Vocabulary

term – термін

to imply – мати на увазі

virtually – фактично

to receive – отримувати

to display – відображати, зображувати

in some fashion – якимсь чином

designed – сконструйований

portability – портативність

power – потужність

versatility – різноманітність

laptop – ноутбук

to integrate – об'єднувати

average – середній

flash memory – флешка

to provide – забезпечувати

to diminish – зменшувати

in favour – на користь

to comprise – складати

multiple – велика кількість

mammoth – велетенський

weapons – зброя

mainstream – загальний потік

sophisticated – складні

wearable – той що носиться

visor – козирок кепки

clothing - одяг

II Answer the following questions:

1) What do the terms used to describe computers imply?

2) What do common people think of a computer?

3) What is the difference between RC and Desktop?

4) What are specifications of a Laptop?

5) What kind of memory is used in Palmtops?

6) What is Workstation?

7) How is Server characterized?

8) How large were mainframes in the early days of computing. What is enterprise server?

9) What is a Supercomputer and how is it used nowdays?

10) What is the latest trend in computing?

III Match the terms:

PC – has a more powerful processor, memory and enhanced capabilities.

Desktop – designed for general use by one person.

Laptop – called notebook.

Palmtops – provides services to other computers over a network.

Workstation – a PC that is not designed for portability.

Server – the latest trend in computing.

Mainframe – a PC that designed for portability.

Supercomputer – often uses flash memory.

Wearable – a single computer system.

IV Translate into Ukrainian:

virtually, device, receive, mouse, keyboard, display, designed, portable, integrate, hard drive, battery-operated package, powerful, mainframe, weather forecasting, sophisticated artworks.

V Translate into English:

можливість, клавіатура, екран, настільний комп'ютер, постійне розташування, пам'ять, миша, процесор, жорсткий диск, книжка в м'якій обгортці, завдання, додаткова пам'ять, користувач, діяльність.

VI Translate the sentences into English:

1) Багато термінів, що описують комп'ютери мають на увазі їх розмір, очікуване використання або можливість комп'ютера.

2) Комп'ютер – це пристрій, що містить мікропроцесор.

3) Персональний комп'ютер передбачає його використання однією людиною.

4) Настільний комп'ютер спроектований не для переміщення.

5) Ноутбук – це портативний комп'ютер із дисплеєм, клавіатурою, процесором, пристроєм пам'яті, жорстким диском за розміром трохи більше обгортки книжки.

6) Флешка замінює жорсткий диск у планшетах.

7) Сервери зазвичай мають дуже потужні процесори, велику пам'ять та великі жорсткі диски.

VII Practise asking questions. Ask all possible questions to the different members of the sentence.

1) The personal computer defines a computer designed for general use by one person.

2) Now supercomputers are moving toward the mainstream, for varied as stock analysis, automobile design, special effects for movies, and even sophisticated artworks.

VIII Speak on the topic “Computer Types”

IX Rendering

1. Read the text and be ready to answer the questions:

1) What can you do using a laptop?

2) What fields are laptop used in?

3) Do teachers use laptops in the classroom for lectures?

4) What do students use Laptops for?

5) How can one entertain oneself by laptop using?

6) What are the benefits of laptop computers?

Text B Laptop Computers

What They Can Do. A laptop is a full-blown, genuine computer that can do anything a’ desktop computer can do. For example, you can do programming, word processing, spreadsheets, databases, accounting and multimedia presentations. The portability of laptops allows you to do many things that you cannot do with a desktop. For example, you can write your sales proposal, article or business presentation while travelling on a plane or commuting on the bus or train or subway. We will discuss some examples of laptop uses in the following fields: education, entertainment, law, enforcement, amateur astronomy, navigation, business.

Students and educators have found that laptops answer a lot of their needs. In fact, some colleges and universities that require incoming freshmen to have computers recommend laptops. Teachers have found a variety of uses for laptops, too. In college, where lectures to large classes are commonplace, many professors can use their laptops, along with other audiovisual equipment, to project slides or lecture notes. And as technology creeps further into public elementary, middle and high schools, there is a growing trend toward teachers using laptops in the classroom for lectures.

Students can use laptop computers to take notes during lectures; this is more common in college than in lower schools. However, many special education students do use laptops for taking notes, or to run specialized software, such as hearing interpreters. In both colleges and lower schools, science students can use laptops for gathering data from laboratory experiments. Laptops can also be taken into the field to gather data. In addition to laptops, scientific calculators and PDAs (palmtops) can also be equipped for taking these types of measurements.

Laptops are becoming quite commonly used for business and for pleasure. Because most laptops either have standard or optional internal CD-ROM or DVD drives, you can play music CDs or movie DVDs on your laptop. Imagine sitting on a long flight or train commute during which you can type your presentation for work, and listen to your own music CD. Or perhaps you're on a plane and you don't like the in flight movie; if your laptop has a DVD drive, you can just watch your own movie and enjoy! Many police cars are now equipped with laptop computers. Police officers can use laptops to type incident reports immediately at the scene, rather than take notes and type the reports later. This time saving feature allows them more time to patrol. Furthermore, police can also use laptops with wireless connections to central police headquarters to check such things as criminal records, vehicle registrations and outstanding warrants, which saves time and can assist in making arrests.

Because laptop computers are so portable, amateur astronomers can take them easily to observing sites. Computers can be used to drive telescopes to various celestial objects. When sailing and boating, it is essential to know precisely where you are on the water. On small boats, space is a premium; they cannot have chartrooms or large chart tables. Some may say that the business field has benefited the most from the laptop computer. Salespeople can use the laptop to make presentations to customers, access company data over the Internet and process orders while on the road. At trade shows and conventions, it is easy to setup a laptop for a multimedia presentation of your company's products and services.