Vocabulary 9

universal - универсальный

to 'edit - редактировать

to 'format - форматировать

to save - сохранить

to print - печатать

key - клавиша

to de'lete - удалять

to move - перемещать

to copy - копировать

spelling checker - блок проверки орфографических ошибок

grammar checker - блок проверки грамматических ошибок

'error - ошибка

mis'take - ошибка

boldface - полужирный шрифт

i'talic - курсив

underlined - подчеркнутый

font - шрифт

symbol - символ

option - опция

1 b) Read:

Applications - microcomputer applications - most universal of all microcomputer applications; keys - specialized keys - keyboard - through the keyboard; spelling and grammar checkers - finding errors and grammatical mistakes - checkers are useful for finding errors and grammatical mistakes; many choices - offer many choices - offer many choices for formatting a text; options - options for printing your document.

2. Read and translate the text:

Word 'processing

Word processing is the most universal of all microcomputer applications. It allows you to enter text, edit it, format it, save it to disk, and print it.

Entering text is done through the keyboard. Computer keyboards have many specialized keys, which perform different functions.

You can delete, move and copy the selected part of a text as you wish. Spelling and grammar checkers are useful for finding errors and grammatical mistakes.

Word processors offer many choices for formatting a text. You can make characters boldface, italic, underlined, use different fonts, symbols and other special characters.

There are many options for printing your document. You can print any part or all of your document, and any number of copies.

3. Find the equivalents in the text:

Самый универсальный из; позволяет вам вводить текст; специальные клавиши; выбранную часть текста; выполняют различные функции; как пожелаете; полезны для нахождения ошибок; выделять символы курсивом; использовать разные шрифты; много вариантов; любую часть документа; любое количество копий.

4. Translate into English, using Vocabulary 9:

Копируйте текст. Удалите избранную часть текста. Используйте блоки проверки орфографических и грамматических ошибок. Напечатайте 5 копий. Введите текст. Форматируйте текст. Выделите буквы сначала курсивом, а затем подчеркните их. Используйте специальные символы.

5. Answer the questions:

What is the most universal of all microcomputer applications?

What does word processing allow you to do?

How can you use spelling and grammar checkers?

How can you format a text?

How many copies of your document can you print?

6. Use the model. Translate:

Существительное + -al = прилагательное.

Model: profession - профессия -professional - профессиональный

Industry - промышленность, optics - оптика, person - личность, music - музыка, politics - политика, nature - природа.

7. True or false:

Word processing allows you to enter text, edit it, format it, save it to disk, and print it.

You can't delete, move and copy the selected part of a text as you wish.

Spelling and grammar checkers are useless.

You can make characters boldface, italic, underlined.

You can't use different fonts, symbols and other special characters.