- •К. В. Зубенко computers and engineering Посібник
- •Content
- •Vocabulary
- •1.1. Answer the questions.
- •1.2. Work in pairs or small groups. How would you describe what a computer is to someone who:
- •1.3. Now read the text and describe a computer using the key vocabulary in bold type.
- •1.4. Discuss in pairs or in small groups what roles of computers in our daily life are.
- •1.5. Read the text, compare your ideas with the information given, and write some questions as a plan to summarize this text.
- •Text a Computers in Our Life
- •1.6. Write a summary of the Text b by answering your questions to it.
- •1.7. Now read the answer to the question What are roles of computers in our daily life? given by Sonia Raaz from India and prepare a three-minute speech on the roles of computers in your daily life.
- •1.8. Fill the gaps using the words from the box. Text 1. Databases word processing spreadsheets word processor
- •Text 2.
- •1.10. Try to give definitions to the computer terms below following the definition formula: An a is a b that c
- •1.11. Add another word, abbreviation, or part of a word to complete common «computer» words and phrases.
- •1.12. Work in pairs or small groups. Discuss and cross out a word/phrase in each box that is not usually used when talking about computers.
- •1.13. Study the vocabulary you may need to understand the text below. After that
- •1.14. First discuss with your partner:
- •1.15. Read the text again and answer these questions.
- •Is «Laptop» Being Phased Out?
- •Grammar The verbs to be/to have
- •Pronouns
- •Present simple
- •Prepositions
- •Unit 2 Computer Hardware
- •Vocabulary
- •2.1. How would you describe what computer hardware is to someone who knows a little about computers? Work in pairs or small groups.
- •2.2. Now read the text and try to describe computer hardware again using the key vocabulary in bold type.
- •2.3. Decide if the statements are true (t) or false (f). Read Text a to check your answers.
- •Text a The Main Pieces of Hardware
- •2.4. Match each piece of hardware on the left with its function on the right.
- •2.5. Fill in the gaps using the words from the box.
- •2.6. Complete the sentences by giving English equivalents to the Russian words/phrases.
- •2.7. Translate into English.
- •2.8. Put the words in the proper order to make a sentence.
- •2.9. Study the vocabulary you may need to understand the text below. After that
- •2.10. Work in pairs and discuss what you know about the first computer mouse and its inventor.
- •2.11. Scan Text b and say what these dates refer to?
- •2.12 Read the text and complete the summary below. Text b The First Mouse
- •2.13. Complete the summary.
- •2.14. Think of any piece of hardware you would like to know more about.
- •Grammar
- •Adjective/Adverb
- •Unit 3 Computer Software
- •Vocabulary
- •3.1. How would you describe what computer software is to someone who knows nothing about computers? Work in pairs or small groups. Now read the description below. Do you like it? Why/Why not?
- •3.2. Read the text and try to describe computer software using the key vocabulary in bold type.
- •3.3. Fill in the gaps with the terms from the box data applications programs package (suite) software(2) office program office suites
- •3.4. Match each applications program with its function.
- •3.5. Study the vocabulary you may need to understand Text a.
- •3.6. Before reading Text a, try to fill in the gaps in the sentences. Use vocabulary given at the beginning of Unit 3.
- •3.7. Now read Text a and check your answers. Text a Programs and Programming Languages
- •3.8. Summarize the information on different high-level computer languages by completing the table below.
- •3.9. Choose the proper word to fill in the gap. Change its form if necessary.
- •Instruction, instruct, instructed, instructor
- •3.10. Translate into English and reproduce the dialogue.
- •3.11. Before reading Text b match the key software terms with their definitions.
- •3.12. Read Text b using a dictionary and then make a list of software terms which are new for you. Give the definitions to these terms.
- •All about Software
- •Categories of applications software explained
- •Systems Software
- •Applications Software
- •All the Other 'Ware Terminology
- •Malware
- •Greyware
- •3.13. Work in pairs or small groups. Using the list of software terms and definitions you’ve made, check if your partners understand them.
- •3.14. Use http://www.Webopedia.Com or any other sites to investigate something new in computer software and present your information to your group. Grammar Future Simple
- •Numerals.
