Possible uses.

Казахская инженерно-техническая академия

COMPUTING

Учебно-методическое пособие по английскому языку

для студентов 2 курса дневного отделения

специальности «Информационные системы»

Астана – 2013

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Unit I. Everyday uses of computers

Many common English words have different meanings when they are used to

Talk about computers. Look at the pictures and study the words.

Use the correct forms of the words in the pictures to complete the sentences. Use

Each word twice.

Common usage

1. Could you open the window? It’s hot in here.

2. My ______ is 223 Oak Street.

3. I went to the ______ store to buy a hammer.

4. The ______ ran into its hole.

5. I’m hungry, but I don’t see anything I like on the ______.

6. Marilyn Monroe is a movie ______ from the 1950s.

7. When I was in California, I went ______ every day.

8. He accidentally ______ his car into a tree.

Computer usage

1. My computer ______. Can you fix it?

2. Plug the ______ into the keyboard.

3. He is always ______ the net for the later news.

4. Open the other web page in a new ______.

5. An ______ is a small picture on a computer screen.

6. The ______ is the machinery inside a computer.

7. First, click on an item in the ______.

8. Do you know her e-mail ______.

Match the computer terms (1-8) with their meanings (a-h).

1. surf ______ a. a list of choices

2. window ______ b. tom@ mymail.com, for example

3. hardware ______ c. a square area on a computer screen

4. icon ______ d. when a computer stops working

5. mouse ______ e. a picture symbol

6. menu ______ f. explore the Internet

7. address ______ g. move this with your hand to move

the arrow on the screen

8. crash ______ h. computer parts

Computers are everywhere nowadays. Here is the text about some of their

possible uses.

Computers can help students perform mathematical operations and solve

difficult questions. They can be used to access the Internet, teach courses such as

computer-aided design, language learning, programming, mathematics, etc.

PCs (personal computers) are also used for administrative purposes: for

example, schools use databases and word processors to keep records of students,

teachers and materials.

Race organizers and journalists rely on computers to provide them with the

current positions of riders and teams in both the particular stages of the race and in

the overall competition.

Workstations in the race buses provide the timing system and give up-to-the-

minute timing information to TV stations. In the press room several PCs give real-

time information on the state of the race. Computer databases are also used in the

drug-detecting tests for competitors.

Computers store information about the amount of money held by each client

and enable staff to access large databases and to carry out financial transactions at

high speed. They also control the automatic cash dispensers which, by the use of a

personal coded card, dispense money to clients.

Airline pilots use computers to help them control the plane. For example,

monitors display data about fuel consumption and weather conditions.

In airport control towers, computers are used to manage radar systems and

regulate air traffic.

On the ground, airlines are connected to travel agencies by computer. Travel

agents use computers to find out about the availability of flights, prices, times,

stopovers and many other details.

4a. When you read texts like these, you don’t always need to understand every

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