- •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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Find the equivalents in the text:
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Ваш компьютер вероятно будет давать меньше сбоев с Виндоуз 95, чем с более ранними версиями и даже ДОС.
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Корпорация Майкрософт заявляет, что она делает все для того, чтобы приблизить время, когда мы все будем думать больше о наших данных, чем о конкретных «фирменных» программах, которые используются для создания этих данных.
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Новая функция поиска позволяет обнаружить местоположение и исследовать содержимое файла в мгновение ока.
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Большинство этих функций достигнуто в ущерб производительности.
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ДОС, каким мы его знаем, так хорошо запрятан, что вы редко думаете о его использовании.
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В Виндоуз 95 существует инструмент Корзина, который позволяет легко восстанавливать случайно удаленные файлы.
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Инструменты Рабочего Стола очень схожи с инструментами Макинтоша.
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Вторая кнопка мыши стала мощным оружием.
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What is:
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window
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icon
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recycle bin
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plug-n-play capability
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shortcut feature
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Discuss in groups:
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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 who has a computer if Windows 98 is better than Windows 2000? Why and why not?
Unit VI.
The internet Prereading Discussion
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What is Internet and what services of Internet do you know?
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When and how do you spend your time on the Internet?
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Are you baffled (baffle – сбивать с толку, ставить в тупик) by computer language? Wary of the World Wide Web? This QUIZ will help you "hack" terms you may encounter (встретить) while surfing the Internet.
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cursor, n — A: coarse speaker. B: indicator. С: moneychanger. D: technician.
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network, n — A: TV channel. B: digital design. C: system of computers. D: filter.
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download, v — A: to copy. B: scramble. C: erase. D: belittle.
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virus, n — A: flaw. B: poison. C: fatigue. D: infection.
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browser, n — software that allows you to A: explore the Internet. B: eavesdrop. C: send a fax. D: save a file.
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cracker, n — A: fanatic. B: intruder (лицо, пытающееся получить несанкционированный доступ к данным). C: burglar (взломщик). D: expert.
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hit, n — A: accident. B: stumbling block (камень преткновения). C: unit of measurement. D: visit.
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authenticate, v – A. to fade (постепенно изменяться). B: complicate. C: confirm. D: test.
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emoticon, n — A: robot. B: radiation. C: trick. D: illustration.
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boot, v — A: to fail (выходить из строя) gradually. B: enlarge. C: adjust (настраивать). D: start up.
11. server, n — A: central computer. B: speed control. C: power supply. D: trouble-shooter (аварийный монтер).
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modem, n — A: digital code. B: keyboard. C: visual display. D: connecting device.
13. glitch, n — A: flash. B: excitement. C: error. D: stroke of luck.
14. compress, v — A: to shrink. B: understand. C: fix. D: soften.
15. pixel, n — A: picture element. B: programming oddity (курьез). C: brief blur (пятно). D: long delay.
16. link, n — A: missing piece. B: space station. C: related site. D: warning signal.
17. scanner, n — machine that A: reproduces images. B: translates files. C: searches a document. D: adds color.
18. log on, v — A: to pile (накоплять). B: gain access (получать доступ). C: waste time. D: stretch (расширять).
19. shareware, n — A: hand-me-down clothing. B: free hardware. C: relic. D: trial (пробный) software.
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gigabyte, n — A: sudden shutdown (отключение). B: unit of storage. C: wide gap. D: high pressure.
Here are some answers to the quiz. Translate them.
download – скопировать файл или программу на персональный компьютер;
browser – программное обеспечение, которое позволяет вам исследовать (просматривать) интернет;
cracker – лицо или организация, заинтересованные в получении несанкционированного (unauthorized) доступа к данным, которые взламывают (break into, “crack”) компьютерные системы;
hit – посещение Web страницы;
authenticate – подтверждать идентичность пользователя компьютера;
emoticon – изображение (рисунок), передающее настроение (to convey a mood);
boot – запустить компьютер;
glitch – ошибка, сбой (malfunction);
log on – получить доступ к компьютерной сети;
shareware – бесплатная пробная компьютерная программа, часто требующая оплаты позже.
Reading Analysis
TEXT I