- •Unit 4 The Internet
- •Vocabulary
- •4.1. How would you describe what the Internet is? Discuss it with your partner.
- •4.2. Match the terms and their definitions.
- •4.3. Now read the text and try to describe the Internet again using the key vocabulary in bold type.
- •4.4. Interview your partners if they surf the Internet. Use the questions given below.
- •4.5. Read the passage below and think if you always follow the netiquette. Why? / Why not? Discuss it with your partner.
- •4.6.Think of good and bad points of the Internet and fill in the table. You can work either individually or in pairs.
- •4.7. Read Text a, compare your ideas with information given, and extend the table. How many advantages/disadvantages are there in your table?
- •Text a Advantages and Disadvantages of the Internet
- •4.8. Match the words below to make word partners.
- •4.9. Now use the word partners to complete these sentences.
- •4.10. Work in pairs or in small groups. Discuss if you always trust the information from the Internet? Why/Why not?
- •4.11. Read Text b and give your ideas on what could help Zack to understand that Professor Butz's Web page wasn't a reliable source of information?
- •4.13. Now read Text c and check your ideas.
- •Text c Thinking about What We've Found
- •Meta-Web Information
- •4.14. Translate the text into English and then finish it. Use the vocabulary from the Texts b,c.
- •4.15. Write a list of recommendations to help students critically evaluate the reliability of a Web site.
- •4.16. Do the crossword.
- •Grammar Types of questions.
- •Modal verbs
- •Vocabulary
- •What is engineering? Write everything you know (you have 5 minutes). Discuss your ideas with a partner.
- •5.3. Match English words and their Russian equivalents.
- •5.4. Read the text. Make a list of the facts that are new for you. Compare your list with a partner. The Engineering Profession
- •5.5. In the text, find English equivalents for the following:
- •5.6. Fill in the gaps with appropriate words and phrases from the text.
- •5.7. Mark each statement as t (True), f (False) or n (Not Mentioned).
- •5.8. Answer the following questions:
- •5.9. Read the text and complete the blanks in the diagram.
- •5.10. Which branches of engineering are defined below?
- •5.11. Which branch of engineering is concerned with machines? with electricity? Study the examples:
- •5.12. Fill in the gaps in the following description of the different branches of engineering:
- •5.13. Translate into English.
- •5.14. Work with a partner. Look at the list of engineering achievements. Add one more achievement to each category. Decide which is the greatest engineering achievement in each category.
- •5.15. Make a presentation of a modern branch of engineering. In your presentation, answer the following questions:
- •Grammar Present Continuous
- •Past Continuous
- •Future Continuous
- •Unit 6 Engineering Materials
- •Vocabulary
- •6.1. Read the words and try to guess what they mean.
- •6.3. Choose the correct English equivalent of the Russian word.
- •6.5. Form the nouns denoting properties.
- •6.6. Read the text and complete the diagram describing the classification of engineering materials. Engineering Materials
- •6.7. Draw similar diagrams displaying the connection between the following:
- •6.8. Use the diagrams and the following table to classify the things described.
- •6.9. Match the symbols of chemical elements, their English names and their Russian equivalents. What are the properties of engineering materials containing these elements?
- •6.11. Join the following sentences into one using the connectors in brackets. You may omit or replace any parts if that is necessary to retain the structure of an English sentence.
- •6.12. Translate into English.
- •6.13. What are the properties and uses of metals? Fill in the appropriate part of the table.
- •6.14. Make a list of properties of non-metals keeping in mind that they are opposite to the properties of metals.
- •6.15. Read the information in the table and find out which material (1-10) is best for:
- •6.16. Discuss with a partner the following:
- •6.17. Listen to the dialogue about materials used for body implants and answer the following questions:
- •6.18. Translate the text into Russian. Answer the question after the text.
- •Where can materials with such properties be used?
- •6.19. Make a short presentation of a material widely used in the field you specialize in. Your presentation should include information about the following:
- •6.22. Read the text again and choose the correct ending for the sentences below.
