Read the sentences. Translate them paying attention to Participles I and II typed in bold. State their functions in the sentences.

1. I am a student of the department which trains specialists working with computers, computer nets and systems. 2. Computer equipment helps scientists to solve many problems dealing with collecting, processing and analyzing the data. 3. Computers can be used as teaching machines and also they provide entertainment in the form of computerized games. 4. A programmer writes instructions for a computer in a programming language such as: Basic, Pascal, C, Assembler, etc. 5. There is a computing centre and closed-circuit TV in our University. 6. Radioengineering is a wide sphere comprising: communications, navigation, radar, guidance, radiometry, electronic weapons, industrial and medical researches. DBS (direct broadcasting system), etc

Read and translate the text.

Text A

My Future Profession – a Programmer

I am a first-year student of Polotsk State University. I study at Information Technologies Faculty. It has three departments: information technologies software, computer systems and networks and computer security. I am a student of the department which trains specialists working with computers, computer nets and systems.

Computers and computer communications are very important in our life. Computer does different tasks in many fields. Industrial plants, factories use computers to control production; computers are widely used in navigation on ships, airplanes and spacecrafts. Computer equipment helps scientists to solve many problems dealing with collecting, processing and analyzing the data. Computers can be used as teaching machines and also they provide entertainment in the form of computerized games. Computer equipment is used practically in every sphere of our life, for example, science, engineering, national economy.

My future profession is a programmer. I think, my profession is very important and extremely popular now, but it is very difficult too. A programmer writes instructions for a computer in a programming language such as: Basic, Pascal, C, Assembler, etc. These instructions, which are often called programs, instruct computer what to do with the data it receives. Our graduates must have wide knowledge to work with computer.

The students of our University have all conditions to become highly-qualified specialists. First-year students study higher mathematics, informatics, computer engineering techniques, etc. Later they will get knowledge in cybernetics, programming methods, computer languages, systems, etc. Special attention will be paid to such subjects as microprocessors, software development methods, computer languages study. The knowledge of foreign languages, especially English, is very important. This language is used in different programs and utilities. To work successfully with the modern programs the students of our speciality must know English rather well.

The students get practical skills in different laboratories equipped with modern apparatus and computers. There are many computer classrooms in our University. Our University provides a standard computer education and the graduates of our department will be able to work at computing centers, different firms, research laboratories and institutes, industrial plants and enterprises. Also they can work with multichannel communication devices, computer systems, robots. They also deal with industrial, home and office automation.

We live in the age of electronics and computers, which are used almost everywhere and I think my profession has a great future.

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