14. Ответьте на вопросы:

1. What are graphics programs used for?

2. What does a quality of image depend on?

3. How can a user make detailed corrections to the image?

4. In what program can characteristics of a drawn object be changed?

5. What do draw programs usually have and why?

15. Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на выделенные слова:

to bookmark – to put it in a list of websites; server – central computer that distributes e-mail and other services to a group of users; to subscribe – to become a member of; to be down – not working; to hack into – accessed it illegally; garbled – just a series of meaningless letters and numbers; to bounce – to come back; to hack into – to access illegally; anti-virus software – protection against computer viruses.

1. I’ve bookmarked the CNN home page as I use it regularly to get the latest news. 2. Our server at work was down yesterday so I didn’t get your message till today. 3. That file you sent me as an attachment was unreadable. The text was completely garbled. 4. Do you have good anti-virus software? It’s worth updating it frequently. 5. If you subscribe to newsgroups, you often get hundreds of messages. 6. Someone hacked into our company server and destroyed all our files. 7. She must have changed her e-mail address – the e-mail I sent her bounced.

LESSON 8

Герундий

Герундиальные конструкции

Text A Trends in Graphics Programs

Text B Multimedia Applications

Text C Computer-Based Virtual Reality

PRE-TEXT EXERCISES

1. Переведите предложения на русский язык, определив форму и функции герундия:

1. A lot depends on his transmitting computer data in time. 2. Rotating the image on the computer screen was not easy for the user. 3. They finished assigning the program at 10. 4. He was blamed for not having provided them with wires. 5. He was accused of decoding the secret information. 6. He doesn’t like using combined programs too often. 7. Supercomputer is able of performing one billion operations a second. 8. I have no hope of ever carrying out this task. 9. He doesn’t mind being asked about it.

2. Переведите на русский язык, обращая внимание на герундий:

1. Our teacher keeps insisting on our using this draw program. 2. He denied having erased that information. 3. She avoided modifying the image. 4. He enjoyed incorporating text, graphics, sound and video into one program. 5. He postponed displaying his new computer graphics as he fell ill. 6. He went on creating the ways of immersing the users into the artificial world. 7. I can’t put off editing this video sequence. 8. I don’t mind interacting with three-dimensional displays. 9. He couldn’t help checking the data-sending capabilities of his computer.

3. Раскройте скобки, употребляя нужную форму герундия:

1. In (to assign) this device they came across some difficulties. 2. This program is not worth (to carry out). 3. This data requires (to transmit) in digital form. 4. This equipment needs (to deliver). 5. He reproached me for (not to edit) the text. 6. He couldn’t help (to play back) this popular music. 6. The students were busy (to describe) their experiments when one of them suddenly remembered (to leave) his results at home. 8. Do you remember (to post) the letter?