XIII. Content review Match the following words in columnAwith the statements in columnB.

	A	B
	1. pattern	a. drawing or images to represent objects
	2. beam	b. a thing that is an example to copy
	3. laser	c. the thing that something owns
	4. graphics	d. a line of light, energy that you can’t see
	5. pit	e. a small mark in the surface of something
 	6. encyclopedia 7. property	f. equipment that produces a powerful beam of light
		g. a book containing facts about many different subjects

b. Complete the following statements with appropriate words from the box. (Some can be used more than once.) Make sure you use the correct form, i.e. singular or plural.

electric signal	laser beam	storage	storage medium
digital data	CD-ROM	pit
surface	compact disk	laser scanner

Optical … is an electronic … that uses low-power … to record and rewrite … . In optical storage technology a … encodes … onto an optical, or laser, disk in the form of tiny … arranged in concentric tracks on the disk’s … . A low-power … is used to ‘read’ these …, with variations in the intensity of reflected light from the pits of being converted into … . This technology is used in the … which records sound; in the … which can store text and images as well as sound; in WORM and in newer disks that are totally rewritable.

XIV. Using a dictionary translate paragraph 2 into Russian. Unit 8 The Internet. E-mail

Section A. Presentations (continued)

D. Go back over your presentation and think of the questions members of the audience could ask. Ask the questions, and then answer them.

Pinpointing the reference		Asking for clarification
You mentioned … Could I go back to the point you made about …? I was interested in your comments on … You said that …		Could you say a little more about that? Could you expand on that? Could you clarify what you said about …? I’m still a bit confused about …

E. A visitor to you company

Someone is coming to see you at your place of work. You are responsible for his / her visit. Decide who the visitor is(e.g. client, supplier).

Before they come:

1. Work out which system, processes, products, etc the visitor will be most interested in. Decide who they should meet and what parts of the building / factory / site they should see. (Also what they can’t see!)

2. Work out an *itinerary for the visit. You might like to draw a plan or map showing where you are going to go.

*An itinerary is a plan for a visit with times, places and people to see.

When they come:

3. Meet the visitor, greet them and explain their itinerary to them.

4. Show them round. When appropriate give short presentations on the company history, the company structure, the factory and offices, machinery and equipment, processes, etc. introduce the visitors to other personnel.

5. Answer any questions that arise.

6. Say goodbye to your visitor.

Section B Language Focus. Sentence Structure. Compound and Complex Sentences