Зошит Англ мова СОЗ 3 курс 2 семестр

Activity 3. Choose the correct word.

1.Whenever we met, Jack avoided (to look, looking) ______________________ at me.

2.Most people enjoy (to travel, travelling) _______________ to different parts of the world.

3.Mag needs (to find, finding) ______________________ another job. Her present company is going out of business.

4.May I change the TV channel, or do you want (to watch, watching) __________________

more of this program?

5.Lily is considering (to change, changing) ___________________her major from pre-med studies to psychology.

6.Although Joe slammed on his brakes, he couldn't avoid (to hit, hitting) _______________

the small dog that suddenly darted out in front of his car.

7.I hope (to write, writing) ________________________ my autobiography before I die. Do you think anyone would read it?

8.Joyce thanked us for (to invite, inviting) ___________________them to dinner and said that they wanted to have us over for dinner next week.

9.If you delay (to pay, paying) _________________________ your bills, you will only incur more and more interest charges.

10.My lawyer advised me not (to say, saying) ________________________anything further about the accident.

After some verbs we can put an object

Emma accused Matthew of not caring about her.

Higher prices will discourage customers from buying.

The fire-fighters prevented/stopped the fire (from) spreading.

The club has punished its players for fighting during a match.

Also: blame ... for, congratulate ... on, thank ... for

People were annoyed at not being able to see properly.

I'm bored with waiting.

Vicky is excited about going to America.

I'm fed up with living in this awful place.

Tom is good at telling jokes.

The man was found guilty of stealing from his employers.

I'm pleased about/at winning a prize.

Also: capable of, fond of, interested in, keen on, tired of

Activity 4. Comment on these situations. Join each pair of sentences using a preposition and an ing-form. ►

The police prevented the crime. It didn't take place. The police prevented the crime from taking place.

1. Laura blamed Trevor. He forgot the tickets.

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Laura ______________________________________________

2.The doctors succeeded. They saved the driver's life.

3.The doctors _________________________________________

4.The customers complained. They didn't receive the goods.

____________________________________________________

5.Emma has accused Matthew. She says Matthew broke his promise.

____________________________________________________

6.Melanie is insisting. She's going to cook a meal for David.

____________________________________________________

7.A new traffic scheme has stopped cars. They can't go into the town centre.

____________________________________________________

8.Everyone congratulated Claude. He won the quiz competition.

____________________________________________________

9.Some football fans were arrested. They attacked a policeman.

____________________________________________________

Activity 5. Complete Emma's letter to her friend Kirsty. Put in a preposition and an ing-form.

Thank you (►) for inviting (invite) me to come and see you next month. I'm already excited (1)____________________________________(see) you again.

You must be very pleased (2)____________________(get) the job you wanted. Congratulations. Personally, I wouldn't be keen (3)_____________________________

(travel) forty miles to work.

I apologize (4)______________________ (not write) sooner, but a week in bed with flu has prevented me (5)_________________________(do) anything. I haven't even felt (6)

_________________________ (write) letters until today. I must be getting better because I'm starting to feel bored (7)_____________________________(do) nothing. I'm thinking (8)

______________________________ (go) back to work tomorrow.

Activity 6. Read and translate the text.

A wide variety of information can be transferred through a telecommunications system, including voice and music, still-frame and full-motion pictures, computer files and applications, and telegraphic data.

The telephone is an instrument used for sending and receiving voice messages and data. Most phone calls involve two people, but the phone network can also be used to pay bills and retrieve messages from answering machines. Private individuals will usually have their own phone line; large business will usually have its own switching machine, called a Private Branch Exchange (PBX), with many lines, all of which can be reached by dialling one number.

Radio transmission broadcasts signals that are intended for general public reception. With an omnidirectional antenna, radio signals are transmitted over a wide area. In a point-to-point radio channel, a directional transmitting antenna focuses the wave into a narrow beam, which is directed toward a single receiver. Broadcasts may be audible only, as in radio, or visual or a combination of both, as in television.

