- •Variation, n
- •Word-building. Common prefixes. Common suffixes.
- •Verb prefixes
- •It is useful to know how to build up word families by adding suffixes. Look at these examples:
- •Word Combinations. Simple Tenses. Everyday English and Technical English.
- •The neologisms. Continuous Tenses. Computers in our life.
- •Verbs with particles
- •Continuous Tenses Active
- •Passive
- •Computers in our life
- •The abbreviations. The use of Conjunction. Multifunctional words Perfect tenses. Computers in our Life.
- •From the history of computer
- •The numeral. Perfect Continuous Tense. The Founder of Microsoft.
- •Lesson 7-9.
- •To sum up furthermore moreover secondly finally however
- •Understanding the Computer
- •Функції дієприкметника
- •2) Give the definition of the terms
- •Three basic steps of the computer
- •Processing
- •Interacting with your computer
- •Voice input
- •Lesson 12-14. Computer Memory. Ram. Rom. The Use of Active and Passive Voice.
- •Computer Memory
- •The Brain of the Computer.
- •The "brain" of the computer
- •What is a computer language?
- •Modal verbs and their equivalents.
- •Structured languages
- •The Power of Programs. Modal Verbs with Passive Infinitive
- •"The power of programs"
- •Lessons 4-5. Software. Application Software
- •What is software?
- •Application software
- •The Use of Grammar Tenses
- •Formatting a document
- •Forms of Infinitive
- •Об'єктний інфінітивний зворот. Складний додаток.
- •Об'єктний інфінітивний зворот вживається після дієслів:
- •Суб'єктний інфінітивний зворот
- •1) Active Voice:
- •2) Passive Voice:
- •*Special word-processing features
- •**Selecting a word-processing program
To sum up furthermore moreover secondly finally however
Computers are a major technological breakthrough of the twentieth century. Their benefits are numerous yet much can be said against them. Clive games, an Australian critic, once said that “It is only when they go wrong that machines remind you now powerful they are.”
The main disadvantage of computers is that staring at a screen for long periods of time can be damaging to the eyes, and sitting on a chair for hours at a time is certainly not healthy.
1._____ computers distract from social interactions suck as conversation. Also, people can be inclined to become anti-social and stay at home to use their computers. 2._____ the most persuasive argument against the use of computers is that the more jobs which are done by computers, the less are done by people. 3._____ the advantages of computers are numerous, such as the undeniable educational benefits, especially to children. School subjects become more interesting when presented on a computer screen. 4._____ computers can be fun with a seemingly endless variety of games, which can be played on them. In addition, computers are valuable to any business, making life easier and saving time by being capable of storing and retrieving vast amounts of information at the touch of a button. 5._____ personal gains can be seen as the use of computers increases powers of concentration. 6._____ there are strong arguments both for and against the use of computers. Yet despite the health problems risk to jobs and lack of personal interaction, it seems that as long as the use of computers is regulated, the benefits computers provide to education and business are invaluable.
IV. Browsing the Internet, you've come across the essay, which expresses the following viewpoint on the problem of computers role in today's life. Does it sounds convincing? What are the strong and weak points of it? The author asks you to share your opinion and ideas on this problem. Send your essay to his site.
The essay:
There is no doubt that computers have made my and my friends' lives easier. Business can also benefit from using computers too.
It's easy for students to learn computers because things seem more exciting and interesting when you see them on a screen rather than in a book. There are also lots of games you can play too and you can become so interested in them that you don't want to do your homework. You can also become unfriendly because you don't want to go out. You only want to stay in your room and play with your computer. My mum says "It's not healthy to be sitting down all day."
Most workplaces have computers nowadays and it does make jobs faster and easier and they're supposed to help you with your concentration but many computers can do the same job a person can and quicker which might mean that he loses his job. This happens to many people.
Finally, I think computers are good because they help people a lot and statistics say that this is true.
V. Some people state that the technological revolution brought more harm to the Universe than use. The others insist that without the scientific progress there wouldn't be such a high development in different spheres of life (e.g. Science, Medicine, Teaching, Communication, Entertainment etc).
