XIV. Using a dictionary translate paragraph 2 into Russian. Unit 8 The Internet. E-mail

Section A. Presentations (continued)

D. Go back over your presentation and think of the questions members of the audience could ask. Ask the questions, and then answer them.

Pinpointing the reference		Asking for clarification
You mentioned … Could I go back to the point you made about …? I was interested in your comments on … You said that …		Could you say a little more about that? Could you expand on that? Could you clarify what you said about …? I’m still a bit confused about …

E. A visitor to you company

Someone is coming to see you at your place of work. You are responsible for his / her visit. Decide who the visitor is (e.g. client, supplier).

Before they come:

1. Work out which system, processes, products, etc the visitor will be most interested in. Decide who they should meet and what parts of the building / factory / site they should see. (Also what they can’t see!)

2. Work out an *itinerary for the visit. You might like to draw a plan or map showing where you are going to go.

*An itinerary is a plan for a visit with times, places and people to see.

When they come:

3. Meet the visitor, greet them and explain their itinerary to them.

4. Show them round. When appropriate give short presentations on the company history, the company structure, the factory and offices, machinery and equipment, processes, etc. introduce the visitors to other personnel.

5. Answer any questions that arise.

6. Say goodbye to your visitor.

Section B Language Focus. Sentence Structure. Compound and Complex Sentences

I. Analyze the following simple sentences. Explain how to find the predicate:

1. The term “fourth-generation” (fourth-generation language) places the language in the context of the history of programming.

2. A computer can solve a series of problems and make hundreds, even thousands, of logical decisions without becoming tired or bored.

3. The information necessary for solving problems is found in the memory of the computer.

4. The new microcomputer does not have a Fortran compiler.

5. The term “computer” usually refers to those parts of the hardware …

6. In 1971, Intel corp. delivered the first microprocessor.

7. They usually fill a whole room and are sometimes referred to as mainframes or computer installations.

II. Distinguish between compound and complex sentences. Comment on the way they are joined:

1. Another important advancement in computers came in 1947, when John von Neuman developed the idea of keeping instructions for the computer inside the computer’s memory.

2. In 1960, the second generation of computers was developed and these could perform work ten times faster than their predecessors.

3. Fourth-generation computers have now arrived, and the integrated circuits have been greatly reduced in size.

4. More powerful microcomputers are gradually being produced; therefore they are becoming the most commonly used type of computers.

5. A computer can do very little until it is given some information.

6. After the processor has operated on the information, the output devices display the results of the computations on a printer or a terminal.

7. Computers vary greatly in their internal organization, but every digital computer has a processor, memory, an input device to receive information, and output device to transmit information.

8. As the demand grew the number of factories able to produce computers also grew.