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Italian supermarket (0) B Traditalia has been its half-year (1) rise 8.3 % to €1.1 billion, boosted by sales in its stores outside Italy. The group saw its overall sales rise 12.7 % in the six months to 31 December, with profits at its foreign businesses (2) 17.1%. Meanwhile its online operation Traditalia.com showed even faster (3) , with its profits up 32.1% in the period as customers , especially in Europe, are (4) more online than ever before.
Traditalia sales are growing twice as fast outside Italy as within the country. By the end of August, Traditalia had 762 (5) outside the peninsula, including 470 hypermarkets. Stores in Hungary, Poland, Malaysia and Thailand experienced the fastest (6) . Though known mainly as a food retailer, the firm said that one fifth of its sales worldwide were now non-food. In Italy itself, sales of electronics goods such as digital cameras, mobile phones and flat-screen televisions were up 36 % on last year, and the same (7) is occurring in its stores outside Italy.
Four years ago Traditalia made its first €1 bn (8) profit. It has now reached the same figure after six months of (9) .Traditalia’s (10) executive Antonia Bruni said that Traditalia was successful because it sold what the public wanted at prices they could afford. “Customers all over the world are choosing Traditalia,” she said.
Some accuse the chain of being too dominant and of driving out independent traders. It’s not just food (11) who are worried about Traditalia’s dominance. Traditalia is moving into entirely new (12) , such as cars and computer software. It is even planning to start its own mobile phone network.
The chain has also been criticized for paying too little to farmers for their (13) ___ and for moving food over vast distances when it should be selling locally produced food. Another criticism is that when a new Traditalia out-of-town (14) opens, local shops in the town centre are badly affected, and many of them close down. But for the moment, Traditalia is celebrating its success as one of the world’s market (15) in the extremely competitive supermarket business.
0 A LINE B CHAIN C STORES D RETAIL
1 A PROFITS B PRICES C CHARGES D TAXES
2 A RAISING B UPPING C RISING D LOSING
3 A GROWTH B GROWING C GREW D GROWN
4 A BUYING B BUY C BUYS D BOUGHT
5 A OUTFITS B OUTLETS C OUTGOINGS D OUTLOOKS
6 A EXPORT B EXTENSION C EXCEPTION D EXPANSION
7 A MOVEMENT B TREND C TRANSITION D EXCHANGE
8 A ANNUAL B YEAR C MONTHLY D DAILY
9 A TRAINING B TRAFFICKING C TRANSACTING D TRADING
10 A MAIN B HEAD C CHIEF D MANAGING
11 A RESELLERS B RETAILERS C RETIREES D RETURNERS
12 A AREAS B ZONES C SUBJECTS D HEADINGS
13 A PRODUCTION B PRODUCE C PRODUCES D PRODUCT
14 A STORE B DEPARTMENT C SHELF D DISTRIBUTOR
15 A SEGMENTS B LEADERS C MAKERS D PLACES

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These days people cannot imagine their lives without modern technologies in particular without a computer.Сегодня люди не представляют свою жизнь без современных технологий, в частности, без компьютера.Computer has become a vital part of human life. It is an obligatory tool of human development. Every major and minor industry is computerized. Computers do their jobs efficiently, fast, and productively. No doubt they have made our lives much easier.Компьютер стал неотъемлемой частью жизни человека. Это обязательный инструмент развития человека. Каждая большая и малая промышленность компьютеризирована. Компьютеры выполнять свою работу эффективно, быстро и продуктивно. Без сомнений, они сделали нашу жизнь намного легче.But the problem is that together with the positive effects of the computers they also have negative impact on human beings.Но проблема в том, что вместе с положительным эффектом, компьютеры оказывают негативное влияние на человека.Many people whose jobs are connected with computers complain on health problems such as headaches, RSI, backache, poor vision. Moreover, spending a lot of time at the computer results in eating a lot of foods which in its turn leads to the obesity.Многие люди, работа которых связана с компьютерами жалуются на проблемы со здоровьем, такие как головная боль, заболевания кисти, боли в спине, плохое зрение. Кроме того, проводя много времени за компьютером, начинаем чрезмерно питаться, что в свою очередь приводит к ожирению.The group, which is most at risk, is young children. Nowadays they are often left unattended. So they spend a lot of time at the monitor of the computer playing virtual computer games, watching videos or just browsing the Internet. As a result children do not develop physically. They do not spend time outdoors playing sports or games. Later it is difficult for them to have live communication with other people because they lack necessary communicative and social skills.Маленькие дети больше всего подвержены риску. Сейчас они часто остаются без присмотра. Поэтому они много времени проводят за монитором компьютера, играют в компьютерные игры, смотрят видео или просто сидят в Интернете. В результате дети не развиваются физически. Они не проводят время на свежем воздухе, не занимаются спортом и не играют в игры. Позже им становится трудно общаться с другими людьми в живую, потому что они не имеют необходимых коммуникативных и социальных навыков.So we can summarize that modern technologies and computers in particular have both positive and negative effects on people’s life. And in order to live in a harmony people must find a proper balance. They should remember a computer was initially created to help people make their lives easier not to ruin them.Итак, мы можем подвести итог, что современные технологии, и компьютеры в частности, имеют как положительные, так и отрицательные последствия для жизни людей. А для того, чтобы жить в гармонии люди должны найти правильный баланс. Они должны помнить, что компьютер изначально был создан, чтобы людям, сделать их жизнь легче, а не разрушить ее.