среда, 25 мая 2022 г.

Dear students, here is the task as a review. I. Computer-related phrasal verbs U. Translate the short message left by Maggie for her friend. Pay attention to the phrasal verbs about using computer. 1. go down / off – выключаться, отключаться, переставать работать (напр. об электронном приборе), opp. go on, be on, be turned on (включаться о приборе) 2. log in / on – зарегистрироваться, входить в систему (путём ввода идентификационной информации и пароля), syn: sign in, register, enter 3. log off / out – выходить (из системы), завершить сеанс работы, syn: sign out 4. plug in – включать в сеть, вставлять вилку в розетку 5. plug out – выключать прибор из сети, вытаскивать штепсель из розетки, syn: unplug 6. print out – распечатывать; выводить на печать 7. start up – пускать в ход, завести, зажигать, включать (свет), включать (радио, компьютер); syn: turn on, power up, boot up, switch on 8. shut down – выключить [устройство], отключить (вырубить) питание, syn: turn off, switch off 9. turn off – выключать (радио, газ, компьютер) ; гасить (свет), syn: switch off, shut down V. Match phrasal verbs in the box to the definitions. log in / on turn off log off / out print out shut down power up go down / off plug in 1. – to enter (= to type in) your identity code and a password on your computer to gain access to a global electrical network; to go onto a computer network by typing in a personal code 2. – to disconnect (an electrical appliance) 3. – to insert a plug (штепсель) into an electric outlet (= a power point) 4. – to finish using the system by typing a particular command; to go off a computer network by signing out 5. – to switch on the power to a computer system 6. – to produce a copy of a document or an image on paper. 7. – to stop operating (of an appliance) 8. – to turn off a computer

воскресенье, 22 мая 2022 г.

Dear students! Here is the listening for your indepedent work! T. Listen to Carol talking to people at work and then to her husband, Ben, later the same day. Tick the true sentences. Correct the false ones. (R.7.11.F2F.St.B.Intermed.Un.7D)
1. a) Carol has just come back from a business trip. ____ b) Simon is their German client. ____ c) They have changed the computers in the office. ____ d) A new computer expert is Ken Baxter. ____ e) Carol can’t log on* to her computer. ____ f) Ken Baxter changed the password. ____ g) Baxter went out for a meeting with a travel agent. ____ h) The computer expert will be back around 2 p.m. ____ 2. i) Carol’s son, Tim, has gone to a friend’s house. ____ j) Tim will be home after 8 pm.____ k) Carol’s husband, Ben is going to email his rezume to some companies. _____ l) Tim has changed the password on his laptop. ____ m) A new password in Tim’s laptop is “Keep going!”. _____ n) Carol and Ben are going to have a party soon. ____ o) She called Alex Ross earlier in the day. ____ p) Alex Ross is Carol’s co-worker. ____ Note: to log on* – to start using the computer system, by typing your name or identity code and a password; syn: to log in/into, to enter (the computer system or one’s account).

среда, 4 мая 2022 г.

Dear undergrads, Read the text, and underline the relative pronouns and the words they refer to. The Matrix is a cyber-thriller which captures the audience’s attention from the beginning. The movie, directed by the Wachowski brothers, has a storyline that combines action, science fiction, and special effects. The world is a virtual environment created by computers, where people are just slaves to AL machines which generate energy from human bodies. Neo is a computer hacker that looks for an answer to the question ‘What’s the Matrix?’ He discovers the truth when he meets the rebels Trinity and Morpheus. Trinity helps Neo and kills ‘agents’, who are really machines in human form. Morpheus shows Neo what the Matrix is – a reality beyond reality that controls human lives. The Matrix is protected by ‘agents’ led by Agent Smith, the character who tries to kill Neo. Neo receives strong powers and becomes ‘The One’ who will liberate humankind from the evil artificial intelligence known as the Matrix. In the end, he kills Agent Smith and saves the humans. But … does he really kill him? Find out in the next Matrix movie. N. Fill in the sentences using who, which, that, whose or where. 1. She works for a company ______ main office is in Rome. 2. They’ve invented a digital video camera ______ can be carried in the pocket of your jacket. 3. Anoto is a digital pen ________ allows you to store and transmit anything you write or draw on paper to any computer. 4. Bluetooth is a wireless technology ________ doesn’t need cables in order to send and receive information. 5. Do you know the school _______ he studies? 6. The man _______ marries Kelly is a millionaire. 7. She’ll be responsible for anything _______ goes wrong. 8. A wireless router is a device ______ allows computers to communicate via radio waves. O. In which sentences can the relative pronoun be left out? Rewrite them without who, that, or which. 1. Have you got a video camera that I can use? 2. That is the girl who lives next door. 3. That is the girl who I met at the conference. 4. The police have arrested the hacker who broke into the computers of the Pentagon. 5. That’s the film which I was talking about. 6. Have you read the report which Jack wrote last week?

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