- •Английский для бакалавров Учебное пособие
- •Часть II
- •Тульский государственный университет
- •300600, Г. Тула, просп. Ленина, 92
- •300600, Г. Тула, ул. Болдина, 151.
- •Contents
- •Предисловие
- •Грамматический материал
- •Verbals. The participle неличные формы глагола. Причастие
- •The Participle. Причастие
- •Глагольные свойства причастия
- •Синтаксические функции причастий и способы их перевода
- •Определение
- •2. Обстоятельство (часто в сочетании с союзами when, while, if)
- •Часть сказуемого
- •Сложные формы Participle I
- •Participle constructions. Причастные обороты
- •The Objective Participle Construction. Объектный причастный оборот
- •The Absolute Participle Construction. Независимый (самостоятельный) причастный оборот
- •Заметьте!
- •Обратите внимание на перевод
- •Text a. The birth of electrical engineering
- •Александр николаевич лодыгин (1847-1923)
- •Павел николаевич яблочков (1847—1894)
- •Text b. Electronics in the industrial age
- •Text c. The information age
- •Word combinations
- •To be proud of
- •To be famous for
- •To be of great interest (for)
- •The tula kremlin
- •The city receives honour to its resistance to nazis
- •Do you know that …
- •Dialogues
- •A. What should you do if you don’t know how to get to some place?
- •Excuse me, could you tell me the way to the Museum of Arms?
- •II. Complete the dialogues
- •Именные свойства герундия
- •Функции герундия
- •The gerundial construction. Герундиальный оборот
- •The gerund and the participle. Сравнение герундия и причастия
- •Text a. The internet
- •Text b. The language of computers
- •Internet tv
- •Text c. Socializing on the internet
- •Text d. The pros and cons of the internet
- •A visit to moscow
- •Dialogues
- •Moscow, the heart of russia
- •Грамматический материал the infinitive. Инфинитив
- •Функции и способы переводы инфинитива
- •Запомните устойчивые словосочетания с инфинитивом:
- •Запомните следующие предложения:
- •The infinitive constructions
- •1. The Objective Infinitive Construction. Объектный инфинитивный оборот.
- •2. The Subjective Infinitive Construction. Субъектный инфинитивный оборот.
- •Text a. What is a star?
- •Text b. Space exploration
- •Why does an astronaut need a space suit?
- •Text с. The last man to discover a planet
- •Copernicus
- •Johannes kepler
- •На орбите - британская леди
- •Geographical Position and Physical Features
- •State system
- •The russian federation
- •State system of the russian federation
- •Dialogues
- •The shape of the Earth.
- •Грамматический материал conditional sentences. Условные предложения
- •Инверсия (обратный порядок слов) в придаточных предложениях условия
- •Wish clauses. Предложения, выражающие нереальное желание
- •The subjunctive mood. Сослагательное наклонение
- •Text a. Realms of engineering
- •Text b.
- •Text c. From the history of architecture
- •III. Make up the plan of the text. Retell the text according to your plan using the keywords. Text d. Concrete facts
- •The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- •British political system
- •Birmingham
- •Manchester
- •Bristol
- •Dialogues
- •The Complex Sentences. Сложноподчиненные предложения
- •Types of Clauses. Типы придаточных предложений
- •The Subject Clauses. Придаточные предложения-подлежащие
- •The Predicative Clauses. Придаточные предложения-сказуемые
- •The Object Clauses. Придаточные дополнительные предложения
- •The Attributive Clauses. Придаточные определительные предложения
- •The Adverbial Clauses. Придаточные обстоятельственные предложения
- •Text a. A healthy you can cope with work stress
- •Text b. The nutritional aspects of stress management
- •Text c. There are many kinds of food
- •To electronics and medicine
- •A visit to a dietitian
- •Questions
- •The capital of great britain
- •Buckingham palace
- •Dialogues
- •Proverbs and Sayings
- •Texts for supplementary reading Text 1. Marie curie and the discovery of radium
- •Text 2. Is it possible to make predictions?
