1. Find the English equivalents in the text:

Вводити символи, базуватися, друкарська клавіатура, набірна машинка, стикатися, звикнути до, верхній ряд літер, травмувати пальці, альтернативна розкладка, реєструючий пристрій натиснення на клавішу, утримувати запис, клавіша, шпигун, шляхом віддаленого зондування, літера (знак).

2. Translate the following terms and terminological expressions:

The main input device, typewriter keyboard, mechanical typerwriter, typesetting machine, to type punctuation, arrow keys, to measure, electromagnetic radiation, to determine, available characters.

3. Answer the following questions.

1) What does a keyboard allow?

2) What is the most popular keyboard design?

3) What is the main idea of this design?

4) Why is it called so?

5) What can the keyboard do?

6) What is keystroke logging doing?

7) What did scientists discover?

4. Describe the function of a keyboard. Speaking english

5. Read the story.

A Laconic Answer

There was a time when the people of Greece were not united, but instead, there were several states each of which had its own ruler.

Some of the people in the southern part of the country were called Spartans and they were famous for their simple habits and their bravery.

The name of their land was Laconia, so they were sometimes called Lacons.

One of the strange rules which the Spartans had was that they should speak briefly and never use more words than were needed.

A short answer is called laconic that is such an answer as a Lacon would give.

There was a land called Macedonia in the Northern part of Greece. This land was ruled by a king named Philip. Philip of Macedonia wanted to become the master of Greece. So he raised a great army and made war upon other states, until nearly all of them were forced to call him their king. Then he sent a letter to the Spartans in Laconia and said:”If I go down into your country, I will level your great city to the ground”.

In a few days the answer was brought back to him. When he opened the letter he found only one word written there:”If”.

6. Answer the following questions:

1) What was the name of Macedonian king?

2) What did Philip want?

3) What did he raise?

4) What did Philip make upon other countries?

5) What happened to most of the states?

6) What did Philip send to Laconia?

7) What answer did he get?

7. Retell the story.

8. Give examples illustrating the following proverbs:

1) Health is better than wealth.

2) My home is my castle.

Grammar exercises

9. Use the verbs in brackets in Past Indefinite, Past Continuous or Present Perfect:

Last night we (to go) to a football match. We (to take) a bus. The bus (to be) full of people as many fans (to want) to see the match. We (to get) off the bus and (to go) in the direction of the stadium. While we (to cross) the road, I (to see) Victor. He (to stand) at the corner. He said he (to wait) for his friend who (to come) to our city the day before and (to wish) to see the new stadium. A man (to come) up to me and asked if I (to have) a spare ticket for the match. Victor told us that two boys just (to ask) him whether he (to have) a spare ticket. We (to enter) the stadium just as the football players (to come) out on to the field. At the entrance to the stadium we (to meet) Sergiy. He (to show) us to our seats and we (to agree) to meet in the snack bar during the interval. He (to ask) me if I (to play) football in my childhood.