Computer in Use. Маркушевская Л.П - 22 стр.

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young man wherever he wanted to go. What I could not have guessed, however, was
that he would become a wizard of the Information Age: Bill Gates, tycoon of
Microsoft and America's richest man.
Notes
Dewey decimal numbering system – специальный метод, которым пользуются в
библиотеках для размещения книг на полках
focused determination – твердое намерение
overdue books – книги, не возвращенные в библиотеку вовремя
make the case for – привести доводы в пользу …
to need a challenge – нуждаться в дополнительной работе
unrelenting sleuth – неутомимый сыщик
zeal - энтузиазм
COMPEHENSION CHECK
Exercise 1. Retell the story of Bill Gates as a student of View Ridge School.
Exercise 2. Complete the story of William Gates as a tycoon of Microsoft.
LANGUAGE ACTIVITY
Exercise 1. Summarize your knowledge on the System of Tenses.
I. Translate the sentences into Russian paying attention to Tenses.
1. The American writer Isaak Asimov tells about wonderful computing machines
and schools of distant future.
2.
In 1822 Charles Babbage created the first mechanical calculator.
3. After school Gates went on studying at Harvard University.
4. The National Physical Laboratory is now conducting experiments aimed to
recognize human speech.
5. Instructions will tell the hardware what to do and will tell the user what it has
done.
6. By 1880 manufacturing technology had improved to the point that new machines
could be produced.
7. In some years IBM publication department will be fulfilling 100% translation
demands via machines.
8. For many years, universities and colleges have been looking for ways of offering
courses to students living far from classes.
9. By the beginning of the network age Microsoft Corporation had been selling
software for individual PCs.
II. Put the verbs in the brackets into the correct forms.
1. Programming already (to become) a very important branch of national economy.
For example, experts (to work) now on a computer program for agriculture.

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