- •Introduction to the Computing……………………………………….5
- •Definitions.……………………………………………………………….45
- •Topics for Essays, Oral or Written Reports……………………….92
- •Introduction to the Computing
- •I.1 translate the following phrases.
- •I.4 Do you agree with the statements below? Correct the wrong ones.
- •I.5 Ask questions to each other.
- •I.6 Ask your fellow students some questions to each sentence.
- •I.9 a) Having read the dialogue above you should decide whether the following statements and suggestions are true or false. Change a false statement to make it true.
- •1. Prefix tables
- •I.10 Practise using underlined words with negative prefixes. Contradict the following statements in the same way as the example. Not all the words you need are in the table above.
- •I.13 construct words or phrases to replace the underlined words.
- •I.18 a) Translate the following into Russian, mind the prefixes.
- •7. Space / time the following units of measure are used to define storage and transmission capacities
- •I.19 match the words with their definitions.
- •*** Key expressions to be used in your own Dialogues
- •I.22 Do you know the difference? Translate the words below the table & put them in.
- •I.23 Do you know these words? Translate them…
- •I.24 decide what the prefixes mean in the following.
- •I.25 Fill in the gaps with the correct prefix from the box.
- •I.26 a) Fill in the table below with the words underneath.
- •I.29 match the beginnings & the endings (there are several definitions for some terms).
- •I.30 Ask each other questions using the above-mentioned terms.
- •This is a computer Prereading Discussion
- •Text 1a Computing & Computers
- •1.2 Read the international words.
- •1.4 Staying their part of speech, translate the groups of words of the same root. Find different ones.
- •1.5 Translate the sentences.
- •1.6 Translate the sentences.
- •1.7 Translate the sentences.
- •1.8 B) match the following underlined phrases with the hints below the line.
- •1.9 Translate the sentences.
- •1.10 Translate the following phrases, mind the attributive groups.
- •1.11 Define the predicate & translate the sentences.
- •1.14 Complete the sentences:
- •Text1b Computer
- •Dialogue1.16 Dramatize the dialogue. Give your opinion about having a computer at home.
- •Vocabulary ratings
- •10-14 Correct: Good 15-17 correct: Excellent 18-20 correct: Exceptional
- •1.17 The statements below were results of the survey comparing boys and girls. Match the beginning with the endings. Girls… Boys…
- •Word Power
- •Text 1Cb) Read & translate the article, render it, & discuss the problem. Computer Studies?
- •1.18 A) find in text 1d underneath the answers to the questions.
- •1.19 Express the main idea of the article above using the following.
- •1.20 Choose the definition to match the given terms.
- •1.21 Match the best term to the given definition.
- •1.24 Fill in the gaps using the words from the box below.
- •1.26 Say if these statements are true or false (correct the false ones).
- •Unit Two
- •Choosing the right meaning
- •Ability n. Способность; умение; 2. Дарования, способности
- •2.2 Translate the words of the same root.
- •2.3 Match the synonyms.
- •2.4 Translate the phrases.
- •2.4 Match the following with the hints below the line.
- •2.7 Translate the following.
- •2.8 Complete the sentences according to the text.
- •Dialogue 2.10 Dramatize the dialogue & make your own ones. Using portable calculators
- •Text 2b Prehistory
- •2.12 A) Translate the following words. B) Give some examples from the dictionary.
- •2.13 Match the antonyms (there may be more then two of them).
- •2.14 A) Match the synonyms (there are more than two of them).
- •2.15 Find the answers to the questions below in text 2c.
- •2.16 Match the beginnings & the endings.
- •2.17 Say if the following statements are true or false. Change the false into the true ones.
- •2.18 Make your own dialogue about the prehistory of mind tools.
- •2.20 Answer the following questions & add your own to make a dialogue according to the text read.
- •2.21 Put in the proper words from the box.
- •2.22 Translate the sentences, mind the underlined words.
- •2.23 Translate into English.
- •How Modern Are You?
- •Add up Your Score and Read the Analysis
- •The Analysis
- •Unit three Computer Generations
- •The evolutionofcomputersinterms ofgenerations.
- •If therewerenocomputerstheyhadtobethoughtout.
- •3.1 Choose the proper term for each definition.
- •3.2 Choose the proper definition for the term, & translate them.
- •3.5 Find antonyms for the following words:
- •3.8 Find Russian equivalents for the given below.
- •3.12 Ask your interlocutors
- •3.13 Match the beginnings with the endings.
- •3.14 Translate the sentences below, mind the underlined words.
