- •English for
- •Contents
- •Inside a component………………………………………….……...56
- •Theme 1. Doing a degree.
- •University of Birmingham Electronic and Computer Engineering Masters/mSc with Industrial Studies
- •International students
- •Theme 2. Most famous.
- •Gauss’s law
- •1. Introduction
- •2. Gauss's Law
- •Figure 1. Electric flux through surface area a.
- •Example 1: Field of point charge.
- •Figure 2. Electric field generated by point charge q.
- •Example 2: Problem 16
- •Figure 3. Problem 16.
- •3. Conductors in Electric Fields
- •Figure 4. Electric field of conductor.
- •Theme 3. Microprocessors.
- •25 Microchips that shook the world
- •Intersil icl8038 Waveform Generator (circa 1983*)
- •Ibm Deep Blue 2 Chess Chip (1997)
- •Intel 8088 Microprocessor (1979)
- •Xilinx xc2064 fpga (1985)
- •Microprocessors
- •Theme 4. Nanotechnology.
- •Nanotechnology
- •Huge Potential of nanotechnology in medicine
- •Theme 5. Inside a component.
- •Graphene tunnel barrier makes its debut
- •New Route to Electronics Inside Optical Fibers
- •Theme 6. Holography.
- •Check how many correct answers you can give.
- •Touchable hologram: is it real?
- •Holograms and Photographs
- •In an instant, however, view point of, whereas, in order to, no matter,
- •In addition, regardless of, unfortunately.
- •Theme 7. Operating systems.
- •Computer software or just software
- •Operating systems
- •Theme 8. Microprocessor concepts.
- •Microprocessor
- •Multicore designs
- •Theme 9. Robots.
- •Types of robots
- •Different Types of Robots
- •Industrial Robots
- •Theme 10. Network basics.
- •Network basics
- •All about Broadband/ics Routers
- •Notes to the text
- •Theme 11. Telecommunication network.
- •What is a telecommunications network?
- •Lan vs. Wan Comparison - Difference between lan and wan
- •Theme 12. The future of work. Lead-in
- •Gen y-ers bring their distinct style of communicating to the job
- •Specialized Reading
- •Working at home vs. The office: The face time faceoff
- •Listening
- •07.36 – 09.02
- •09.02 – 10.08
- •10.09 – 11.00
- •11.01 – 11.37
- •"No Silver Bullet"
- •Specialized Reading
- •Why is software engineering so hard?
- •9. The Size of Accidental
- •10. Obtaining the Increase
- •Listening
- •Speaking
- •Theme 14. Management.
- •Theme 15. E-commerce.
- •Theme 17. Banks.
- •How to … functions
- •Positive sentence
- •Negative sentence
- •Question
- •Infinitive.
- •4. How can you make it perfect?
- •10)Emulate excellent speakers (find their talks on the Internet or visit live talks).
- •Function 17. How to deal with Neologisms
- •6. Cловосложение:
- •Grammar minimums Grammar Minimum I Present Simple and Present Continuous
- •Grammar Minimum 2 Past Simple and Present Perfect
- •Edinburgh.
- •Grammar Minimum 3 Present Simple Passive and Past Simple Passive
- •Future Simple and “be going to”
- •Reported Speech
- •Grammar minimum 6 Conditional Sentences
- •English Tenses: Active Voice.
- •English Tenses: Passive Voice.
- •The list of Irregular Verbs
- •Infinitive Past Simple Past Participle Перевод
In an instant, however, view point of, whereas, in order to, no matter,
In addition, regardless of, unfortunately.
Task 7. Complete the tables. Use the words from the text. Pay attention to the part of speech. Translate all words.
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Noun
Adjective
Noun
Verb
reality
1
11
add
2
intense
magnification
12
reflection
3
13
interfere
4
different
illumination
14
practice
5
elimination
15
6
prevalent
16
develop
refraction
7
creation
17
8
dimensional
18
direct
accuracy
9
reflection
19
responsibility
10
maintenance
20
21
distort
composition
22
interaction
23
location
24
generation
25
Recommended function
Study Function 8 “HOW TO make comparison and contrast” and compare 3D holography with 2D photography.
Listening
You are going to watch a video “Fun properties of Hologram”.
Task 1. Make sure you know these words.
fringe pattern, laser pointer, appreciate, semicircular line, film, swirls, interference, diffraction, width, slit, gap, scaling, grains of sand, propagate, wavelength, path length, polarize, phase difference, coherent light, split, reflection, value, line up |
Task 2. Match the terms and their definitions.
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Task 3. Match the parts of the sentences based on the video. Then watch again and check.
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Task 4. Complete the table with appropriate words from the video.
/ə’pri:ʃɪeɪt/ |
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/semi’sɜ:kjələ(r)/ |
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/’pɑ:θleŋθ/ |
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/’pəʊləraɪz/ |
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/kə(ʊ)’hɪər(ə)nt/ |
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Task 5. Decode the following parts of the recording.
00.01 “Kids today probably don’t appreciate holograms…” – 01.01 “… we’ll see less light reflecting.”
01.02 “On the bottom left there’s a green laser pointer … ” – 02.07 “… on vibration damping tables.”
02.08 “This is a configuration …” – 02.54 “… how we view them with diffraction.”
02.55 “To demonstrate diffraction …” 03.43 “… you can see the image.”
03.44 “For the longest time I didn’t understand …” – 04.28 “… I can project clear across the room.”
Speaking
Prepare a talk about one use of Holographic technology.
Writing
Study Function 16 “HOW TO deal with neologisms” and write out all neologisms you have come across while doing this English course.