Данное пособие предназначено для учащихся, специализирующихся в области компьютерных технологий. Целью данного пособия являются отработка навыков чтения и понимания специального текста, усвоение терминологической лексики данной области специализации и грамматической структуры текста. Пособие написано с учетом новейших технологий компьютерной сферы на сегодняшний день. Тексты издания содержат полезную и интересную профессиональную информацию, а также знакомят с лексической, грамматической и стилистической структурой, типичными для текстов подобного рода. Книга снабжена англо-русским словарем.
This ESP text is for ICT students. It includes sections aming at mastering reading and comprehension skills, vocabulary and terminology consolidation and grammar analysis. The text mentions up-to-date ICT technlogies.
Contents: Foreword 5 Unit 1 8 Information for study. Taking computer for granted 8 Exercises 12 Vocabulary training 21 A bit of reading practice 24 Let's discuss 25 Relax a bit 25 Unit 2 29 Information for study. Computer & its components 29 Exercises 35 Vocabulary training 41 Additional information. Bill Gates about his start 45 Vocabulary peculiarities. Tom's trouble 48 Just for fun 50 Unit3 53 Information for study Brief history of computer technology 53 Exercises 58 Vocabulary training 64 A bit of reading practice. Norbert Wiener 68 Vocabulary peculiarities. A sharp turn 70 A bit of humor 74 Unit 4 78 Information for study Brief history of computer technology (2) 78 Exercises 85 Vocabulary training 91 Vocabulary peculiarities. The ball is rolling 95 Some useful information The basics of buying a personal computer system 101 A bit of reading practice. Computer and spoken word 112 Relax a bit. Scrapheap 114 Unit 5 118 Information for study Pioneers. Supercomputers. Meta Pad 118 Exercises 123 Vocabulary training 130 A bit of reading practice. The IBM PC 133 Relax a bit 137 Unit 6 142 Information for study. Software development 142 Exercises 149 Vocabulary training 159 A bit of reading practice. Piracy economic impact 164 Relax a bit 166 Unit 7 169 Information for study. Internet 169 Exercises 174 Vocabulary training 179 A bit of reading practice. The World Wide Web 182 Relax a bit 190 Final test 197 Keys to exercises 208 Acronym Practice. The Internet Chat World E-mail and Online Chat Acronyms 220 Vocabulary 229 Expressions 274 Abbreviations & Acronyms 294