Английский язык. Методические указания. Никитина С.Я - 22 стр.

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single silicon chip. Instead of having a single operator and doing just one task at a time,
the computer could work with different people giving them different tasks simultaneously.
Innovation and expansion have continued in the computer industry, but it is hard to
tell a date of specific development which marked the end of the third generation and
beginning of the fourth generation. Advances in chip design led to further modernisation,
and ICs gave way to the microprocessor, the so-called «computer on a chip».
In the mid-1970s the personal computer revolution started, in the last few years more
and more PCs have begun to be connected to other PCs and minicomputer systems.
NOTES: 1) record keeping - ведение отчетности; 2) payroll - платежная
ведомость; 3) tedious - скучный
Ex. 1. Translate the following word combinations looking back at the text:
1) vacuum tube; 2) to move IBM into the computer age; 3) it gave IBM the leadership
in... ; 4) They were pioneering in the use of ... 5) the practice gave way to... 6) to do one
task at a time; 7) mountains of paper; 8) to overcome obstacles
Ex. 2. Find in the text English equivalents to:
1) в начале 1951 года; 2) судить слишком строго; 3) Существует единое мнение,
что... ; 4) кремний; 5) дата конкретной разработки; 6) за последние несколько лет;
7) относительно короткий срок службы; 8) внутренняя память (внутреннее
запоминающее устройство); 9) твердое состояние
Ex. 3. Translate the following synonyms from English into Russian and memorize
their meanings:
to become operational - to put into operation, to put into service, to enter the service,
to introduce;
to react - to answer, to respond;
to handle - to perform, to carry out;
to acquire - to get, to buy, to purchase;
tool - instrument;
simultaneous - at the same time
Ex. 4. Translate the following sentences paying attention to the words with the
prefix dis-:
1. Bill and I often disagree, but we’re good friends. 2. My keys have disappeared off the
table. 3. I think we’ve been disconnected. Will you ring that number again, please? 4. In
this supermarket students can buy compact discs at a 5% discount if they have special
discount cards. 5. Columbus discovered America in 1492. 6. The discovery of oil on their
land made the family rich. 7. I dislike being spoken like that.
Ex. 5. Grammar revision: PREPOSITIONS WITH -ING FORMS.
Make ten or more sentences from the table. You can use the same preposition in
more than one sentence. Translate the sentences into Russian.
Example: Are you interested in coming to Greece with us?

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