- •Prereading Discussion…………………………………………………..5
- •Prereading Discussion…………………………………………………74
- •Computer Literacy for Everyone? Topics for Essays, Oral or Written Reports
- •Text 5a Read the article & ask each other questions. Worry About Computers? Me?
- •5.1 Find the English equivalents to the following in Text 5a.
- •Feed in English, Print out in French
- •5.7 Choose the best idea for the text above.
- •Read the text & make a back translation.
- •5.12 Choose the best idea for the text above.
- •5.13 A) Give synonyms to:
- •5.15 Ask your groupmates:
- •Read the text below & make a back translation.
- •5.16 Choose the best idea for the text above.
- •5.17 A) Give synonyms to:
- •5.18 Put in the missing prepositions/conjunctions from the box.
- •5.19 A) The information of the reading passage helps you to see the structure of the main computer part.
- •A) Read the text, make a back translation.
- •5.22 Choose the best idea for the text above.
- •5.24 True or false? Add some more statements for your interlocutor.
- •5.27 Find the equivalents to the following in the dialogues above.
- •5.29 A) Translate the sentences. B) Give the Past, Future & Passive or Active forms of the modal verbs. Mind the equivalents:
- •5.30 Complete the sentences (if-, when- clauses).
- •Find the Modal Verbs & the sentences containing Conditional Mood in the dialogue above & translate them.
- •5.34 List ten modern inventions into the table given underneath, choose from the following.
- •A) Read & translate the text.
- •5.37 A) Translate the following.
- •5.39 Match the following to know more meanings of point.
- •5.40 Render the text below in English. Speak about your own experience, if any, of using computers.
- •5.42 A) Add to every Job Title the corresponding character qualities from the list & give some opposite meaning words using prefixes /suffixes, etc.
- •5.43 Imagine this box is the central part of a computer. Draw and label all the things that you can imagine might be plugged into the computer.
- •Personal Computers
- •Word power
- •Text 6a Read the article below & ask questions to each other.
- •A) Work in pairs: say if the given statements are true or false finding the necessary details in Text 6a above.
- •6.4 Give a synonym for each word/phrase (in the parentheses).
- •Supply the given answers with the proper questions.
- •6.7 Mind the meanings of the words in the boxes. Match the following with the hints underneath or translate it.
- •6.8 A) Read the following to know better mathematical expressions.
- •In Terms of Figures
- •A) Read the article and decide why the author chose the title
- •Can you suggest a better title? b) Render the article.
- •6.10 Find the English equivalents to the following Russian phrases.
- •6.14 Choose the correct word to complete each sentence. You may have to change some words slightly.
- •6.15 Choose the correct word to complete each sentence.
- •6.16 Cross out the one word that does not have the same meaning as the other three words.
- •6.17 Translate the sentences paying attention to Participle I and Participial Constructions.
- •6.18 Translate the sentences, mind the Gerund.
- •Read the text and make up a dialogue.
- •Read the text and make up a dialogue. The Storage Unit
- •6.20 А) Give Russian equivalents to the following.
- •6.21 Translate the following attributive groups.
- •Read the story & retell it in brief.
- •It is never too late to learn
- •6.32 Read & add your items. Advantages of Computers
- •Aaaa framework
- •What are the disadvantages of slow modems?
- •6.36 A) Complete the sentences to revise the Reported Speech.
- •6.37 Translate the sentences.
- •6.39 Answer the questions & ask some more on the topic.
- •Totally electronically
- •Interdependent?
- •Read the text below & make up a dialogue.
- •7.2 Find the equivalents to the following.
- •Read the next part of the text & ask each other questions on it.
- •7.6 Let’s revise comparatives.
- •7.7 A) Study the phrases containing good – better – the best.
- •7.8 Match the following sentences with the hints underneath.
- •Read the following text & make a list of the key words.
- •7.9 Find the following words and phrases in the texts above.
- •Read & make up a dialogue.
- •7.13 Ask your groupmates
- •7.14 Translate into English.
- •7.15 Find equivalents to the following
- •Get ready to speak on the topic. Choose the part according to your specialty.
- •Role-play the dialogue checking the meaning of any unfamiliar term.
- •7.20 A) Study the direction below & make up your instruction.
- •7.21 Self-checking questions.
- •7.22 Read the piece of information given below & supply your opinion.
- •8.2 Match the following.
- •Read & get ready to give advice.
- •8.4 Find the equivalents to the following in the text above.
- •Is Computing Healthy?
- •Read & get ready to give advice.
- •8.9 Render the following into English in brief.
- •A) Read & get ready to answer all the questions from the text.
- •8.11 Join the split sentences.
- •8.12 Put the proper prepositions, conjunctions & adverbs in each sentence.
- •A) Read & make a back translation.
- •Viruses
- •Read to know more on the topic.
- •8.14 Join the split sentences.
