Contents

ВВЕДЕНИЕ 3

Unit 1. EVERY DAY USES OF COMPUTERS 5

Text. Computers in Everyday Life 5

Text. Intelligent Machines 6

Grammar: Articles. The Verb “to be” 8

Problem-solving 10

Unit 2. TYPES OF COMPUTERS 10

Word-building: Suffixes –er, -or 10

Text. What is a Computer? 11

Text. Types of Computers. 13

Grammar:Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives 17

Problem-solving 18

Unit 3. PARTS OF THE COMPUTER SYSTEM. 19

Word-building: Suffixes –tion, -sion 19

Text. Main Parts of the System. 19

Text. The Keyboard 22

Text. The Mouse 24

Grammar: Construction There is/are 26

Problem-solving 28

Unit 4. INPUT AND OUTPUT DEVICES. 28

Word-building: Suffixes –able, -ible 28

Text. Hardware. 29

Text. Input devices. 34

Text. Output devices. Printers. 35

Grammar: Structure of Phrases 36

Problem-solving 36

Unit 5. STORAGE DEVICES. 36

Word-building: Negative prefixes 36

Text. Hard disk drive. 37

Text. Memory. 38

Text. Storage devices. 39

Grammar: Present Indefinite Tense, Active Voice 40

Problem-solving 41

Supplementary reading. DVD technology overview. 41

Unit 6. BUSES AND INTERFACES 43

Word-building: prefix re- 43

Text. What is a bus? 43

Text. Dialog box. 44

Text. WIMP 45

Grammar: Imperative Sentences 46

Problem-solving 47

Unit 7. SOFTWARE 1 47

Text. Types of Software 48

Text. Operating Systems 51

Grammar: Past Indefinite Tense, Active Voice 55

Problem-solving 56

Unit 8. SOFTWARE 2

Abbreviation 56

Text. MS-DOS and its Main Terms 57

Text. Windows 60

Grammar:Future Indefinite Tense, Active Voice 64

Problem-solving 66

Unit 9. NETWORKS 66

Abbreviation 66

Text. What is a Network? 67

Text. Network Topologies. 69

Grammar: Revision (Indefinite Tenses, Active Voice) 70

Problem-solving 71

Unit 10. INTERNET 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE WWW AND

THE INTERNET 71

Abbreviation 71

Text. Introduction to the WWW and the Internet 72

Text. Email. 75

Grammar: Indefinite Tenses, Passive Voice 77

Problem-solving 78

Supplementary reading. History of Internet 78

Unit 11. INTERNET 2: THE WORLD WIDE WEB 79

Abbreviation 79

Text. Yahoo 80

Text. Webpages 81

Text. Website designer 82

Grammar: Modal Verbs (Indicating Importance) 85

Problem-solving 85

Unit 12. LANGUAGES 86

Abbreviation 86

Text. Computing Languages 86

Grammar: Revision (Indefinite Tenses, Passive Voice) 88

Problem-solving 89

Unit 13. PROBLEMS IN COMPUTING 89

Abbreviation 89

Text. Computer Viruses 90

Text. Access System 91

Grammar: Indefinite pronouns “SOME, ANY” and

negative pronoun “NO” 92

Problem-solving 93

Unit 14. FUTURE TRENDS 94

Text. Virtual Reality 94

Text. Future Developments 95

Text. Future Trends 98

Grammar: Revision (Phrases) 99

Problem-solving 99

Supplementary reading. History of Robotics 99

Unit 15. CAREERS IN COMPUTING 100

Text. Computing Jobs 100

Text. Talking about Work 102

Grammar: Revision 103

Problem-solving 104

GLOSSARY 105

ACTIVE VOCABULARY 115

LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS 119

LIST OF IRREGULAR VERBS 121

ЗАКЛЮЧЕНИЕ123

BIBLIOGRAPHY 124