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Ex.2. Sum up what you remember about doing business on the Internet. Grammar Revision

Numbers

(fractions, decimals, percentages)

  1. Most fractions are expressed using ordinal numbers

a third (), a fifth (), a seventh (), five eighths ()

But there are some exceptions:

a half (½), a quarter (¼), three quarters (¾), two and a half (2½), four and three quarters (4¾)

  1. A full point is used when writing decimals:

0.5 (zero point five), 1.5 (one point five):

233 (two point three three); 4.75 (four point seven five); 5.07 (five point oh seven)

  1. Percentages

50 % (fifty percent); 0,25 % (a quarter of one percent); 2½ % (two and a half percent); 6.25% (six point two five percent)

  1. Numbers are singular

Four thousand; three hundred, two million

  1. When a noun following a number is used adjectively, it has no –s plural.

It was a four-year contract.

Ex.1. Write the numbers as words:

; 4.25; ; 0.25; 3.2;; 0.75; 2; 2.05; 5; 6.85; 1; 13.62;; 0.43; 0.125; 60.17.

Ex.2. Speak about interest rates. The National Bank of Ukraine has raised interest rates by:

0.5%; 0.3%; 0.25%; 0.15%; 0.4%; 0.2%; 0.32%; 0.44%; 0.17%; 0.21%; 0.08%.

Ex.3. Remember the words which are used to give approximations when we are speaking about amount:

approximately, about, roughly, around

Speak about the approximate percentage of total leisure time devoted to various activities by 20-30 year olds in Ukraine (sports; visiting bars; televisions; computer games; reading; tourism; visiting discos; social activities; hobbies; walking; other activities).

Ex.4. Finish each of these sentences so that it means the same as the sentence printed before it.

  1. The interview lasted two hours. It was __________ .

  2. I had to pay a parking fine of five euros. It was __________.

  3. My employment contract is for five years. This is __________.

  4. Our new manager is 32 years old. He is _________.

  5. He received a bank note for $ 100. It was __________.

  6. His business trip will last ten days. It will be __________.

  7. His advanced course in English lasted three months. It was _________.

  8. The flight from Kyiv to Vienna took approximately two hours. It was __________.

  9. Her new house cost $ 50,000. It was _________.

  10. She offered the driver a note of ten pounds. It was _________.

Speech and Discussion

Ex.1. Discuss with your groupmates the Pros and Cons of virtual pocket money.

Ex.2. Speak about the role of E-commerce in a contemporary world.

Ex.3. Visit a store that specializes in computer software. Make a list of all the major areas of a business for which programs are available.

Ex.4. Discuss with your groupmates which of these things will change a lot in future, and how:

  • communications

  • E-commerce

  • online services

Ex.5. Familiarize yourself with the following idioms, consult your dictionary and translate the sentences into Ukrainian. Think of situations where you could use them.

  1. You have to take what he says with a grain of salt because he doesn’t always tell the truth.

  2. Both toy companies are doing well; their sales are neck and neck.

  3. She is up to her neck in financial problems.

  4. He found his new job through the old boy network.

  5. She is a very active manager and has a finger in every pie.

Ex.6. Comment on the proverb:

“Everybody’s business is nobody’s business.”

TEST 8(UNIT VIII)

Choose the word or word combination to match the definition.

1. A device or program that enables data to be transmitted over the telephone line.

a) keyboard

b) modem

c) hard disk

2. A device that is used for copying a picture or document into a computer.

a) scatter

b) scan

c) scanner

3. A small device for controlling computer functions.

a) mousse

b) mouse

c) mover

4. A piece of equipment used for printing documents you have created on a computer.

a) disk drive

b) monitor

c) printer

5. A computer networking link restricted to a specific group of users.

a) Internet

b) Intranet

c) WWW

6. A place on the Internet where information is available about a particular subject, organization, etc.

a) website

b) web cast

c) web traffic

7. A computer program that allows you to look at and search through information on the Internet.

a) bruiser

b) browser

c) brunch

8. An address on the Internet.

a) household name

b) domain name

c) good name

9. A system for sending messages from one computer to another.

a) mailbox

b) mail carrier

c) e-mail

10. A business that supplies goods or services to a purchaser.

a) shipper

b) supplier

c) producer

11. The user name (in e-mail address).

a) identification

b) identity

c) identifier

12. A type of television service that broadcasts its programs by cable, giving its customers access to more channels.

a) cable TV

b) satellite TV

c) televisual

13. Buying and selling goods on the Internet.

a) e-mail

b) e-commerce

c) trade

14. To start using a computer system, for example by typing a particular word.

a) delete

b) call up

c) log on

15. To move information to your computer from a computer system or the Internet.

a) to downshift

b) to download

c) to downsize

16. To look for information on a computer, especially on the Internet.

a) to wipe

b) to attach

c) to browse

17. To make a computer do something by pressing a button on the mouse.

a) to edit

b) to click

c) to insert

18. A computer fanatic, often someone who illegally enters computer systems.

a) hacker

b) hackney

c) hacksaw

19. A minor fault in a computer system or in a computer program.

a) bulge

b) bugle

c) bug

20. The programs used by computers for doing particular jobs.

a) hardware

b) software

c) softwood