Computer Engineering (English for Special Purposes). Андриенко А.С. - 52 стр.

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6) You need a computer (hardware) and a special program
(software) to be a WWW user.
7) You move from site to site by clicking on a portion of text only.
8) Every time the user wants to move somewhere on the web
he/she needs to step by step enter links and addresses.
9) Films and pictures are not available on the Internet.
10) Radio and TV-broadcasting is a future of Internet. They're not
available yet.
2. Complete the following sentences with the appropriate words:
web browser, providers, link, WWW.
1) You access the information through one interface or tool
called a ...
2) People connected to the WWW through the local ... have
access to a variety of information.
3) The user doesn't need to know where the site is, the... follows
the ...
4) In 1996 there were more than 20 million users of the ...
5) Each ... provides a graphical interface.
6) Local ... charge money for their services to access...
resources.
TEXT 2
Pre-reading task
1. Some people think that the Internet is very harmful,
especially for young people, because it carries a lot of
information about sex, drugs, violence and terrorism. Do you
think that some kind of censorship is necessary on the
WWW?
2. World famous authors and publishers say that the Internet
violates their copyright because Web-programmers put all
kinds of books, pictures, music, films and programs free on
the Internet and this reduces their sales and profits.
3. Has anyone in your group experience working on the
Internet? Ask them 1) about the difficulties they had; 2)
useful information retrieved; 3) fun they got? Why so few
people have experience working on the Internet?
4. Read the text “What Is It?” and discuss the following
questions in group:
a) To what spheres of human’s activities does the Internet
provide access to?
b) What services and resources does the Internet offer?
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instruments for its investigation and research.
Technology refers to the ways in which people use discoveries
to satisfy needs and desires, to alter the environment, to improve their
lives. Throughout human history, men and women have invented
tools, machines, materials and techniques, to make their lives easier.
Of course, when we speak of technology today, we are looking at it in
a much narrower sense. Generally, we mean industrial technology, or
the technology that began about 200 years ago with the development
of power-driven machines, growth of the factory system, and mass
production of goods that has created the basis for our modern society.
Today we often say that we live in an age of science and technology.
According to one estimate, 90 % of all the scientists who ever lived,
were alive and active in the 1970-s. This increased scientific activity
has brought new ideas, processes, and inventions in ever-growing
amount.
The scientific revolution that started in the 16th century was
the first time that science and technology began to work together.
Thus, Galileo who made revolutionary discoveries in astronomy and
physics also built an improved telescope and patented a system of
lifting water. However, it was not until the 19th century that technology
truly was based on science and inventors began to build on the work
of scientists. For example, Thomas Edison built on the early
experiments of Faraday and Henry in his invention of the first practical
system of electrical lighting. Edison carried on his investigations until
he found the carbon filament for the electric bulb in a research
laboratory. This was the first true modern technological research.
In a sense, the history of science and technology is the history
of all humankind.
TEXT 3
Pre-reading task
1. You are going to read four texts about pocket radios and
miniature computers. Divide into groups and discuss the
main idea of the texts.
2. What other types of miniature computers and radios do you
know?
3. Do you know what the word “wireless” means?
Miniature Radios and computers
Pocket Radios
The transistor's compactness and low power requirements
also brought a new day in a host of simpler devices. Radio receivers
hardly larger than a package of cigarettes were on a reality.

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