- •8.15 Answer the questions.
- •8.16 Identify the –ing & -ed (or equivalent) forms. Choose the right Russian word(s) in the brackets. Translate the sentences.
- •8.17 Identify the Infinitive functions. Choose the proper Russian word(s) in the brackets. Translate the sentences.
- •Read & discuss the problem.
- •It Is Vital for the Professionals
- •8.20 Give the main features of a) a Modern Computer Specialist;
- •Read it & make a back translation.
- •Appendix
- •The author of the article is ( автор статьи) …
- •The article is written by (статья написана) …
- •***Комментирование
- •****Выражение своего отношения к содержанию прочитанного
Find the Modal Verbs & the sentences containing Conditional Mood in the dialogue above & translate them.
Do you agree with the all the arguments given in Dialogue 5.31 above? What do you differ from?
Dramatize Dialogue 5.32.
Keep Clicking!
Computers spoil your eyes; computers are bad for your nerves, computers – this, computers – that!
Don't believe it! Why don't people criticize guns that kill much more people? "That's life", you'll say. Yes, but how can you blame such a wonderful thing like a computer, when you can't even use it properly? All evils imputed to computers are the results of our inexperience.
But they say…
How can you blame computers for spoiling your eyes if you play Doom clones for hours? How can a computer be bad for your nerves if you cry out, “Damn, stupid piece of..." (you know what) every time it hangs because of your being not too smart to tell it what you want to be done.
Then is it me who I am to blame when it crashes?
Come on, lighten up, computer is just a piece of hardware and software mixed. And if you don't know or can't decide how to make this explosive cocktail, ask yourself just one question: "Who is more stupid of you two?" Of course, I'm not a computer maniac beating everyone blaming an innocent machine. But there's one little thing people can't or don't want to understand: computers are not able to realize ideas you don't have and undertake the projects you haven't mentioned. They are just tools in your hands. And the results of using them are the results of your being patient to tell that gadget in a really simple binary way: "Come on boy, do it!"
Well, I’m not scared of computers any more. They are just things of metal and plastic but if you don't scare them by your aggression, they do what should be done.
That’s right.
Answer the following questions to make up Dialogue 5.33.
Your opinion, please!
What do you think a computer would "cost" you?
Give the speaker's standards for technological innovation, object to your own computer, if possible.
How has technology changed your everyday life?
What new gadgets do you particularly like?
Have you learned to use a computer? Why or why not?
Do you fear the power of computers?
Have you got your home computer? If yes, has it got a name / a surname?
What has the computer replaced for you? Friends? Relatives? Pets? Sports? Books? What else? What not?
What devices does it (or can it) replace nowadays?
Is high technology affecting ecology?
How many computers should a family possess, in your opinion, and for what purposes? How will science and technology affect our lives in future?
Praise or criticize computers.
5.34 List ten modern inventions into the table given underneath, choose from the following.
Electricity /chip /cellular phone /too slow /steam /electronic translator /interpreter /walkman /computer /e-mail /much cheaper /Internet /smaller /more available /stationary telephone /very short time /abacus /typewriter /TV-set /radio set /cassette-recorder /clock /alarm-clock /tape (cassette)-recorder /record-player /CD-player /DVD-player /VHP-player /smaller /lighter /multitasking /multi-functional /mobile /laptop /notebook /desk top /less in size //reading books /going to the movies/concerts /meeting friends /searching information in books /translating words/texts /writing telegrams /speaking on the phone /going shopping, etc.
It’s up to you to add something.
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Invention
Replaces
ment
Advantage
Disadvantage
telephone
writing
letters
less time
too expensive
Complete the following Discussion 5.35 and give your opinion.
Modern Technology’s Influence
Scientific and technological breakthroughs have brought great benefits. You only have to look around your own home to see... .
Many illnesses can now be treated or cured, thanks to new technology, for example, … .
Other examples of changes are ... .
Take, for example, television, computer games, the Internet..., .
New products have also made a major difference to our working lives… .
Nowadays, the transport systems depend mainly on the ... .
In the future there may be even more major breakthroughs in the fields of medicine, leisure, work ... .
We may no longer have to ... .
We will be able to ... .
10. The high technology is the way to the better life or… .
True or False?
•Modern Technology is out of Control, and Ruining the Quality of Life on Earth; We Must Limit Technology and its Influence on Individual.
•Modern Inventions are Labour-Saving Devices. Without them People Remain Slaves to Boring, Repetitive Work.
•Modern Technology has Both its Virtues and Shortcomings /Strengths and Weaknesses. It’s up to Us, People Using Modern Inventions, to Use them Reasonably.
•One Cannot See that Computers are Bringing Humanity One Step Nearer to Anything that Does Matter to a Human Being: Peace, Economic Justice, Ecological Health, Political Honesty, Stability, Good Work.
Text 5D