- •Prereading Discussion…………………………………………………..5
- •Prereading Discussion…………………………………………………74
- •Computer Literacy for Everyone? Topics for Essays, Oral or Written Reports
- •Text 5a Read the article & ask each other questions. Worry About Computers? Me?
- •5.1 Find the English equivalents to the following in Text 5a.
- •Feed in English, Print out in French
- •5.7 Choose the best idea for the text above.
- •Read the text & make a back translation.
- •5.13 A) Give synonyms to:
- •5.15 Ask your groupmates:
- •Read the text below & make a back translation.
- •5.12 Choose the best idea for the text above.
- •5.16 Choose the best idea for the text above.
- •5.17 A) Give synonyms to:
- •5.18 Put in the missing prepositions/conjunctions from the box.
- •5.19 A) The information of the reading passage helps you to see the structure of the main computer part.
- •A) Read the text, make a back translation.
- •5.22 Choose the best idea for the text above.
- •5.24 True or false? Add some more statements for your interlocutor.
- •5.27 Find the equivalents to the following in the dialogues above.
- •5.29 A) Translate the sentences. B) Give the Past, Future & Passive or Active forms of the modal verbs. Mind the equivalents:
- •5.30 Complete the sentences (if-, when- clauses).
- •Find the Modal Verbs & the sentences containing Conditional Mood in the dialogue above & translate them.
- •5.34 List ten modern inventions into the table given underneath, choose from the following.
- •A) Read & translate the text.
- •5.37 A) Translate the following.
- •5.39 Match the following to know more meanings of point.
- •5.40 Render the text below in English. Speak about your own experience, if any, of using computers.
- •5.42 A) Add to every Job Title the corresponding character qualities from the list & give some opposite meaning words using prefixes /suffixes, etc.
- •5.43 Imagine this box is the central part of a computer. Draw and label all the things that you can imagine might be plugged into the computer.
- •Personal Computers
- •Word power
- •Text 6a Read the article below & ask questions to each other.
- •A) Work in pairs: say if the given statements are true or false finding the necessary details in Text 6a above.
- •6.4 Give a synonym for each word/phrase (in the parentheses).
- •Supply the given answers with the proper questions.
- •6.7 Mind the meanings of the words in the boxes. Match the following with the hints underneath or translate it.
- •6.8 A) Read the following to know better mathematical expressions.
- •In Terms of Figures
- •A) Read the article and decide why the author chose the title
- •Can you suggest a better title? b) Render the article.
- •6.10 Find the English equivalents to the following Russian phrases.
- •6.14 Choose the correct word to complete each sentence. You may have to change some words slightly.
- •6.15 Choose the correct word to complete each sentence.
- •6.16 Cross out the one word that does not have the same meaning as the other three words.
- •6.17 Translate the sentences paying attention to Participle I and Participial Constructions.
- •6.18 Translate the sentences, mind the Gerund.
- •Read the text and make up a dialogue.
- •Read the text and make up a dialogue. The Storage Unit
- •6.20 А) Give Russian equivalents to the following.
- •6.21 Translate the following attributive groups.
- •Read the story & retell it in brief.
- •It is never too late to learn
- •6.32 Read & add your items. Advantages of Computers
- •Aaaa framework
- •What are the disadvantages of slow modems?
- •6.36 A) Complete the sentences to revise the Reported Speech.
- •6.37 Translate the sentences.
- •6.39 Answer the questions & ask some more on the topic.
- •Totally electronically
- •Interdependent?
- •Read the text below & make up a dialogue.
- •7.2 Find the equivalents to the following.
- •Read the next part of the text & ask each other questions on it.
- •7.6 Let’s revise comparatives.
- •7.7 A) Study the phrases containing good – better – the best.
- •7.8 Match the following sentences with the hints underneath.
- •Read the following text & make a list of the key words.
- •7.9 Find the following words and phrases in the texts above.
- •Read & make up a dialogue.
- •7.13 Ask your groupmates
- •7.14 Translate into English.
- •7.15 Find equivalents to the following
- •Get ready to speak on the topic. Choose the part according to your specialty.
- •Role-play the dialogue checking the meaning of any unfamiliar term.
- •7.20 A) Study the direction below & make up your instruction.
- •7.21 Self-checking questions.
- •7.22 Read the piece of information given below & supply your opinion.
- •8.2 Match the following.
- •Read & get ready to give advice.
- •8.4 Find the equivalents to the following in the text above.
- •Is Computing Healthy?
- •Read & get ready to give advice.
