Exercise VI

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

“I can’t 1____________ (believe) it! I passed all my exams! I really don’t know how I managed 2____________ (pass) Maths. Now I need 3____________ (decide) what to study at university, but the problem is that I don’t know what I want 4__________ (do).

A few months ago I decided 5___________ (study) Biology, but now I’m not sure. It seems 6___________ (be) difficult to find a job as a biologist. I suppose I could 7___________ (become) a doctor, but it must 8_____________ (be) a very stressful job. My mum says you can learn 9____________ (enjoy) anything, but I wouldn’t like 10____________ (work) in a hospital.

I enjoy 11_____________ (work) with people. I don’t like 12______________ (do) the same thing every day. I don’t mind 13 __________ (get) up early. I love 14___________ (travel) and I prefer 15__________ (work) outside. Oh, and I can’t stand 16___________ (talk) on the phone for a long time. What’s the best job for me?”

Complete the statements with the infinitive or the gerund.

I love ________ (write) songs.

I can’t stand ________ (have) a routine.

I enjoy _________ (be) the centre of attention.

I don’t mind _________ (wear) a uniform.

I hope _________ (get) the chance to play.

I’d like _________ (help) people.

I can __________ (do) things for people.

Variant II Exercise I

Read and translate the text into Russian.

Translating Machines.

Machines for translating texts from one language into another are known to have been built

many times and by different inventors.

The possibility of translating the text is based on a well-known fact that a sentence in any language is constructed in words according to certain rules, which can be presented in the form of

a computer programme.

How does a computer translate a text? Let us suppose that we have an English text which is to

be translated into Russian. First a programmer translates it into a special machine language, the

language of numbers. Now the machine can convert the text into the language of electric impulses

and thus to introduce the information into a computer memory in the form of electromagnetic

signals.*

A computer has its own dictionary stored in its magnetic memory. To find a word in this magnetic dictionary, the dictionary compares the code number of a given word of the text with those stored in its electromagnetic memory.

As we see, to find a word in its dictionary and to translate it is a very simple task for a computer. After this a special grammar analyzing programme comes into play. To make the

analysis possible the programmers add to each code number of the word additional digits, which indicate the grammar function of the word in the sentence and the part of speech the word belongs to. Scientists, engineers and mathematicians are doing their best to make the machines and the programmes better.