- •Vocabulary list
- •I. The statements below were other results of the survey. Write g if you think the statement might refer to girls and в if you think it could refer to boys.
- •II. How modern are you? (pop quiz)
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Match each component in column a with its function in column b:
- •IV. Label the diagram of a computer system using these terms:
- •I. Find in the text equivalents to:
- •II. Fill in the table:
- •Masters of invention
- •In 1972 Bushnell founded Atari Inc. In Sunnyvale, Calif., to build Pong games. By 1975 there were 150,000 Pong games in American homes.
- •In 1977 Jobs and Wozniak sold their first Apple II, which launched the personal computer industry. By 1985 they had sold more than two million Apple I I's.
- •Vocabulary ratings
- •Vocabulary list
- •I. Find in the text the English equivalents to:
- •II. True or false?
- •IV. Construct other sentences in these patterns (models):
- •V. Complete the sentences (if, when-clauses):
- •Exercises
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Complete the following and discuss it:
- •Topics for Essays, Oral or Written Reports
- •Essay Selection for Reading as a Stimulus for Writing
- •Keep clicking!
- •Vocabulary list
- •Text I. Prehistory
- •Exercises
- •Descendants, automated machine, exception, virtue, intelligence, to transmit, reliable, sufficient, in the early 19th century, in modern times.
- •Exercises
- •VIII. Translate into English
- •Vocabulary list
- •Text I. The early years
- •(6) Jobs and Wozniak brought different abilities to their venture: Wozniak
- •Exercises
- •Text II. Deep blue
- •Vocabulary list
- •Text I. The first hackers
- •Exercises
- •I. True or false?
- •Text II. Computer crimes
- •Exercises
- •Topics for Essays, Oral or Written Reports
- •Essay Selection for Reading as a Stimulus for Writing
- •Hackers of today
- •Unit VI. Computer Security
- •Prereading Discussion
- •Reading Analysis
- •Vocabulary list
- •IV. Put the proper words into sentences:
- •Exercises
- •Viruses and vaccines
- •Essay Selection for Reading as a Stimulus for Writing
- •Unit VII. Virtual Reality
- •Prereading Discussion
- •Reading Analysis
- •Vocabulary list
- •Topics for Essays, Oral or Written Reports
- •Essay Selection for Reading as a Stimulus for Writing
- •Unit VIII. It Revolution
- •Vocabulary list
- •Text I. Surfing the net
- •Exercises
- •*:0) Clown face; I'm feeling like a buffoon.
- •:A9 Licking the lips; very tasty or delicious.
- •I. Словарик юного интернетчика.
- •Точка, точка, запятая -
- •Вот и рожица кривая
- •III. Биокомпьютеры
- •IV. Оптические компьютеры
- •B. Electrical engineering vs. Computer science
- •Exercises
- •D. Mother should have warned you!
- •Bill gates in heaven
- •E. Can you do a better translation?
- •A) oa programmers
- •0A программистов
- •F. Render into English
- •Literature
I. Find in the text equivalents to:
вредные побочные эффекты; мягкое кресло; вентилируемое помещение; электромагнитное излучение; облучение; радикулит; усталость рук и кистей; рабочее место; верхнее освещение; учитывать (принимать в расчет); наклонная и вращающаяся подставка; уменьшить свечение; встроенная защита; пневматически регулируемое кресло; вращать; потягиваться; острый край, регулярно.
II. Fill in the table:
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Problem |
Disease |
How to cope |
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VDT |
Eyestrain, |
Increase distance from |
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radiation |
headache, |
the eyes to the screen |
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immune system |
Install radiation |
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diseases, risk |
protection devices |
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of miscarriage |
(a glare reflector) |
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Staying |
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indoors |
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Autism |
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III. Translate into
English:
ОПАСНЫЕ ИГРЫ
Компьютеры становятся все более привычным атрибутом офи сов и контор, школьных классов и даже детских садов.
Проведенные американскими учеными исследования показа ли, что переменные электромагнитные поля частотой 60 Гц могу! вызывать глазные заболевания (в частности, катаракту), злокачественные опухоли, снижают иммунный статус организма.
Существует предположение о связи между частотой возникновения опухолей у детей и магнитными полями.
Специалисты из США, Канады, Испании и Швеции изучали воздействие переменных магнитных полей дисплейных мониторов на неблагоприятное течение беременности у женщин.
У женщин, которые во время беременности проводили не менее 20 часов в неделю за компьютерными терминалами, вероятность выкидышей на 80% выше, чем у женщин, выполнявших ту же работу без помощи видеотерминалов.
Помните, что:
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при работе за видеотерминалом необходимо располагаться на расстоянии вытянутой руки от экрана;
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соседние дисплейные мониторы должны находиться от вас на расстоянии не менее 2 м 22 см.
Related Reading
Masters of invention
Nolan Bushnell born in 1943 is the father of home video games. He built Pong in 1972, starting the video-game craze that led to today's powerful super-systems.
During the 1950's and 1960's computers improved enormously. Still, only big businesses, universities and the military had them. Then in 1972 the videogame craze began.
Computers were scaled down to small boxes, using electronic circuitry instead of the Mark I's switches. They could do more than analyze data. They could play games.
The first big hit was a simple game called Pong. Two players sat in front of a television screen where a "ball", a point of light bounced back 14
and forth. Using knobs on a cabinet, the players could hit the ball with inch-long "paddles" on the screen.
Nolan Bushnell grew up near Salt Lake City, Utah. He loved to tinker with machines and became an electrical engineer. He played primitive computer games that were even older than Pong.
"I built it with my own two hands and a soldering iron, Bushnell said of his creation of the first Pong game.
