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Exercise 8.Give suitable headlines to each paragraphs
Exercise 9. Recommending a computer. A friend has asked you to recommend a computer that suits his need. He needs to be able to access the Internet, play games and work with graphics, music and video files. Write an e-mail describing its technical features and saying why you recommend it.
Give the right variant:
1. The term that means without wires
a) teleworking
b) modem
c) wireless
d) broadcasting
2.The device that allows PCs to communicate over telephone lines
a) modem
b) broadcasting
c) teleworking
d) blackberry
3. The meaning of the term cyborg
a) wireless
b) modem
c) cybernetic organism
d) broadcasting
4. Devices that deliver email and phone services to users on the move
a) teleworking
b) modem
c) blackberry
d) wireless
GLOSSARY
| ENGLISH | KAZAKH | RUSSIAN | |
| Mainframe ['mānˌfrām] | орталық процессор | центральный процессор | |
| Binary ['baɪnərɪ] | екілік | Двоичный | |
| Mouse pad [maus pæd] | тышқан төсемі | коврик для мыши | |
| Boot disc [buːt dɪsk] | жүйелік диск | системный диск | |
| Software ['sɔftwɛə] | бағдарламалық қамтамасыз ету | программное обеспечение | |
| Error detection ['erə dɪ'tekʃ(ə)n] | қателерді табу | обнаружение ошибок | |
| Buggy hardware ['bʌgɪ hɑːdwɛə] | ақаулы аппараттық жасақ | дефектное аппаратное обеспечение | |
| Data ['deɪtə] | дерекқор | Данные | |
| Wireless ['waɪələs] | сымсыз | Беспроводной | |
| Broadcasting ['brɔːdkɑːstɪŋ] | радиохабарландыру | Радиовещание |
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Read the poem with proper intonation and stress “In the name of technology” [pp.177] and learn by heart.
Read and translate the text for specific purpose “Computer graphics”, “The elements of a system of radio communication” [Part III, p. 208] and be ready for its discussion.
References:
Main literature:
1.New English file (advanced) Student’s book/Work book
Clieve Oxenden, Christina Latham – Koening. Oxford University Press, 2010
2. InfoTech English for computer users. Cambridge University Press, 2008
Additional literature:
3“Essential grammar” R.Murphy. Second edition. Advanced level. Cambridge University Press. 2009
| HAND-OUT № 124 Discipline – English as a foreign language Credit:2 Advanced levelPractical lesson Lexical theme: Field of Science and Research Grammar: Discourse markers: adverbs and adverbial expressions Associate professor L.B. Nagiyatova |
Checking the home assignment – 3 min
Give your own version of translation into Kazakh and Russian the following proverb and quatation. What others do yoy know?
Quotations
“Money spent on the brain, is never spent in vain”. – (no author)
“Formal education will make you a living. Self-education will make you a fortune”. – Jim Rohn
GRAMMAR COMMENT: Discourse markers: adverbs and adverbial expressions[1, p.145].
| Discourse markers: adverbs and adverbial expressions are used in the speech with different functions: to change the direction of conversation, to introduce an additional surprising information, to generalize idea, to return to the main topic after a digression and so on. These are: taking off, by the way, incidentally, actually, in fact, as a matter of fact, in any case, anyway, at least, as I was saying, on the whole, all in all, after all, besides, basically, obviously, I mean, in other words, otherwise, as far as, as regards, regarding, that is to say, on the one hand, on the other hand [1]. |
Exercise 1. Read and translate the sentences, paying attention to the means denoting: additions, comparison, contrast, subordination, reason and result [1].
1. Moreover, in the last years these aspects have been improved by the adaptation of a new technology: the teleoperation.
2. Additionally, the increase in the CCR due to preheating also depends on the type of mixture.
3. Neither of these models fits the data.
As mentioned in the introduction above, crystallized materials may still have desirable properties.
4. Although the potentials can be altered by adding ‘complex ants’ to the electrolyte, the range of amorphous alloys produced by electrode position remains very narrow.
5. In contrast to these straightforward cases, significant transient effects can also be found.
Exercise 2. Define the functions of discourse markers: adverbs and adverbial expressions in the following situations:
1. A. I really like your shirt. Hasn’t Harry got one just like it?
B. Talking of Harry, did he get the job he applied for?
2. A. Did you see the match last night?
B. No, I didn’t. Actually/ in fact/ as a matter of fact I don’t’ really like football.
3. As I was saying, if Mark gets the job we’ll have to reorganize the department.
4. On the whole, I think that women make better journalists than men.
5. I think we should buy them. After all, we’ll never find them anywhere cheaper than this.
Exercise 3. Listen to the text [Part III, pp. 156; 1, T.1.18 p.122 ] about a research of a Family Tree. Do you know anything about your Family tree? 
| TRUE | FALSE | ||
| Sheila has researched her family tree | |||
| Naomi’s father has researched their family tree | |||
| Naomi’s mother was a single mum | |||
| Tim knows too much extensively about his family tree | |||
| Jeremy knows a little bit about his family tree |
Exercise 4. Answer the questions on the listened text.
1. What questions are asked the speakers?
2. Who knows more about their family tree on their mother’s side?
3. Who seems to know least about it?
4. Who would like to know what pastimes one of their ancestors had?
5. What speaker thinks that one of their grandparents probably had a difficult life?
Exercise 5. Make up a short presentation of any research work (report, course paper, diploma paper) you have done earlier.
Exercise 6. Take part in dialogue answering the questions:
1. What is your field of science/research?
2. What are the current issues in your field of science/research?
3. Have new areas of research appeared in recent years?
4. What are the latest achievements in your field of science/research?
5. Will you call famous scholars in your field of science?
Exercise 7. Read the text and find other questions Albert Einstein asked in his letter [Part III, p.178; 2, pp. 8-9].