I. Translate the sentences into Russian.

1. If the evolution of AI proceeds so rapidly, it will be able to solve almost any

problem arisen.

2. If we asked the computer to estimate possible results of our activity, it would give us a reliable answer.

3. Surely, they would have done much more, if they had the last model of computers.

4. If I had enough money, I would buy the newest model of computers.

5. Should I be late, begin the negotiations without waiting for me.

II. Put the verbs in brackets into a correct form.

1. If a computer can answer some questions better and quicker than a man can do, it (to be) a man who formulates the questions.

2. If you asked what a software is, I (to note) it is “an applied thought”.

3. It’s obvious that if there (to be) no computers, the progress of civilization wouldn’t be so rapid.

4. Producing of computer memory working model would have been possible in 1939, if many people (to credit) the invention.

5. If there were no software but hardware only, computers (to represent) machinery that can do nothing by itself.

6. If Herbert Simon and Alan Newell hadn’t succeeded in creating logic theories, someone else (to do) it.

7. If there is no adequate software, no computer (can) be used.

8. Had you backed up my opinion, the outcome (to be) more successful.

9. Was it permitted to our group to carry out the investigation, we certainly (to finish) it on time.

Exercise 3. Complete the sentences.

1. If I were a genius … .

2. If my father was a tycoon of computer industry …

3. If my girlfriend were a hacker …

4. If I had $ 1000000 to spend in three days …

5. If somebody stole my computer …

Exercise 4. Complete the real conditional sentences (I type) using given information. Begin each sentence with the words: “If the computer industry continues to grow…”.

Example: There may be as many as 80 million personal computers by the year 2008. – If the computer industry continues to grow there will probably be as many as 80 million personal computers.

1. Students may take courses on home computers.

2. Universities may be abandoned.

3. Work may be done at home.

4. Cities as we know them may become a thing of the past.

5. Books may become obsolete.

6. News from magazines may be available even before it is printed.

7. People who work long hours on computers may develop different personality traits.

8. People may become more isolated.

9. People may expect friends to respond as computers do.

10. Banking may not be done in person.

11. Medical diagnoses may be done by computers.

12. Tiny computer implants containing a great deal of information may be placed into the brain.

13. Computers may replace workers.

Exercise 5. Translate the sentences paying attention to the usage of the Present Perfect Continuous.

1. I have been working on the program for a month.

2. I have been living here since childhood.

3. He has been learning English for two years.

4. My friend has been programming for ages.

5. They have been investigating this strange phenomenon for a long time but can’t find any explanation.

6. How long have you been experimenting with this new device?

7. I have been looking for this dictionary everywhere but can’t find it.

Exercise 6. Translate the sentences paying attention to the usage of the Past Perfect Continuous.

1. I had been working on the program for a month by that moment.

2. I had been living in Rostov for two years before our family moved to St.

Petersburg.

3. I had been writing my letter for half an hour when he came.

4. By the time the problem was solved they had been experimenting with many

materials for a long time.

5. He had been phoning her for 15 minutes before she answered the call.

TEXT 2

Read the text and entitle it.

Although machines have been around for a long time and people have adapted easily to living with most of them, they haven’t yet learned how to live in harmony with the newest of these: the personal computer. This is so because the widespread use of the personal computer is a relatively new phenomenon.

There was the widely published case of a family man, who became so enamoured of his computer that he spent long hours with it. Of course, if he was spending long hours with his computer, he was spending less time with his family. And if his wife needed to see him, he was unavailable. She became so upset by this state of affairs that she delivered an ultimatum, declaring that unless he spent fewer hours with the machine and more with her and the family, she was going to divorce him. This issue became so serious that the couple had to go to the psychiatrist to resolve it. The fortunate outcome was that the husband reduced the time he spent with the computer, and the marriage was saved.

Some computer operators complain of their tendency to transfer to people the expectations they have of their machines. This happens because if an operator gives the machine instructions, it complies with no complaint. But if an operator treats his human friends as he treats his machine “friends”, he may expect them to react with the alacrity* and complete compliance characteristic of the machine.

Personal computers may cause people to become isolated from one another since work can be done at home alone. In this case, there may be no need for offices, or for that matter, for any other central gathering place. Universities, or even cities, could be abandoned. Moreover, if that which is now recorded in the computer instead, people will have no reason to use any paper whatsoever: no money, receipts, letters, newspapers, magazines, books, and so on. If this happens, there will be no need to go to the bank, the newsstand, the bookstore, or the library. Will people then be isolated in their separate dwelling** - alone with their computers and their families, apart from fellow workers, readers, or students? But pause a moment! Once the isolation has come about, if indeed it does, will people opt*** to remain in this isolation, or will they react to it by seeking the companionship of others? If companionship is sought, might they not gravitate to cities after having fled from them? Even if they once attempted to work at home, if they have become tired of isolated lives with machines and few people, might they not congregate again in central gathering places? Most certainly, if the illegible****, jumpy, green computer script hasn’t been changed by that time, people will be forced, if only because of eye-strain alone, to flee from the computer and to seek other companions and diversions.

Notes:

*alacrity – быстрота

**dwelling – жилище

***opt – выбрать

****illegible - неразборчивый

TEXT 3

Ex. 1. Translate the following text.