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81.2 Англ

А 647

АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫК

БАЗОВЫЙ КУРС

Elementary (A2)

часть 2

Методические указания

Новосибирск

2009

Министерство образования и науки Российской Федерации
НОВОСИБИРСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ ТЕХНИЧЕСКИЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ

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81.2 Англ № 3666

А 647

АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫК

БАЗОВЫЙ КУРС

Elementary (A2)

часть 2

Методические указания для студентов первого курса

всех технических специальностей

Новосибирск

2009

ББК 81.432.1-923

А 647

Составители:

Е.А. Давидсон, В.Н. Афонасова, Т.В. Волошина, Т.Б. Ганичева,
В.А. Ушакова, А.Г. Чинякова

Рецензент канд. филол. наук, доц. К.В. Пиоттух


Работа выполнена на кафедре иностранных языков ТФ НГТУ


Настоящие методические указания предназначены для студентов I курса всех технических специальностей НГТУ, изучающих английский язык (уровень владения языком А2 – Elementary).

Цель указаний – развитие приобретенных ранее навыков коммуникативной деятельности в области говорения, чтения, письма и аудирования.

Методические указания включают в себя три модуля: «Компьютеризация», «Основы инженерного дела», «Устройство на работу», содержащих обширный лексико-грамматический материал.

Предтекстовые задания каждого модуля направлены на моделирование фоновых знаний и формирование навыков и умений вероятностного прогнозирования.

Послетекстовые задания направлены на выявление основных элементов содержания текста, выработку умений структурирования высказываний, коммуникативная цель которых может выглядеть как описание, повествование, рассуждение и доказательство.

Указания могут быть использованы для аудиторной и внеаудиторной работы, в зависимости от целей, поставленных преподавателем.
© Новосибирский государственный

технический университет, 2009

Module I

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Computers and Information Technology

Unit 1

Introduction to Computers

Vocabulary

replace [rɪ'pleɪs] заменять, замещать (by, with – чем/кем-л.)

replaceable [rɪ'pleɪsəbl] заменимый, замещаемый,

взаимозаменяемый

irreplaceable [̗ɪrɪ'pleɪsəbl] незаменимый

invent [ɪn'vent] изобретать, создавать, придумывать

invention [ɪn'venʃn] изобретение

high-powered [̗haɪ'paυəd] мощный, большой мощности

differ ['dɪfə] отличаться (from – от кого-л.)

perform [pə'fɔ:m] делать, выполнять (какую-либо работу)

simultaneously [̗sɪml'teɪnɪəslɪ] одновременно

disease [dɪ'zi:z] болезнь

wide-spread ['waɪdspred] широко распространенный

accountancy [ə'kaυntənsɪ] бухгалтерское дело

illiterate [ɪ'lɪtǝrət] неграмотный, необразованный

(человек)

literate (Antonym)

save беречь, экономить (время, труд, силы)

storage ['stɔ:rɪdž] сохранение, хранение

process ['prəυses] обрабатывать (информацию)

(Computers process data. – Компьютеры обрабатывают данные)

accurate ['ækjυrət] верный, правильный, точный

draw attention обращать внимание

break down [breɪk'daυn] сломаться, выйти из строя (о машинах, механизмах и т. п.)

violence ['vaɪ ələns] жестокость, насилие

threat [θret] опасность, угроза

addict ['ædɪkt] заядлый любитель, приверженец (чего-л.)

(coffee addict – человек, который жить

не может без кофе

music addict – меломан

tobacco addict – заядлый курильщик)
1.1. Answer the questions.

1. Do you often use a computer at home or at the university?

2. What do you use it for?

3. Would you say you are computer-literate (to know how to use it)?

4. Do you find most computers user-friendly (easy to use)?

5. What software programs are you familiar with?

6. Do you use e-mail? Do you think it is better than the ordinary mail? Why?

7. Do you think the Internet has an important influence on our daily lives? In what ways?
1.2. Work in pairs or small groups. How would you describe what a computer is to someone who:

• 
  knows nothing about computers?
  