- •6.23. Find in the text words that mean the following:
- •6.24. Think of a smart material that could be used in the field of your specialization. Discuss your ideas with a partner.
- •6.25. Fill in the table with the words from the list. Which of them are derived from other words? Which of them have their own derivatives? What are they?
- •6.26. Fill in the gaps choosing one of the words in brackets
- •6.27. Answer the following questions:
- •6.28. Think of a material used in everyday life and answer the following questions:
- •6.29. Design a project where a widespread material is used unusually, like paper for constructing bridges. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of using this material for the purpose. Grammar
- •His parents were angry because…
- •He hadn’t phoned them for several months.
- •Unit 7 Nanotechnology
- •Vocabulary
- •7.1. What is nanotechnology? Try to guess from the meaning of the parts of the word.
- •7.3. Read the text and complete the sentences with the fragments (a–f) from the list.
- •7.4. Mark the following statements t (True), f (False) or n (Not mentioned).
- •7.5. Put the following things in the order of their size, from the smallest to the biggest one:
- •Virus nanometer molecule human hair human cell atom
- •7.7. Fill in the gaps with the words from 7.6 in the appropriate form.
- •7.8. Translate into English.
- •7.10. Think of everyday products such as cars, computers, clothes. How can nanotechnology change them? Discuss your ideas with a partner.
- •7.12. What might be the impact of nanotechnology? Think of the benefits and threats it can bring to people. Discuss your ideas with a partner.
- •Grammar Passive Voice
- •Unit 8 Robotics
- •Vocabulary
- •8.4. Read the text and choose the correct ending for the sentences below.
- •8.5. Find in the text phrasal verbs that mean the following:
- •8.6. Translate into English.
- •8.7. Discuss the following:
- •8.8. Read this short text, then match each robot type with the appropriate definition. Classification of Types of Robot
- •8.10. What can these robots do? Say what you think. What type of robot do they belong to?
- •8.11. Using the diagram to help you, fill in the gaps in the text with the words given. Use your dictionary if necessary.
- •8.12. Using the diagram and the explanation fill in the following table:
- •8.13. Design a robot to do a dangerous or boring job for you. Draw a rough sketch and make notes about how it works.
- •8.14. Discuss your ideas with a partner. Comment on your partner's idea.
- •Unit 9 My Faculty
- •Vocabulary
- •9.2. What are synonyms of the following words?
- •9.3. Match the items and their opposites
- •9.6. Translate into English. Fill in the gaps in Sentence 7 with information about your faculty and speciality.
- •9.8. You are going to hear an interview with Alan, a Scottish student of electronics at a college of higher education. Here are some of Alan’s answers. What were the questions?
- •Grammar
- •Infinitive
- •Module III
- •Unit 10 Finding a Job
- •Vocabulary
- •Fill in the blanks with suitable words.
- •10.5. Discuss with a partner the following:
- •10.6. Read the text and choose the appropriate title.
- •10.7. Choose the correct ending for the sentences below.
- •10.8. Answer the questions.
- •10.9. Translate into English.
- •10.10. Discuss with a partner the following:
- •10.11. Use the questions of 10.8 as a plan for a short report on employment agencies in Britain.
- •10.12. How do people find jobs in Russia or any other country you know well (about 50 words)? grammar Participle I, II
- •Unit 11 Making a Choice
- •Vocabulary
- •11.1. Read the words and guess their meaning
- •11.2. What sort of engineering job would you like to do in the future? What are the attractions of the job? Compare your answers with other students in your group.
- •11.3. What are the most important aspects of a job? Rank the following 1-17 and compare your list with your partner’s. Begin with the most important. Explain why.
- •11.4. If you were living in Britain, which of these jobs would you apply for? Write why.
- •Part-time Work
- •Faa needs aerospace engineers
- •Nanometrics, Milpitas, ca seeking
- •Accelerator engineer
- •Grammar Complex Object
- •Unit 12 Working Life
- •Vocabulary
- •12.2. Match each verb with a group of nouns.
- •12.3. Discuss the following:
- •Finding a Job
- •12.5. Read the text again and choose headings for the parts a-c.
