Englishforspecialpurposes
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 709.
Unit 1
Ex.10.Find the words you can delete and/or change to use –ing.
Ex.9. Read the sentences and define the subordinate clauses in them.
The building which you can see over there is very old. 2. If we cool the body, its physical properties change. 3. The device which is on your right processes the information. 4. During the reaction , the students can observe the changes which take place in the properties of the substance. 5. When the car starts, fasten your seat belts. 6. Do you know what happens to a person who steals at the supermarket? 7. Watch that man and you can see that he knows the way out. 8. After the students finish their classes they leave their books in their personal cases.
1.The plane which is flying overhead is travelling north.
2.The candidates who are sitting for this examination are all graduates.
3.The woman who is waiting to see you has applied for a job here.
4.What can you do about a dog which is barking all night?
5.Trains which leave from this station take an hour to get to London.
6.Customers who complain about the service should see the manager.
7.There`s a pension scheme for people who work for this company.
8.Passangers who travel on planes shouldn`t smoke.
9.There`s a crime prevention for people who are living in the neighbourhood.
10.There`s someone who is knocking at the door.
Ex 3Translate the following definitions and memorize the terms:
| ComputerEngineering | |||
| hardware(n) - | the machines, wiring and other physical components of a computer | ||
| or other electronic system: processing hardware, storage | |||
| hardware; | |||
| integratedcircuit(n) - | an electronic circuit formed on a small piece of semiconducting | ||
| material: circuit board, circuit diagram, printed circuit (board); | |||
| computer(n) - | an electronic device (machine) which is used for storing data, | ||
| organizing and finding words, numbers and pictures, for doing | |||
| calculations and for controlling other machines; | |||
| centralprocessingunit(n) - | the part of a computer in which operations are controlled and | ||
| executed; | |||
| inputdevice(n) - | a piece of computer equipment such as a keyboard which enables | ||
| you to put information into a computer; | |||
| memory-storagedevice(n) - | the part of a computer in which data or program instructions can | ||
| bestoredforretrieval; | |||
| bus(n) - | a distinct set of conductors carrying data and control signals within | ||
| a computer system, to which pieces of equipment may be | |||
| connectedinparallel; | |||
| mainframe(n) - | a large high-speed computer, especially one supporting numerous | ||
| workstationsorperipherals; | |||
| software(n) - | the collection of computer programs and related data that provide | ||
| the instructions telling a computer what to do: system software, | |||
| applicationsoftware; | |||
| operatingsystem(n) - | the system software that allows all the hardware and software | ||
| components to work together. It consists of a set of programs that | |||
| manages all the computer's resources, including the data in main | |||
| memory and in auxiliary storage. | |||
| chassis(n) - | the frame, base of a device, equipment or a vehicle onto which the | ||
| metalcoveringisfixed; | |||
| semiconductor(n) - | a material, such as silicon, which allows electricity to move through | ||
| it more easily when its temperature increases, or an electronic | |||
| device made from this material; | |||
| digitization(n) - | the process of putting information into digital form, usually so that | ||
| it can be processed by a digital computer. |
Аппаратные средства– комплектующие, провода и прочие физические составляющие компьютера или других электронных систем: аппаратная обработка, оборудование для хранения данных.
Интегральная схема– электронная схема, сделанная из небольшого куска полупроводникового материала: плата, схема, печатная плата.
Компьютер– электронное устройство (машина), предназначенное для хранения, организации, обработки и хранения данных – слов, чисел, картинок, а также, для совершения расчётов и управления другими компьютерами.
Центральный процессор– составляющая компьютера, в которой выполняются операции и производится контроль за их выполнением.
Устройство ввода–часть компьютерной периферии, такая как клавиатура, которая позволяет вводить данные в компьютер.
Устройство хранения данных– часть компьютера, в которой данные или программные инструкции хранятся для дальнейшего поиска и извлечения.
Шина– определённый набор проводников, передающих данные и управляющие сигналы внутри компьютерной системы, к которой часть оборудования может быть присоединена параллельно.
Мэйнфрейм – большой высокоскоростной компьютер, в одиночку способный обслужить несколько рабочих станций или периферийных устройств.
Программное обеспечение– набор компьютерных программ и соответствующих данных, выполняющих инструкции, говорящие компьютеру что сделать: системное по, прикладное по.
Операционная система– системное по, позволяющее аппаратуре и прикладным программам работать вместе. Состоит из набора программ, управляющих всеми ресурсами компьютера, включая данные в главной и вспомогательной памяти.
Шасси – рама, основание устройства, аппаратуры или движка, на которое наносится металлическое покрытие.
Полупроводник – материал, такой как силикон, которой позволяет электричеству проходить через него тем легче, чем выше его температура, или электронное устройство, сделанное из этого устройства.
Оцифровка – процесс перевода информации в цифровую форму, что обычно производится цифровым компьютером.
Ex 4Match the following words with their synonyms (A, B) and the Russian equivalents (C, D):
| A | B |
| 1 technology | 7 systemunit |
| 2 data | 4 monitor |
| 3 software | 8 exchangeinformation |
| 4 screen | 6 facility |
| 5 mainmemory | 1 waystoperformtasks |
| 6 chassis | 5 RAM |
| 7 device | 3 programsanddata |
| 8 communicate | 2 information |
| C | D |
| 1 inputdevice | 8 встроенный |
| 2 application | 7 аппаратное обеспечение |
| 3 keyboard | 6 доступ |
| 4 digitization | 4 оцифровка |
| 5 outputdevice | 1 устройство ввода |
| 6 access | 3 клавиатура |
| 7 hardware | 5 устройство вывода |
| 8 embedded | 2 приложение |
Ex 5Match a verb in A with a noun in B:
| A | B |
| 1 connect | 6 thenet |
| 2 perform | 5 a button |
| 3 store | 8 thesystem |
| 4 transmit | 3 data |
| 5 push | 4 signals |
| 6 surf | 7 theexpenses |
| 7 calculate | 2 specifictasks |
| 8 computerize | 1 twocomputerstogether |
Ex 8Underline the correct form of the verb and translate the sentences.
1. When one computer system is set up to communicate with another computer system, connectivity becomes an important system element.
2. People are the most important component of the computer system: they create the computer software instructions and respond to the procedures that those instructions present.
3. Computer is usedto convert data into information and to store information in the digital form.
4. Nowadays computer development rapidly progresses at both the high and the low ends of the computing spectrum.
5. Researchers are currently developing microchips called digital signal processors (DSPs).
6. Data is fed into the computer's memory.
7. The main memory holds the instructions and data whichare processed by the CPU.
8. Peripherals include storage devices and input/output devices.
9. Disk drives are usedto read and write data on disks.
10. Input devices enable data to go into the computer's memory.
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