- •Рецензенты:
- •Рекомендует к печати
- •What is a computer?
- •1. Read and learn the following words:
- •2. Answer the following questions to the text a:
- •3. Insert the necessary prepositions to the following sentences:
- •4. Choose the words that are missed in the following sentences:
- •5. Choose the ending to each question:
- •6. Ask general questions to the following sentences:
- •The use of computers
- •1. Read and remember the words from the text b:
- •2. Make up the pairs or groups of the words which are close in their meanings. Use the words given below.
- •3. Match the words with their definitions:
- •4. Put the sentences into Past Simple:
- •5. A) Give a title to the following fragment and translate it into Russian in writing:
- •6. Read the following text with the dictionary if it is necessary. Perform the tasks given below: communication (1)
- •Computers in the different sphres of our life
- •1. Answer the following questions:
- •2. Put the necessary prepositions to the following sentences:
- •3. Put the missing words to the sentences:
- •4. Discuss with your partner what you have learned about computers in general.
- •5. Make a short report “The Use of Computers”.
- •Some facts from the history of computers
- •1. Read and learn the following words:
- •2. Answer the following questions to the text a:
- •3. Insert the necessary prepositions to the following sentences:
- •4. Choose the words that are missed in the following sentences:
- •5. Choose the ending to each question:
- •6. Ask alternative questions to the following sentences:
- •The fastest computers of the world
- •1. Read and remember the words from the text b:
- •2. Form the new words from the verbs:
- •3. Translate the word-combinations with: a) Participle I and b) Participle II:
- •4. Revise Active and Passive Voice of the verb. Open the brackets and use the proper form of the verb:
- •5. A) Give a title to the following fragment and translate it into Russian in writing:
- •6. Read the following text with the dictionary if it is necessary. Perform the tasks given below: communication (2)
- •From the history of computer development
- •1. Answer the following questions:
- •2. Put in the necessary words to the following sentences:
- •3. Make up the pairs of words that are close in their meaning:
- •4. Discuss with your partner some facts from the history of computers.
- •5. Make a short report “The History of Computers”.
- •Data processing and data processing systems
- •1. Read and learn the following words:
- •2. Answer the following questions to the text a:
- •3. Insert the necessary prepositions to the following sentences:
- •4. Choose the words that are missed in the following sentences:
- •5. Choose the ending to each question:
- •6. Ask general questions to the following sentences:
- •Storage units
- •1. Read and remember the words from the text b:
- •2. Try to find in the text the words the meaning of which are close to the meaning of the following ones:
- •3. Divide the words into three groups – nouns, adjective, adverb – according to their suffixes. Translate the words, if necessary use the vocabulary:
- •4. Translate the sentences with Perfect Participle Active and Perfect Participle Passive:
- •5. A) Read the following fragment and translate it into Russian in writing:
- •6. Read the following text with the dictionary if it is necessary. Perform the tasks given below: network development
- •Computer technology
- •1. Answer the following questions:
- •2. Put the necessary prepositions to the following sentences:
- •3. Put the missing words to the sentences:
- •4. Make a short report “Storage Units of the Computers”.
- •A computer system
- •1. Read and learn the following words:
- •2. Answer the following questions to the text a:
- •3. Insert the necessary prepositions to the following sentences:
- •4. Choose the words that are missed in the following sentences:
- •5. Choose the ending to each question:
- •6. Ask special questions to the following sentences:
- •Input-output environment
- •1. Read and remember the words from the text b:
- •2. Form nouns from the following verbs using suffixes:
- •3. Open the brackets using the correct form of the verb:
- •4. Combine the words from the left part with their interpretations from the right part:
- •5. A) Give a title to the following fragment and translate it into Russian in writing:
- •6. Read the following text with the dictionary if it is necessary. Perform the tasks given below:
- •The elements of computer system
- •1. Answer the following questions:
- •2. Give the Russian equivalents of the following words and make up the sentences using them:
- •3. Say if the statements are true or false:
- •4. Discuss with your partner what you have learned about the elements of computer system.
- •What is hardware?
- •Input hardware.
- •1. Read and learn the following words:
- •2. Answer the following questions to the text a:
- •3. Insert the necessary prepositions to the following sentences:
- •4. Choose the words that are missed in the following sentences:
- •5. Choose the ending to each question:
- •6. Ask general questions to the following sentences:
- •Scanners
- •1. Read and remember the words from the text b:
- •2. Form comparative and superlative degrees of the following adjectives:
- •3. Translate the following sentences with infinitives:
- •4. Translate the following word-combinations:
- •5. A) Translate the following text into Russian in writing:
- •6. Read the following text with the dictionary if it is necessary. Perform the tasks given below:
- •Input devices
- •1. Look through the following words and then answer the following questions:
- •2. Put the necessary prepositions to the following sentences:
- •3. Put the missing words to the sentences:
- •4. Discuss with your partner different types of hardware.
- •5. Make a short report “a Scanner”.