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Two applications of telecoms are telephony and television.

Telephony

A videophone is a personal video camera and display, a microphone and speaker, and a data-conversion device.

A cordless telephone is a device which plugs directly into an existing telephone jack, allowing limited mobility within the home, garden or office.

Telephony has been revolutionized by cellular (cell or mobile) telephones, which are personal portable devices.

Facsimile, or fax, refers to the transmission of print: text, fixed images or drawings by wire or radio channels or undersea cable.

Television

aerial antenna broadcast

cable television dish relay station television set television station visible

Activity 7. Circle all the correct answers that apply.

Activity 8. Match a word in the left-hand column with a word on I die right to form ten phrases from the field of telecommunications.

Activity 9. Now complete the following sentences using phrases from the table opposite.

1.The telephone can be used to pay bills and ____________________

____________________ from ____________________ _____________________.

2.With an omnidirectional antenna, ________________ ____________________ can be transmitted over a wide area.

3.A videophone incorporates a ___________________ ____________________and display, a microphone and speaker.

4.A ____________________allows limited mobility in and around the home.

5._______________________allows access to many television stations.

Activity 10. Below is an extract from the review of the newly released MobiPhone World. Complete the text using the words/phrases in the box below.

MobiPhone World 1000 is the latest product from MobiCom. It is a fully-featured, future-proof mobile, packed with exciting applications. Not only a mobile phone, it doubles as a handy

(a)___________. As it is GPRS enabled, you can collect your (b) ________________ while you are on the move. In addition, the colour internet (c)_____________________ makes word wide web searching a new experience. This is enhanced by the new LCD (d)______________ which displays up to ten times the amount of text you’d get on a traditional (e)___________________. When you go abroad, you don’t need to worry about missing that important meeting as the World 1000 comes with a (f)________________________. You can also be one step ahead of the bank by checking how much you'll get for your money with the (g)_________________________. And when you get to the business meeting, you won't disturb your neighbours, as the vibrating (h)

_______________________ lets you know about incoming calls. You can even write short notes of the meeting on the built-in personal (i)___________________________ .

With a (j) _______________________ of just 69 grams, the MobiPhone World 1000 is a must have.

Home task: _______________________________________________________________________

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Заняття 8.

Тема Функції герундія в реченні: підмет, присудок, прямий додаток, прийменниковий додаток.

дієприслівником,

особовою формою дієслова у функції присудка підрядного речення, що вводиться сполучником що (щоб) з попереднім

1.Reading books is useful (підмет) Читання книг корисно.

Читати книги корисно.

2.I like reading (прямий додаток).

Ялюблю читати.

Ялюблю читання.

3.Не insisted on taking part in the conference (прийменниковий додаток). Він наполягав на участі (на тому, щоб взяти участь) у конференції.

4.On coming home he always has а rest (обставина).

Після приходу додому він завжди відпочиває. Прийшовши додому, він завжди відпочиває.

Герундій у функції підмета

Дієслівна форма із закінченням -ing є герундієм у функції підмета, якщо вона стоїть на початку речення, де немає іншого слова, яке могло б бути підметом. Перекладається придієслівним іменником або інфінітивом:

Carrying out experiments is а must with every scientist.

Проведення дослідів (проводити досліди) необхідно для кожного науковця.

Герундій у функції прямого додатку

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Щоб перекласти герундій у функції прямого додатку, необхідно враховувати, чи є при герундії ім'я того, хто виконує дії, і знати значення тих дієслів і словосполучень, після яких він вживається:

1.Would you mind showing one more slide. Покажіть, будь ласка, ще один діапозитив.

2.Would you mind my showing some slides to you. Дозвольте, я покажу вам декілька діапозитивів. Ви не заперечуватимете, якщо я покажу вам....

