Res Rocket Surfer has not headlined a major concert, and they do not have any gold records. But they've played all over the Internet globe as the world's first cyber – band.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 396.

WEB JAM

Unit 12

Decide whether these statements are true or false.

Listen to the dialog “At the post-office”.

Retell the text “Measuring time on the Earth”.

17. Answer the following questions:

1) How many stamps did the customer want to buy?

2) How much did the customer pay for the stamps?

3) How much postage did the letter to the New York State Department of Taxation need?

4) How much did the clerk charge for the money order to the English Language Textbooks Organization?

5) What is the address of the English Language Textbooks Organization?

6) What was the total postage for all the post errands?

1) The customer sent the letter to the New York State Department of Taxation by recorded delivery.

2) The customer bought ten 25-cent stamps.

3) To make sure that the letter to the New York State Department of Taxation gets there on time, the customer filled out the form and signed it.

4) The customer also filled out the money order form.

5) The customer sent the money order by ordinary mail.

6) The money order weighted 20 ounces.

1. Прочитайте текст. Дайте відповідь на запитання після тексту.

Computer software called the Distributed Real – Time Groove Network (DRGN) lets groups of musicians jam on the Internet. It is like being in a chat room, but instead of talking, you play instruments.

Each player sends his part of the impromptu jam session live through the Internet. A musician in Germany might the start the beat by playing drums. Then someone else in England adds bass, and a person in the United States plays the melody with a lead guitar – all at once.

When you start playing, DRGN blends the music together, making it seem like everyone is playing at the same time in the same place – even if there are delays on the Internet.

DRGN was developed by Matt Moller and Canton Becker in the March 1995. “DRGN provides the opportunity for people to meet and play music together who would have never met otherwise,” Moller said. “People will be able to form global bands easily without the hassles of geographical boundaries”.

headline – заголовок

impromptu –експромтом, імпровізований

drum –барабан

to blend- змішувати

delay -затримка

otherwise -інакше

hassle - сперечання

boundary - межа

2. Дайте відповідь на запитання:

1. What was the first cyber – band?

2. What software lets groups of musicians jam on the Internet?

3. What is it like?

4. Whom and when DRGN was developed by?

5. What does DRGN provide?

6. Have you ever used software like this?

3. Виберіть вірний варіант перекладу:

1. Computer software lets groups of musicians jam on the Internet.

а) Комп'ютерне програмне забезпечення дозволяє групам музикантів збиратися в Інтернеті.

b) Комп'ютерні програми створюються музикантами, які збираються в Інтернеті.

с) Групи музикантів заполоняють Інтернет у пошуку нових комп'ютерних програм.

2. It is like being in a chat room, but instead of talking, you play instruments.

а) Це як істота у чаті, але замість розмов, ти граєш на інструментах.

b) Це схоже на перебування у чаті, але замість того щоб розмовляти, ви граєте на музичних інструментах.

с) Це бесідка, де ви можете розмовляти і грати на музичних інструментах.

3. It seems like everyone is playing at the same time in the same place – even if there are delays on the Internet.

а) Здається, що кожен грає у той самий час у тому самому місті, навіть якщо в Інтернеті є затримки.

b) Це є грою кожного одночасно у тому самому місті, навіть якщо в Інтернеті є затримки.

с) Здається, що кожен грає одночасно у тому самому місті, але затримки в Інтернеті заважають.

4. Заповніть пропуски, використовуючи наведені слова: