- •Д.А. Арипова
- •Information Technologies: Development and Perspectives
- •Isbn © Иркутский государственный
- •Contents
- •Предисловие
- •Unit I Computer Essentials
- •1. In pairs, discuss these questions.
- •2. Read the text and then explain Figure 1 in your own words. What Is a Computer?
- •4. Listen to an extract and label the pictures (a-e) with words from the box.
- •5. Listen again and decide whether these sentences are true or false. Correct the false ones.
- •6. Look at the help box and then use suitable classifying expressions to complete these sentences.
- •Different types of computer
- •Central Processing Unit
- •9. In pairs describe this scheme, using words and expressions from the text.
- •10. Read the text more carefully and answer the following questions:
- •11. Give English equivalents for:
- •Vocabulary Practice
- •12. Revise the meaning of new words from the text above. Give Russian equivalents for the expressions with them. Use them in your own sentences.
- •13. Look at the help box and then complete the sentences below with suitable relative pronouns. Give alternative options if possible. Put brackets round the relative pronouns you can leave out.
- •14. Read the text. Point out the main components of the cpu: The cpu Main Components
- •15. Read the text and answer the following questions:
- •16. Give English equivalents for:
- •Vocabulary Practice
- •17. Revise the meaning of new words from the text above. Give Russian equivalents for the expressions with them. Use them in your own sentences.
- •18. Give synonyms to the following words:
- •Your Ideal Computer System
- •20. In pairs, describe your ideal computer system. Give reasons for your choices.
- •21. Render the following:
- •Unit II
- •Input / Output Devices
- •5. Listen again and complete the extract from the conversation:
- •6. Look at the language functions in the help box and then correct one mistake in each of these sentences. Decide which functions are being expressed in each sentence.
- •Buying a Computer
- •7. Work in pairs. One of you wants to buy a computer, the other is the shop assistant. Use the prompts and product descriptions below to role play the conversation.
- •Input-Output Environment
- •10. Read the text and answer the following questions:
- •11. Give English equivalents for:
- •Interacting with Your Computer
- •12. Listen to a computer technician describing three input devices. Write which devices he’s talking about.
- •13. Listen again and complete these extracts:
- •15. In pairs, choose one of these input devices and describe its functions and features. Try to guess which device your partner is describing.
- •Vocabulary Practice
- •16. Revise the meaning of new words. Give Russian equivalents for the expressions with them. Use them in your own sentences.
- •18. Revise Infinitive forms. Explain the use of Infinitive and translate sentences into Russian:
- •Input Devices
- •20. Read the text and answer the following questions:
- •21. Give English equivalents for:
- •Output Devices. Printers
- •24. Read the text and answer the following questions:
- •25. Give English equivalents for:
- •Vocabulary Practice
- •26. Revise the meaning of new words from the text above. Give Russian equivalents for the expressions with them. Use them in your own sentences.
- •27. Explain the use of Complex Subject construction and translate sentences into Russian:
- •28. Suggest the title of the text that follows. Summarize the key information:
- •30. Look at the help box and then use suitable suffixes to make adjectives or nouns from these words. In some cases, you can make more than one word. Use a dictionary to help you.
- •31. Complete these sentences with the word in brackets and one of these noun suffixes: -tion, -er, -ing, -logy, -ness. Use a dictionary to help you.
- •32. Look at the help box and then complete these health and safety guidelines with should/shouldn’t.
- •33. In pairs, practice giving advice about how to use a monitor safely using should/shouldn’t or It’s a good/bad idea to… Look at these guidelines for help.
- •35. Listen to Tony Clark, an expert in computer ergonomics, talking to some office workers about health and safety. What health problems associated with computer use do the office workers mention?
- •36. Listen again and complete these extracts:
- •37. Match the extracts above (1-6) with the correct parts of the diagram (a-f).
- •Unit III Storage Devices
- •Storage Devices
- •2. Read the text and answer the following questions:
- •3. Give English equivalents for:
- •4. Translate sentences with Participle I, Participle II, Perfect Participle Active and Perfect Participle Passive into Russian:
- •5. In pairs, discuss what you should or shouldn’t do to protect your data. Use the suggestions below.
- •Word Building
- •6. Look at the words in the boxes. Are they nouns, verbs, adjectives or adverbs? Write n, V, ad] or adv next to each word and then complete the sentences below.
- •12. Read the text and find the following:
- •Optical Discs and Drives
- •13. Read the text again and make notes about the features of cDs, dvDs and Blu-ray discs:
- •14. Look at these extracts from the text and put the words in italics into the correct column of the table:
- •15. Look at the help box and check your answers. How do you say these connectors in your language?