- •Dialogue 3.15 Complete the dialogue. Basic units of a computer
- •Dialogue 3.16 Complete the dialogue. Computer generations
- •What does the term the Fifth Generation describe?
- •It describes … .
- •3.17 Define the parts of speech & translate these words.
- •3.18 Translate.
- •3.19 Find Russian equivalents to the following words & phrases.
- •3.20 Translate these sentences.
- •3.21 Translate these sentences, say if the verb to have is: a) notional, b) auxiliary, c) modal, d) a part of a set phrase.
- •3.22 Define the -ed form & translate the sentences.
- •3.26 Translate into English.
- •Computer Systems
- •Handle n. 1. Ручка, рукоять, рукоятка; V.T. 2. Трогать, брать; обращаться, справляться 3. Торговать;
- •Amount n. 1. Сумма; 2. Количество; V.I. 3. Составлять, достигать, быть равным / равносильным; сводиться к;
- •4.3 Put the nouns into the proper column, add their meanings.
- •4.4 Find English equivalents to the following.
- •4.5 Using a dictionary match synonyms (a - b).
- •4.6 Match the following with the hints below the line.
- •4.7 Match each component in column I with its definition.
- •4.7 Complete the table in your exercise books.
- •4.8 Guess or Match the following abbreviations with the phrases and meanings.
- •4.13 Add another word, abbreviation, or part of a word, to complete common 'computer' words and phrases given below.
- •4.14 Complete this text with the words from the box.
- •4.15 Do you remember the English terms for the following?
- •4.16 Make sure you know what these mean in English.
- •4.17 Arrange the following terms around the most general one.
- •4.18 Express the main idea of the article above using the following.
- •4.25 Translate the sentences.
- •4.29 State the function of the infinitive and translate the following.
- •4.31 Translate the following.
3.8 Find Russian equivalents for the given below.
Conceive; complete; design; amaze; familiar; point out; anticipate; render; require; coin; encompass; the closest thing to; basically mechanical; however; it was driven by; to transmit information from one part of the machine to another; replacing the complex mechanical linkages; using electricity; a laboratory curiosity; in Babbage's time; made the difference; between success and failure; limited by the time required for; played the same role as; to move from one position to another; for instance; in the late 1930s; widely known; as long as; could only be bulky, cumbersome, and expensive; an electrical plug board, like a; acronyms for names; brilliant; were tied down to; key areas; ongoing research; virtually; by the mid-1990s; since then; an umbrella term.
He was amazed to learn; it was controlled by a punched paper tape; it was driven by electricity instead of steam; it was scarcely finished before it was obsolete; a machine whose computing, control, and memory elements were completely electrical; as if it were data; it did influence the thinking; there is no end in sight.
3.9 Find in Text 3Bthe English equivalents to: задумать; быть знакомым с; предвосхитить; лабораторный курьез; механические соединения; в пять-шесть раз быстрее; человек; телефонный коммутатор; последовательность операций; потребовалась одна минута для решения; под влиянием идей; аббревиатура для названия; тогда как; играть решающую роль; в честь кого-то; ртутный столбик; энергоемкий; вырабатывать большое количество тепла; громоздкий; стать доступным; извлекать из памяти; поместиться на ладони (на кончике пальца); скачок в технике; включать; продолжающиеся исследования; придумать термин; всеохватывающий термин.
3.10 Give synonyms to: acronym / to encompass / bulky / simply / scarcely / ongoing / linkage / to conceive / to anticipate / to be familiar with / fast / advanced / obsolete / shortcoming / advantage
3.11 Give antonyms to: success / externally / to store / energy-consuming / cumbersome / expensive / binary notation / end in sight / obsolete / shortcoming.
3.12 Ask your interlocutors
1) what the main shortcoming of the Mark I and the other electromechanical computers was; 2) what an acronym is. Ask your partner to give examples of acronyms; 3) what the distinguishing feature of ENIAC was; 4) what system for writing numbers there exist; 5) what computer is usually called a van Neumann machine and why. 6) if the technology used to build computers has gone through several revolutions from the 1940s to the present; 7) in what differ computers generations; 8) to name the disadvantages of vacuum tubes; 9) what computers tied down to vacuum tube technology were. 10) what the common applications of microprocessors are; 11) what the general-purpose processor-on-a-chip is called; 12) if computers today are hundred times smaller than those of the first generation; 13) if that’s right that a single chip is far more powerful than ENIAC; 14) what the term the Fifth Generation was coined for; 15) which key areas of ongoing research can be named.