Health and Medicine

Computers help monitor the extremely ill in the intensive care unit and provide cross-sectional views of the body. This eliminates the need for hired nurses to watch the patient twenty-four hours a day. Doctors use computers to assist them in diagnosing certain diseases of the sort. This type of computer is called the Expert System, which is basically a collection of accumulated expertise in a specific area of field.

Arts and Entertainment

Video games are one of the most popular applications of personal computers. Personal computers can display millions of colors, can produce images far clearer than those of a television set, and can be connected to various musical instruments. Painting programs enable artists to create realistic images and animated displays easily. Special programs allow photographers and filmmakers to transform photographic images into any size and shape they can imagine. Musicians can use computers to create multiple-voice compositions and to play back music with hundreds of variations.

At Home

People having a computer in the home justifies the fact that it is not only useful and efficient, but it is also referred as a learning system. Personal computers are being used for innumerous tasks nowadays, for example, to keep records, write letters and memos, prepare budgets, produce presentations, draw pictures, publish newsletters and connect with other in the rest of the earth.

Exercise 9. Identify the sector of the society where a computer is used as described by each of the statement given below.

1. You use the Internet to get the information about Newton.

2. Computers are used in making cars.

3. You can play games using a computer in the comfort of your room.

4. Salespersons use computers to market their company’s products.

5. Computers are used by the Bureau of Internet revenue to keep a record of the people’s income tax return.

6. Computers are used to stimulate a cell division.

7. Computers are used to control a robot for making the parts of a car.

8. You use computers to watch a movie in your living room.

9. Teachers use computers for computer-aided instruction.

10. Computers are used to make charts and graphs as a result of experiment.

Exercise 10. Answer the following questions to the text.

1. Where can computers be used?

2. How are computers used for communication?

3. What do local-area networks (LANs) link?

4. What do journalists and writers use to write books and articles?

5. How do scientists and researches use computers?

6. What does a simulation help do?

7. Why do chemists use computer simulation?

8. How are computers used in industry?

9. What types of computers do government agencies use?

10. What does the federal government use computers for?

11. How are computers used in education?

12. How can computers be used for music, filmmaking and other arts?

13. What are computers used in medicine for?

14. How do you use computers for your personal needs?

Grammar. Present Simple/ Present Continuous.

Exercise 11. Complete the sentences by using the verbs in brackets in the Present Simple or Present Continuous.

1. Shhh. The baby (sleep)…. The baby (sleep) … for ten hours every night. 2. Right now I’m in a class. I (sit) … at my desk. I usually (sit) … at the same desk in class every day. 3. Ali (speak) … Arabic. Arabic is his native language, but right now he (speak) … English. 4. Our teacher (stand, not) … up right now. She (sit) … on the corner of the desk. 5. It’s 6:00 p.m. Mary is at home. She (eat) … dinner. She always (eat) …dinner with her family around six o’clock. 6. It (rain, not) … right now. The sun (shine) …, and the sky (be) … blue. 7. (Rain, it) … a lot in southern California? 8. Look out the window. (Rain, it) …? Should I take my umbrella? 9. It’s 7:30 a.m. and the Wilsons are in their kitchen. Mrs. Wilson (sit) … at the breakfast table. She (read) … the morning paper. She (read) … newspaper every morning. Mr. Wilson (pour) … a cup of coffee. He (drink) … two cups of coffee every morning before he (go) … to work. There is a cartoon on TV, but the children (watch, not) … it. They (play) … with their toys instead. They usually (watch) … cartoons in the morning, but this morning they (pay, not) … any attention to the TV. Mr. And Mrs. Wilson (watch, not) … the TV either. They (like, not) … to watch cartoons. 10. Alice (take, not) … the bus to school every day. She usually (walk) … instead. (Take, you) … the bus to get to school every day, or (walk, you) …? 11. Right now Yoko (read) … an article in the newspaper, but she (understand, not) … it. Some of the vocabulary (be) … too difficult for her. 12. I (need) … to call my parents today and tell them about my new apartment. They can’t call me because they (know, not) … my new telephone number.

