Computer in Use. Маркушевская Л.П - 79 стр.

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misprint - опечатка
notification - уведомление
recipient - адресат
the point is - дело в том
COMPREHENSION CHECK
Exercise 1. Answer the following questions.
1. What does a neologism "netiquette" mean?
2. What rules are you to follow in business correspondence?
3. What are you expected to do when you receive a business letter?
4. What can you tell us about a function of automatic delivery?
5. Why are you to save the recipient's addresses in the special address book?
Exercise 2. Look at the two similar sentences. Which one is true? What makes the
second sentence false?
1. Netiquette rules are especially
strict in private correspondence.
1. Netiquette rules are especially
strict in business correspondence.
2. Attachments to your business
letters are allowed in e-
correspondence.
2. Attachments to your business
letters in e-correspondence are not
recommended.
3. While e-mailing your business
letter you needn't observe formulas
of politeness.
3. All business letters sent via e-
mail must be accompanied by a
greeting.
4. It is not recommended to send
via e-mail secret information.
4. It is safe to send via e-mail secret
information.
5. You should use either Latin or
Cyrillic font in official letters.
5. Mixing Latin and Cyrillic fonts
in official letters is allowed.
6. You shouldn't overuse the
function of your message's
automatic delivery in e-mail.
6. You may use the function of
your message's automatic delivery
in e-mail as often as you need.
LANGUAGE ACTIVITY
Exercise 1. Summarize your knowledge on the Gerund.
I. Translate the sentences into Russian. Point out the Gerunds.
1. The old companies were afraid of being removed from the market by the recently
appeared companies.
2. The great advantage of the so-called graphic computers lies in solving design
problems.
3. Having spent half an hour waiting for their home page to load some users are
gradually getting nervous.
4. On leaving school I hoped to find a job that would suit my dispositions.