• 
  knows quite enough about computers?
  

1.3. Now read the text and describe a computer using the key vocabulary in bold type.

Technically, a computer is a programmable machine. Today, however, the term is most often used to refer to the desktop and laptop computers that most people use. When referring to a desktop model, the term "computer" technically only refers to the computer itself – not the monitor, keyboard, and mouse. Still, it is acceptable to refer to everything together as the computer. If you want to be really technical, the box that holds the computer is called the "system unit".

Some of the major parts of a personal computer (or PC) include the motherboard, CPU, memory (or RAM), hard drive, and video card. While personal computers are by far the most common type of computers today, there are several other types of computers. For example, a "minicomputer" is a powerful computer that can support many users at once.
A "mainframe" (1) is a large, high-powered computer that can perform billions of calculations from multiple sources at one time. Finally, a "supercomputer" (2) is a machine that can

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process billions of instructions a second and is used to calculate extremely complex calculations.
(1) mainframe базовое вычислительное устройство; большой

компьютер; мэйнфрейм

(2) supercomputer суперкомпьютер; сверхбыстродействующая ЭВМ;

сверхбольшая ЭВМ

(http://www.sharpened.net)
1.4. Discuss in pairs or in small groups what roles of computers in our daily life are.
1.5. Read the text, compare your ideas with the information given, and write some questions as a plan to summarize this text.

(To understand the text better use the vocabulary given at the beginning
of the unit).

TEXT A

Computers in Our Life

Nowadays, we cannot imagine our life without computers and the fact is that they have become so important that nothing can replace them. They seem to be everywhere today. Since 1948 when the first real computer has been invented our life has changed so much that we can call it real digital revolution.

First computers differed from today's ones. They were so big that they occupied whole rooms or buildings being relatively slow. They were not faster than modern simple watches or calculators. Nowadays they are also used by scientist and they may also be as big as the old ones but they are millions times faster. They can perform many complex operations simultaneously and scientist practically can't do without them. Thanks to them people have an access to various information. Gathering data has never been simpler than now. They are not only used in laboratories but also in factories to control production. Sometimes computers make other computers.

But not only in science and industry computers are being used. Thanks to them modern medicine can diagnose diseases faster and more thoroughly. Also in banking system computers have become irreplaceable. Furthermore, architects, designers and engineers can't imagine their work without computers. These machines are really everywhere and we depend on them also in such fields as criminology.

Moreover, computers are wide-spread in education. Except their classic tasks such as administration and accountancy they are used in process of learning. Firstly, they store data which help students to gain information. Secondly, thanks to special teaching techniques and programs they improve ours skills of gaining knowledge. They have become so popular that not knowing how to use them means to be illiterate.

Of course there is also dark side of computer technology because every invention brings us not only benefits but also threats.

Advantages:

1. Computers save storage place. Imagine how much paper would have to be used, how many trees would have to be cut just to store information which is today on hard disks, CDs, and memory cards.

2. Computers can calculate and process information faster and more accurate than a human.

3. Computers improve our office work

4. We can communicate with whole world very fast and cheap using the Internet.

5. Computers are user-friendly. We can watch videos and listen to the music having only a PC. We can also buy a laptop which is smaller, and use it outside anywhere we want.

Disadvantages:

1. Computers are dangerous to our health. Very often parents want to have a rest and don't draw enough attention to how long their children use computer.

2. Computers sometimes break down and you can lose your data. If you have the Internet connection you have to be particularly careful and download anti-virus programs.

3. Violence and sex. The main threat to younger users of computers is the Internet pornography and bloody games.

4. Another threat is that you can be computer addict.

Computers are practically irreplaceable and we can't make without them any more. They are everywhere: at our homes, schools, at work, in our cars.

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1.6. Write a summary of the Text B by answering your questions to it.

You have

• 
  five-minute writing
  
• 
  one-minute self-editing
  

1.7. Now read the answer to the question What are roles of computers in our daily life? given by Sonia Raaz from India and p

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repare a three-minute speech on the roles of computers in YOUR daily life.

