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  1. Read the definitions and write the suitable word:

  1. a notation system in which numbers are represented by the two digits: 0 and 1. Thus the binary number 10 represents 2 in the decimal system, while 100 represents 4.

  1. a special program that converts a source program (written in high-level language) into object code.

  2. a low-level language that uses abbreviations, such as ADD, SUB, MPY to represent instructions.

  3. a computer language that uses instructions called markup tags to format and link web documents.

  4. a special program that translates the source code line by line as the program is running.

  1. Use “will + infinitive” or “to be going to + infinitive” to express future actions:

I (to join) your club with great pleasure. You (to take)part in competition next week. I (to try) to concentrate on this topic. They (to divorce) next month. I hope you (to write) me as many letters as possible. I think you (to cope) with this situation and (to find) the right decision. It (to rain), there are many clouds and the wind is blowing. I believe we (to overcome) all obstacles together.

  1. Do you know the following abbreviations and acronyms? Decipher and translate them into Russian:

  • XML

  • FORTAIN

  • COBOL

  • HTML

  • BASIC

  • ATM

  • BIOS

  • CPU

  • IT

  • OS

  • PC

  • Ppm

  • RAM

  • ROM

  • SIM

  • VAT

  • VoiceXML

  • WWW

  • Wi-Fi

  1. Translate from Russian into English

  1. Компьютеры читают только машинный код

  2. Машинный язык и язык программы сборки называются низкоуровневыми

  3. Низкоуровневый язык считается сложным

  4. Чтобы его упростить создали высокоуровневые языки

  5. В будущем будут изобретено еще много языков

References:

Adapted from Infotech “English for computer users” by Santiago Remacha Esteras., p.120.

UNIT 5. COMPUTERS FOR THE DISABLED.

Vocabulary.

Disabled – человек с ограниченными возможностями, инвалид

Leading role – главная роль

To require – требовать, приказывать

Blind – слепой

Deaf – глухой

Motor-disabled – с ограниченными двигательными возможностями

Dull sight – слабое зрение

Blinking – мерцание, моргание

Muscle movements – движение мускулов

Breath movements – дыхательные движения

Computers have taken a leading role in our society and most jobs require access to computers and the internet. There are many people who are blind, deaf or motor-disabled and new technology allows them to use computers, do their jobs in the office, learn at school, communicate with other people.

Most blind users have computers adapted with technologies such as Braille, screen magnifiers, speech synthesis.

There are Braille keyboards which have Braille lettering allowing identify each key. For people with dull sight there is a screen magnifier which can enlarge text by up to 16 times. A speech synthesis system reads aloud the work on computers.

Deaf computer users can overcome many difficulties using visual alerts, electronic notetakers and textphones. Visual alerts are indicators with a blinking menu which appear when a user receives a new mail. Electronic notetakers use software to type a summary of a meeting.

Textphones allow the deaf to type and read phone conversations. Deaf people also can communicate via SMS and instant messaging.

Disabled people who can’t type on a standard keyboard use expanded or ergonomic keyboards, on-screen keyboards, adaptive switches and voice recognition systems. For example, in an eyegaze system the keys on the virtual keyboard are activated by the user’s eyes when they pause on a key for two or three seconds.

Switches come in many shapes and sizes. They are operated by muscle movements or breath movements or breath control. There’s also voice recognition which allows the computer to interpret human speech transforming the words into digitized text or instructions.

Answer the questions according to the text:

  1. What kinds of disabled people can you remember?

  2. Why do they need special possibilities of the computers?

  3. What new technologies for disabled people do you know?

  4. What can people do with the help of computers?

  5. What can be found around us for disabled people?

Exercises: