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Lesson7 The Age of Miracle ChipsI . 1)It looks like a stylized Navaho rug or the aerial view of a railroad switching yard. It is made mostly of silicon. 2)The computer of 25 years ago was as large as a room. The miracle chip of today is small, cheap, easy to mass produce, fast, infinitely versatile and convenient. 3)At 7:30 a. m. , when the alarm :lock burrs, the bedroom curtains swing silently apart, the venetian blinds snap up and the thermostat boosts the heat to a cozy 70~. The percolator in the kitchen starts burbling; the back door opens to let out the dog. The TV set blinks on with the days first newscast. After the news on TV comes the morning mail, from correspondents who have dictated their messages into the computer network. Mr. A. , still in bed, then presses a button on a bedside box and issues a string of business and personal memos, which appear instantly on the genie screen. After his shower, which has turned itself on at exactly the right temperature at the right minute, Mr. A. is alerted by a buzzer and a blue light on the screen. His boss is on his way to the office. Mr. A. dresses and goes out to the car, the engine of which is running. After her husband has kissed her goodbye, Mrs. A. uses the computer to do shopping for tonight s dinner party. Then she orders from the memory bank her favorite recipes, tells the machine to compute the ingredients for six servings, and directs the ovens to reach the correct temperature for each dish according to the recipe, starting at 7:15 p.m. She then joins a televised discussion of art. Later she wanders into the computer room where she has just learned from his headset that his drill in Latin verb conjugation was very good. 4)Home information management systems will take over memo pads, notebooks, files, bills and the kitchen bulletin board. And housewives will be able to do their shopping by computer TV. 5)Hospital computers will take the place of doctors to talk to patients and they are programmed no