- •16. Choose the correct word in brackets to complete these sentences:
- •17. In pairs, look at the products in the computer catalogue and choose the most suitable device for the purposes (1 -6). Give reasons for your choices. Try to use some connectors from the help box:
- •18. Summarize the key information of the following text:
- •19. Read the text one more time and answer the following questions:
- •Unit IV Basic Software
- •Gui Operating Systems
- •2. Look at the help box and decide if these nouns are countable, uncountable or either, depending on the context. Write c, u, or с and u.
- •3. Complete this text with a, an, the or nothing:
- •4. Summarize the text gui Operating Systems in 90-100 words. Follow these steps:
- •Data Processing and Data Processing Systems
- •6. Read the text and answer the following questions:
- •7. Give English equivalents for:
- •8. Give Russian equivalents for:
- •9. Listen to two friends, Anna and Ben, talking about how to move text in Word. How many steps are involved in carrying out the Cut and Paste task?
- •10. Listen again and complete the dialogue.
- •11. Look at the help box and then correct six mistakes in this dialogue.
- •12. Complete these instructions for how to Copy and Paste in Word with verbs from the box.
- •Databases
- •14. Complete these statements about databases using information from the text.
- •15. In pairs, discuss what fields you would include in a database for your music collection.
- •17. Find non-finite verb forms and translate sentences into Russian.
- •18. Transform modal verbs into their modal equivalents a) in the past; b) in the future.
- •19. Read the text and match the headlines (a-d) with the paragraphs (1-4).
- •20. Complete the sentences in accordance with the information in the text above.
- •22. Look at the help box and then complete these sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
- •23. In pairs, discuss these questions. Use the second conditional.
- •Programming
- •Active Vocabulary
- •1. Read the text. Explain the meaning of the term «Computer programming». Computer Programming
- •2. Read the text and answer the following questions:
- •3. Give English equivalents for:
- •Active Vocabulary
- •4. Read the text. Explain the meaning of the term «Programming language». Programming Languages
- •5. Answer the following questions.
- •6. Give English equivalents for:
- •7. Find in the texts «Computer Programming» and «Programming Languages» synonyms to the given words:
- •8. These statements about Java are all false. Read the text and correct them.
- •The Java Language
- •9. Match the terms (1-5) with the definitions (a-e).
- •10. Read the text «Types of Errors» and answer the questions:
- •Types of Errors
- •11. Give a loose translation of the extracts:
- •1.The conversion of symbolic languages
- •2.Running the computer program
- •3.Testing the computer program
- •Unit VI The Internet and the Web
- •Internet faQs
- •1. Read Part 1 of the Internet faQs and choose the correct answers.
- •Internet faQs: Part 1
- •3. Find words and phrases in Part 2 with the following meanings.
- •Internet faQs: Part 2
- •4. Read the article and mark the sentences t (true) or f (false).
- •The Internet
- •5. Find in the text words and acronyms with the same meaning:
- •7. Complete the sentences with words from the text «The Internet».
- •8. Render the following text. A Typical Web Page
- •9. Explain given words and word expressions:
- •10. Read the text «Research on the Internet» and choose the correct variant.
- •Research on the Internet
- •11. What instructions are to be included in order to successfully find information in the Internet?
- •12. Find terms in the text with the following meanings:
- •13. Read the text «Web Page Design» and mark the sentences t (true) or f (false).
- •Web Page Design
- •14. Read the text again and find the following.
- •15. Fill in the gaps with the following words and expressions:
- •16. Match the sentence beginnings (1-6) with the correct endings (a-f).
- •17. In pairs, think about your favourite websites and discuss these questions.
- •18. Listen to an interview with a web designer describing how to design a website and put these steps into the correct order.
- •Unit VII
- •Internet Communications
- •1. Read the article and find websites for the following tasks.
- •Tour the Collectives of Cyberspace
- •2. Read the article again and match the sentence beginnings (1-5) with the correct endings (a-e).
- •9. Listen to two extracts from a monthly podcast called Money Matters. What is each speaker talking about?
- •11. Look at the help box and then complete these sentences.
- •Virtual Meetings
- •15. Read the text again and answer these questions.
- •16. Find terms in the text with the following meanings.
- •17. Define the term «netiquette».
- •18. Read the text and match the headlines (a-d) with the paragraphs (1-4).
- •19. Choose polite and impolite actions in writing Emails.
- •20. Complete the sentences with one of the words in bold.
- •21. In pairs, do this netiquette quiz.
- •22. Have you ever experienced bad netiquette? Tell your partner what happened.
- •23. Rewrite this im chat using abbreviations.
