Номер 4, страница 143 - гдз по английскому языку 9 класс учебник Комарова, Ларионова

Extra contents. 7. Social science - номер 4, страница 143.

Условие.

Talking books

4 Read about talking books and complete the text with the words below.

MP3 files compact disc vinyl records cassette tapes digital

With the development of audio recording facilities, audio books were developed for the blind and partially sighted. In 1932, the American Foundation for the Blind first developed talking books and by 1935 audio books were sent free of charge to some blind adults in the USA. The first recordings were on (1) ... and were available for schools and libraries until the 1970s.

When audio cassettes became available in the late 1960s, more recordings were delivered on (2) ... and audio books became very popular through the 1970s and 1980s with portable cassette players.

(3) ... technology for sound reproduction was introduced when the (4) ... was first patented in 1970. CDs didn't become widely used until the 1990s, but when they did, the CD player made audio books really easy to use. Now with efficient Internet connections, audio books can be downloaded to computers as (5) ....

The RNIB in Britain runs a Talking Book Service which offers over 16 000 audio books delivered on disc to homes for an annual subscription fee. This service uses the Digital Accessible Information System (Daisy) technology which makes it very easy for listeners to skip pages or chapters.

Listening Books, an audio book charity based in Britain, started in 1959. It provides an audio book service through the Internet or via the postal service to anyone who has an illness or disability which makes it difficult or impossible to read a book on paper.

Решение 1.