Упр.29 Unit 3 Рабочая тетрадь ГДЗ English Михеева 9 класс
Complete the text with the right forms of the verbs in brackets.
Willy Johnson is an inventor, and a good one. But he 1) ______ honour in his own country.
“Invention is a dirty word in Britain. Inventors 2) ______ as nutty professors,” he 3) ______.
Johnson is capable of 4) ______ our lives.
Early in the next millennium many of us 5) ______ television on portable headsets. We 6) ______ in our lounges, in the backs of cars, on park benches, 7) ______ our own private world.
Nobody 8) ______ what we 9) ______ watching or what we 10) ______ thinking. The headset 11) ______ our only companion.
If the phone 12) ______, we 13) ______ able 14) ______ hear it. If the children 15) ______ and 16) ______ the programme, we 17) ______ need to say “shhh”.
We entirely 18) ______ focused on the screen. When we 19) ______ our heads, the picture still 20) ______ be there, crystal clear, magnified, captivating 21) ______.
This is not virtual reality, this 22) ______ for television what the Sony Walkman 23) ______ for audio in the past — it’s personal TV.
This TV revolution 24) ______ reached us yet. But it 25) ______ coming.
Willy Johnson is an inventor, and a good one. But he does not expect honour in his own country. “Invention is a dirty word in Britain. Inventors are seen as nutty professors,” he says.
Johnson is capable of changing our lives. Early in the next millennium many of us will be watching television on portable headsets. We will be sitting in our lounges, in the backs of cars, on park benches, lost in our own private world. Nobody will know what we will be watching or what we will be thinking. The headset will be our only companion. If the phone rings, we won’t be able to hear it. If the children speak and interrupt the programme, we won’t need to say “shhh”.
We will be entirely focused on the screen. When we turn our heads, the picture will still be there, crystal clear, magnified, captivating, not to be confused. This is not virtual reality, this does for television what the Sony Walkman did for audio in the past — it’s personal TV. This TV revolution hasn’t reached us yet. But it is coming.