- •25. In pairs, discuss these questions. Give reasons for your answers.
- •Unit VIII
- •Internet Security
- •2. Read the text and answer these questions.
- •Security and Privacy on the Internet
- •3. Read the text and answer these questions.
- •The History of Hacking
- •4. In pairs, discuss which of the cases you had heard of. Which do you think is the most important?
- •5. In small groups, look at the list of cybercrimes and discuss these questions.
- •6. Write a summary of your discussion on PowerPoint and present it to the rest of the group.
- •7. Render the text.
- •8. Answer the following questions.
- •9. Answer in writing:
- •10. Look at the help box. How do you make the passive in your language? How different is it to English?
- •11. Read the article and underline all the examples of the passive. What tenses are they?
- •12. Complete these sentences with the passive form of the verbs in brackets.
- •Unit IX New Technologies – Computers Today and Tomorrow
- •1. Match it jobs (a-g) with their definitions (1-7).
- •2. Complete these definitions with jobs from the box.
- •4. Discuss if you would like to apply for one of the jobs. Give reasons for your answers.
- •5. Look at the help box. Do you have the equivalent of phrasal verbs in your language? How do you say the phrasal verbs in the help box?
- •6. Complete these sentences with the correct form of a phrasal verb from the help box.
- •7. Match the questions (1-6) with the answers (a-f).
- •8. In pairs, discuss these questions.
- •9. Read the texts and answer these questions.
- •10. Find words in the texts with the following meanings.
- •11. Look at the help box and then choose the correct words in brackets to complete these sentences.
- •12. Complete these sentences with the correct future form of the verb in brackets. Use the future continuous or future perfect.
- •13. In pairs, discuss these predictions. Do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answers.
- •14. Write your own predictions about these topics.
- •16. Look at this web extract about e-publishing. What examples of e-publishing can you find in the text?
- •18. Debate your ideas. Which team has the most convincing position? Acronyms and Abbreviations
- •Audioscripts
- •Sources of information
Internet faQs: Part 1
How old is the Internet (the Net)? When was it created?
It’s hard to say exactly. The research that led to what we now know as the Internet was begun in the 1960s.
Who created the Internet?
Again, it’s hard to say exactly who created it. The initial research was carried out by the Advanced Research Projects Agency in America, funded by the US government.
Did the Internet become popular quickly?
It took many years for the Internet to become popular around the world. It’s only really since the mid-90s that the Internet has been a part of our daily lives.
How do you get online?
To get connected, you need a computer, the right connection software and a modem connected to the phone line. You also need an account with an Internet Service Provider (ISP), which acts as a gateway between your PC and the rest of the Net.
How fast are today’s internet connections?
Today, ISPs offer a broadband, high-speed connection. The most common types are cable – offered by local cable TV companies – and ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line), which works through phone lines. They are both faster than the traditional dial-up telephone connection. Broadband access is also offered by some electricity networks. This competing technology, known as power-line Internet, provides low-cost access via the power plug, but is still in development.
How long has broadband existed?
Since the late 1990s.
How much does broadband access cost?
It depends on which company you choose. Nowadays, some companies even offer free broadband.
Why do you need a modem?
A modem (modulator/demodulator) converts digital signals into analogue signals so that data can be transmitted across the phone or cable network.
What does TCP/IP mean?
The language used for data transfer on the Internet is known as TCP/IP (transmission control protocol/ Internet protocol). This is like the internet operating system. Every computer connected to the Net is identified by a unique IP address.
Are there other ways of accessing the Internet?
Other methods of internet access include Wi-Fi, satellite, mobile phones and TV sets equipped with a modem. Wi-Fi-enabled laptops or PDAs allow you to connect to the Net if you are near a wireless access point, in locations called hotspots (for example, a Wi-Fi cafe, park or campus). Satellite services are used in places where terrestrial access is not available (for example, on ships at sea). High-end mobile phones provide access through the phone network.
2. In pairs, discuss which of the internet systems (1-6) you would use to do the tasks (a-f). Then read Part 2 of the FAQs and check your answers.
1. Email 2. The Web 3. Newsgroups 4. Chat and IM 5. FTP 6. Telnet |
a) transfer files from the Internet to your hard drive; b) send a message to another person via the Internet; c) have a live conversation (usually typed) online; d) connect to a remote computer by entering instructions, and run a program on it; e) take part in public discussion areas devoted to specific topics; f) download and view documents published on the Internet. |
Active Vocabulary
to communicate massages Hyper Text Transfer protocol (HTTP)-
Web browser -
Instant Massaging (IM) - file transfer protocol (FTP) - Telnet (Telecommunications Network) -
newsgroup - |
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