Read and remember

jack	- штепсель
coupler	- зчеп, зчіпка, з'єднувальний пристрій, зчіпна муфта

2. Listen to the text “Modems” and try to understand it.

True or false statements.

1. A modem can demodulate the analogue signal.

2. A modem is a device that allows remote computers to communicate, to transmit and receive data using telephone lines.

3. An internal modem boards can not be installed in a personal computer as standard equipment.

4. The advantage of an external direct-connected modem is that can be connected to any phone, but the transmission quality may suffer since they are not connected directly to the telephone line.

Listen to the text once again and answer the following questions.

1. What are the main two types of modem? (according to the text)

2. What type of modem is more preferable for portable PC? (according to the text)

V. Communicative skills

Ex. 1 Complete the dialogue using the following words.

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Sandra: Tony, I just moved into my new apartment, and I need to have the phone ___. I have no idea what I am doing; I have to make all these decisions about local, local long-distance, and long-distance ___.

Tony: I know - it's really complicated. In America, we have somewhere between five and ten thousand long-distance telephone companies. It's good for ___, but sometimes I think we have too much choice! It was easier before ___in the early eighties. The ___industry has become far too confusing, but at least prices have really gone down in the last twenty years.

Sandra: Why do I need to choose more than one company?

Tony: We divide telephone service into three categories: local, local long-distance, and long-distance. Your long-distance company allows you to call foreign countries, other American states, and other cities in your state. Your local long-distance company allows you to call ___ or regions just outside your city. And, of course, your local company allows you ___ within your own city.

Sandra: But they only asked me to choose a local long-distance company and a long-distance company. Don't I get to choose my local service?

Tony: In Southern California, we really don't have much choice yet when it comes to local service. It's still basically a ___.

Sandra: Is it really expensive to make local telephone calls then? How much does it cost per minute?

Tony: Actually, for most people, local calls do not have a per-minute charge. You pay your local telephone company a monthly service ___ of around ten to fifteen dollars for your local service, but then you don't have to pay per minute.

Sandra: You don't pay per minute? That's amazing! In my country, I normally have to pay a lot of money for local calls.

Tony: I rarely pay more than twenty dollars a month for local, local long-distance, and long-distance combined. It's so cheap that I had an extra telephone line ___ for my daughter.

Ex. 2 Homework. Learn by heart this dialogue. Be ready to reproduce it in class.

VI Additional task.

Ex 1. Imagine that you are proposed to write an article ‘‘Are computers and new technologies a blessing or a curse?’’. Before to start discuss a group of questions with your groupmates.

1. What kind of article would you write?

2. Who is going to read your article?

3. What paragraph plan would you follow?

4. Would you use formal or informal style? Why?

5. Would it be necessary to state your opinion in both the first and final paragraphs?

6. What phrases would you use to state your opinion?

7. What linking words/phrases would you use to: list points; add more points; introduce conflicting viewpoints?

8. Would you use examples and/ or reasons to support your view?

9. Would you use topic sentences? If yes, in which paragraphs?

10. Which techniques would you use in the first and last paragraphs to attract the readers’ attention and make them want to continue reading?

11. Which of the following arguments could you use in your article? Tick (√)

a. Computers have proved to be an efficient tool in the learning process

b. Having a mobile phone can be vey expensive.

c. Computers and new technologies are extremely valuable in one’s workplace.

d. Studying to become a doctor requires a great deal of time and money.

e. Many problems have been caused because of wide use of electronic communications in the workplace.

Ex 2. Summarize all ideas of your groupmates and present your own draft of the article (in a written form).

Unit 4

Topic: The World Wide Web

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