- •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
3. Find the answers to the questions:
What can you say about the first computers and today’s ones?
How did computers change our life?
What can computers do?
Are modern computers being used only in science and industry?
How can computers be used in education?
How do the scientists use computers in their work?
Can computers be useful in medicine?
Could you name some other spheres of human activity where the computers are used?
What special teaching programs based on computers do you know?
Do you think computer technology has a dark side?
4. Complete the sentences.
1. Since 1948 when the first real computer has been invented…
2. They were so huge that …
3. Thanks to the computers people have access to …
4. Except their classic tasks such as administration and accountancy
computers are used in …
5. Computers have become so popular that not knowing how to use them
means …
5. Find English equivalents to these Ukrainian words.
Неписьменний, універсальний, наручний годинник, недолік, злочин, бухгалтерія, одночасно, доступ.
6. True or false statements. Explain why some statements are false.
1. Nowadays, we cannot imagine our life without computers.
2. Computers are only used in laboratories.
3. First computers did not differ from today's ones.
4. They can perform many complex operations simultaneously but
the scientists can do all their calculations without them.
5. Thanks to the computers modern medicine can diagnose diseases faster
and more thoroughly.
6. Except their classic tasks such as administration and accountancy they
are used in process of learning.
7. Translate from English into Ukrainian.
1. A leading US scientist has predicted that computers will be as intelligent as humans by 2029.
2. Futurologist Dr Ray Kurzweil told the American Association for the Advancement of Science that in the near future, machine intelligence will overtake the power of the human brain.
3. The scientist said that within two decades computers will be able to think quicker than humans.
4. Dr Kurzweil painted a picture of us having tiny robots called nanobots implanted in our brain to boost our intelligence and health.
5. The scientist told reporters that these microscopic nanobots would work with our brains to make us think faster and give us more powerful memories.
* Nanobots will be the next generation of nanomachines. Advanced nanobots will be able to sense and adapt to environmental stimuli such as heat, light, sounds, surface textures, and chemicals; perform complex calculations; move, communicate, and work together; conduct molecular assembly; and, to some extent, repair or even replicate themselves.
8. Translate from Ukrainian into English.
1. Оперативна пам'ять є найшвидшим пристроєм для запам’ятовування даних.
2. Сьогодні в розвинутих країнах світу персональний комп’ютер сприймається як невід’ємна та істотна частина нашого життя.
3. У першого IBM PC не було миші, графічного інтерфейсу, можливості працювати з 3- зображеннями або анімацією. У них не було навіть жорсткого диску для зберігання файлів.
4. Електронна пошта, замовлення білетів через Інтернет, завантаження цифрових фотографій, подорожі віртуальними світами й багато іншого – все це стало можливим завдяки винаходу персональних комп’ютерів.
5. Допомагаючи працювати швидше та ефективніше, комп’ютери дозволяють нам приділяти більше часу тому, що нам дійсно подобається, у багатьох відношеннях вони роблять наше життя простішим та більш зручним.