Методические указания по изучению английского языка на 3 курсе заочного факультета. Якушева И.В - 9 стр.

    3. It is less time consuming to transmit diagrams from one place to another by
telefaxes,
    4. These terms and. conditions are more acceptable to us.
    5. The sellers must eliminate the defects in. the shortest possible time.

    Упр. 4. Задания к тексту.
    I. Прочтите текст и постарайтесь понять его содержание.
    II. Озаглавьте каждый из абзацев текста.
    III. Ответьте на вопросы по содержанию текста:
    a. What are telexes mostly used for?
    b. What are the working characteristics of special equipment for the transmis-
sion of messages automatically?
    c. What is the difference between any telex and telefax?
    IV. Переведите устно текст, выписав в словарь все незнакомые слова и
выражения.
    V. Переведите письменно абзац текста, в котором говорится о языке лю-
бого телекса.
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                                  Telexes and Telecopies
    Telexes are telegrams sent with the help of teleprinters (teletypes). Telexes are
mostly used for information which it is urgent for you to have or to pass. How
wide is the Telex network nowadays can bе seen just from one example: only one
Japanese company "Mitsubishi Serdzi" has got 125 teleprinters all over the world
and 60 teleprinters in Japan itself. They are all linked with the Central Computer
Exchange of the company in Tokyo by communication lines of 450000 km long
which is 11 times longer than the circumference of the Earth. In addition to stan-
dart telex equipment, there is special equipment for the transmission of messages
automatically at high speed. This equipment may be fitted to the teleprinter and
transmit messages on perforated tape at a continuous speed of 400 characters (or
66 words) a minute. The telex system provides a 24-hour service.
    Telexes should be short, exact and clear. They are often written without the
Opening Salutation, or the Complimentary Closing and without paragraphs. Very
often conjunctions, prepositions, pronouns and punctuation marks, may be omit-
ted. To mark the end of the sentence the word "stop" may be used. As a rule no
capital letters are used in telex messages.



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