"The power of programs"

Programming a computer - giving it a set of instructions to follow - has a lot in common with building that bookcase. To write a program, you begin by deciding exactly what task you want to accomplish. Then you work on developing and refining program. You don't use carpentry tools, of course. Instead, you use a programming tool: the computer.

Do you want to play a computer game? Use a computer to write a story? Turn your computer into a piano or a drawing pad? You can do all these. But...

For a computer to do something - anything - it must have a set of instructions. Without instructions the computer is as useless as a phonograph without a record. You can buy instructions for the compute in the form of computer software, such as a game or a word-processing program, or you can create your own instructions.

Creating instructions for the computer is calling writing a computer program, or programming. Writing even simple programs can help you to understand better how a computer and computer software work.

Programming can also be a very exciting hobby. Many students go on to create complicated programs as a hobby. Some students even turn their hobbies into jobs.

Whether or not you go on to develop a hobby or a career as a programmer, you should enjoy being in charge of the computer as you learn about programming.

**Task VII. Complete the following ideas:

1. Programming a computer is...

2. To write a program you should decide...

3. Then you work on...

4. Without instructions...

5. You can create...

6. Creating instructions for the computer.

7. Writing even simple programs...

8. Programming can also be...

9. Some students even turn...

10. You may develop you career...

***Task VII. Make up a list of instructions for right programming. Use the following words: first, next, then, at last.

**Task VIII. Answer the questions:

1. What is programming?

2. Is it possible to-direct the operations of a computer without instructions?

3. How do you understand "writing a computer program"?

4. What makes you understand how a computer and computer software work?

5. Is programming an exciting hobby for you?

6. Can your hobby develop your skills?

Task IX. Modal verbs and Passive Infinitive:

1. Programming must be done carefully.

2. Instructions can be created in your own way.

3. The work should be done in time.

4. The programs mustn't be changed.

5. They should be only refined.

6. Your hobbies may be turned into a successful career as programmers.

7. This calculation must be carried out tomorrow.

8. This disk can’t be loaded.

Lessons 4-5. Software. Application Software

*Task I Learn the new vocabulary

software - программе забезпечення

hardware - стаціонарне обладнання, апаратне забезпечення ( сленг – “ залізо”)

to accomplish - здійснювати, виконувати

package software – програмний продукт

to be intended - призначатися

to run - запускати

a dedicated computer - спеціальний комп’ютер

particular job - певна робота

challenge – виклик, завдання

gear - механізм, пристрій, обладнання

application software - прикладне програмування

to match - підходити

versatile – універсальний, різноманітний

Task II Translate the following word-combination into Ukrainian. Mention the use of Participle II:

won’t be able to accomplish, programmed instructions, visible form, are intended for educational use, ready to run, a dedicated computer, designed for a particular job, may have a great software, word processing software, outside software, to provide challenges, software geared to their own unique needs, a written program of their own.

Task III Practice the use of Participle give the translation of the following:

1. Operating the computer software performs particular jobs.

2. The computer program designed for a special task is called software.

3. The computer is a powerful teaching machine.

4. When writing a report you use word processing.

5. Computers process information by specifying a keyword or phrase.

**Task IV Read and translate the text.