Необходимо написать аннотацию(основной смысл) текстов (до 12 предложений) - возможны ошибки (текст распознан с pdf) 1) move over game boys lynn robson is a co-founder of frognation. the company creates soundtracks and designs and translates japanese video games for the uk market. with her partners in tokyo and her international team of designers and developers, lynn creates the video games that thousands are playing today. lynn runs the uk office of frognation, while her two business partners run the tokyo office. her japanese computer system, and, of course, email make it possible to work across borders and time zones. frognation represents producers with great game ideas and helps them to sell their ideas to sony or nintendo in tokyo. once the games go into development, lynn and her team provide advice on everything from the music soundtrack and graphics to the game programming and characters. the result is a new kind of video game, created by artists, which provides exciting game play. cultural understanding is important. when she is in meetings in japan, lynn gives advice on what will work in both countries. in the west, lynn becomes the japan expert, giving clients information about japanese culture. when her japanese partners come to meetings in the uk, lynn helps them to present their ideas in the best way, and tries to avoid any cultural misunderstandings. video game sales are sky-rocketing at the moment. there are thousands of opportunities to build careers in the video game industry, hut women don't often consider gaming as a carecr. today most video games are created by men, and for men. so it is no surprise that almost all video games are either sports games or shoot-em-ups. with more women like lynn joining the video game industry, however, things could change. 2) no hiding place the protection of privacy will be a huge problem for the internet society a cookie is a small file that a . company can send to your computer when you visit the company's website- it tells them a lot about vour browsing habits. using the web without them is nearly impossible. doubleclick, an advertising company, has agreements with ovei щхю websites and maintains cookies on ю0 million users to get information about them for marketing. offline, the story is the same. when you turn on a mobile phone, the phone company can mon: tor calls and also record the location of the phone. we use more and more electronic systems for tickets, and for access to buildings. it is becoming common for employers to monitor employees' telephone calls, voicemail, email and computer use. the use of video surveillance cameras is also growing. britain has about 1.5 million cameras in public places (for example, airpoits, shopping malls and public buildings the average briton is recorded by cctv cameras "500 times a day. with digital cameras we can collect, store and analyse millions of images. and this is only the beginning. engineers are now developing cameras that can "see" through clothing, walls or cars. satellites can recognise obiects only one metre across. we can attach tracking chips to products or people. new technology offers substantial benefits т more security against terrorists and criminals, higher productivity at work, a wider selection of products, more convenience. we are ready to give more personal information because we want the benefits. but all this momtoring generates a mountain of data about us. surveillance is everywhere in our society, ofien without our knowledge. most ptuple hate the idea but they don't know how to stop it. 3) office workers admit being rude most office workers say they are rude or bad-mannered at work. two out of three workers regularly arrive ate for meetings, most ignore emails and three out of four use bad anguage. in a survey of 1, 000 workers, two-thirds say tna* eressure of work is the reason for tneir baa manners. other common examples of bao office etiquette include ignoring colleagues and answering mobiie phone calls during meetings. using mobile phones in meetings is mpolite and distracts otners, esearch by the university of surrey shows. if you respond to a call when -c.e^king to someoody, it means that : core call is more important r the person, the survey said. if r< : uswed a call ouring a meeting, г coj d mean that you think the —: "> g is not important. jacobs, managing director of o^.ce angels, a recruitment firm, says it is easy for peopie to forget their manners in the wcking environment, which is often very informal and very busy workers can forget pioper et: quette such as introducing people at meetings, and this is often dad for workirg relationships. psycnologist dr coiin gill beiieves that peopie afe not as polite as they were twenty years ago. he said: 'courtesy is no longer somethirg that is so much respected in our society/ people think it is 'stuffy to oe polite or formal.' now some organisations a-e actually investing money in training their junior managers to be oolite. office angels is encouraging people to arrive on time 'or meetings, turn of* mobiie phones and avoid baa language. 'avoiding baa manners at work is such a simple thing to do, ' ivi jacods says, 'and it can have a dramatic impact on improving your working environment ana your relationships with others.'

