VII. Render from English into Ukrainian more about laboratories

The word laboratory is used to denote any room or building devoted to experimental investigation in techniques and sciences for the purpose of advancing man's knowledge of special applications of natural laws. The word laboratory is also used to denote the work-room of a chemist or a testing-room of an industry.

In earlier days people called the places devoted to chemical work simply a workshop and later they used these workshops for making drugs.

Among the greatest laboratories of the world may be noted the laboratory of the Royal Institution established in 1800 in Britain and devoted to the applied sciencies The laboratory soon became the seat of great activity in research in pure science conducted by such scientists as M. Faraday and J. Tyndall. The first physical laboratories founded for students appeared in 1846.

Nowadays laboratories are introduced into educational institutions to teach scientific and technical knowledge by means of experiments. Some laboratories have departments devoted to research in pure sciences and to the study of the application of science to industrial purposes.

VIII. Form words of opposite meaning by adding suffixes or prefixes to the following words.

Useful, convenient, practical, harmonious, important, attractive, comfortable.

IX. Translate the following phrases from the text.

experimental investigation; man's knowledge; natural law; testing-room; chemical work; work-room; by means of; nowadays; applied sciences; the seat of great activity.

X. Arrange the following words in pairs according to the similar meaning.

Eminent, complete, bad, use, receive, take part, supervise, number, full, motion, outstanding, achievements, help, poor, employ, connect, obtain, participate, developments, assist, associate, power, guide, quantity.

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UNDERSTANDING THE COMPUTER

When you hear the word computer, what's the first thing you think of? A small desktop machine that hooks up to a television set? Or maybe you think of a huge metal box with blinking lights, like the computers shown in many science-fiction movies. Maybe you think of video games with colorful graphics and loud sound effects.

Computers create different images in our minds, some good, some not so good. When a computer helps us perform a task more easily or quickly, we smile and say, "Aren't they great!" But when a department store computer sends us a bill for an item we didn't buy, we groan and complain that computers are driving us crazy. Well, few things in life are all good or all bad, computers included. An important purpose of this book is to help you understand exactly what computers are, how they work, how they help people solve problems, and what they can – and can't – do. Such knowledge won't eliminate department store computer errors, of course. But it will help you get the most from the countless computers around you.

The pieces of information that a computer processes-numbers, words, facts – are called data. Data is a general term that may refer to anything from sports statistics (numbers) to a list of the top records (words) for the last five years.