- •12.6. Is the idea positive or negative?
- •12.8. Read the sentences and then put the phrases into the correct list of job aspects below.
- •12.10. Translate into English.
- •12.11. Do a survey in the class “Benefits and doles in Russia”. You may use the following questions as a plan:
- •Grammar Complex Subject
- •Unit 13 Employment
- •Vocabulary
- •13.2. Use the words below to complete the text.
- •13.3. Use the correct form of these verbs to complete the sentences.
- •13.4. What do you think of these personal qualities? Mark them p (positive) or n (negative). Explain why.
- •13.6. Read the text and choose the headings for the parts a-e. One heading is extra.
- •13.7. In the text, find words in bold type which have a similar meaning to the following.
- •13.9. Translate into English.
- •Grammar Gerund
- •Unit 14 a Job Interview. Cv. A Letter of Application
- •Vocabulary
- •14.1. State the difference between the following:
- •14.2. Which is right?
- •14.3. Discuss with a partner the following:
- •14.4. Read the Letter of application and define each part of it. Compare it with a formal letter given below.
- •14.5. Before you write your own letter of application, study the following: Structure and useful phrases in a letter of application
- •14.7. Write your own letter of application and cv to ‘apply’ for the job you are interested in. This site may help in finding a suitable job:
- •14.8. Here is some advice for those who are unemployed and looking for a job. With a partner, decide whether you think each point is good or bad advice.
- •14.9. What other advice would you give to someone looking for a job?
- •14.11. Read the passage and answer the questions.
- •Interview
- •14.13. Use Why, What, How or some other word to make these questions open.
- •14.14. What should you do to be successful in a job interview? Make a list under these headings.
- •14.15. Compare your list with other students. Do you have the same points?
- •14.16. Read the advice. Tick the points in your list that are mentioned.
- •Before the interview
- •During the interview
- •After the interview
- •14.17. Read the advice again. Answer the questions:
- •14.18. Discuss the following:
- •14.19. You want a job. Answer the following questions:
- •14.20. Act out a dialogue a job interview. Grammar Conditional sentences
- •Texts for extra reading
- •Internet Addiction
- •Internet and Modern Life
- •Internet Facts
- •References
13.7. In the text, find words in bold type which have a similar meaning to the following.
told to leave the company
out of work
left the company
was given a better position in the company
future possibilities in a job
stopped working for ever
workers in a company
wrote an official request for
responsible for/the boss of
a very junior person in a company
working only some of the day or some of the week
took control of
it needs a lot of skill, energy and determination to deal with
included as a necessary part of an activity or situation
13.8. Find the logical answer for each of the questions.
1. Why did they sack him?
2. Why did they promote him? 3. Why did he apply for the job? 4. Why did he retire?
5. Why did he resign?
6. Why did he go on the course? |
a) Because he was nearly 65. b) Because he was late for work every day. c) Because he needed more training. d) Because he was out of work. e) Because he was the best person in the department. f) Because he didn’t like his boss. |
13.9. Translate into English.
Здається, всім потрібні висококваліфіковані працівники, так що у мене мало шансів отримати роботу, оскільки у мене немає досвіду.
Якщо ви пройдете курси підвищення кваліфікації, вас призначать начальником бухгалтерії.
Добре працювати не значить відразу ж отримати підвищення.
4. Вона була недостатньо гнучкою, щоб адаптуватися до всіх труднощів своєї роботи. Вона вирішила, що піддається занадто великим стресу, і звільнилася..
Я хочу чогось нового, що зажадає від мене додатки усіх моїх сил і здібностей. Тому я вирішив подати заяву про прийом на роботу, пов'язану з закордонними відрядженнями.
Він починав стажистом, але через кілька років зумів узяти компанію під свій контроль і пішов на пенсію в 70 років, будучи дуже багатою і впливовою людиною. Зміг би він цього досягти, якщо б не був честолюбний і не працював старанно?
