- •Английский язык в профессиональной сфере общения
- •Содержание
- •Введение
- •Part 1. International organizations Text 1
- •1. Check the transcription in the dictionary and read the words listed below.
- •2. Answer the questions:
- •3. Read the text and say what the words in bold mean:
- •International organizations
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Translate into English.
- •1. Check the transcription in the dictionary and read the words listed below.
- •2. Answer the questions:
- •3. Read the text and say what the words in bold mean: European community
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Fill in the prepositions, then make sentences using the completed phrases
- •3. Arrange the sentences from the text "European community" in their logical order.
- •European Union
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Answer the questions:
- •3. Read the text and say what the words in bold mean: osce - Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Answer the questions:
- •3. Read the text and say what the words in bold mean: unesco
- •Part 2. International scientific projects Text 1
- •Human Genome Project
- •Hgp History and Findings
- •Hgp Benefits
- •Large Hadron Collider
- •International Space Station
- •Part 3. Information technologies of the 21st century Text 1
- •Brief history of the computer industry
- •1. Choose the correct word to complete the sentences according the information in the text.
- •2. Join suitable parts.
- •3. Match the synonyms.
- •1. Check the transcription in the dictionary and read the words listed below.
- •3. Read the text: The rise of the personal computer
- •1. Answer the questions.
- •3. Arrange the sentences in their logical sequence.
- •4. Say what you have learnt about the development of the computer industry. Begin your story with the phrases listed below.
- •Text 3 a computer system
- •1. Fill in the gaps with the words from the text:
- •2. Answer the questions:
- •3. Read the text: a computer system
- •1. Arrange the sentences from the text " New Agent, New Help" in their logical order.
- •2. Match the synonyms.
- •2. Check the transcription in the dictionary and read the words listed below.
- •1. Answer the questions
- •2. Before reading the text opposite, match these words and phrases with their definitions.
- •3. Read the text: Computer networks
- •1. Read quickly through the text, then match each paragraph with the appropriate summary.
- •2. Read this summary of the text and fill in the gaps using the list of the words below
- •3. Now look back in the text and find words that have opposite meaning to:
- •1. Before reading the text, try to decide which of the following definitions best describes a management information system:
- •2. Decide whether these statements are true (t) or false (f), then read the passage to check your answers.
- •3. Read the text:
- •Information systems
- •2. Using your completed diagram from Task 2, write a paragraph explaining how information is processed by information systems. Do not look back at the text itself.
1. Choose the correct word to complete the sentences according the information in the text.
1. The … has never been completed.
model;
experiment;
frame.
2. The new technology … worldwide fame in tabulating the US Census of 1890.
reached;
achieved;
took.
3. Many people credit the … of the first electronic computer to John Vincent Atanasoft.
fame;
task;
invention.
4. Eckert and Mauchly went on … UNIVAC.
carry out;
to create;
to sell.
2. Join suitable parts.
1. In 1822 Charles Babbage, professor a. appeared in a variety of military
of mathematics at Cambridge and intelligence applications in 1930.
University… b. created the “Analytical engine”.
c. after leaving the University.
d. to a new tabulating machine
2. The Census Bureau turned … invented by Herman Hollerith.
3. Analog and digital calculators with e. of the first working all-electronic
electromechanical components … digital computer Colossus.
4. World War II promoted the f. the need to calculate detailed
development… mechanical tables.
3. Match the synonyms.
Verbs
1. produce |
a) discover |
2. invent |
b) shorten |
3. include |
c) manufacture |
4. reduce |
d) prescribe |
5. credit |
e) assemble |
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f) involve |
Nouns
1. engine |
a) base |
2. foundation |
b) mechanism |
3. counter |
c) industry |
4. use |
d) co-worker |
5. colleague |
e) application |
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f) calculator |
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g) patent |
Text 2
Lead-in:
1. Check the transcription in the dictionary and read the words listed below.
Nouns
issue, language, success, inclusion, equipment, phenomenon, wealth, multimedia, sound, capability, guidance
Verbs
announce, cause, assemble, match, allow, worry
Adjectives
possible, colorful, immediate, convenient, remarkable, exclusive, proprietary
2. Find the equivalents.
1. amenity |
a) объявить |
2. announce |
b) данные |
3. issue |
c) массив |
4. developer |
d) удобства |
5. data |
e) способность |
6. equipmen |
f) привлекательный |
7. array |
g) звук |
8. attractive |
h) изображение |
9. capability |
i) модернизировать |
10.update |
j) оборудование |
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k) разработчик |
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l) способствовать |
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m) создавать |