I. Reading Exercises:

Exercise 1. Read and memorize using a dictionary:

paperless office, to make drawings, knowledge worker, a massive desk, a speech activated typewriter, office work, vast information space, public telephony, compatible devices, were intended to be, office environment issues, put on line.

Exercise 2. Answer the questions:

1) What was the first practical office of the future concept?

2) When did sun Microsystems present a complete office of the future concept?

3) Who was the principal driver?

4) What is the name of an ongoing research project?

Exercise 3. Match the left part with the right:

1. The citations also tend	a) been sometimes touted as predicting the birth of the World Wide Web.
2. The Starfire prototype has	b) a large, massive desk as its central feature.
3. Like the Memex system the Star fire has	c) to overlook that Memex was an entire system.
4. They were all chosen	d) for their artistic impact.

Exercise 4. Open brackets choosing the right words:

Life magazine (hired/wanted) an illustrator from Sperry Rand to (do/make) drawings of the concepts Vannevar Bush had presented a few months earlier in The Atlantic Monthly magazine.

THE SPEAKING MODULE

II. Speaking Exercises:

Exercise 1. Describe office; knowledge worker; typewriter; office work; desk using the suggested words and expressions as in example:

office a building to belong to; a company; an organization; rooms; people; can work; at desks example: An office is a building that belongs to a company or organization, with rooms where people can work at desks.

knowledge worker someone; to work; an organization or; an office.

typewriter a machine; with keys; you press; in order to; to print letters; the alphabet; onto paper.

office work a job; you do regularly; to earn money; a room; where; to have a desk.

desk a piece of furniture; usually; with; drawers; you sit at; to work.

Exercise 2. Ask questions to the given answers:

1) Question: ___________________________________________?

Answer: Many concepts for future computer systems were presented in the 1960s and 1970s.

2) Question: ___________________________________________?

Answer: At the beginning of the year 2001 the Museum of Modern Art in New York city presented a 3 month long exhibit called “Work spheres”.

3) Question: ___________________________________________?

Answer: A complete catalogue of the exhibition was produced and a special website was put on line.

THE WRITING MODULE

III. Writing Exercises:

Exercise 1. Complete the sentences with the suggested words:

to; often; based; which; of; as.

The Memex article in The Atlantic is most ___ cited because of its longer text ___ details the proposal ___ a system of shared microfilm ___ hyperlinks which could be considered as a precursor ___the World Wide Web.

Exercise 3. Compose a story on one of the topics (up to 100 words):

“Memex desk and related, machines”

“Starfire video prototype”

“Art and beauty”