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Is there an End to the Computer Race?
Today the word «electronics» is in general usage. Millions of people have electron watches. There are a lot of various radio and TV sets, video cassette recorders and CD players in our houses. In factories and plants we are surrounded with electronically controlled machines and instruments, we are carried by airplanes, ships, trains and cars with built-in electronic devices, and satellites circle the globe. In other words, we are living in an electronic world.
And the center of this world is a tiny silicon plate of a few square millimetres, an integrated circuit, or a chip, as it is more commonly known. The integrated circuit is undoubtedly one of the most sophisticated inventions of man, science and technology. It is in the heart of every electronic device and the more cassette recorders, TV sets and computers we need, the more integrated circuits are required.
When we speak about a further development of computers we mean not only quantity, but also high technology and high speed. As the operation of an integrated circuit depends on microscopic «components», the purity of all materials and the cleanness at the plant they are produced at must be of the highest quality. A continuous search is going on in laboratories throughout the world for more perfect, reliable and high speed electronic circuits.
In the past it took scientists and researchers a whole lifetime to make a few thousand calculations, whereas for a modern computer this task is a matter of a few seconds. At present computers capable of performing billions of operations a second are required. Supercomputers are different from ordinary computers. The ordinary computer does the computations operation by operation, while the supercomputer operates like a brain: all operations are being done simultaneously.
Our family celebrate Merry Christmas gaily. We buy a Christmas tree and make Christmas toys. We buy a lot of crackers, lights, stars, bells and baubles.
On the thirtieth of Desember we decorate a Christmas tree and our house. Mum hangs a stocking for Santa Claus near the Christmas tree.
We make presents for our friends. Mum will cook a Christmas pie and make salads. My mum, dad and I organize competitions and games.
We write a letter for Santa Claus and wish him good luck too! Santa Claus brings us presents at twelve o`clock under the Christmas tree. He eats biscuits and drinks milk with us.
When guests and friends come to us, we have got a holiday.
I wait for Christmas every year because I like to get presents and my family like Christmas very much! I wish Merry Christmas for you too!
((ПЕРЕВОД)) Я Настя. У меня есть семья. Мы любим Рождество.
Наша семья празднует Рождество весело. Мы покупаем Рождественскую ёлку и делаем рождественские игрушки. Мы покупаем много хлопушек, гирлянд из огоньков, звёзд, колокольчиков и шариков.
Тридцатого декабря мы украшаем Рождественскую ёлку и наш дом. Мама подвешивает чулок для подарков для Санта Клауса рядом с Рождественской ёлкой.
Мы изготавливаем подарки для наших друзей. Мама готовит рождественский пирог и салаты. Я с моими мамой и папой организую конкурсы и игры.
Мы пишем письмо для Санта Клауса и желаем ему счастья тоже! Санта Клаус приносит нам под Рождественскую ёлку подарки в двенадцать часов. Он ест печенье и пьёт молоко с ним.
Когда гости и друзья приходят в наш дом, мы получаем Счастливое Рождество.
Я жду Рождество каждый год, потому что мне нравится получать подарки и моей семье нравится Рождество очень сильно! Я желаю счастливого Рождества и вам тоже!