- •Computer operations
- •1. Read and learn the following words:
- •2. Answer the following questions to the text a:
- •3. Insert the necessary prepositions to the following sentences:
- •4. Choose the words that are missed in the following sentences:
- •5. Choose the ending to each question:
- •6. Ask general questions to the following sentences:
- •Types of software
- •1. Read and remember the words from the text b:
- •2. Translate into English:
- •3. Translate the following sentences into Russian. Pay attention to the underlined words:
- •4. Match the words and their definitions:
- •5. A) Translate the following text into Russian in writing: memory
- •6. Read the following text with the dictionary if it is necessary. Perform the tasks given below:
- •Operating systems
- •1. Look through the following words and then put 10 questions to the text:
- •2. Put the necessary prepositions to the following sentences:
- •3. Put the missing words to the sentences:
- •4. Discuss with your partner what you have learned about the types of computer data.
- •Output devices. Printers
- •1. Read and learn the following words:
- •2. Answer the following questions to the text a:
- •3. Insert the necessary prepositions to the following sentences:
- •4. Choose the words that are missed in the following sentences:
- •5. Choose the ending to each question:
- •6. Ask general questions to the following sentences:
- •Keyboard devices
- •1. Look through the following words and then put 10 questions to the text “Keyboard devices”:
- •2. Translate the following sentences. Pay attention to the underlined words:
- •3. Translate the following sentences. Pay attention to their special formation:
- •4. A) Translate the following text into Russian in writing: magnetic media devices
- •5. Read the following text with the dictionary if it is necessary. Perform the tasks given below: higeness of the internet
- •6. Discuss with your partner what you have learned about output devices.
- •7. Make a short report “Keyboard Devices”.
- •A modem
- •1. Read and learn the following words;
- •2. Answer the following questions to the text a:
- •3. Insert the necessary prepositions to the following sentences:
- •4. Choose the words that are missed in the following sentences:
- •5. Put different types of questions to the following sentences:
- •Electronic mail
- •1. Learn the following words and make up as many sentences as you can using these words:
- •2. Translate the sentences into Russian:
- •Internet rules of safety.
- •Internet child safety.
- •1. Read and remember the words from the text c:
- •2. Read the following texts containing information about Internet and make a report “What the Internet is”.
- •3. Read and translate the text “What is Internet Explorer?” Say what else you know about other Web browsers.
- •4. Discuss with your partner what you have learned about Internet rules of safety.
- •5. Make a short report “Modems and Electronic Mail”.
- •Words and word combinations to be remembered.
- •History of the computer
- •Generations of computer
- •History of data processing
- •Digital and analog computers
- •History of programming languages
- •Words and word combinations to be remembered.
- •Computer components
- •Evolution in size
- •Microprocessor as a cpu
- •Bill gates
- •What is internet?
- •I. Translate the sentences into Russian.
- •II. Put the verbs in brackets into a correct form.
- •Translating machines
- •What is steganography?
- •Words and word combinations to be remembered.
- •Uses of the web
- •Computer-intagrated manufacturing
- •Computer graphics
- •Cryptography
- •Words and word combinations to be remembered.
- •Computer viruses
- •What is a trojan horse and what threat does it pose?
- •Increase your knowledge of computer viruses
- •You cannot get virus from
- •Antivirus software
- •Preventing a virus
- •Word and word combinations to be remembered.
- •Computers in science
- •The future of computers
- •No worms in these apples
- •Supplementary reading
- •1. Look through the words to the text “computer literacy”:
- •2. Read the text, translate it and give a brief summary. Computer literacy
- •1. Look through the words to the text “from the history of telephony”:
- •2. Read the text, translate it and give a brief summary. From the history of telephony
- •1. Look through the words to the text “the first calculating devices”:
- •2. Read the text, translate it and give a brief summary. The first calculating devices
- •1. Look through the words to the text “charles babbage”:
- •2. Read the text, translate it and give a brief summary. Charles babbage
- •1. Look through the words to the text “development of electronics”:
- •2. Read the text, translate it and give a brief summary. Development of electronics
- •1. Look through the words to the text “microelectronics and microminiaturization”:
- •2. Read the text, translate it and give a brief summary. Microelectronics and microminiaturization
- •1. Look through the words to the text “advantages of computer data processing”:
- •2. Read the text, translate it and give a brief summary. Advantages of computer data processing
- •1. Look through the words to the text “hardware, software, and firmware”:
- •2. Read the text, translate it and give a brief summary. Hardware, software, and firmware
- •1. Look through the words to the text “from the history of computer development in russia”:
- •2. Read the text, translate it and give a brief summary. From the history of computer development in russia
- •1. Look through the words to the text “functional units of digital computers”:
- •2. Read the text, translate it and give a brief summary. Functional units of digital computers
- •1. Look through the words to the text “storage devices”
- •2. Read the text, translate it and give a brief summary. Storage devices
- •1. Look through the words to the text “management information technology (it)”
- •2. Read the text, translate it and give a brief summary. Management information technology (it)
- •1. Look through the words to the text “storage devices”
- •2. Read the text, translate it and give a brief summary. One woman's experience as a global head of it a successful manager sees a wider role for women in the male-dominated world of it networks
- •English-russian dictionary
- •Contents
- •Учебное издание
- •Английский язык
- •010503.65 «Математическое обеспечение и администрирование информационных систем»; 080116.65 «Математические методы в экономике».
