- •Министерство образования Республики Беларусь
- •Word List
- •Electronics
- •From the history of computers
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- •I. Study the following words and choose:
- •VI. Complete the following sentences choosing the most suitable variant
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- •Telecommunication
- •From the history of telegraph
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- •III. Complete the sentences with the given words:
- •Compact disc
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- •Microprocessor history
- •B) verbs
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- •The internet
- •Teleworking
- •Word List
- •Who invented television
- •Radio and its application
- •Word List
- •Artificial intelligence
- •ReferenceList
Word List
account |
/q'kaVnt/ |
отчет, счет |
assume |
/q'sju:m/ |
принимать |
band |
/bxnd/ |
полоса частот |
bundle |
//'bAndl/ |
пучок |
carry |
//'kxri/ |
передавать, проводить |
coaxial cable |
//'kqVxksIql 'keIbl/ |
коаксиальный кабель |
dial |
//'daIql/ |
набирать номер (по телефону) |
enormously |
//I'nLmqsli/ |
чрезвычайно, крайне, очень |
exchange |
//Iks'tSeInG / |
обмен |
existence |
//Ig'zIstqns/ |
существование |
filament |
//'fIlqmqnt/ |
нить накала |
frequency |
//fri:kwqnsi/ |
частота |
huge |
//hju:G/ |
огромный, громадный, гигантский |
increasingly |
//In'kri:sINli/ |
все больше и больше, все в большей и большей степени |
instantly |
//'Instqntli/ |
немедленно, незамедлительно |
instantaneously |
//"Instqn'teIniqslI/ |
мгновенно, моментально |
medium |
//'mi:diqm/ |
средство, способ |
message |
//'mesIG/ |
сообщение, послание |
network |
//'netwE:k/ |
сеть |
process |
//'prqVses/ |
oбрабатывать |
repeater station |
//rI'pi:tq'steISn/ |
ретрансляционная станция |
require |
//ri'kwaIq/ |
требовать |
satellite |
//'sxtqlaIt/ |
спутник |
spread |
//spred/ |
распространение |
supplement |
//'sAplImqnt/ |
дополнять |
tie |
//taI/ |
связывать |
I. Study the following words and choose:
a) a noun
1. |
a) transmit |
b) transmission |
c) transmissible |
d) transmitted |
2. |
a) communication |
b) communicate |
c) communicated |
d) communicative |
3. |
a) assuming |
b) assumption |
c) assumed |
d) assume |
4. |
a) conductor |
b) conduct |
c) conductive |
d) conducted |
b) an adverb | ||||
1. |
a) increased |
b) increase |
c) increasing |
d) increasingly |
2. |
a) add |
b) added |
c) additionally |
d) additional |
c) participle II | ||||
1. |
a) transform |
b) transformation |
c) transformed |
d) transformer |
2. |
a) conversion |
b) converted |
c) converting |
d) convert |
3. |
a) send |
b) sender |
c) sent |
d) sends |
4. |
a) ties |
b) tie |
c) tied |
d) tying |
II. Arrange the words of the two groups in pairs
1. with similar meaning:
a) huge, various, require, supplement, tie, existence, carry, convert, data, instantaneously, transmit, change, consist, use, by means of.
b) with the help of, alter, send, enormous, information, different, connect, apply, compose, conduct, immediately, being, addition, demand, transform.
2. with contrary meaning:
a) transmit, various, tie, wide, thin, include, allow, encode, rapidly.
b) separate, exclude, receive, slowly, decode, similar, forbid, narrow, thick.
III. Match the words with their definitions.
1) filament |
a) any manmade object launched from and revolving around the earth |
2) encode |
b) a fine wire with a high resistance; it is heated by the passage of an electric current, it is used in electric-light bulbs. |
3) dial |
c) very great in size, quantity, extent, etc. |
4) supplement |
d) call by means of a telephone |
5) tie |
e) at once |
6) process |
f) a conductor for a high electric current; it consists of several wires twisted together and covered with insulating material such as rubber, plastic or cloth |
7) instantly |
g) to carry out a process on data for a particular purpose, may be carried by a person, or by a computer. |
8) huge |
h) to convert (a message, document, etc.) from plain text into code |
9) satellite |
i) make an addition or additions to |
10) cable |
j) to make a connection |
IV. Study the text and try to understand all the details.