Контрольные задания > 1. Read the text and mark the statements True (T), False (F),
Not Stated (NS).
A Library with No Books?
How will you feel if you walk into your local public library and in-
stead of hundreds of shelves with all kinds of exciting books, you
see a modern store with computers and other electronic gad-
gets? That is exactly the vision Nelson Wolff, the Texas judge, has
for BiblioTech, a new kind of public library. He says that he loves
paper books, but he believes that it is time to bring the library
system in the direction in which the world is going - eBooks!
The library will not have any paper books, but it will have over
10,000 eTitles to browse through and even download onto their
own eReaders. For those that do not have access (доступ) to an
iPad, Nook, Kindle or other eReading device, there will be 150
eReaders that you can borrow, 50 of which will be for kids! In ad-
dition, the library will also have 50 computer stations, 25 laptops
and 25 tablets for people to enjoy. The number of books will grow
every year, so that one day, the book selection at this hi-tech ver-
sion can be as big as the one found in a traditional library.
In 2011, the city of Newport Beach in California, tried to trans-
form its library into a bookless one. But the public did not take it
too well and the officials gave up the idea. So are people ready
for a bookless library? Only time will tell. Some people think that
paper books are better because the computer can freeze and
you won't be able to read but with paper books you can read
whenever you like. But if it works, hi-tech libraries will open in
many more places.
1. Hi-tech libraries look like
electronic devices shops.
Вопрос:
1. Read the text and mark the statements True (T), False (F),
Not Stated (NS).
A Library with No Books?
How will you feel if you walk into your local public library and in-
stead of hundreds of shelves with all kinds of exciting books, you
see a modern store with computers and other electronic gad-
gets? That is exactly the vision Nelson Wolff, the Texas judge, has
for BiblioTech, a new kind of public library. He says that he loves
paper books, but he believes that it is time to bring the library
system in the direction in which the world is going - eBooks!
The library will not have any paper books, but it will have over
10,000 eTitles to browse through and even download onto their
own eReaders. For those that do not have access (доступ) to an
iPad, Nook, Kindle or other eReading device, there will be 150
eReaders that you can borrow, 50 of which will be for kids! In ad-
dition, the library will also have 50 computer stations, 25 laptops
and 25 tablets for people to enjoy. The number of books will grow
every year, so that one day, the book selection at this hi-tech ver-
sion can be as big as the one found in a traditional library.
In 2011, the city of Newport Beach in California, tried to trans-
form its library into a bookless one. But the public did not take it
too well and the officials gave up the idea. So are people ready
for a bookless library? Only time will tell. Some people think that
paper books are better because the computer can freeze and
you won't be able to read but with paper books you can read
whenever you like. But if it works, hi-tech libraries will open in
many more places.
1. Hi-tech libraries look like
electronic devices shops.