Exercise 2. Change the sentence according to the model

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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. I can't use them.

4. Processing this data is difficult. John can't learn it.

5.1 am tired. I can't do the billing right now.

6.1 am busy. I can't go on a business trip right now.

7. The data is complicated. I can't explain it.

8. 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 Into. national" warns ass However hard the manufacturer and advertisers of personal computers try to convince 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 underused ' It also prevents lots of people from buying their own computer. Rather than licking your hand the computer quite often bites.

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 frustrating.

In the United States, in Japan, in Britain, computer specialist are all trying to develop a computer that will under-stand human language.

¹to convince убеждать

²to underuse использовать не на полную мощность

³to prevent (зд,)останавливать, предотвращать

⁴to lick лизать

⁵to bite кусать

⁶frustrating изнурительный

Exercise 4. Translate into England

1.Некоторые компании не производят и не продают компъюторы, а сдают их в прокат.

2.Программист закладывает данные в компьютер.

3.В бизнесе компьютер используется для обработки данных.

4.Программное обеспечение очень дорого.