Make your own choice supporting one of the points. Give your arguments and examples from the material studied and your own knowledge and make conclusions summing up everything said.
Task VI. Put the Infinitives in brackets in Indefinite, Continuous or Perfect Tenses in the Active Voice. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian:
1. A computer (to store) information which it (to receive). 2. When I (to come) into the room my friend (to compile) a program. 3. When you (to come) to the laboratory I (to show) you how to calculate by using a computer. 4. You (to solve) this algebraic problem and I (to compare) my results with yours. 5. When a computer (to do) reasonable operations it (to compute) or (to calculate). 6. The electronic computer just (to perform) its calculations. 7. They (to do) many operations on the computer. 8. When you come back he (to perform) computing operations. 9. Owing to the computer we (to process) a great deal of information. 10. They (to write) a program for the computer by the end of the month. 11. I (to compile) a program for two hours when the lecturer came into the laboratory. 12. This equation seems to have no solution. We (to perform) calculations for an hour. 13. She (to discuss) some questions with her instructor now.
14. Before the design (to be) ready they (to work) on it for 3 hours.
**Task VII Practice the use of Active Voice Tenses.
Variant one
1. Where is your luggage? — I (to leave) it at the station. I (to take) it tomorrow when Nick (to come) to help me. 2.1 (to read) about an hour when he (to come). 3. The play (not yet to begin) and the people (to talk) in the hall. 4. Yesterday I (to buy) a new pair of gloves, as I (to lose) the old ones. 5. We (to walk) in silence. He already (to tell) me all that (to. be) interesting about himself, and I (to have) nothing to tell him. 6. The moon (not to rise) yet, and only two stars, like two distant lighthouses, (to shine) in the dark blue sky. 7. What you (to do) these three months? 8 Our train starts late in the evening, so if you (to come) at seven o'clock, we still (to pack) our luggage. 9 When you (to see) him last? 10. I (to meet) him when he (to walk) across the park.
11. You ever (to act) on the stage? — Why, yes, that's what I (to do) for the last six years.
12. Don't enter the bedroom! The child (to sleep) there, and he always (to wake) up when somebody (to open) the door.
Variant two.
1.What you (to do) when I (to come) in? 2. When (to come) to his house, they (to tell) me that he (to leave) an hour before. 3. On checking up his answers he (to find) out that he (to make) several mistakes. 4. When I (to leave) home, the snow already (to stop), but a strong wind (to blow). 5. You (to read) this book? — Yes, I (to read) it. I (to think) it (to be) very interesting. 6. What the children (to do) now? — Oh, they (to play) the new table game which I (to buy) for them the day before yesterday. 7. They (to reach) the corner of the street by now and (to stand) at the bus stop.8. After we (to walk) about two hours, we arrived at a picturesque glade covered with fresh grass.9. We could not go out because it (to rain) hard since early morning. 10. She (to teach) at our school for twenty years now. 11. Ring me up as soon as you (to come) home. 12. He (to begin) to write his composition at three o'clock. It is already eleven, and he still (to write) it. He says he (to finish) it by twelve. 13. We (to help) our librarian to put the books in the right order for already three days, but we (to arrange) only half the books.
***Task V. Divide into groups: those who stand for advantages of computers an those for disadvantages. Give your reasons.
Unit II.
The Main Functions of Computer. The Use of Grammar Tenses.
Lesson 10-11.
Understanding the Computer.
Participle I. Participle II.
*Task I Learn the new vocabulary
to process – обробляти, data – дані, to handle information - керувати інформацією, ассоunting - облік, error помилка, to eliminate – ліквідувати, to arrange – упорядковувати, to store – зберігати, circuit – схема, to recall – відзивати, to enable - надавати можливість, to erase – стерти.
*Task II. Give the translation to the following word-combinations:
The pieces of information, a general term, to refer to anything, a list of top records, to come from Latin, to treat as, to sort and rearrange information, data processing, set up to handle information, to keep records, to take care of accounting, millions of dollars worth computer equipment, to store information, computers memory, electronic circuits, to recall and erase data, to enable the computer to use
**Task II Read and translate the text