- •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
Vocabulary List
amount- количество
capacity- вместительность
circuitry- эл.цепи
CPU, microprocessor- микропроцессор
hard disk- жесткий диск, “винчестер”
input hardware- устройства ввода данных
keyboard- клавиатура
lap- колени
light pen – световое перо
modem- модем
mouse- “мышь”
output hardware- выходные устройства отображения информации
printer- принтер
processing hardware- устройства обработки данных
communication hardware – коммуникационное оборудование; аппаратура передачи данных
RAM- ОЗУ (оперативное запоминающее устройство)
ROM- ПЗУ (постоянное запоминающее устройство)
CD-ROM- накопитель на компакт- дисках (CD)
scanner- сканер
sophisticated- сложный
storage hardware- устройства хранения данных
temporarily- временно
temporary- временный
tier- ярус
to affect- влиять
to connect- соединять
to convert- преобразовывать
to direct- управлять
to execute- выполнять
to interpret- переводить
to reach- достигать
to retrieve- извлекать
to roll- катать, перекатывать
volatile- летучий, нестойкий, временный
hardcopy – твёрдая копия, печатная копия, распечатка
softcopy – мягкая копия; изображение на экране
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Which of the listed below statements are true/ false. Specify your answer using the text.
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Computer is an electronic device therefore hardware is a system of electronic devices.
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The purpose of the input hardware is to collect data and convert it into a form suitable for computer processing.
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Scanner is used to input graphics only.
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The purpose of processing hardware is to retrieve, interpret and direct the execution of software instructions provided to the computer.
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CPU reads and interprets software and prints the results on paper.
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User is unable to change the contents of ROM.
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5.25” floppy disks are used more often because they are flexible and have more capacity than 3.5” disks.
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Printer is a processing hardware because its purpose is to show the information produced by the system.
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Modem is an electronic device that makes possible the transmission of data from one computer to another via telephone or other communication lines.
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The purpose of storage hardware is to store computer instructions and data in a form that is relatively permanent and retrieve them when needed for processing.
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Give definitions to the following using the vocabulary.
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CPU
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ROM
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Floppy- disk
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CD-ROM
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Printer
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Modem
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Motherboard
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Hard disk
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Keyboard
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Sound-card
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Which of the following is Hardware?
Program, mouse, CPU, printer, modem, command, port, cursor or the pointer, keyboard, character.
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Match the following:
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процессор
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клавиатура
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мышь
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дискета
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“винчестер”
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модем
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экран
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ПЗУ
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ОЗУ
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nonvolatile, nonmodifiable computer memory, used to hold programmed instructions to the system.
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the part of a television or computer on which a picture is formed or information is displayed.
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rigid disk coated with magnetic material, for storing computer programs and relatively large amounts of data.
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an electronic device that makes possible the transmission of data to or from computer via telephone or other communication lines.
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a set of keys, usually arranged in tiers, for operating a typewriter, typesetting machine, computer terminal or the like,
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volatile computer memory, used for creating, loading, and running programs and for manipulating and temporarily storing data; main memory.
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central processing unit: the key component of a computer system, containing the circuitry necessary to interpret and execute program instructions.
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a palm-sized device equipped with one or more buttons, used to point at and select items on a computer display screen and for controlling the cursor by means of analogous movement on a nearby surface.
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a thin, usually flexible plastic disk coated with magnetic material, for storing computer data and program.
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