Язык информационных технологий и бизнеса. Учебное пособие

UNIT 2. Lesson 6

H.: Good for you! It’s very interesting! I know you have lessons in computer rooms.

A.: You are right. There are some computer rooms at our department. H.: And what is there in the computer room?

A.: Well, it depends on the type of the computer room. Let’s go together to one of them.

H.: Agreed.

A.: (In the computer room). There are ten terminals in this computer room.

H.: And what is a terminal?

A.: It is the combination of a keyboard and a screen,

H.: At a glance this terminal is very much like a microcomputer. A.: Rather. The difference is that a microcomputer has its own processor, while a terminal has only the ability to communicate with the processor of a large computer.

H.: And where is the large computer of this computer room?

A.: It is in the next room. By the way I hope you know what a processor is.

H.: As for as I know it is the nerve centre of the computer system for the coordination and control of all computer units and the performance of all arithmetic and logic processes.

A.: You are not mistaken.

H.: Have you any other type of the computer room?

A.: Yes, we have. Let me show you the YAMAHA room. H.: With pleasure!

A.: Well, you see we have one teacher’s computer and twelve students’ computers here.

H.: And what is there on the teacher’s desk?

A.: There is a system unit with two disk drives, a monitor, a keyboard, a cassette recorder, a mouse and a printer.

H.: And what about n student’s desk?

A.: There is a system unit with one disk drive, a monitor, a keyboard and a mouse.

H.: I’m sorry, what is a mouse?

A.: It is a special input device. It has one or two buttons for the control of many text and graphics functions. By sliding the mouse

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across a desk a computer user moves a cursor to any point on the screen.

H.: Is this a cursor? A.: Yes, it is.

П.: Thank you very much for your interesting excursion. Now I know what the computer room is.

A.: It was a pleasure for me. H.: So long!

A.: Bye-bye!

4. Назовите английские эквиваленты следующих

слов и словосочетаний:

Факультет информатики и вычислительной техники, экран, клавиатура, микрокомпьютер, процессор, монитор, способ- ность сообщаться с процессором большого компьютера, управление всеми блоками компьютера, выполнение арифме- тических и логических процессов, два дисковода, особое уст- ройство ввода, передвигать курсор в любую точку экрана.

5. Заполните пропуски подходящими по смыслу словами:

1.I am a first-year student of the … Science and … Engineering Department. 2. There are some … rooms at our department. 3. A… is the combination of a keyboard and a screen. 4. A processor is the nerve centre of the computer … . 5. A mouse is a special … device. 6. By sliding a mouse across a desk a user moves a … to any point of the screen.

6. Подтвердите или опровергните утверждения,

используя выражения «You are right», «Rather», «As far as I know», «You are mistaken»:

Models:

1.Ann is a student of the Information Science and Computer Engineering Department. – As far as I know she is.

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2.There are 15 terminals in the computer room of Ann’s department. – You are mistaken. There are 10 terminals in the computer room of Ann’s department.

1. A terminal is и combination of keyboard and a screen. 2. Every terminal has its own processor. 3. A processor is the nerve centre of any computer system. 4. Trie function of the processor is the coordination and control of all computer units. 5. The YAMAHA room has two teacher’s computers and seven students’ computers. 6. There is a system unit with two disk drives, a monitor, a keyboard, a cassette recorder, a mouse and a printer on the teacher’s desk. 7. There is a system unit with one disk drive, a monitor, a keyboard, a mouse and a printer on the student’s desk. 8. A mouse is a special output device. 9. Every mouse has one or two buttons for the control of many text and graphics functions. 10. By sliding the mouse across the screen a computer user moves the cursor.

7. Ответьте на вопросы:

1.Are there any computer rooms at your department? 2. How many types of the computer room have you? 3. What is a terminal? 4. What is the difference between a microcomputer and a terminal? 5. What is a processor? 6. What is there in the YAMAHA room? 7. What is there on the teacher’s desk in the YAMAHA room? 8. What units are absent un the student’s desk in the YAMAHA room? (Compare with the teacher's desk) 9. What is a mouse?

8. Опишите один из компьютерных классов вашего факультета.

9. Проведите экскурсию по компьютерным классам института.

Распределите роли так, чтобы среди вас, помимо гида, были «эксперты», хорошо разбирающиеся в ЭВМ, и люди, не имеющие четкого представления о компьютерной технике.

