- •Міністерство освіти і науки україни
- •Методичні рекомендації до практичних занять
- •Unit 1 The history of computers
- •Language
- •History and information about computers
- •V. Oral Practice
- •VI. Reading and comprehension.
- •Who invented the computer?
- •Unit 2 Modern computers
- •Vocabulary
- •Some first computer models
- •Reading
- •Range of Computer Ability
- •Language
- •1)Lcd , 2) pdAs, 3) cpu, 4) pc, 5) ram, 6) rom
- •Comprehension
- •The Five Generations of Computers
- •Information, machine words and instructions
- •Language
- •II. Reading
- •Information, machine words and instructions
- •Language
- •Comprehension.
- •V. Oral practice
- •Reading and comprehension.
- •Computers in our life
- •Unit 4 The main parts of the computer’s system
- •Language
- •Personal computer. The main parts of the system
- •IV Comprehension.
- •Oral Practice.
- •VI Reading and comprehension.
- •Personal computers
- •Vocabulary:
- •What is hardware?
- •Unit 5 An operating system
- •I. Language.
- •II. Reading
- •Operating Systems
- •III. Language
- •IV. Comprehension
- •V.Oral practice
- •Meeting a friend
- •Operating Systems
- •Unit 6 The processing of information
- •II. Reading.
- •The processing of information
- •V. Oral practice.
- •Information
- •Instructions
- •Unit 7 Storage Units
- •I. Language
- •Reading.
- •A memory or storage unit
- •Language.
- •Comprehension.
- •Hierarchy of storage
- •Unit 8 Central processing unit
- •I. Language
- •Reading.
- •Central processing unit
- •III. Language
- •IV.Comprehension
- •V. Oral Practice.
- •VI. Reading and comprehension
- •Introduction to the www and the Internet
- •VII Oral Practice:
- •Unit 9 Microcomputer and microprocessor design
- •I. Language
- •II. Reading
- •Microcomputer and microprocessor design
- •IV.Language
- •V. Comprehension
- •VI. Oral Practice
- •2) Single-chip microcomputers
- •VII. Reading and comprehension
- •Microprocessor (mp)
- •Unit 10
- •Input output units
- •I. Language
- •II. Reading
- •Input and output units
- •Language
- •Comprehension
- •V. Oral practice
- •Reading and comprehension.
- •Disk Buffers
- •Unit 11 Computer networks
- •I. Language.
- •II.Reading
- •Computer networks
- •Language
- •Comprehension
- •Surfing the Net
- •Unit 12 My future specialty
- •Language
- •My future specialty
- •Oral Practice
- •VI. Reading and comprehension.
- •Language.
- •IV.Comprehension.
- •How much should an educated man know about computer?
- •Word-building
- •Suffixes that form adjectives
How much should an educated man know about computer?
Some years ago in the United States of America a discussion on the question what an educated man is was organized. At this discussion one of the definitions of an educated man' was this:
educated man:
— is able to read, write, and do arithmetic’s; - has a basic knowledge of the history and geography of world and man;
understands the scientific method, and has an elementary knowledge of at least one science;
has an elementary knowledge of mathematics and logic, what they are, and how to use them;
knows at least one other language besides his own well enough to read it and talk a little in it;
can say what he means in suitable words both speaking and writing;
is able to listen, knows how to learn, and enjoy learning;
never forgets that his views and opinions may be wrong, and is always ready to change them on evidence;
has an elementary knowledge of computers and programming, and some active experience with a whole computer is highly desirable.
An educated man of 200 years ago in the United States did not need to know anything about science. The educated man of 25-30 years ago did not need to know anything about computers. But the educated man of today needs to have at least some significant knowledge of science, and at least a little significant knowledge about computers.
The summary knowledge that an educated man should know about computers could be put down on ten sheets of paper, in about 3,000 words.
Word-building
Prefixes
Prefix |
Meaning |
Examples |
a-, an-,ab- |
without, not |
atypical, anhydrous, abnormal |
bi- |
two |
biannual |
co-; com- |
together with, joint |
coexist, co-author |
counter- |
opposite |
counterattack |
dis- |
not, opposite of |
disconnect, disobey |
ex- |
former |
ex-minister |
inter- |
between, among |
international |
macro- |
large |
macrocomputer |
micro- |
small |
microchip |
mid- |
in the middle of |
mid-June |
mis- |
wrongly, bad, astray |
misbehave |
multi- |
many |
multipurpose |
neo- |
new, recent |
neoconservative |
non- |
not |
non-essential |
post- |
after |
post-war |
pre- |
before |
prehistoric |
re- |
again, back |
re-elect, reopen |
retro- |
back |
retroactive |
semi- |
partly, half |
semicircle |
sub- |
under, less than normal |
subway, subnormal |
super- |
above, beyond, greater than |
supermarket, superman |
un- |
not, opposite, to reverse an action to |
unknown, undisturbed |
uni- |
one |
uniform |
Suffixes that form nouns
Suffix |
Meaning |
Original word |
New noun |
-асу -су |
state |
candidate |
candidacy |
-age |
result process |
drain |
drainage |
-ance -ence |
state quality |
guide exist |
guidance existence |
-ant -ent |
agent doer |
consult reside |
consultant resident |
-action |
action |
condemn |
condemnation |
-ition -ion |
state result |
abolish fuse |
abolition fusion |
-dom |
condition state domain |
wise king |
wisdom kingdom |
-ее |
one receiving action |
trust |
trustee |
-eer |
doer, worker |
engine |
engineer |
-er, -or |
doer, maker resident |
narrate London |
narrator Londoner |
-ful |
amount |
spoon |
spoonful |
-hood |
state condition |
child |
childhood |
-ism |
system |
feudal |
feudalism |
-ity |
state, quality |
valid |
validity |
-ive |
agent, doer |
detect |
detective |
-ment |
action, result |
amaze |
amazement |
-ness |
quality, state |
vivid |
vividness |
-(e)ry |
people or things as a whole |
rob dentist |
robbery dentistry |
-ship |
state condition |
member |
membership |
-ure |
result, means |
depart |
departure |