- •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
8.11 Join the split sentences.
1. First and foremost the Internet is… 2. Originally developed for the military,… 3. The Internet has also become… 4. DELPHI was the first online service… 5. All the others… 6. Internet computers use… 7. FTP stands for… 8. Archie is a utility… |
9. Telnet is a terminal emulation program… 10. Gopher is a utility… 11. Veronica lets you… 12. The IAB, or Internet Activities Board is… 13. Is it… 14. Using the World Wide Web, … |
that provides listings of these files.
that lets you search hierarchical menus describing Internet files (not just file names).
going commercial?
the governing body for the Internet.
make more sophisticated searches on Gopher sites.
that lets you log onto a computer in the Internet and run a program.
File Transfer Protocol.
the TCP/IP communications protocol.
thousands of companies are contemplating how to make the Internet a worldwide shopping mall.
to provide full Internet access, not just e-mail.
have followed suit.
the worldwide system for electronic mail.
much of the Internet today is used for academic and commercial research.
a large network made up of a number of smaller networks.
8.12 Put the proper prepositions, conjunctions & adverbs in each sentence.
up of /for /of /of /in over
… another thing "the" Internet is made … … thousands … interconnected networks … … 70 countries, comprised … academic, commercial, government and military networks.
for /to / to
Users have access … unpublished data, journals and BBSs every subject known … humankind.
on /as of
…the end of 1994, an estimated 30,000 networks are … the Internet.
around /because of /both … and /that
4) The Internet is growing rapidly … … the World Wide Web, an Internet facility … links documents … the world, which contain … text … graphics.
to /such as / thus /through / as /of
5) E-mail connection … the Internet is available … all major online services … … CompuServe, BIX and America Online, … all … these services can exchange mail using the Internet the … common denominator.
throughout /within /between /of /of
6) The backbone … the Internet is a series … high-speed communications links … major supercomputer sites and educational and research institutions … the U.S. and … the world.
on /over / or
7) There are … two million hosts … the Internet, a host being a mainframe, … mini workstation that directly supports the Internet Protocol (the IP in TCP/IP).
that /via /of /into /to
8) The Internet is connected … all types computer networks worldwide … gateways … convert TCP/IP … other protocols.
of /throughout
9) There are countless files … the Internet that can be downloaded free … charge using FTP.
about / than /more
10) There is … activity, excitement and hype … the Internet … ever.
Dramatize Dialogue 8.13.
Computer Crimes & Criminals
I’ve heard about computer crimes and criminals. What is it all about?
Criminals in the past used to have guns, masks and escape cars. Now they have a computer, a telephone and a piece of computer equipment called a 'modem'.
How can they commit a crime with all those things?
They simply dial a telephone number to link their own computer with others, and then, using a password (a secret word or phrase), enter a company's computer system (in a bank or a government office for example). Many companies used to have the word 'password' as their password.
That’s stupid!
It is strange and yet true. In 1990 two American teenagers broke into a computer system and added rude messages to some information and made other important data disappear. The damage cost over two million dollars to correct.
I can’t believe that!
A 12-year old boy in Detroit used his own computer to enter the computer system of a large company and caused financial chaos.
That can’t be multiplicity of such cases.
In Britain, computer crime costs companies about 400 million pounds a year.
Don’t those hackers make that by mischance? Or just for the sake of making money?
Often, the computer criminals do not want to make money; they just want to show the world how clever they are.
How can they?
They like to create computer viruses.
I still don’t understand what it means.
I’m gonna explain you. They program a computer disc with a special fault in it. When a computer copies the disc, the fault enters the computer's memory. That means it gets onto any other disc each time you put a new disc into your computer.
Now I get the principle, but what do viruses look like?
Some viruses are just silly messages. For example, one puts the message 'peace and love' on your computer screen while you are working. Other viruses use all the 'memory' on the computer, and the computer is 'sick' and unable to work.
What kind of inconvenience could they put to?
One hospital in Britain recently lost all of its records about sick patients because of a computer virus.
Wow! It is no joke.
Yes, the crimes like those often have high consequences.
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