English for Specific Purposes

Electronic Engineering 83

 

 

MAP

 

ML

 

e.g.

 

SONAR

 

RADAR

 

ACC

 

ASIC

 

MP3

 

i.e.

 

DAC

 

MRI

 

DSP

 

ADC

 

etc.

 

GRAMMAR FOCUS: Contextual use of prepositions (1)

 

Learning prepositions is difficult for some native speakers of English, let alone for English as a Second Language students. Therefore, activities geared toward practicing prepositions use will be helpful for specialists in the Electronic engineering field as it enables to understand the subject matter of the professionally-oriented materials at a higher level. Furthermore, the acquisition of proper preposition enhances general sense and usage of the English language.

 

8. Fill in the blanks with the prepositions from the box. Translate the sentences into Russian, if you need help, use APPENDIX 1 (p. 118).

 

in (5)for (2)with (2)intoofoutto (3)from (2)over

 

1. Acoustical engineers are typically concerned _____ noise control.

 

2. A lot of DSP resources are needed _____ SIP Phones and IP Telephony.

 

3. Why is it important to generate own thinking tools, instead _____ using formulas describing the problem, _____ order to become a real DSP expert?

 

4. In the discretization stage, the space of signals is partitioned _____ classes and quantization is realized by replacing the signal with representative signal of the corresponding class.

 

5. Digital video signals are converted _____ analog in televisions to display colors and shades.

 

6. Digital Signal Processing is carried _____ by mathematical operations.

 

7. Apart _____ the mathematics, _____ practice DSP is mostly dealing _____ the real world.

 

8. The application of computational power to DSP provides many advantages _____ analog processing in many applications.

 

9. Electrical and electronic engineers are involved _____ developing a wide range of systems.

 

10. Do the principles of quantum mechanics apply _____ biological systems?

 

11. _____ addition to radar and other sensor systems, electrical engineering systems include communications, control, energy, information, industrial, military, and others.

 

12. The term 'biomedicine' refers _____ diagnosis and treatment based on biological research.

 

13. The signals that derive _____ electron-sample interactions reveal information about the sample.

 

14. Remote Patient Monitoring Devices allow _____ better diagnostics and treatment.

 

15. Scattering can result _____ energy loss within the optical system, reducing the efficiency.