Английский язык для студентов технического вуза: Средства массовой информации. Ковалева Ю.Ю - 71 стр.

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LISTENING
7 Listen to Mary Souza, who teaches computer science in an American
college. Say which of the following uses of computers she mentions.
1 storing information so that it is convenient to use
2 determining diagnosis and planning treatment
3 processing texts
4 forecasting weather and climate
5 collecting sale data and supermarket automation
6 monitoring experiment results
7 controlling the performance of machine-tools,
assembly-lines, conveyers
8 Mary’s father disagrees with her about computers.
Listen to the tape again and give her views about the
points made by her father.
1 ‘Supermarkets make more money, but the service is worse for the customer.’
2 ‘Computers have reached the end of the line; there’s nothing left for them to
do.’
3 ‘Robots actually cost more than people which they replace’
4 ‘Books are easier to use.’
5 ‘People still print out most documents, often two or three times.’
(Olivia Johnston, Mark Farre. Ideas & Issues. Intermediate. ll. Изд. «Титул», 1998. p. 72.)
9
Express your agreement or disagreement with the arguments in
Activity 8.
VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
10 Put the words in the box below into the most suitable
category. Some words may fit into more than one category.
chemicals
solution
input
division
experiment
plant
program
subtraction
mouse
virus
liquid
root
drive
test
memory
addition
earth
acid
tube
leaf
equation
network
habitat
Mathematics Biology Computer
Science
Chemistry