Grammar Gerund
Ex. 1. Change these sentences, replacing it by an –ing form of the verb and the rest of the phrase, if there is one. Start each sentence with the words in brackets:
1) Most children watch television a lot. They begin it when they are very young, and continue it all their lives. (Most children begin…)
2) My friend works on his notebook during the classes at University. He likes it. (My friend likes…)
3) Most computer manufacturers don’t use the term “laptop” anymore. They stopped it completely. (Most computer manufacturers stopped …)
4) More and more people buy a mobile computer today. They prefer it to a desktop computer. (More and more people prefer …)
5) A lot of alternative free computer software could be found today. Some users practise to install it on their computers. (Some users practise…)
6) A lot of people search the Internet. They look for necessary information through it. (A lot of people prefer…)
7) WiFi has become more wide-spread. Students recommend to use it in free zones in cafes. (Students recommend…)
8) Computers penetrate in almost all spheres of humans’ life. Some experts consider it too dangerous. (Some experts consider…)
Ex. 2. Complete the sentences, using gerund.
He never thought of ____.
This student is very clever at _____.
I don’t insist on ____.
We were tired of _____.
Did you succeed in ____?
Who is responsible for ____?
They were grateful for ____.
He had some difficulty in ____.
Ex. 3. Choose the correct variant.
I am planning … (to visit/visiting) my granny next week. (Я планую відвідати бабусю натупного тижня.)
When they finish … (to eat/eating) their lunch, they’ll go to the office. (Коли вони закінчать обідати, вони відправляться в офіс.)
He suggested … (to buy/buying) some food. (Він запропонував купити трохи продуктів.)
Does Sally enjoy … (to go/going) to the gym? (Селлі подобається ходити в тренажерний зал?)
Don’t put off … (to write/writing) a report till the end of the month. (Не відкладай написання доповіді до кінця місяця.)
John refused … (to answer/answering) my question. (Джон відмовився відповідати на моє питання.)
My brother intends … (to get/getting) married soon. (Мій брат має намір незабаром одружитися.)
I think she didn’t mean … (to hurt/hurting) you. (Думаю, вона не хотіла тебе образити.)
Keep … (to beat/beating) the eggs. (Продовжуй збивати яйця.)
Fred can’t afford … (to travel/travelling) this year. (Фред не може собі дозволити в цьому році подорожувати.)
We expect … (to leave/leaving) tomorrow. (Ми збираємося поїхати завтра.)
Mary decided … (to fly/flying) to Venice. (Мері вирішила полетіти до Венеції.)
The sportsmen hope … (to get/getting) the best results. (Спортсмени сподіваються досягти найкращії результатів.)
Are you going to give up … (to smoke/smoking)? (Ти збираєшся кидати палити?)
They don’t want … (to have/having) any more children. (Вони більше не хочуть мати дітей.)
I don’t mind … (to wash up/washing up). (Я не проти того, щоб помити посуд.)
Girls, stop … (to giggle/giggling). (Дівчата, перестаньте сміятися.)
Ben likes … (to play/playing) chess. (Бен любить грати в шахи.)
Lara goes … (to dance/dancing) every weekend. (Лара ходить на танці кожні вихідні.)
Harry can’t stand … (to work/working) on Saturdays. (Гаррі не виносить роботи по суботах.)
Ex. 4. Translate into English using Gerundial Constructions.
1. Мене дивує, що вона робить так багато орфографічних помилок. 2. Мене дивує, що ти пропустив так багато уроків. 3. Дивно, що вони програли матч. 4. Вчитель був проти того, щоб ми сьогодні пішли в кіно. 5. Ви не заперечуєте, якщо я відкрию вікно? 6. Я заперечую, щоб це питання обговорювалося сьогодні. 7. Він наполягав на тому, щоб всі прийшли завтра в 8 годин. 8. Я наполягаю на тому, щоб її негайно послали в санаторій. 9. Ми наполягали на тому, щоб цей будинок був відремонтований. 10. Успіх нашої роботи залежить від того, чи будете ви допомагати нам. 11. Це залежить від того, чи буде відкритий магазин. 12. Ми з нетерпінням чекали, коли він повернеться. 13. Вона з нетерпінням чекає, коли її запросять на вечір.