- •2. Find Russian equivalents to every English word:
- •3. Read and translate the text: what is a computer?
- •Looking at hardware
- •Procesor and memory
- •4. Translate the following word-combinations:
- •5. Find sentences with the following words in the text.
- •6. Speak about processor and memory and other parts your computer consist of. Unit II
- •2. Read and translate texts: monitor
- •Keyboard
- •Arrow Keys
- •Function Keys
- •Additional keys
- •3. Translate the words and word-combinations into Russian:
- •4. Name all basic keys on the keyboard.
- •7. Translate the names of the keys on the extended keyboard and determine their functions:
- •9. Make up the story about the keyboards and their using. Unit III
- •1. Read the text, write down the new words. Learn the words.
- •Additional hardware
- •Using disks and disk drives
- •Labeling and Caring for a Floppy Disk
- •Protecting Information on a Floppy Disk
- •Inserting and Removing a Floppy Disk
- •Personal Computer (pc)
- •What is a computer?
- •4. General understanding. Answer the questions to the text:
- •5. Which of the listed below terms have Russian equivalents:
- •6. Which of the listed above statements are true/false. Specify your answer using the text:
- •7. Match the following:
- •8. Questions for group discussion:
- •Hardware
- •3. General understanding. Answer the questions to the text:
- •4. Which of the listed below statements are true/false? Specify your answer using the text:
- •5. Give definitions to the following using the vocabulary
- •6. Which of the following is Hardware and which is Software?
- •7. Match the following, learn the definitions:
- •8. Questions for group discussion:
- •Looking at operating system What is ms-dos?
- •Vocabulary:
- •3. Find in the text sentences with the subordinate clause. Read and explain the rule. Translate these sentences.
- •2. Speak how to organize your files and directories.
- •3. Translate the following computer messages:
- •4. Look through all the texts and find the synonyms:
- •5. Read, translate and match the following, learn the definitions:
- •Unit XIII
- •2. Read and translate the text: types of software
- •3. Answer the questions to the text:
- •4. Which of the following is Software:
- •5. Which of the listed below statements are true or false?
- •6. Give definitions to the following using the vocabulary:
- •7. Speak about Software.
- •8. Say: What is it?
- •9. Translate the following computer messages:
- •Unit XIV
- •2. Read and translate the text: operating systems
- •3. Answer the questions to the text:
- •4. Speak about operating systems.
- •3. Answer the questions to the text:
- •4. Which of the listed above statements are true or false? Specify your answer using the text:
- •5. Say: What is:
- •6. Discuss the following problems:
- •7. Speak about the operating system Windows you use on your computer. Unit XVI
- •1. Read and translate the text:
- •How much shold an educated man know about computers?
- •3. Speak on the problem that is discussed in the text. Are you agree? If not, why? What do you think about educated man?
- •4. Read the text: programming languages
- •5. Ask the questions on the text. Make up the dialogue to the text. Unit XVII
- •1. Translate the following words, pronounce them correctly:
- •2. Memorize the following word-combinations:
- •High level programming languages fortran
- •The elements of programming
- •8. Read and translate the text:
- •1. Read and learn the new words:
- •Introduction to the www and the internet
- •4. Which of the listed below statements are true/false. Specify your answer using the text.
- •5. Define the following using the vocabulary:
- •6. Say in English:
- •7. Match the following:
- •8. Read the text and ask questions to it: The Internet
- •9. Questions for group discussion:
- •10. Read the text and render in English: Bill Gates
- •My future profession
- •4. Add to your vocabulary:
- •5. How do you see your future profession? Please answer the following questions:
- •6. Please, discuss with your group advantages and disadvantages of your future profession.
- •Is it well paid? How difficult is it to find a good work in this field?
- •1. Put the following sentences in plural and write them down.
- •2. Put the following sentences in plural and write them down.
- •3. Use the Possessive Case of the Nouns:
- •12. Put the verbs in brackets in the right form. Use Past Tenses:
- •13. Put the verbs in brackets in the right form:
3. Answer the questions to the text:
1. What is software?
2. In what two basic groups software (programs) could be divided?
3. What is system software for?
4. What is an operating system — a system software or application software?
5. What is a «drive»?
6. What is application software?
7. What is application software used for?
8. What is the tendency in application software market in the recent years?
9. What is the application of the communication software?
4. Which of the following is Software:
1) Program 6) Web-browser
2) Mouse 7) Operating system
3) CPU 8) Scanner
4) Word processor 9) Printer
5) Modem 10) Display
5. Which of the listed below statements are true or false?
Specify your answer using the text:
1) Computer programs only instruct hardware how to handle data storage.
2) System software controls internal computer activities.
3) System software is very dependable on the type of application software being used.
4) The information about memory capacity, the model of the processor and disk drives are unavailable for system software.
5) The driver is a special device usually used by car drivers for Floppy-disk driving.
6) It is very reasonable to ask for a driver when you buy a new piece of hardware.
7) Software developers tend to make their products very small and with poor interface to save computer resources.
8) Communication software is in great demand now because of the new advances in communication technologies.
9) Application software is merely a general-purpose instrument.
10) Web-browsers are the class of software for electronic communication through the network.
6. Give definitions to the following using the vocabulary:
1) Software 5) Communication software
2) Driver 6) Computer
3) Application software 7) Peripheral device
4) Operating system 8) Operating system
7. Speak about Software.
8. Say: What is it?
1. Text editor is the elementary program for input of the text. Word-processor - allows not only to enter and edit the text, but also to make it out.
2. Spreadsheets are used for work with figures. It is possible to enter numbers, formulas and explaining text into cells of spreadsheets. Spreadsheets are capable to transform numbers in graphs and diagrams.
3. Databases name the huge data files, organized in tabulated structures. The basic functions of control systems by databases are: creation of empty structure of a DB, granting of means of its filling or import of the data tables of other base, providing of access to the data.
Hints: Spreadsheets. Programs for working with the text. Control systems of databases.
9. Translate the following computer messages:
End of file encountered.
Warning! The active partitions not bootable.
Active partition not changed.
First cluster number is invalid.
All logical drives deleted in the DOS partition.
Invalid environment size specified.
Graphics characters already loaded.
Maximum number of logical DOS drivers installed.
File cancelled by operator.
10. File was changed after it was backed up.
11. Corrections will not be written to disk.
Code page has not been designed.
Target diskette is write-protected.
Make sure a diskette is inserted into the drive and the door is closed.
Files in the target drive will be erased.
Directory is joined.
Not found.
No logical drive defined.
Not processed.
Copy not completed.
21. Disk full – write not completed