones, could become
the future of all computer gaming.
Oculus VR have made some special
development kits which are for computer game
makers to use to help make new games. Some
industry experts think that a second development kit may be announced as soon as
late March at the Game Developers Conference. With the Occulus Rift you will be
able to play many new computer games such as Left 4 Dead, Half-Life 2. Portal
2. Skyrim, Mirror's Edge, Unreal Tournament 3, Dear Esther and DiRT2.
People can connect the Occulus Rift to their computer or games console and
play games standing up or sitting down. People who have used the headset say that
a short demo game to show how the headset will work felt as though they were in
another world. Also that the game can become part of your reality because your
subconscious mind can become involved in the virtual reality as well as your
conscious mind. You can wear your own headphones and it has special lenses in
case you need to wear glasses.
The final version for everyone may be a year away and there are many
improvements that will need to be made before it is ready for the consumer market.
Nobody is certain about the price, but people think it will cost about 250 to 300 US
dollars.
True, false or doesn't say?
1. Oculus Rift owes its development to smart phone technology
2. Facebook paid one billion dollars to buy Oculus rift.
3. You can play computer games standing up with it.
4. People who used the Oculus Rift felt that they were in another world.
5. Some people who played games with it felt sick.
6. The Oculus Rift is finished and ready.​

Сори кратко не могу my aunt will come down in a few minutes, mr nuttel," said a girl of fifteen, showing him into the sitting-room. mr nuttel was a young painter who had recently had a nervous breakdown. the doctors had told him that he should go away for a holiday. they warned him, however, against crowded resorts and recommended a complete rest in a quiet country-place. so here he was, in a little village, with letters of introduction from his sister to some of the people she knew. "some of the people there are quite nice," his sister had said to him. "i advise you to call on mrs sappleton as soon as you arrive. i owe the wonderful holiday i had to her." "do you know many of the people round here? " asked the girl when they were sitting comfortably on the sofa. "no, i'm afraid i don't," answered mr nuttel. "i've never been here before. my sister stayed here four years ago, you know, and she gave me letters of introduction to some of the people here." "then you know nothing about my aunt, do you? " asked the girl. "only her name and address," said the visitor. "her great tragedy happened just three years ago," said the child. "her tragedy? " asked mr nuttel. "you may wonder why we keep that window wide open on an october afternoon," went on the girl, pointing to a large french window. "it's quite warm for this time of year," said mr nuttel. "but has that window anything to do with the tragedy? " "exactly three years ago my aunt's husband and her two young brothers walked out through that window. they went shooting and never came back. when they were crossing the river their boat probably turned over and they were all drowned. their bodies were never found. that was the most horrible part of the tragedy." here the girl stopped. there were tears in her eyes and she drew a handkerchief out of her pocket. "three years have passed, but my poor aunt still thinks that they will come back some day, they and the little brown dog that was drowned with them, and walk in through that window just as they always did. that is why the window is kept open every evening till it's quite dark. poor dear aunt, she can't understand that they've left forever. she's growing worse day by day, so let me give you some advice. don't be surprised at anything she says or does: she will start telling you all over again how they went out — her husband, with his coat over his arm, and her youngest brother, singing 'bertie, why don't you come? ' as she once told me. you know, sometimes, on quiet evenings like this, i almost get a feeling that they will all walk in through that window, and the whole family will be gathered in here again." the young girl finished her sad story. there was a long pause, and mr nuttel was glad when mrs sappleton at last entered the room. "i'm sorry i'm late," she said, "but i hope my niece has entertained you well." "yes, she's been very amusing," said mr nuttel. "d'you mind the open window? " asked mrs sappleton. "my husband and brothers will soon be home from shooting and they always come into the house this way." and she went on speaking gaily about shooting. after what mr nuttel had just heard, he looked worried. "the doctors told me," he said, trying to change the subject, "to have a rest here and to avoid anything that would make me feel nervous." "did they? " said mrs sappleton in a voice which showed that she was not at all interested in what mr nuttel was saying. she never took her eyes off the open window and suddenly cried out: "here they are at last! just in time for tea. how tired they look." mr nuttel looked at the girl and saw that she was looking out through the open window with horror in her eyes. mr nuttel turned round slowly in his seat, looked in the same direction and saw three figures walking across the garden towards the window. they all carried guns and one of them had a coat over his shoulder. a tired brown dog was following them. noiselessly they approached the house, and then a young voice began to sing. "bertie, why don't you come? " mr nuttel seized his hat and ran out of the house like mad. "here we are, my dear," said mrs sappleton's husband, coming in through the window. "we've enjoyed ourselves very much. i wonder what made that gentleman run out so quickly when we came up? who is he? " "a very strange young man, called nuttel. he could only talk about his illness. he didn't say a single interesting thing. i don't understand why he ran out that way without saying good-bye," said his wife. "i think it was the dog," said the niece calmly. "he told me that he was afraid of dogs. once when he was attacked by a pack of dogs somewhere in india, he was so frightened that he started running like mad, and finding himself in a cemetery, climbed down into a newly-dug grave, where he had to spend the night. since then he has always been afraid of dogs." she was very good at inventing stories and did it artistically.

Усі ми ще з дитинства знаємо, що добро завжди перемагає зло. Проте в казках і мультфільмах, на яких виховується кожне нове покоління, перемога добра пов’язана з певним насильством (злого персонажа б’ють або знищують), тому й не дивно, коли ді­ти вирішують конфлікт силою. Однак, на мою думку, добро має здобувати перемогу справедливістю, мудрістю та гуманністю, адже коли добро показує кулаки, то воно перестає бути добром.

Сьогодні, на жаль, багато хто переконаний, що добро повинне бути з кулаками. Особливо цим спекулюють люди, наділені вла­дою. Вони розпалюють воєнні конфлікти, прикриваючись ідеєю добра, утручаються в справи інших країн. Так уже багато років триває конфлікт на Близькому Сході, зокрема й у країні, де наро­дився Ісус, який власним життям і смертю довів, як треба люби­ти ближнього. Це лише вкотре доводить, що боротьба добра і зла триває.

Любити ворогів своїх і відповідати добром на зло, звичайно, важко, але можливо. Приклади з літератури теж доводять, що добро здатне подолати лихий світ. Яскравою ілюстрацією цього може бути повість Михайла Коцюбинського «Тіні забутих пред­ків». Марічка пригощає Іванка цукеркою, незважаючи на кон­флікт між ними та дуже напружені стосунки між родинами дітей. Після цього хлопчик задумався, вибачився за скоєне, і, зрештою, між ними зав’язалася дружба, а згодом і любов.

Отже, добро має виграти вічний поєдинок із злом мирним шляхом і переконанням, аби нарешті дійти згоди та змінити цей світ на краще. Якщо ж відповідати злом на зло, то це буде поштовхом до людської трагедії.

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