Английский язык для студентов технического вуза: Средства массовой информации. Ковалева Ю.Ю - 55 стр.

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5 Look through the text again and find out if any information has been
new to you. Say what you have learnt.
6 Discuss how computers can be used in the following areas.
Work in small groups. Speak for three minutes.
Area Useful words
Industry production line, robot, computer-aided manufacturing,
machinery
Entertainment multimedia, game, music, animated image, encyclopedia
Automobile design software car, car body, design, mechanical parts,
electronic components, engine speed
Medicine medical personnel, patients, disease, database program,
records, scanner, diagnose, robot, surgery
Useful constructions:
Computers are used to …
A PC can also be used for …
Computers can help … make … control … store … keep … provide … manage …
give … perform … test … provide access to …
LISTENING
7 You will listen to four people talking about how they
use computers at work. Before you listen make a list of
professions that need computers. Compare with other
students in class. Now listen and write each speaker’s job
in the chart.
electrical engineer secretary
librarian composer
Speaker Job What they use computers for
1
2
3
4
8 Now listen again and write in the third column of the chart what each
speaker uses the computer for.
(Santiago Remacha Esteras. Infotech English for computer users. // Cambridge University Press.
1999. p. 21)