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Напишите короткий абзац, который развивает тему, изложенную в главном предложении. Используйте прямые и непрямые цитаты для поддержки своей точки зрения.

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Упр.7.5.3.1 A Изучите пример, показывающий, как основную мысль абзаца превратить в связный текст, содержащий прямые и непрямые цитаты для поддержки высказанного мнения.

 

Topic Sentence The increased use of computers in business has been accompanied by a costly increase in computer crime.
Main point Computer criminals cost business a lot of money.
Quotation “The financial losses to business from computer thefts will exceed $15 billion in 1998.”
Main point Computer criminals steal not only money but also information.
Quotation “It is not just the money they steal; they steal data, and data is power.”
Source A book by Meredith Bruce, Cybercrime, page 185.
Completed paragraph The increased use of computers in business has been accompanied by a costly increase in computer crime. The losses to victims of computer crimes are very high. In her book, Cybercrime, author Meredith Bruce claimed that the financial losses to business from computer thefts would exceed $15 billion in 1998. Computer criminals steal not only money but also information. For example, they steal confidential business records, customer lists, and corporate plans. As Bruce stated, “It is not just the money they steal; they steal data, and data is power” (Bruce 185).

Упр.7.5.3.1 B Напишите абзац на заданную тему.

Topic Sentence Computers cannot be compared to human brains.
Main point The human brain is more powerful than any computer.
Quotation “It has been estimated that the information processing capacity of even the most powerful supercomputer is equal to the nervous system of a snail – a tiny fraction of the power available to the supercomputer inside the human skull.”
Main point The kinds of processing are different, too.
Quotation “Computers find it easy to remember a 25-digit number but find it hard to summarize the gist of [children’s story] “Little Red Riding Hood,” and humans find it hard to remember the number but easy to summarize the story.”
Main point Human brains also have the advantage of being inside humans.
Quotation “They [human brains] can soak up terabytes of information over the years as the humans interact with other humans and with the environment.”
Source An article by Steven Pinker in U.S. News &World Report, August 18-25, 1997, page 64.