Моя специальность. Халюшева Г.Р. - 23 стр.

       It was only about a year ago, however, that he decided to get serious about
computing. He went to night school to learn how to write business programs, and did
a correspondence course with an American college.
       He got in touch with a computer seller, Eltec, who were so impressed they
gave him computers and software worth more than £3,000. In return, he has to send
them a monthly report saying what he has done and what his plans are. He helps
companies by suggesting what computers they should buy, and by writing individual
programs for them.
       He can work more quickly than many older professionals. In one case, he went
to a company where a professional programmer worked for six months and couldn’t
find the problem. David finished the job in five days.
       It is because of work of this standard that in the short period he has been in
business David has made about £9,000. With it he has bought more equipment.
       How did he do it? “You have to be ambitious, and you have to really want to
get to the top. Believe in yourself, and tell yourself that you are the best.”

      4.4 Answer the questions

      1)    What is special about David?
      2)    How did he become interested in computers?
      3)    Was it easy to learn? What did he have to do?
      4)    What does he have to do in his job?
      5)    Why is he successful?
      6)    What advice does he give to others?

      4.5 Here are the answers to some questions. Work out the questions

      1)    Nine thousand pounds.
      2)    A ZX-90.
      3)    Because he wanted to buy an Amstrad computer.
      4)    By suggesting which computers they should buy, and by writing
programs for them.
      5)    More equipment.

       4.6 Here is another story of a teenage genius. Read it without using a
dictionary. Compare the two teenagers

      Jaya Rajah is fourteen, but he doesn’t go to school. He studies medicine at
New York University in a class of twenty-year-olds. Jaya was born in Madras in
India but now lives in a house in New York with his mother, father and brother.
They can all speak English fluently. His father is a doctor.
      Jaya was different from a very young age. He could count before he could
say “Mummy” or “Daddy”. He could answer questions on calculus when he was
five and do algebra when he was eight. Now he studies from 8.15 to 4.00 every
day at the university. Then he studies at home with his father from 6.30 to 10.00
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