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10. Прочитайте и переведите текст:

Computer addiction

A lot of knowledge is a dangerous thing for addicts of the Internet. Information is becoming the drug of the new century.

The research, conducted among 1000 managers in Britain, America, Europe and the Far East shows that, as information sources such as the Internet and cable news channels proliferate, we are witnessing the rise of a generation of dataholics.

The quest for information can lead to stress. Almost twothirds said their leisure time had been curtailed as a result of having to work late to cope with vast amounts of information; 70 percent reported loss of job satisfaction and tension with colleagues because of information overload.

The study also investigated the habits of the children of 300 managers and found 55 percent of parents were concerned their children would become information junkies.

Forty-six percent of parents believed their children spent more time on their PCs than interacting with friends. In one case a child had to be wheeled with his computer to the dinner table.

Sue Feldman, mother of Alexander, 13, a self-confessed In- ternet-addict, said she had not yet been forced to wheeling her son and computer to the table, but said she often served him sandwiches and crisps at his bedroom computer.

Alexander switches on his computer every day when he returns from Latymer School in Hammersmith to his home at Ealing, west London. “I’d confess to spending up to four hours a day on the Internet looking for information and speaking to friends. It’s like an addiction,” Alexander said.

“If I can’t get on to my computer or the Internet, I do get really frustrated.” He spends most of his time finding out the latest information on pop groups and facts for his homework.

“My parents have to tell me to get off the computer, and they complain a lot, but they also see it as a good thing. Practically everyone in my class has a PC with Internet access so all my friends are also on-line. It’s the way forward.”

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UNIT 2. Lesson 6

Команды, сообщения

11. Изучите рисунки, иллюстрирующие значения

слов, которые обозначают некоторые клавиши. Постарай- тесь определить значения слов, сверьте вариант ответа с правильным (дан в перевернутом виде). Познакомьтесь с действием клавиш.

Стирание символа, находящегося слева от курсора.

Эта клавиша позволяет прервать работу программы.

Клавиша фиксации (отпирания) режима печати заглавных букв на дисплее.

Применяется, чтобы стереть символ, на который указывает курсор.

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12. А. Подберите русские эквиваленты к следующим

интернациональнымсловам, обозначающим клавиши:

Б. Познакомьтесь с действием этих клавиш:

PAUSE – приостановка работы программы.

ALT – введение других (альтернативных) символов.

CTRL – изменение значения последующих клавши.

13. Познакомившись с основными понятиями, вы без труда поймете значения слов, обозначающих нижеприведен- ную клавишу. Выберите соответствующееей действие.

15. Приведите строки второй и третьей колонки в

соответствие с первой.

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UNIT 2. Lesson 7

UNIT 2.

Lesson 7

Topic: Our University

Grammar revision: Ordinal Numerals

Commands, messages

Лексика, грамматика

1. Прочтите следующие количественные числи-

тельные:

15; 17; 26; 33; 45; 57; 62; 104; 178; 381; 1,941; 2,018; 135,368; 8,000,111; 243,121,314.

2. Прочтите следующие арифметические примеры.

Models:

5 +12 =17. Five plus twelve is equal to seventeen. 18 – 3 = 15. Eighteen minus three is equal to fifteen.

21 x 2 = 42. Twenty-one multiplied by two is equal to forty-two. 39 : 3 = 13. Thirty-nine divided by three is equal to thirteen.

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Ordinal Numerals

3. Прочтите порядковые числительные и дроби:

а) 1st; 2nd; 3rd; 5th; 12th; 19th; 27th; 58th; 99th; 100th; 244th; 636th; 1,142,014th; 150,233,122nd.

b)½; 1/3; ¼; 3/5; 11/13; 50/62; 1 3/7; 12 13/15; 141 2/17.

c)0.1; 0.17; 1.0053; 12.00141; 141.620; 520.001; 100.887; 735.35.

4. Прочтите даты:

1/I – 1990; 8/III – 1953; 22/IV – 1870; 7/II – 1812; 30/XI – 1667; 9/V – 1945; 23/IV – 1564; 4/VI – 1066; 25/XI – 1709; 2/IX – 1127.

5. Ответьте на вопросы:

1.How many days are there in a year? 2. How many seconds are there in a minute? 3. How many students are there in your

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