Unit 1 Personal Identification
1. Read the text below and explain what ATM, POS, PIN, ISO abbreviations stand for. Write them down.
Personal identification number (pin)
Automated Teller Machine (ATM) and Point-of-Sale (POS) technology are popular worldwide. These payment options offer convenience for shoppers,
guaranteed payment for merchants (in the case of a POS system) and incremental revenue for banks and networks. At the same time, the easy access offers a tempting occasion for invasion and pilfering on the part of unscrupulous people.
A three-part International Standard reduces the opportunity for a breach in security and provides a high probability of detection of any unauthorized disclosure of personal identification numbers (PIN). ISO 9564 provides instructions to financial institutions in the development, implementation and/or the operation of systems and procedures for the protection of PINs throughout their lifecycle.
The primary benefit of ISO 9564 is the establishment of a baseline security framework for the management of cardholder PINs in interchange systems. The standard is designed so that issuers of PIN authenticated payment cards can have confidence that their personal information numbers are being uniformly protected while under the control of other institutions and participants in the payment system.
(The text is retrieved from the Internet at http://banking.about.com/od/securityandsafety/p/pinnumber.htm
as of 21 December 2011 and modified as compared with the original)
2. Be ready to discuss advantages and disadvantages of Automated Teller Machine (ATM) and Point-of-Sale (POS) technology.
Describing Yourself: Personality
Imagine you have to describe yourself to someone in English. Could you do it yourself? You can easily cope with it if you keep practicing the next activity.
The words given below can be used to describe people in terms of personality or character traits. This list is not complete, but it’s a good start.
Write down the words you don’t know the meaning of. Working with your bilingual dictionary find out their translation.
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Boring
outgoing, extroverted
aggressive
generous
kind, nice, friendly
honest
mean
intelligent
adventurous
introverted, shy
good
bad
funny, comical
evil
confident, trustworthy
mysterious
cooperative, agreeable
optimistic
creative
organized
cruel
pessimistic
diligent
romantic
elegant
serious
stupid
nice
timid
sociable
brave
tranquil, calm, quiet
2. Put these words in three columns: (1) I am;
(2) Sometimes I am;
(3) I am not
I am |
Sometimes I am |
I am not |
… |
… |
… |
… and try to describe yourself.