- •1.1. Commentaries and explanations
- •1.1.2. Predication as a means of sense catenation (chaining).
- •1.1.3. Identity patterns.
- •1.1.4. Identity pattern particulars.
- •1.2. Assignments
- •1.2.1. What is the speaker’s / speakers’ problem (the problem specified in the message)? Name it in the form of a noun phrase.
- •1.2.2. Make mini-dialogues imitating the pattern:
- •1.2.3. Rephrase the italicized fragments using words with similar meaning from 1.1.1 and 1.1.2. Make changes of the sentence structure if necessary.
- •1.2.4. Review and activate some vocabulary items used in 1.1. Make meaningful statements matching up the parts given in columns I and II.
- •1.2.5. Discuss the main issues given in 1.1.1 and 1.1.2 focusing on the following questions.
- •1.2.7. Modify choosing the right determiner:
- •1.2.8. Give names relying on the descriptions below. Some of them can refer to the same nouns. Choose proper indefinite determiners
- •1.2.9. . Retrieve a situation relying on the things mentioned.
- •1.2.10. Read the text and comment on the issues at stake. Discuss the points which seem disputable. Give your own examples of common noun phrases relevant to the search terms displayed on the Net.
- •1.2.11. Generic or referential? Use proper determiners (an indefinite article, a definite article, no-article, a possessive, a quantifier) to complete the following sentences.
- •1.2.12. Noun Substitution: Synonyms. Varying synonyms we slightly change the entire meaning. Substitute the italicized nouns by their synonyms choosing them from the given hints.
- •1.2.13. Are you a good matchmaker? Match up the given statements and responses to them. You may also give your own ones.
- •1.2.14. Discuss the following issues asking and answering questions like those given below.
- •1.2.16. Read, reflect and comment specifying identity patterns.
- •1.2.17. Practice identity pattern comprehension: read and comment on the “ingredients” of the framework in each example.
- •1.2.18. Identity gets trickier: specify the identity pattern constituents in each example.
- •1.2.19. Specify identity patterns working through the text. Use vocabulary notes for better understanding of some special terms (see 1.2.6 for revision).
- •It is useful to see how identity patterns function in descriptions, specifications, definitions, etc. The structure is based on renaming a noun by another one.
- •Vocabulary notes
Vocabulary notes
wireless networking - беспроводная сеть; (higher) data rate - (более) высокая скорость передачи данных; access point - точка доступа, групповой пункт доступа; range - диапазон, ряд, спектр: out of the range / within the range - вне/в рамках диапазона, transmission range -
диапазон передачи; cellular network infrastructure, cellular system - сотовая сетевая инфраструктура, сотовая система; handoff - передача (transfer), packet - пакет, to forward packets - пересылать пакеты, packet loss - потеря пакетов; mobile host - мобильный хост, принимающий узел; ad-hoc network - одноранговая сеть (ad-hoc - not planned but arranged when it is necessary (special) - русск. специальный, произвольный, спонтанный, случайный); router - маршрутизатор; node - узел; bandwidth - пропускная способность, ширина полосы частот, полоса пропускания; setup - настроить, настройка, on-demand setup - настройка по требованию; fault tolerance - отказоустойчивость; unconstrained connectivity - непринужденная связь; deploy - развертывать(ся), deploy / deployment - развертывание; arbitrary sources and destinations - производные источники и направления