The computer is used in people's daily lives to enable people of this world to talk to each other in real time, to process data quickly. Most gasoline stations are computerized and can not even operate if the computers are down.

Almost every major business, banks, shops, fast food restaurants, etc., use computer and are unable to even operate if the computers are down. Automobiles are computerized. People also use computers in daily life to shop, bank, and pay bills from the comfort of their homes. In some cases, people can even apply for jobs online. They also provide entertainment when people play games, listen to music, chat, etc. online. In fact, computerization is so prevalent in our daily lives that should it be taken away, almost everything would shut down, at least for a short time.

(http://www.blurtit.com/)
1.8. Fill the gaps using the words from the box.

TEXT 1.

databases word processing spreadsheets word processor

A ____________ is a computer used to prepare documents or letters, or the software that is used for this purpose. Many people use their computers for ____________, e.g. writing letters and reports. A lot of business people use _____________ (= a program used to enter and arrange numbers and financial information) and ____________ (= programs which allow you to store, look at or change a large amount of information quickly and easily). Some people also use graphics (= the pictures and symbols a computer program can produce).

TEXT 2.

bug computer-literate back-up copy Internet net-work user-friendly memory e-mail virus crash

More and more people are becoming ____________ (= have experience of working with computers and know how to use them) as many programs and machines are so _________ (= easy to use). You can now connect your computer to computers all over the world using the __________ (= a system that allows computers to connect using telephone lines). People send each other _____(electronic mail) messages using this system or ____________.

If your computer is slow it may need more ________ it may ________ (= stop working) if there is not enough memory or if it has a ______ (= a software problem; also a _________). Make sure you make a ________ of your work (= an extra copy on a disk).
1.9. Match the computer terms on the left with the definitions on the right.

1) personal computer/PC/desktop computer 2) keyboard 3) laptop (computer) 4) palmtop (computer) 5) hardware 6) software 7) hard disk 8) disk drive 9) modem 10) scanner 11) RAM (random access memory) 12) spreadsheet (program) 13) computer graphics 14) word processing 15) virus 16) system unit

a) hidden instructions in a program designed to destroy information b) a piece of equipment for typing and giving commands to the computer c) the memory available on a computer to store and use information temporarily, usually measured in megabytes d) a lightweight portable computer that usually fits a briefcase e) a computer small enough to fit in your hand f) an apparatus that allows information to be read from a disk or stored g) machine for transferring pictures and texts into a computer h) a program or the grid you create with it to perform mathematical operations i) pictures, images, and symbols that you can form on a computer j) writing and storing printed text on a computer k) a piece of equipment that sends information from one computer along telephone lines to another computer l) a computer that fits on a desk, used by individuals at work or at home m) computer equipment or machinery n) a case and its contents o) a device inside a computer that stores large amounts of information p) programs that you put into a computer to make it run

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1.10. Try to give definitions to the computer terms below following the definition formula:

An A is a B that C

Example:

A toolbar is a bar that contains buttons for the most commonly-used commands in a computer.

A=the word we want to define

B=the general group or class that includes A

C=the characteristic(s) that make(s) A different from other examples of B

1. a file

2. a bus

3. a worm

4. a spam

5. a server

Check your definitions in the Internet using any search engine.
1.11. Add another word, abbreviation, or part of a word to complete common “computer” words and phrases.

1. soft____

2. a word ______.

3. ______-friendly

4. ______-literate

5. key_____

6. lap_____

7. system _____

8. search ______

9. tool_____

10. ____sheet
1.12. Work in pairs or small groups. Discuss and cross out a word/phrase in each box that is not usually used when talking about computers.

a) b)

	a new password			a hard copy
create	a new document		print out	a soft copy
	a new printer			a document

c) d)

	a file			a chatroom
attach	an e-mail		visit	a website
	a document			a document

e) f)

	a file			your software
download	a software		upgrade	your hardware
	a hardware			the menu

g) h)

	a key word			an icon
type in	the keyboard		click on	a hyperlink
	the password			a bug

i) j)

save			open
cut and paste	text		delete	an e-mail
surf			post

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