Text-based assignments

I. Look through the text above and find the following:

1) a link in a web page; 2) computers that store web pages; 3) a special program that lets you look at documents on the Internet; 4) the job or activity of drawing or planning web pages; 5) a person who keeps a blog; 6) text with links; 7) the language used to make web pages; 8) the instructions in HTML; 9) another word for raw HTML code; 10) subdivisions of a web page allowing the display of different HTML documents on the same page.

II. Complete the sentences with the words in the box. Translate.

■ CIF ■ text ■ graphics ■ table ■ background ■ link ■ CSS ■ frame ■ JPEG ■ website ■ space ■ navigation bar

A well-designed … should be neat and organized. Words should be surrounded by sufficient white … . Use dark … on a light …, preferably white. You can divide the page into columns with a … or use … to create the page layout. Usually the … appears on the left side of the page. You can display it on all the pages of your website by using a … . It is a good idea to put a … to the top of the page at the bottom of a long text. The graphical element of a web page is crucial. … load slowly, so use them sparingly and for good reason. There are two common picture formats: … for pictures with lots of colours and … which is ideal for buttons and banners.

III. Answer the following questions. Then ask your partner the same questions.

1. What web site do you visit to chat with your friends? 2. Which chat channels are you interested in? 3. Do you talk with strangers during web chats? 4. Do you use your real name or nickname? 5. How long do you usually spend at the terminal? 6. Are all pages you visit when surfing the Web well designed? What is it about the design that you find particularly useful or attractive? Is there anything you don’t like?

Grammar revision

I. Translate the following sentences into Russian. State the functions of the infinitives.

1. To run multimedia software you need a fast CPU, expandable RAM and a large hard disk. 2. Web pages can also include multimedia files. 3. To train highly qualified scientific workers is extremely important for the development of modern science. 4. A printer is an example of a device to produce output in a human-readable format. 5. They hoped to be sent to the conference on computer security. 6. To see or hear all these files, you need to download the additional software. 7. Instructions for the presentation can be included in the HTML code. 8. It is becoming more common to use CSS to separate style from content. 9. The high-speed devices to be used as secondary storage are both input and output devices. 10. America was the first to start the computer era. 11. To build a website you could learn how to write HTML tags. 12. The progress of electronics to have resulted in the invention of elec­tronic computers was a breakthrough of the second part of the 20^lh century. 13. Dot-matrix printers use pins to print the dots. 14. We use financial software to produce all sorts of texts in digital format. 15. The memory stores the instructions and the data to be quickly retrieved on demand by the CPU. 16. Your task is to retouch these photos on the computer. 17. Computers to have been designed originally for arithmetic pur­poses are applicable for great variety of tasks at present. 18. In 1980 IBM set up a special team to develop the first IBM PC. 19. Fractals can also be used to model real objects like clouds, coastlines or landscapes. 20. To sum up, computers are responsible for health problems. 21. A problem to be solved by digital computers must be expressed in mathematical terms. 22. Modern computers are small enough to fit into mobile devices, and mobile computers can be powered by small batteries. 23. It is important to assess the operating system to be used on a particular model before initial commitment because some software is only designed to run under the control of specific operating systems.