Grammar

Conditional Sentences
If you don’t pour the flowers they die out.	Zero condition.
If the weather is nice tomorrow we will go to the park.	True condition in the Present and Future
If the weather was nice today we would go to the park.	Untrue condition in the Present and Future
If the weather had been nice yesterday we would have gone to the park.	Untrue condition in the Past

1. Put the verb into the correct form. Use the prompts in brackets. Then translate the sentences.

1. If he (can) represent the binary 0 and 1 with dark and light, a device (read) sounds or indeed any information at all. ( imaginary situation)

2. This means that if you (put) a Dutch 10 cent coin in the center hole it (fit) but (fall) through.(real situation)

3. If he (can) make the binary code compact enough, Russell saw that he (can) store not only symphonies, but entire encyclopedias on a small piece of film! (imaginary situation)

4. Digital engineers and consumers alike (to be) lucky if he (find) the time. (real situation)

2. Match the two parts of the sentences. Then translate them.

He will find enough money to promote his invention	more classifications would be coded
When a computer converts the data into an electronic signal	then the machine would be deemed intelligent
However, the inventors noted that if more lines were added,	if the investors realize its commercial value
If a person could hold a typed conversation with "somebody" else, not realizing that a computer was on the other end of the wire,	it will be then comparatively simple to convert into an audible or visible transmission

3. Translate paragraphs 4, 5, 6 into Russian.

Speaking

1. Look through the text and divide it into logical parts. Entitle each part. Summarize the text in no more than 10 sentences using your key points.

Summary writing Read the text again and underline the key words and sentences. Write summary in your own words. Follow the structure of the original text. The objective of the summary is your point of view. Always check if your summary coincides with the original idea of the text

2. Comment on the following statements made by people who were contemporaries of the first compact discs. Use the following openings.

1. “When the first disc was produced it sparkled a global music revolution.” (Piet Kramer, a member of the optical group at Philip’s during the disc’s development)

2. “…. as CDs are a digital format, they actually kick-started the digital age.” (Richard Gooch, head of technology at the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry)

3. “From now on, the conventional record player is obsolete. Throw in into the dustbin.” (Lou Ottens, technical director of the audio division at Philips)