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Telltale computers

The managements of some American schools have found an original application for computers.

Now teachers simply feed into the memory of the machine names of the absentees and it begins to phone their parents and warn that their children have missed lessons.

The teachers and parents like the new system and only pupils fall out of favour with it.

Vocabulary

indispensable необхідний, обов’язковий

to monitor відслідковувати, контролювати

disaster катастрофа

accident нещасний випадок

literacy грамотність

computer literacy комп’ютерна грамотність

game гра

computer game комп’ютерна гра

curious допитливий

telltale ябеда, базіка

to feed (fed, fed) забезпечувати, вводити дані

to feed into the memory заносити в комп’ютер

to be absent from a lesson бути відсутнім на уроці

absentee відсутній

to warn попереджати

to fall in love/favour with закохатися

to fall our of love/favour розлюбити

with

Exercises

  1. Complete as in the text:

  1. Computers are getting deeper and ... into our life.

  2. They are indispensable in ...

  3. Many countries have introduced computers into agriculture, ...

  4. Computers provide security ..., diagnose ... and do a lot in monitoring ...

  5. In short, they help to carry out ... and their application sometimes helps to ...

  6. Many people have a high degree ...

  7. Computer games are also now ...

  1. Translate into English:

    1. Вони купили інший модифікований комп’ютер.

    2. В кімнаті два комп’ютери. За одним працює Ніколай, а другий – вільний.

    3. Комп’ютери та комп’ютерні мережі широко використовуються у всіх сферах діяльності: у освіті, управлінні, економіці, фінансах, транспорті, виробництві та багатьох інших.

    4. Інформаційні системи та технології допомагають вирішити ці та багато інших завдань.

    5. В цих та інших подібних випадках необхідна консультація програміста.

  1. Make your sentences using the following word combinations:

to provide security to do a lot of work

to provide safety to do a lot of business

to provide high efficiency to do a lot in monitoring ...

  1. Sum up what the text said about the application of computers.

  1. Answer the following questions:

    1. Did you find the information of the newspaper rather curious?

    2. Whose idea was it to use computers in that way?

    3. Who liked and who disliked that idea?

    4. And what is your attitude to that idea?

    5. Could you offer a better idea?

Text 2: Computer makers

Computer making industry is developing rapidly and new of improved and modified types of computers (hardware) as well as new programmes (software) come into wide usage. the end users make this industry move forward all the time. The competition is very strong on the world market.

Here is a newspaper article speaking about the computer market in countries in United Europe:

European Computer Makers Seek Support from Brussels

At the conference which started in Venice yesterday leaders of Europe’s ailing computer manufacturing companies called for action form Brussels. The companies wanted Brussels to ensure the survival of a significant European information technology industry.

The chief executives of Groupe Bull de France, Olivetti of Italy and Siemens-Nixford of Germany complained they were at a disadvantage compared with their US and Japanese competitors.

These US and Japanese companies, they said, enjoyed the benefits of a strong home market and cooperation between the public sector and the computer industry. In these countries, they added, more than 90 per cent of public contracts went to domestic companies.

In Europe European-owned companies had only a 30 per cent share of the market for public sector computer projects. The other 70 per cent of contracts went to foreign countries and foreign-owned companies of Europe. The European computer companies stressed that a more sympathetic relationship with the public authorities should be built in Europe.

Mr. Francis Lawrentz, chairman of Groupe Bull, said he was not seeking protection or fortifications around Europe, but a coherent policy from Brussels leaving no doubt as to the importance of the industry.

Among other measures, they asked for involvement at an early stage in the planning of Europe-wide information technology projects. It would give them a good chance of securing final contracts.