- •8.9 Render the following into English in brief.
- •A) Read & get ready to answer all the questions from the text.
- •8.11 Join the split sentences.
- •8.12 Put the proper prepositions, conjunctions & adverbs in each sentence.
- •A) Read & make a back translation.
- •Viruses
- •Read to know more on the topic.
- •8.14 Join the split sentences.
- •8.15 Answer the questions.
- •8.16 Identify the –ing & -ed (or equivalent) forms. Choose the right Russian word(s) in the brackets. Translate the sentences.
- •8.17 Identify the Infinitive functions. Choose the proper Russian word(s) in the brackets. Translate the sentences.
- •Read & discuss the problem.
- •It Is Vital for the Professionals
- •8.20 Give the main features of a) a Modern Computer Specialist;
- •Read it & make a back translation.
- •The author of the article is ( автор статьи) …
- •The article is written by (статья написана) …
- •Appendix
- •***Комментирование
- •****Выражение своего отношения к содержанию прочитанного
8.14 Join the split sentences.
1. A virus is…/can… 2. Virus Software is… 3. Many PC users fear... 4. You'll just have to do your best… 5. As long as the virus is active on the computer,… 6. The successful spread of a virus depends on… 8. Floppy disks, e-mail attachments, pirated software, shareware are… 9. Infections spread from…
13. Any application program running in the computer can also… 14. Data transmitted over communications networks can… 15. Programs and data can… 16. It is extremely difficult to determine… 17. Effective security measures are… |
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8.15 Answer the questions.
1. What is a computer virus?
2. What kind of viruses can you name?
3. What side-effects can they provide?
4. How do they act?
5. How does infection occur?
6. How do viruses escape detection?
7. What can viruses be transmitted by?
8. What are common routes for virus infiltration?
9. Why do many PC users fear viruses?
10. What damage can be caused by them?
11. Are they so dangerous?
12. What anti-virus measures can be done?
13. Can they be done by the PC user or only by a specialist?
14. What is computer security?
15.What methods can programs and data be secured by?
16. A virus is a microscopic organism often causing diseases to a living system, isn’t it?
17. So a computer can be considered a living organism too, according to the previous definition, can’t he?
8.16 Identify the –ing & -ed (or equivalent) forms. Choose the right Russian word(s) in the brackets. Translate the sentences.
1. Virus is a microscopic organism often causing (вызов, вызывая, вызвав, вызывающий, вызывать) diseases.
2. Using (использовав, используя, использующий, использование, использовать) mathematical and epidemiological models of virus replication, scientists concluded (заключить, заключенный, заключающий, заключили, заключив) that the number of PCs infected (заразить, зараженный, заражающий, заразил, заразив) is doubling (удваивающий, удвоенный, удваивать, удваиваться) every two months.
3. While all magazine publishing (публикующий, опубликовать, публичный, опубликование, опубликованный) houses and the might of the world's software companies are putting (помещение, помещающий, помещают, помещая) huge resources behind virus control and prevention, it appears that viruses are here to stay.
4. Virus software used (использовав, используя, использующая, используемая, использование, использовать) to infect a computer is buried (спрятана, прячется, прячут, спрятанная, прячет) within an existing (существовав, существуя, существующий, использование, использовать) program.
5. Once that program is executed (выполнять, выполняющая, выполнить, выполняющаяся, выполняя, выполнена), the virus code is activated (активированный, активирован, активировать, активирует, активируется).
6. Infected (заразить, заражающая, заражая, зараженная, заражение, заразив) programs copy the virus to other programs.
7. A virus must be attached (прикрепленный, прикреплять, прикреплен, прикрепляющий) to a runnable program.
8. A virus is able to keep itself from being detected (обнаруживать, обнаруживаться, быть обнаруженным, обнаружив).
9. A destructive program replicates itself throughout disk and memory, using up (истощать, истощая, истощив, истощение, истощенный, истощающий) the computers resources and eventually putting (выводя, выводящий, выведенный, после вывода, вывести из строя) the system down.
10. It may be brought (вносить, внесенный, вносящий, быть внесен, внося) into a personal computer by downloading (загрузить, загрузка, загружающий, загружая, загруженный) a corrupt public-domain program.
11. Once executed (выполненная, выполнение, выполняющая, выполняя, выполнив), the infected (заразить, зараженная, заражающая, заразила, заразив) program does its damage right away, whereas a virus keeps on destroying (разрушать, разрушая, разрушение, разрушив, разрушающий, разрушенный).