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Active Vocabulary. Vocabulary Practice
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| 1.Head Buyer – 2.to adopt methods – 3.terminal – 4.to feed the information in the computer – 5.to date – | начальник отдела снабжения магазина внедрять методы терминал, вывод, конец, граница закладывать информацию в компьютер вычислять, подсчитывать |
Vocabulary Practice
Exercise 1 Change the sentences according to the model
Model: I was worth looking over the operations of the supermarket.
I was worth looking them over.
1. They picked out the new merchandise.
2. They talked over the new software.
3. The manager tried out new sales checks.
4. She filled out the payroll form.
5. They took down the statistical data.
6. She put off her work.
7. He had to look over the new program.
Exercise 2 Change the sentence according to the model
Model: The sales are numerous. I can't mention them all.
They are too numerous for me to mention.
1. This software is very expensive. The company can't buy it.
2. The results are numerous. They can't remember them all.
3. The computers are complicated. 1 can't use them.
4. Processing this data is difficult. John can't learn it.
I am tired. I can't do the billing right now.
5. I am busy. I can't go on a business trip right now.
6. The data is complicated. I can't explain it.
7. The situation is difficult. We can't overcome it at once.
Exercise 3 Read the text and put 10 questions to it
Lorrain Weller from " Modern English International" warns us. However hard the manufacturers and advertisers of personal computers try to convince1 us of friendliness of their product, it is still a fact that if you want to programme your own computer, you have to learn its language. It doesn't understand yours. This simple fact is the reason why so many home computers are underused2 It also prevents3 lots of people from buying their own computer. Rather than licking4 your hand the computer quite often bites5.
Imagine yourself having a conversation with an English person. You make one small grammar mistake, maybe you say have instead of has. It doesn't matter. The person understands your meaning and the conversation continues. This doesn't happen with a computer. If you make even the smallest mistake in its language, the conversation breaks down completely and you have to go back to the beginning. It can be very frustrating6.
In the United States, in Japan, in Britain, computer specialists are all trying to develop a computer that will understand human language.
| 1to convince – 2to underuse – 3to prevent – 4to lick – 5to bite – 6frustrating – | убеждать использовать не на полную мощность (зд.) останавливать, предотвращать лизать кусать изнурительный |