- •Учебное пособие
- •My future profession
- •Look at these job advertisements. Which of them would interest you? Why?
- •Then please ring Paul a. Lawrence on 266407 or write to him at
- •Ring 45326.
- •Vocabulary List
- •Personnel Officer – руководитель отдела кадров
- •Use these clues to help you fill in the puzzle and find the hidden word. You can find all the words in the newspaper advertisements.
- •This is a questionnaire (анкета, опросный лист) for applicants. Answer the following questions:
- •How long were you in your last job?
- •Here are some thoughts of a student about his future profession. Read the text and answer the following questions:
- •Vocabulary List
- •Hobby, addiction, or future job?
- •Look through the text and divide it into logical parts. Say: What do they deal with?
- •Computer studies?
- •Vocabulary List
- •Retell the last 2 paragraphs in the reported speech.
- •Can you confess to being an information junky. How many hours a day do you spend on the Internet?
- •Output data 7
- •Vocabulary List
- •Text III
- •To your health
- •Vocabulary List eyestrain – зрительное напряжение
- •Find in the text equivalents to:
- •Fill in the table:
- •A) Translate the following recommendations. B) Give your recommendations how to cope.
- •Related Reading
- •Skim over the texts and say: What are they about?
- •Choose the text which interests you, read it and give the summary of the text. Masters of invention
- •All the news that fit to click
- •Look through the text and divide it into logical parts. Say: What do they deal with?
- •Read the text and find out if these statements correspond to the content of the text:
- •Prehistory
- •Vocabulary List
- •Look through the text and divide it into logical parts. Say: What do they deal with?
- •Read the text and find out how many stages there were in the development of computers. Complete the table containing some information about the development of computers.
- •The development of computers
- •Vocabulary List
- •True or false? Express your opinion.
- •Text III
- •Babbage's dream come true
- •Vocabulary List
- •Complete the table:
- •Translate into English
- •Related Reading
- •1. Look through the text and divide it into logical parts. Say: What do they deal with?
- •2. Answer the following questions:
- •Billion dollar brain
- •Vocabulary List
- •Topics to discuss
- •Personal computer Prereading Discussion
- •Look through the text and answer the questions.
- •Personal computer
- •Vocabulary List
- •Give the summary of the text.
- •Make up the topic “ The computers we use at the university”.
- •4. Topic to discuss.
- •Text II
- •Read the text and answer the following questions:
- •What is a computer?
- •Vocabulary List
- •Which of the listed above statements are true/ false. Specify your answer using the text.
- •Match the following:
- •Text III
- •Read the text and answer the following questions:
- •Hardware
- •Vocabulary List
- •Which of the listed below statements are true/ false. Specify your answer using the text.
- •Give definitions to the following using the vocabulary.
- •Which of the following is Hardware?
- •Match the following:
- •Discuss in groups:
- •Text IV
- •Read the text and answer the following questions:
- •Types of software
- •Vocabulary List
- •2. Which of the following is Software?
- •3. Which of the listed below statements are true/ false. Specify your answer using the text:
- •4. Find English equivalents in the text:
- •5. Give definitions to the following using the vocabulary:
- •6. Discuss in groups:
- •Operating systems Prereading Discussion
- •Read the text and answer the following questions:
- •Operating systems
- •Vocabulary List
- •Match the following:
- •Which of the listed below statements are true or false? Specify your answer using the text.
- •Translate into English:
- •5. Discuss the following in groups:
- •Text II
- •1. Read the text and answer the following questions:
- •Windows 95
- •Vocabulary List
- •2. Which of the listed above statements are true/false. Specify your answer using the text.
- •Find the equivalents in the text:
- •What is:
- •Discuss in groups:
- •The internet Prereading Discussion
- •Read the text and answer the following questions:
- •The internet
- •Vocabulary List
- •Match the phrases with their Russian equivalents:
- •Find English equivalents to the following phrases:
- •Translate the following sentences into English:
- •Express your opinion to the following statements:
- •Text II
- •1. Read the text and answer the following questions:
- •The www and the internet
- •Vocabulary List World Wide Web- “Всемирная Паутина”
- •2. Which of the listed below statements are true/ false. Specify your answer using the text.
- •3. Define the following using the vocabulary:
- •Find the equivalents:
- •5. Match the following:
- •6. Discuss in groups:
- •Text III
- •1. Read the text and answer the following questions:
- •The language of e-mail
- •Vocabulary List
- •3. Write a summary of the text. Include only the information, ignore any extra remarks. Write in a neutral rather than an informal style.
- •7. Match these smileys to their meanings listed below:
- •Discuss:
- •Computer and crime Prereading Discussion
- •Skim over the text and say: What is it about?
