In most ways, Sarah McCarthy is your average high schooler. She has a job, college plans, but also a peculiar passion for a 16-year-old: She’s a vinyl junkie. And none of that hipster new stuff. To this senior high school student, there’s nothing like the raw crackle, the depth of sound, her delicate hand on diamond-tipped stylus to spin from the dusty stash of records she found in the basement of her grandfather. “He gave me his receiver and speaker system and told me to listen to it the way it was made to be listened to,” McCarthy said. “I’ve turned a lot of my friends on to it. They come over a lot to listen with me.” At a time when parents feel positively prehistoric as they explain how to use plastic ice-cube trays or speak of phones with cords and dials, this teen knows what a record is. Not only that, she knows the difference between a 45 and an LP. She met her boyfriend in a record shop and now works there. “Listening to old music remastered to a newer format is almost comical,” Sarah said. “They weren’t meant to be digitalised. Listening to Jimi Hendrix on my iPod doesn’t capture his endlessly deep guitar solos quite like a 33 LP of ‘Blues’ does.” This girl’s in love with vinyl, and she’s not the only member of Generation Digital with an ear for records.

1) True           2) False                       3) Not stated

1.             Sarah is no way an ordinary girl.  

2.             Sarah’s hobby is collecting vinyl records.

3.             Sarah’s granny gave all the records to her.          

4.             Sarah’s friends also enjoy her hobby.      

5.            Sarah also collects phones with cords and dials.

6.            Sarah’s hobby helped her to find a job.

7.            Music of the 60-s is not meant for CDs.

8.            iPod is a device which can show all the beauty of a guitar solo.

 Ключи:1.– 2; 2.–1; 3.– 3; 4.– 1; 5.– 2; 6.– 1; 7.– 1; 8.– 2.

2. Complete this text using the correct word from the box.

 

INTERNET: HOW IT AFFECTS US

 

opportunity   violence     choice     addiction     absence     need        almost

The most negative effect of the Internet might be people’s (1)_____ to it. People often feel a strange and powerful (2)______ to spend time on the network. Addiction to a computer screen is similar to drug or alcohol addiction: people (3)_______ never believe they are addicted. One more disadvantage of the Internet is the (4)_______ of information control. Children receive wide access to porno sites and sites with (5)______ and promoting hate. From that, how much we know about the Internet depends on the (6)_______ we make and how effectively we use the (7)_______ of the Internet in our time.

 

 Ключи:1. addiction; 2. need; 3. almost; 4. absence; 5. violence; 6. choice; 7. opportunities.