Exercise 12. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple or Presenrt Continuous.

1. What … (you/drink)? It looks awful. 2. You … (constantly/ panic), aren’t you? Calm down! 3. Hot air … (rise). 4. The coach … (leave) at 6 this evening. 5. It’s not right, you … (know) – I … (agree). 6. You can’t believe a word he says. He always … (lie). 7. She always … (get up) early. 8. He always … (upset) people by asking personal questions. 9. Young people … (become) more and more politically aware nowadays.10. It … (get) colder and colder day by day. 11. We … (hope) you … (enjoy) this marvelous weather as much as we are. We … (sunbathe) and … (go) swimming evey day. 12. The house is in mess now because we’ve got the workmen in. The plumber … (put) in a new bath, the electricians … (rewire) the system, and the carpenter … (build) us some new bookshelves.

Exercise 13. A) Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple or Presenrt Continuous.

Ted: Hallo, Dad, I am in Birmingham. It … (pour) with rain, and I … (not/ have got) any money.

Bob: What you … (want) me to do about it?

Ted: Could you come and pick me up?

Bob: Ted, you always … (ask) me to do this! I … (get) tired of it.

Ted: Please, Dad. I’m tired and hungry. My evening classes … (start) at 7.00 and I have to be there on time. Can’t Mum come and get me?

Bob: The Smiths … (visit) us tonight and she is busy in the kitchen. She … (bake) a cake at the moment.

Ted: Please, Dad. I … (ask) you to do this for me one last time. The success of my presentation tonight … (depend) on you.

Bob: OK. I’ll be there in half an hour. But this is the last time. I … (mean) it!

Exercise 14. State Verbs. Fill in the gaps with the Present Simple or Present Continuous.

1. A: I … (think) about visiting Jane this afternoon.

B: I wouldn’t bother. I … (think) she’s away on holiday.

2. A: Mr Jones … (have) a telephone message from his wife.

B: Can it wait? He … (have) a business meeting and I don’t want to disturb him.

3. A: The police still … (look) for fingerprints left in the room.

B: It … (look) as if they won’t find the criminal.

4. A: I … (see) my boss about a pay rise this afternoon.

B: I … (see). That’s why you’re wearing a suit and a tie.

5. A: How much your new baby … (weigh)?

B: I don’t know yet. The nurse … (weigh) him at the moment.

6. A: Why you … (taste) the soup? Is there anything wrong with it?

B: Yes, it … (taste) too sweet. I think I’ve used sugar instead of salt.

Writing

Exercise 15. Translate the sentences into English.

1. Пілоти зазвичай використовують комп’ютери для керування літаком. 2. Зараз монітор комп’ютера показує дані про витрату палива. 3. Комп’ютери завжди контролюють роботу банкоматів, які видають гроші клієнтам. 4. Значення комп’ютерів у житті сучасної людини зростає з кожним днем. 5. Цей смартфон має доступ до Інтернету, ігри, а також об’єднує у собі МР3-плейєр, систему GPS та персональний цифровий секретар. 6. Комп’ютери допомагають агентам з продажу туристичних послуг дізнаватися про наявність рейсів, надають інформацію про ціни на квитки та інші дані. 7. Комп’ютери допомагають людям усього світу спілкуватися. 8. Вчені та дослідники збирають, зберігають та аналізують дані за допомогою комп’ютерів. 9. Використання комп’ютерного моделювання допомагає вченим перевіряти свої теорії. 10. Автоматизоване проектування допомагає інженерам і архітекторам створювати просторову модель на екрані комп’ютера.

Exercise 16. Write a brief composition on one of the following topics.

1. How do you use computers in your study and in your free time?

2. How do you think computers will be used in the future?

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