- •Read the text and find out if these statements correspond to the content of the text:
- •The first hackers
- •Vocabulary List
- •Text II
- •Computer crimes
- •Vocabulary List
- •Find in the text the English equivalents to:
- •Analyze the underlined grammar constructions.
- •True or false?
- •Construct other sentences in these patterns (transitional expressions):
- •Text III Prereading Discussion
- •How many generations of hackers have there been?
- •Read the text and find out if these statements correspond to the content of the text:
- •Hackers of today
- •Vocabulary List
- •Analyze the underlined grammar constructions.
- •Translate into English. Хакеры: плохие или хорошие?
- •What is your opinion of hackers? Have you ever tried to break into else’s computer?
- •Viruses and vaccines Prereading Discussion
- •Read the articles from a newspaper and try to select the questions to the texts given below:
- •Vocabulary List
- •Analyze the underlined grammar constructions. Explain their use.
- •Give a short answer to each question. Text II.
- •Look through the text and divide it into logical parts. Say: What do they deal with?
- •Read the text and answer the following questions:
- •Viruses and vaccines
- •Vocabulary List
- •Give a summary of the text.
- •A) Translate the following advices into English: Если вы используете компьютер в своем бизнесе, то вы должны иметь антивирусные программы и обновлять их постоянно.
- •Express your opinion to the statements:
- •Text III
- •Read the article from The Observer and find out if these statements correspond to the content of the text:
- •Viruses infect one email in every 300
- •Vocabulary List
- •Oa programmers
- •Oa программистов
- •Список использованной литературы
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Translate into English
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Нас интересуют машины, которые классифицируют и модифицируют информацию, а не просто передают ее или хранят.
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Калькуляторы, сделанные Паскалем и Лейбницем, были ненадежны, так как технология того времени была не в состоянии производить детали с достаточной точностью.
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Компьютер, полностью современный по концепции, был задуман в 30х годах 19 века.
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Бэббйдж был плодотворным изобретателем, его разработки включают такие, как офтальмоскоп (ophthalmoscope), отмычки (skelton key), спидометр, «скотосбрасыватель» (cow catcher) и др. Несмотря на свою эксцентричность, он был гением.
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Одной из причин, по которой Бэббйдж забросил (to abondon) свою разностную машину (the Difference Engine), была гораздо лучшая идея, пришедшая ему в голову. Вдохновленный (inspride by) жаккардовым станком, управляемым перфокартами (punched-card-controlled loom), Бэббйдж захотел сделать калькулятор, управляемый перфокартами.
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Именно из-за аналитической машины, которую он никогда не завершил, Бэббйдж имеет честь называться «отцом компьютера».
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Автор демонстрационной программы для аналитической машины Ада Ловлис (Ada Lovelace) стала первым в мире компьютерным программистом. По предложению Бэббиджа at one’s suggestion), переводя статью об аналитической машине, написанную итальянским инженером по-французски, она добавила собственные замечания, которые оказались в два раза длиннее (to turn out to be twice as long as) самой статьи.
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Аналитическая машина «ткет» (to weave) алгебраические узоры точно так же, как станок Жаккарда ткет цветы и листья.
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Модель I — самая близкая к аналитической машина, которая когда-либо была или будет создана.
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Наряду с несколькими другими электромеханическими компьютерами, построенными приблизительно в то же время, Модель I устарела сразу же после того, как была завершена.
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Люди иногда говорят о различных поколениях компьютеров, причем каждое поколение использует разную технологию. Машины первого поколения использовали несколько хитроумных устройств для запоминания. В одном, например, информация хранилась в качестве звуковых волн, циркулирующих в столбике ртути.
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Вакуумные лампы были громоздкими, ненадежными, энергоемкими и вырабатывали огромное количество тепла.
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Транзистор размером чуть больше ядрышка хлебного зерна вырабатывает мало тепла и живет долго.
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В начале 60х наблюдалось внедрение интегральных схем, которые включали сотни транзисторов на одном силиконовом чипе. Именно большие интегральные схемы сделали возможными микропроцессоры и микрокомпьютеры.
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Сегодняшние компьютеры раз в 100 меньше, чем компьютеры 1го поколения, а каждый отдельный чип гораздо мощнее ENIAC.
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1. Look through the text and divide it into logical parts. Say: What do they deal with?
2. Answer the following questions:
1. Why did Bill's classmates dislike him?
2. Is his house meant as a prototype for 21st century living?
3. What is an image database?
4. How did Microsoft revolutionise the computer industry?
5. What are the relationships between Bill Gates and IBM?
6. How does the "Windows" system work?
7. What is "hyper TV"?
8. What impact would the hyper TV system have on the television industry?
9. Will technology like image database for the home and hyper TV system make the world a better place?