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Part II
Exercise 1. Check the transcription in the dictionary and read the words listed
below.
Nouns
equipment, project, research, expertise, competition, user, successor
Verbs
finance, clack, capitalize, threaten, switch, add
Adjectives
digital, current, heavy, peripheral, entire, previous, compatible
Exercise 2. Read and translate the collocations:
current name, fourth-rank computer producer, punch-card technology, key-punch
machine, software and hardware, high-performance supercomputer market, fast-
selling model, room-sized mainframe computer
Exercise 3. Match the antonyms.
Verbs:
1 2
1. start
2. deliver
3. dominate
4. threaten
5. introduce
a) take away
b) support
c) fail
d) finish
e) exclude
f) utilize
g) produce
Adjectives:
1 2
1. current
2. heavy
3. expensive
4. enormous
5. international
a) peripheral
b) cheap
c) obsolete
d) small
e) easy
f) domestic
g) immense
Before reading the passage "The Rise of IBM" read the italicised sentences of the
previous text, highlighting the main stages of computer development.
What facts are of interest to you?
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