- •Англійська мова
- •Київ кнутд 2009
- •Unit 1 Topic: Computers in our life
- •I. Reading skills
- •1. Pre-reading tasks
- •2. Read and translate the following text into Ukrainian. Computers in our life
- •3. Find the answers to the questions:
- •4. Complete the sentences.
- •5. Find English equivalents to these Ukrainian words.
- •6. True or false statements. Explain why some statements are false.
- •7. Translate from English into Ukrainian.
- •8. Translate from Ukrainian into English.
- •II. Retell the text “Computers in our life”.
- •III. Rendering.
- •1. Read the text and translate it into Ukrainian using a dictionary. Advantages and disadvantages of using computers
- •2. Make up a plan in the form of questions.
- •V. Communicative skills
- •2. Read and translate the following text into Ukrainian. What are the different types of the computers?
- •3. Find the answers to the questions:
- •8. Translate from Ukrainian into English.
- •II. Retell the text “What are the different types of the computers?”
- •III. Rendering.
- •1. Read the text and translate it using a dictionary. Quantum Computers
- •2. Make up a plan in the form of questions.
- •2. Read and translate the following text into Ukrainian.
- •Inside the system
- •3. Find the answers to the questions:
- •8. Translate from Ukrainian into English.
- •II. Retell the text “Inside the system”.
- •III. Rendering.
- •1. Read the text and translate it using a dictionary. Programming languages and their use
- •2. Make up a plan in the form of questions.
- •3. Give а summary of the text according to your plan in a written form.
- •IV. Comprehensive skills
- •1. Read and remember.
- •2. Listen to the text “Arithmetic Logic Unit (alu)” and try to understand it.
- •2. Read and translate the following text into Ukrainian. What is "virtual memory"?
- •3. Find the answers to the questions:
- •8. Translate from Ukrainian into English.
- •II. Retell the text “What is ‘virtual memory’?”
- •III. Rendering.
- •1. Read the text and translate it using a dictionary. Units of memory
- •2. Make up a plan in the form of questions.
- •2. Read and translate the following text into Ukrainian. An alternative to the computer mouse
- •3. Find the answers to the questions:
- •4. Complete the sentences.
- •5. Match the following English words with their Ukrainian equivalents.
- •6. True or false statements.
- •7. Translate from English into Ukrainian.
- •8. Translate from Ukrainian into English.
- •II. Retell the text “An alternative to the computer mouse”.
- •III. Rendering.
- •1. Read the text and translate it using a dictionary. Haptic devices
- •2. Make up a plan in the form of questions.
- •4. Listen to the text once again and answer the following questions.
- •2. Read and translate the following text into Ukrainian. Types of scanners
- •3. Find the answers to the questions:
- •8. Translate from Ukrainian into English.
- •II. Retell the text “Types of Scanners”.
- •III. Rendering.
- •1. Read the text and translate it using a dictionary. How does the scanner work?
- •2. Make up a plan in the form of questions.
- •2. Read and translate the following text into Ukrainian. Cathode ray tube
- •3. Find the answers to the questions:
- •8. Translate from Ukrainian into English.
- •2. Make up a plan in the form of questions.
- •4. Listen to the text once again and answer the following questions.
- •2. Read and translate the following text into Ukrainian. Computer printer
- •3. Find the answers to the questions:
- •8. Translate from Ukrainian into English.
- •II. Retell the text “Computer printer”.
- •III. Rendering.
- •1. Read the text and translate it using a dictionary. Types of printers
- •2. Make up a plan in the form of questions.
- •A laptop computer
- •Arithmetic/logic unit (alu)
- •Bits for pictures
- •The internet
- •Computer monitors
- •Toner-based printers
2. Read and translate the following text into Ukrainian. An alternative to the computer mouse
A researcher at Stanford has created an alternative to the mouse that allows a person using a computer to click links, highlight text, and scroll simply by looking at the screen and tapping a key on the keyboard. By using standard eye-tracking hardware--a specialized computer screen with a high-definition camera and infrared lights--Manu Kumar, a doctoral student who works with computer-science professor Terry Winograd, has developed a novel user interface that is easy to operate.
"Eye-tracking technology was developed for disabled users," Kumar explains, "but the work that we're doing here is trying to get it to a point where it becomes more useful for able-bodied users." He says that nondisabled users tend to have a higher standard for easy-to-use interfaces, and previously, eye-tracking technology that disabled people use hasn't appealed to them.
At the heart of Kumar's technology is software called EyePoint that works with standard eye-tracking hardware. The software uses an approach that requires that a person look at a Web link, for instance, and hold a "hot key" on the keyboard (usually found on the number pad on the right) as she is looking. The area of the screen that's being looked at becomes magnified. Then, the person pinpoints her focus within the magnified region and releases the hot key, effectively clicking through to the link.
Kumar's approach could take eye-tracking user interfaces in the right direction. Instead of designing a common type of gaze-based interface that is controlled completely by the eyes--for instance, a system in which a user gazes at a given link then blinks in order to click through--he has involved the hand, which makes the interaction more natural. "He's got the right idea to let the eye augment the hand," says Robert Jacob, professor of computer science at Tufts University, in Medford, MA.
3. Find the answers to the questions:
1. What novel user interface was developed by two scientists at Stanford?
2. Was Eye-tracking technology developed for disabled users only?
3. What do nondisabled users tend to have?
4. What kind of software was at the heart of novelty technology?
5. In what direction is gaze-based interface being developed further?
4. Complete the sentences.
1. A researcher at Stanford has created …
2. By using standard eye-tracking hardware the scientists has developed …
3. The work being done here by the scientists is trying to get this technology to a point where …
4. The software uses an approach that requires …
5. Instead of designing a common type of gaze-based interface …
5. Match the following English words with their Ukrainian equivalents.
Здобувати інформацію, шлюз, мережевий інтерфейс, гаряча клавіша, точно визначити, неприбуткові організації, інтерфейс користувача, користувач з обмеженими фізичним, можливостями, фізично здорові користувачі, моргати, мережа.
6. True or false statements.
1. A researcher at Stanford has created a new mouse that allows a person using a computer to click links.
2. By using standard eye-tracking hardware--a specialized computer screen with a high-definition camera and infrared lights the scientists have developed a novel user interface that is easy to operate.
3. At the heart of novelty technology is software called PowerPoint that works with standard publishing hardware.
4. The person pinpoints her focus within the magnified region and releases the hot key, effectively clicking through to the link.
5. The leg was involved into novelty technology which made the interaction more natural.