1) the article is headlined "move over game boys". thus we understand that the article is devoted to the game indusrtry. from it we learn about the company that creates soundtracks and designs and translates japanese video games for the uk market. the readers should understand that cultural understanding in game industry is very important. lynn robson (a co-founder of frognation) gives advice. in the west, lynn becomes the japan expert, giving clients information about japanese culture. when her japanese partners come to meetings in the uk, lynn helps them to present their ideas in the best way, and tries to avoid any cultural misunderstandings. the author underlines that today most video games are created by men, and for men. but he believes that with more women like lynn joining the video game industry, however, things could change.

 

2) the article is headlined "no hiding place". it tells us about the problem of the protection of privacy in the internet.

it happens with us every day. when you visit the company's website- it tells them a lot about your browsing habits. it also concerns the real life. when you turn on a mobile phone, the phone company can monitor calls and also record the location of the phone. as author of the article says, this is only the beginning. engineers are now developing cameras that can "see" through clothing, walls or cars. satellites can recognise objects only one metre across. most people hate the idea but they don't know how to stop it.

 

3) the article is headlined "office workers admit being rude". the article is devoted to the psychological problems of clerks at their workplace. most office workers say they are rude or bad-mannered at work.  there are more and more examples of it every day. and that's getting serious. today many companies ask specialists to help their workers. some organisations are actually investing money in training their junior managers to be polite. they are tought not to be late, not to argue, not to use taboo words. it should help to improve working area.

the world population will be over 9 billion. disease will be more common, as everybody will be physically closer to everyone else, and chronic food shortages may be the norm (although this has been debated).

we'll also have to start cutting down on our energy consumption: if humankind continues to use energy at the rate it does now, and population growth follows expected trends, we will need the equivalent of three earths to support ourselves by 2050. which is, obviously, impossible.

as far as global warming goes, the dead sea will be almost completely dried up, nearly half of the amazon rainforest will have been deforested, wildfires will spread like, umm, wildfire, and the polar ice caps will be only 60 percent the size they are now.

also, rising temperatures mean that heat stress will place a significant strain on human labor productivity.robots that walk around and do stuff will be more common. they'll be deployed for mundane chores as well as dangerous tasks normally undertaken by humans (for example, clean-up at a disaster site), but the possibilities are really endless. for example, if you want to check out the conditions of an irish hostel before booking a room, you might rent out a robot in dublin and have it do the legwork for you, controlling it from your living room and receiving live video and audio from the walk around.

yellow color gives a feeling of joy, fun, charges with optimism. people living in warm climates, in countries where there is a lot of sun, smile more often.

the yellow press got its name from the comic book yellow child, published in 1894-1998. in the american newspapers new-york world and the new-york journal american. these publications were famous for their scandalous chronicles and low-grade articles. so, gossip, rumors, scandals became his "yellow provocateurs" for the formation of public opinion.

it is not for nothing that the walls of houses for mental hospitals are painted yellow (hence the name “yellow house”), this color brings relief in some forms of mental illness.

soft yellow light is believed to have a good effect on vision. so for the eyes it is useful to look at the setting sun and fire.

the yellow robe of buddhist monks symbolizes humility, the rejection of worldly desires.

yellow was van gogh's favorite color. the whole gamut of yellow was present on his canvases. but the artist considered the cold blue gamut the colors of death, eternity.

the writer gorky called new york the "yellow dragon" city because of the eternal bustle and the constant chase of its inhabitants for money.

if you like yellow color - you are an energetic and life-loving person who is in motion all the time, does not like to sit still and be bored.

if you are indifferent to the yellow color, then you place high demands on life and others.

if you reject the yellow color, then most often this indicates a complete loss of interest in life, a pessimistic attitude towards everything, a deep depression or emotional trauma.

if you reject the gold color, then you are not willing to accept yourself as you are, and you have communication problems.

dim yellow in the middle ages was considered a bad color. in france, the traitors' doors were painted yellow.

sunny, bright yellow color in clothes is very dark, those whose skin has a rich golden brown color with a warm peach blush. for them, yellow clothes will never be too much.

yellow shades well emphasize the green color of the eyes, make them expressive. use the yellow and gold accents in your costume closer to your face.

yellow in the interior helps to expand the space. but too rich yellow can tire and cause irritation, and slightly muted shades of yellow are great for the main color of the walls.