2015-07-21
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a) Read and translate the following dialogue;
b) Memorize and dramatize the dialogue;
c) Act out a similar dialogue.
COMPUTERS
A. They say, you have bought a computer?
B. Yes, now I have got my own computer.
A. That’s fine. And what type of a computer have you got?
B. The most common type, a digital one.
A. By the way, do you know what it means "a digital computer"?
В. It goes without saying. Digital computers deal with numbers. All data – pictures, sounds, symbols, and words are translated into numbers inside the computer.
A. Yes, you are right. Digital computers are so widespread that the word "computer" almost always refers to a digital computer. But there are 3 types of computers: digital, analog, and hybrid...
B. Sorry for interrupting you. I do know about it. Analog computers work with a physical quantity, such as weight, speed, temperature. They solve problems by measuring a quantity in terms of another quantity. Do you understand it?
A. Yes, certainly, for example, they measure temperature in terms of the length of a thin line of liquid in a thermometer.
B. Good for you. And when are you going to buy a computer? You know so much about the computers.
A. You see, I haven’t got such a large amount of money.
B. Take it easy. You may use my computer.
A. Thanks a lot.
B. You are welcome.
EXERCISE 19. Act as an interpreter.
A) CONVERSATION ABOUT IBMC (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION)
Robert Brown, an American from New York, works in one of the firms of International Business Machines Corporation (IBMC). He has come on a visit to Russia, and now he is speaking with the head of one of the computer centres Sergei Volkov.
| - Мистер Браун, вы paботаете в корпорации IBM? | - Yes, I do. It is one of the world’s largest producers of electronic machines. | |
| - А какие виды электронного оборудования вы производите? | - IBM makes data processing systems, electronic computers, electric typewriters, dictation machines, etc | |
| - Мистер Браун, а как называлась ваша корпорация раньше? | - IBMC has grown out of an earlier form, the Computer-Tabulating-Recording Co (CTRC). | |
| - А когда ваша корпорация получила название IBMC? | - It adopted its present name in 1924. | |
| - Кто возглавляет IBMC? | - Thomas J. Watson was the firm’s chief executive for 42 years. IBM’s headquarters are in Armonk, New York. | |
| - В нашем компьютер ном центре есть компьютеры вашей корпорации. | - May I have a look of them? | |
| Безусловно. Всегда пожалуйста. | - Thanks a lot. |
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