The most famous hacker in history.

According to the Guinness Book of Records, Kevin Mitnick is the most famous computer hacker in the world. He was once on the FBI’s ‘Most Wanted’ list of dangerous criminals, and was also the inspiration for a Hollywood film. Here is the story of his life. His parents divorced when he was three but he says his childhood was happy. He lived with his mother in the suburbs of Los Angeles. He was a genius with electronic devices and computers soon attracted his attention. By the age of 17 he was an expert in telephone and computer systems, but there was a criminal side to his interests. He hacked into computers at Motorola, Nokia Mobile Phones and other companies. Some reports estimated the damage to be $80 million. In1981 police arrested him. He was in prison for 5 years. The judge prohibited him from using computers. Now he has a business consultancy and fight against software piracy.

Ex.1 Find the Past Simple forms of the verbs in the text.

Ex.2 Work in pairs, ask and answer questions about Kevin Mitnick as in the model.

Model: a. He lived with his father.

A. Did he live with his father?

B. No, he didn’t. He lived with his mother.

b. His parents divorced when he was 16.

c. He hacked into Sun Microsystem telephone system.

d. The damage from his hacking was100$ million.

e. The judge prohibited him from using mobile phone.

d. At present he continues hacking new companies.

Ex. 3 Look at the opinions below. Which one you most agree with?

a. Munick isn’t a thief or a terrorist, he’s a recreational hacker. He didn’t do it for economic gain or damage anything.

b. Kevin Munick represented a real danger for business.

c. Hacking is illegal. Kevin Munick is a dangerous criminal and deserves to go to prison.

d. Kevin Munick demonstrated the companies that computer security is a problem.

III. The Future Simple

The form “will” is used to express future actions.

1. a spontaneous decision

eg: Wait, I will help you.

2. an opinion, hope, uncertainty or assumption regarding the future

eg: He will probably come back tomorrow.

3. a promise

eg: I will not watch TV tonight.

4. an action in the future that cannot be influenced, a prediction/forecast

eg: It will rain tomorrow.

Positive	Negative	Question
I/he/she/it/we/you/they will study at the Academy.	I/he/she/it/we/you/they will not (=won’t)study at the Academy.	Will I/he/she/it/we/you/ they study at the Academy? Yes, I will. No, I will not (=won’t). Where will I/he/she/it/we/ You/they study?

Ex. 1 Complete the sentences with ‘will or won’t’ and one of the verbs in the box.

analyze be pay go watch need cure use help include lose check recognize

According to technology experts, the products below will be the most successful by the year 2020:

1. Genetics. New medicines …..diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.

2. Computers. A PC…… your voice and follow your commands. They …..any cables.

3. Cars. Cars….. petrol or diesel, but other fuels like electricity, and natural gas. A computer ……travel conditions to select the best fuel to use.

4. Home entertainment. We …..TV on large, flat screens. Computers …..necessary because your TV will do everything.

5. Money. We….. for everything with an electronic card.

6. Health. We……to the doctor so often. Robots at home…..our health and warn us of problems.

7. Satellite navigation. GPS devices…..fight crime by tracking the exact location of cars and other valuables.

8. Beauty. New beauty products…….weight-control drugs, anti-wrinkle creams and cures for baldness so men….their hair.

Ex. 2 What is your opinion? Use the prompts to write sentences with ‘will or won’t’ and ‘possibly, probably or definitely’.

a. new medicines / cure Alzheimer’s Genetics will probably cure Alzheimer’s.

b. a computer / recognize the human voice

c. cars / use water / fuel

d. computers / still be necessary

e. we / use coins and notes

f. people / want robots to check their health

g. GPS / help fight crime

h. anti-wrinkle creams / work

i. men / stop going bald