- •2. Find Russian equivalents to every English word:
- •3. Read and translate the text: what is a computer?
- •Looking at hardware
- •Procesor and memory
- •4. Translate the following word-combinations:
- •5. Find sentences with the following words in the text.
- •6. Speak about processor and memory and other parts your computer consist of. Unit II
- •2. Read and translate texts: monitor
- •Keyboard
- •Arrow Keys
- •Function Keys
- •Additional keys
- •3. Translate the words and word-combinations into Russian:
- •4. Name all basic keys on the keyboard.
- •7. Translate the names of the keys on the extended keyboard and determine their functions:
- •9. Make up the story about the keyboards and their using. Unit III
- •1. Read the text, write down the new words. Learn the words.
- •Additional hardware
- •Using disks and disk drives
- •Labeling and Caring for a Floppy Disk
- •Protecting Information on a Floppy Disk
- •Inserting and Removing a Floppy Disk
- •Personal Computer (pc)
- •What is a computer?
- •4. General understanding. Answer the questions to the text:
- •5. Which of the listed below terms have Russian equivalents:
- •6. Which of the listed above statements are true/false. Specify your answer using the text:
- •7. Match the following:
- •8. Questions for group discussion:
- •Hardware
- •3. General understanding. Answer the questions to the text:
- •4. Which of the listed below statements are true/false? Specify your answer using the text:
- •5. Give definitions to the following using the vocabulary
- •6. Which of the following is Hardware and which is Software?
- •7. Match the following, learn the definitions:
- •8. Questions for group discussion:
- •Looking at operating system What is ms-dos?
- •Vocabulary:
- •3. Find in the text sentences with the subordinate clause. Read and explain the rule. Translate these sentences.
- •2. Speak how to organize your files and directories.
- •3. Translate the following computer messages:
- •4. Look through all the texts and find the synonyms:
- •5. Read, translate and match the following, learn the definitions:
- •Unit XIII
- •2. Read and translate the text: types of software
- •3. Answer the questions to the text:
- •4. Which of the following is Software:
- •5. Which of the listed below statements are true or false?
- •6. Give definitions to the following using the vocabulary:
- •7. Speak about Software.
- •8. Say: What is it?
- •9. Translate the following computer messages:
- •Unit XIV
- •2. Read and translate the text: operating systems
- •3. Answer the questions to the text:
- •4. Speak about operating systems.
- •3. Answer the questions to the text:
- •4. Which of the listed above statements are true or false? Specify your answer using the text:
- •5. Say: What is:
- •6. Discuss the following problems:
- •7. Speak about the operating system Windows you use on your computer. Unit XVI
- •1. Read and translate the text:
- •How much shold an educated man know about computers?
- •3. Speak on the problem that is discussed in the text. Are you agree? If not, why? What do you think about educated man?
- •4. Read the text: programming languages
- •5. Ask the questions on the text. Make up the dialogue to the text. Unit XVII
- •1. Translate the following words, pronounce them correctly:
- •2. Memorize the following word-combinations:
- •High level programming languages fortran
- •The elements of programming
- •8. Read and translate the text:
- •1. Read and learn the new words:
- •Introduction to the www and the internet
- •4. Which of the listed below statements are true/false. Specify your answer using the text.
- •5. Define the following using the vocabulary:
- •6. Say in English:
- •7. Match the following:
- •8. Read the text and ask questions to it: The Internet
- •9. Questions for group discussion:
- •10. Read the text and render in English: Bill Gates
- •My future profession
- •4. Add to your vocabulary:
- •5. How do you see your future profession? Please answer the following questions:
- •6. Please, discuss with your group advantages and disadvantages of your future profession.
- •Is it well paid? How difficult is it to find a good work in this field?
- •1. Put the following sentences in plural and write them down.
- •2. Put the following sentences in plural and write them down.
- •3. Use the Possessive Case of the Nouns:
- •12. Put the verbs in brackets in the right form. Use Past Tenses:
- •13. Put the verbs in brackets in the right form:
3. Answer the questions to the text:
1) What is Windows 95?
2) What new principles are used in Windows 95?
3) What is a Recycle Bin feature?
4) What problems has Windows 95 solved?
5) Is it possible to run old DOS programs under Windows 95?
6) What is a «plug-n-play» capability?
7) What is a «shortcut» capability?
8) What is a «Find» feature?
9) Why many things work faster now with Windows 95?
4. Which of the listed above statements are true or false? Specify your answer using the text:
1) An «icon» is graphical image that represents file and its type.
2) Second button is not used in Windows 95 because most people use 1-button mouse.
3) There are no similarities between Macintosh and Windows 95 desktop tools.
4) Windows 95 has some tools which help to communicate with other people through computer network.
5) It's no longer possible to use MS-DOS commands and run MS-DOS files.
6) Microsoft Corporation is oriented to produce as many programs as needed to meet people needs and make them buy specific brand-name products.
7) New plug-n-play capability is for those who like to play computer games 24 hours a day and seven days a week.
8) A new shortcut feature is used to cut long programs very short to save disk space.
9) New Find feature helps you to locate the contents of files.
10) It must be mentioned that all new Windows features are possible only because of the low level of performance and quality.
5. Say: What is:
window
icon
recycle bin
plug-n-play capability
shortcut feature
6. Discuss the following problems:
1) What are the poor features of Windows 95?
2) Computer society thinks that Intel Company, the most powerful CPU producer, has an agreement with Microsoft Corporation that the latter will develop more and more sophisticated, large and demanding software to force users to buy new processors and upgrade their computers.
Do you think this might be true? How does this suggestion correlate with the new Windows 2000 and Microsoft Office 2000? Do you think that Bill Gates' monopoly on Windows operating systems is very dangerous for the competition and price-making process?
3) Ask anyone in the group if Windows 98 is better than Windows 2000? Why and why not?
7. Speak about the operating system Windows you use on your computer. Unit XVI
1. Read and translate the text:
How much shold an educated man know about computers?
Some years ago in the United States of America a discussion on the question what an educated man is was organized. At this discussion one of the definitions of an ‘educated man’ was this:
An educated man:
- is able to read, write, and to arithmetic;
- has a basic knowledge of the history and geography of world and man;
- understands the scientific method, and has an elementary knowledge of at least one science;
- has an elementary knowledge of mathematics and logic, what they are, and how to use them;
- knows at least one other language besides his own well enough to read it and talk a little in it;
- can say what he means in suitable words both speaking and writing;
- is able to listen, know how to learn, and enjoy learning;
- never forgets that his views and opinions may be wrong, and is always ready to change them on evidence;
- has an elementary knowledge of computers and programming, and some active experience with a whole computer is highly desirable.
An educated man of 200 years ago did not need to know anything about science. The educated man of 25-30 years ago did not need to know anything about computers. But the educated man of today needs to have at least some significant knowledge of science, and at least a little significant knowledge about computers.
The summary knowledge that an educated man should know about computers could be put down on ten sheets of paper in about 3,000 words.
Find the meaning of the words. Learn the words:
an educated man to enjoy
views and opinions basic knowledge
on evidence at least
to be desirable well enough
significant suitable
could be put down on ten sheets of paper