Use the appropriate tense forms of the verbs in brackets. More than two hundred years ago, people (make) ... their own
clothes. They (have, not) ... machines for making clothes. There
(be, not) ... any clothing factories. People (wear) ... homemade
clothes that were sewn by hand. Today, very few people (make)
... their own clothes. Clothing (come) ... ready-made from
factories. People (buy) ... almost all their clothes from stores.
The modern clothing industry (be) ... international. As a result,
people from different countries often (wear) ... similar clothes.
For example, people in many different countries throughout the
world (wear) ... jeans and T-shirts. However, regional
differences in clothing still (exist)... . For instance, people of the
Arabian deserts (wear) ... loose, flowing robes to protect
themselves from the heat of the sun. In northern Europe, fur hats
(be) ... common in the winter. In the future, there (be, probably)
... fewer and fewer differences in clothing in the world. People
throughout the world (wear) ... clothes from the same factories.
We all (dress)... almost alike in the future? TV shows and
movies about the future often (show) ... everybody in a uniform
of some kind. What you (think)..?

Are there any practical rules for healthy living? Very few. The formula for healthy life cannot be put into words — it can only be practised. Some people break the so-called health every day and escape punishment and some look after their health and don't live any longer in the end.

There are hardly any rules worth having but there are some principles which will help to counteract the harmful genes.

These principles are: love in childhood. Love from parents.

Another principle is — healthy nutrition — with all elements in proper proportion.

Then comes control of environment— air, water and especially the new pollutives. Remember, too, the animals — they have a right to share in the health we want for ourselves.

Stresses are an essential part of being alive — but the art of life is to arrange rules that stress does not become strain. A healthy organism is extremely tough. It can withstand overwork, fatigue, anxiety, microbes — up to a certain point, of course.

A personal belief— the most important element in a healthy life is some faith in life which mobilizes our faculties and makes the most of them.

Perhaps these health principles seem too theoretical, but they are golden rules which can stretch our powers and help us in our fight against harmful genes.

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Существуют ли правила для здорового образа жизни? Очень мало. Формула для здоровой жизни, не может быть выражена словами - её можно только практиковать. Некоторые люди нарушают так называемые принципы здоровья каждый день, и уходят от наказания, а некоторые следят за своим здоровьем и не живут больше в конце концов.

Почти нет стоящих правил, но есть некоторые принципы, которые противодействовать вредному влиянию генов.

Этими принципами являются:

Любовь в детстве. Любовь родителей.

Другой принцип - здоровое питание - со всеми элементами в правильной пропорции.

Следующий - контроль окружающей среды: воздуха, воды и особенно новых загрязнителей. Помните также о животных - они имеют право на долю в здоровье, которую мы хотим для себя.

Стрессы - являются неотъемлемой частью жизни живых, - но искусство жизни заключается в организации правил, чтобы стресс не довел до деформации. Здоровый организм является чрезвычайно сильным. Он может выдерживать перегрузки, усталость, беспокойство, микробы - до определенного момента, конечно.

Личные убеждения - самым важным элементом здорового образа жизни является какая-то вера в жизнь, которая мобилизует наши и использует их.

Возможно, эти принципы здоровья покажутся слишком теоретическими, но это золотые правила, которые растянуть наши силы и нам в нашей борьбе против вредных генов.

Internet and Modern Life

The Internet has already entered our ordinary life. Everybody knows that the Internet is a global computer network, which embraces hundred of millions of users all over the world and helps us to communicate with each other.

The history of Internet began in the United States in 1969. It was a military experiment, designed to help to survive during a nuclear war, when everything around might be polluted by radiation and it would be dangerous to get out for any living being to get some information to anywhere. Information sent over the Internet takes the shortest and safest path available from one computer to another. Because of this, any two computers on the net will be able to stay in touch with each other as long as there is a single route between them. This technology was called packet switching.

Invention of modems, special devices allowing your computer to send the information through the telephone line, has opened doors to the Internet for millions of people.

Most of the Internet host computers are in the United States of America. It is clear that the accurate number of users can be counted fairly approximately, nobody knows exactly how many people use the Internet today, because there are hundred of millions of users and their number is growing.

Nowadays the most popular Internet service is e-mail. Most of the people use the network only for sending and receiving e-mail messages. They can do it either they are at home or in the internet clubs or at work. Other popular services are available on the Internet too. It is reading news, available on some dedicated news servers, telnet, FTP servers, etc.

In many countries, the Internet could provide businessmen with a reliable, alternative to the expensive and unreliable telecommunications systems its own system of communications. Commercial users can communicate cheaply over the Internet with the rest of the world. When they send e-mail messages, they only have to pay for phone calls to their local service providers, not for international calls around the world, when you pay a good deal of money.

But saving money is only the first step and not the last one. There is a commercial use of this network and it is drastically increasing. Now you can work through the internet, gambling and playing through the net.

However, there are some problems. The most important problem is security. When you send an e-mail, your message can travel through many different networks and computers. The data is constantly being directed towards its destination by special computers called routers. Because of this, it is possible to get into any of the computers along the route, intercept and even change the data being sent over the Internet. But there are many encoding programs available. Notwith-standing, these programs are not perfect and can easily be cracked.

Another big and serious problem of the net is control. Yes, there is no effective control in the^Internet, because a huge amount of information circulating through the net. It is like a tremendous library and market together. In the future, the situation might change, but now we have what we have. It could be expressed in two words— an anarchist's dream.