Grammar. Read the text and decide which answer (a, b or c) best fits each gap. Does anyone really know for sure what (1) going to happen in the future? Today, I’m (2) to see a fortune-teller to find out. I hope she (3) give me any bad news!
I’m a bit nervous because I’m not sure that I want to know what the future (4) bring! The fortune-teller says half of her customers feel the same, but I told myself her predictions aren’t definitely (5) to happen. Well, I’ll soon (6) for sure!
It (7) take about a quarter of an hour because the fortune-teller asks lots of questions. She will want to know about my distant past as well as my recent past. How much (8) I going to tell her? I don’t know!
I hope she tells me that I (9) be very successful. I’m appearing in a new play next week and if it’s good, I’m going (10) go to drama school. Maybe she’ll tell me that I will be a famous star one day!
1) "Упрощение" языка за счет использования символов-эмодзи, картинок-мемов и различных жаргонных выражений, призванных сократить число символов в предложении;
2) Различные формы заимствования интеллектуальной собственности (как правило, что попало в Интернет-уже "общественное достояние");
3) Замещение реальных контактов с живыми людьми виртуальными "друзьями", поощрение социофобий, соблазн создания виртуальной личности с "идеальной" жизнью.
Конечно, это далеко не полный список возможностей и последствий, а только мое видение данной темы.
Negative aspects of Internet communication:
1) "Simplification" of the language through the use of symbols-emoji, picture memes and various slang expressions, designed to reduce the number of characters in the sentence;
2) Various forms of borrowing intellectual property (as a rule, what has got into the Internet is already "public domain");
3) Substituting real contacts with living people with virtual "friends", encouraging social phobias, the temptation to create a virtual person with an "ideal" life.
Of course, this is far from a complete list of opportunities and consequences, but only my vision of this topic.