- •Text 3. Nano-technology and micro-electro-mechanical systems (mems) – systems of systems
- •Text 4. Wandering continents
- •Text 5. Our solar family
- •The planets
- •Text 6. The “old lady” of the universe
- •Text 7. What size collision formed the moon?
- •Text 8. The a to z of astronomy
- •Text 9. Views of universe
- •Text 10. London bridge
- •Text 11. Why does frozen food keep well?
- •Text 12. You can’t live without it
- •Text 13. Canned food
- •Text 14. The beatles
- •Text 15. Rock’n’roll & beatlemania
- •Literature
Text c. The information age
In the past few centuries technological developments have created isolated information industries. The major inventions and industries which developed as a result of these inventions are listed in Table 1. Electrical and computer engineers play a major role in four of these six industries, and they will likely play a major role in all six industries.
Table 1. Evolution of the Information Industry.
Invention |
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Industry |
Printing Press |
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Publishing |
The Electric Battery |
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Telegraph/Telephone |
Film |
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Photography/Cinema |
Electronics |
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Broadcasting/Cable |
Computer |
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Data Processing |
Laser/Fiber |
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Broadband Systems |
These inventions have greatly impacted our lives through the creation of new industries and the easy access to information around the world. However, none of these discoveries has impacted our lives as greatly as the integrated circuit (IC). The IC has created the information age.
Already the IC has had a profound impact on our society. The slide rule, mechanical calculator, and typewriter industries are dead and their products have been relegated to museums. Text, data, graphics, voice and video can be electronically processed, transmitted, and stored at a cost most citizens can afford. The boundaries between the traditional information industries are being blurred, and their survival is in doubt. Already numerous collaborative agreements and mergers are taking place among these industries. Will the photographic industry survive in the information age? Will the printing industry go the way of the dinosaur? Telephone, cable, and broadcasting networks are fighting for survival in the information age. Most likely the traditional information industries will be realigned along the functional lines in Table 2. There is no doubt that we will witness profound changes in the traditional information industries over the next decade.
Even more profound is the impact that the IC has had on global politics, e.g. the formation of the European Economic Community at the expense of national autonomy, the push toward open markets, the rise of global industries, and the decline of manufacturing jobs.
Wars will be fought in the information age, both bloody and unbloody, but ultimately in the information age we will see more transparent national boundaries, less national autonomy, and a higher world order. This is so because with the powerful technologies at our disposal, this is the only path to survival as a people. It will not be an easy road. Change never is.
Globally industry and governments are going through a period of rebirth, a period of a global renaissance. This renaissance is the result of the scientific discoveries and technological advances of the past two centuries, the IC having perhaps the most profound impact on society that the world has ever experienced.
Table 2.
The New Information Industry Players
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I. Read the text ‘The Information Age’. Write out all the words you don’t know. Look them up in the dictionary.
II. Find in the text ‘The Information Age’ the sentence with the Absolute Participle Construction. Translate it.
III. Make a written translation of the text ‘The Information Age’.
IV. Speak about the evolution of the information industry. Use Table 1.
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acquire, v
приобретать, овладевать
appearance, n
внешний вид, наружность
applied arts
прикладное искусство
blacksmith, n
кузнец
busy, a
оживленный (об улице)
circus, n
цирк
craftsman, n
мастер, ремесленник
defend, v
оборонять, защищать
dirty, a
грязный
district, n
район, округ
enterprise, n
промышленное предприятие
eternal, a
вечный
eternal flame
вечный огонь
issue, v
выходить, выпускать, издавать
to issue a decree
издать указ
goods, n
товар, товары
gunsmith, n
оружейный мастер
inhabitant, n
житель, обитатель
level, n
уровень
native, a
родной
palace, n
дворец
population, n
население
region, n
край, область, район (страны)
rifle, n
винтовка, нарезное оружие
sights, n
достопримечательности
sightseeing, n
осмотр достопримечательностей
to go sightseeing
осматривать достопримечательности
skill, n
искусство, мастерство, умение
society, n
общество
square, n
площадь, сквер
traffic, n
движение, транспорт
trade, n
торговля; ремесло, профессия
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