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Федеральное агентство по образованию
Саратовский государственный социально-экономический университет
Кафедра иностранных языков
АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫК
методические материалы по изучению дисциплины для направления 080700.62 «Бизнес-информатика»
и специальностей:
010501.65 «Прикладная математика и информатика»;
010503.65 «Математическое обеспечение и администрирование информационных систем»;
080116.65 «Математические методы в экономике»
Саратов
2010
Составители:
Доктор соц. наук, профессор Горбунова Н.В.
Канд. пед. наук, доцент Исайкина М.А.
Канд. филол. наук, доцент Хрусталева А.В.
Рецензенты:
Канд. пед. наук, доцент кафедры иностранных языков СГСЭУ Максимова Е.А.
Канд. пед. наук, доцент кафедры физики и методико-информационных технологий СГУ Недогреева Н.Г.
Английский язык: Методические материалы по изучению дисциплины для направления 080700.62 «Бизнес-информатика» и специальностей: 010501.65 «Прикладная математика и информатика»; 010503.65 «Математическое обеспечение и администрирование информационных систем»; 080116.65 «Математические методы в экономике» / Сост. Н.В.Горбунова, М.А.Исайкина, А.В.Хрусталева. – Саратов: СГСЭУ, 2010. – ____ с.
Методические материалы предназначены для студентов всех специальностей факультета информатики и информационных технологий, а также для студентов других специальностей, желающих повысить уровень языковой подготовки.
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Introduction
The given methodical materials are for the students of all IT department specialties. The main aim of these materials is to teach the students to read and translate the texts on specialty as well as to be able to communicate.
The first part of the given materials consists of 8 units that include texts, vocabulary, lexical exercises concerning the translation, spoken language, and vocabulary skills development. The second part is devoted to skill development in different forms of reading and special vocabulary. It consists of 6 units. The both parts suggest grammar exercises on the working through the different constructions use.
The text subjects embrace the wide range of specialty texts such as computer literacy, data processing system, software and hardware, input-output devices, Internet, e-mail and others. The exercises are elaborated to provide the students with frequent vocabulary usage.
There is the English-Russian dictionary and supplementary reading that can be used to advance skills in abstracting.
PART A
Unit 1
Text A
What is a computer?
A computer is a machine with an intricate network of electronic circuits that operate switches or magnetize tiny metal cores. The switches, like the cores, are capable of being in one or two possible states that is, on or off; magnetized or demagnetized. The machine is capable of storing and manipulating numbers, letters, and symbols.
The basic idea of a computer is that we can make the machine do what we want by inputting signals that turn certain switches on and turn others off, or magnetize or do not magnetize the cores.
The basic job of computers is processing of information. For this reason computers can be defined as devices which accept information in the form of instructions, called a program, and characters, called data, perform mathematical and/or logical operations on the information, and then supply results of these operations. The program, or part of it, which tells the computers what to do and the data, which provide the information needed to solve the problem, are kept inside the computer in a place called memory.
It is considered that computers have many remarkable powers. However most computers, whether large or small, have three basic capabilities.
First, computers have circuits for performing arithmetic operations, such as: addition, subtraction, division, multiplication and exponentiation.
Second, computers have a means of communicating with the user. After all, if we couldn’t feed information in and get results back, these machines wouldn’t be of much use. Some of the most common methods of inputting information are to use terminals, diskettes, disks and magnetic tapes. The computer’s input device (a disk drive or tape drive) reads the information into the computer. For outputting information two common devices used are: a printer, printing the new information on paper, and a cathode-ray-tube display, which shows the results on a TV-like screen.
Third, computers have circuits which can make decisions. The kinds of decisions which computer circuits can make are not of the type: “Who would win the war between two countries?” or “Who is the richest person in the world?” unfortunately, the computer can only decide three things, namely: Is one number less than another? Are two numbers equal? and, Is one number greater than another?
A computer can solve a series of problems and make thousands of logical decisions without becoming tired. It can find the solution to a problem in a fraction of the time it takes a human being to do the job.
A computer can replace people in dull, routine tasks, but it works according to the instructions given to it. There are times when a computer seems to operate like a mechanical “brain”, but its achievements are limited by the minds of human beings. A computer cannot do anything unless a person tells it what to do and gives it the necessary information; but because electric pulses can move at the speed of light, a computer can carry out great numbers of arithmetic-logical operations almost instantaneously. A person can do the same, but in many cases that person would be dead long before the job was finished.