3.Не could not help joining the discussion.

Він не міг не виступити (не взяти участі) в дебатах (у обговоренні).

Лексика

Запам'ятайте значення дієслів, після яких прямий додаток може вживатися у формі герундія.

Герундій у функції додатку з прийменником

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Герундій у функції додатку відповідає на питання: що?, чим?, до чого?, у чому?, чому? і ін. Підмет, що стоїть перед герундієм, залежить від попереднього дієслова або дієслівного словосполучення.

При перекладі необхідно враховувати, який підмет вживається в українській мові з дієсловом або дієслівним словосполученням, до якого відноситься додаток. При цьому можуть бути випадки, коли український еквівалент англійського дієслова вживається без підмета:

1.Low electric conductivity of rubber resulted in its being used in cables.

Низька електропровідність гуми зумовила (що?) її використання (привела (до чого?) до того, що вона використовується) для кабелів.

2.In recent years man has succeeded in controlling chemical changes.

За останній час людині вдалося (що?) досягти контролю над хімічними реакціями (людина навчилася управляти...).

Activity 1. Translate into Ukrainian.

1.There is one more point worth mentioning.

2.It is no use searching for another approach.

3.It is no good arguing about this issue.

4. In spite of his words I could not help feeling excited.

5.It seems to me the case is not worth mentioning.

6.Go on demonstrating your slides.

7.I can't help regretting it.

8.He had to give up experimenting.

Activity 2. Choose the correct word.

1.A procrastinator is one who habitually postpones (to do, doing) __________________

things especially tasks that are unpleasant.

2.You should plan (to arrive, arriving) __________________________ at the stadium early or you won't be able to get good seats.

3.My mom asked me (to pick, picking) ________________________up some eggs at the supermarket on my way home from work.

4.Nobody has offered (to buy, buying) _________________________ the house next door, so I think they're going to lower the price.

5.The highway patrol advises (to take, taking) _____________________________the old route through the city because the interstate highway is under major repairs.

6.Would you mind (to peel,peeling) ________________________that apple for me? My arthritis is acting up in my right hand.

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7.Stop (to nag, nagging)__________________ me! I'll get everything finished before I go to bed.

8.When the university suggested (to raise, raising) ________________the tuition again, the student senate protested vigorously.

9.Are we permitted (to bring, bringing) ________________________to the ceremony? I'd like to invite my friend to join us.

10.The city council agreed (to accept, accepting)_________________________the architect's proposed design for a new parking garage.

Activity 5. Read and translate the text.

Mobile phones: definition and technology

Mobile phones, or cellular phones, are devices that enable communication to all types of telephones while moving over a wide area called the coverage area.

The term 'cellular' comes from the fact that the phone calls are made through base stations, communication towers or antennas, which divide the coverage area into cells. As you move from cell to cell, the calls are transferred to different base stations belonging to the same or a different telephone company. This capability of mobile phones is called roaming. The phone is said to be out of range when it cannot communicate with a base station.

A brief history

1G, First Generation phones started in the 1980s when Motorola introduced the first handheld phones. They used analogue technology and the main drawback was the small number of channels that could be used at a time.

In the 1990s, 2G mobiles introduced digital transmission methods that converted voice into binary information, increasing the number of channels, the speed of transmission between the phone and the base station and enabling a reduction in size. The most common standard. GSM, Global System for Mobile communications, started to be used at this stage. One of the features of this technology is the use of SIM cards, a type of smart card that contains the user's information, the connection data and the phonebook. It also enables the user to change service provider without changing the handset.

3G phones offer a high-speed data transfer capability. Some of these phones are called smart phones and combine PDA capabilities with the usual functions of a digital phone. The new communication standard, UMTS, Universal Mobile Telecommunications System, enables the multimedia transmissions that are becoming common nowadays.

New standards are being developed that will open the way to new 4G phones with an emphasis on multimedia, real-time television and radio.

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