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Vocabulary practice

BLOCK I

  1. Paraphrase the following sentences.

1) He hung up on me. 2) After two rings the telephone went dead. 3) She waited for her party to answer. 4) She has left a word she will come back in an hour. 5) Hold the line. 6) Go ahead. 7) You are wanted on the phone. 8) Then trunks phoned to say that there was no reply from the given number. 9) Mr. White is making a trunk call. 10) You’ve got the wrong number.

  1. Match the terms on the left with the explanations on the right.

1. Internet enabled TV

a) location on the Internet where a company puts web pages

2. web site

b) technology that integrates data, sound and video: participants in different / distant virtual places hold a meeting as if they were face to face

3. virtual reality

c) a device to send a copy of a paper document – for instance a scientific article – from Trento University to Cambridge University

4. fax

d) TV set used as an Internet device

5. video teleconferencing

e) a device that can send and receive voice or data without the use of wire

6. wireless smart phone

f) technology that allows users to see a computer-simulated world in which they can move

  1. Translate the following sentences into English.

  1. За допомогою функції bluetooth можна передавати зображення з одного телефона на інший.

  2. Чи можу я замовити міжміську розмову звідси, із готелю?

  3. Такий спосіб спілкування, як листування, уже не актуальний на сьогодні.

  4. Я ніяк не можу набрати номер. Весь час короткі гудки. Напевно, апарат не працює.

  5. Сьогодні кожен другий має доступ до Інтернету, за допомогою якого ми можемо отримати будь-яку інформацію.

  6. Мобільний телефон удосконалюють із кожним роком, додаючи до нього bluetooth, GPS, MP3 програвач.

  7. Сучасні засоби зв’язку, такі як ICQ, Skype, CDMA, набули широкого застосування.

  8. Перевага мобільного телефона полягає в тому, що ти можеш зв’язатисьіз будь-ким де б ти не був.

  1. Study the text and do the following.

a) match the headings to the paragraphs.

A Differences between people and animals

B Communication today

C How we communicate

D History of communication

b) answer these questions.

  • Which animals are mentioned? What can they do?

  • What is special about human communication? What can we do?

  • Which four forms of media are mentioned in the last paragraph?

  • What is good and bad about information technology today?

c) what do you think?

  • What can animals do that people can’t?

  • How do you like to communicate?

  • What is happening in information technology today?

People – the great communicators

1_____________________________________

We can communicate with other people in many different ways. We can talk and write, and we can send messages with our hands and faces. There is also the phone (including the mobile), the fax, and e-mail. Television, film, painting, and photography can also communicate ideas.

2_____________________________________

Animals have ways of exchanging information, too. Bees dance and tell other bees where to find food. Elephants make sounds that humans can’t hear. Whales sing songs. Monkeys use their faces to show anger and love. But this is nothing compared to what people can do. We have language – about 6000 languages, in fact. We can write poetry, tell jokes, make promises, explain, persuade, tell the truth, or tell lies. And we have a sense of past and future, not just present.

3_____________________________________

Communication technologies were very important in the development of all the great ancient societies:

• Around 2900 BC, paper and hieroglyphics transformed Egyptian life.

• The ancient Greeks loved the spoken word. They were very good at public speaking, drama, and philosophy.

• The Romans developed a unique system of government that depended on the Roman alphabet.

• In the 14th century, the printing press helped develop new ways of thinking across Europe.

4____________________________________________________________________________

Radio, film, and television have had a huge influence on society in the last hundred years. And now we have the Internet, which is infinite. But what is this doing to us? We can give and get a lot of information very quickly. But there is so much information that it is difficult to know what is important and what isn’t. Modern media is changing our world every minute of every day.

BLOCK II

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