Basic English

The United States of America

The USA is the name of the country composed of 50 states joined in a federal republic. It is one of the world's largest countries (after Russia, Canada and China). It occupies the area over 9 mln square km and has a population of about 260 mln people. Representatives of different nationalities live there. English is the official language of the country.

The flag of the USA has 13 red and white stripes-representing the original 13 states - and 50 stars - for each of the 50 states of the country in our days. The capital of the country is Washington, named after the first president of the USA. The other largest cities are New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Los Angeles.

The USA is a highly developed industrial country. Among the most important manufacturing industries are aircraft, computer techniques - hardware and software, cars, television sets, furniture. Electronic and electric engineering, transport, communication can be found almost in all large cities of the USA.

The United States is a democracy. It means that the Constitution, laws and traditions of the USA give the people the right to decide who will be the leader of the nation, who will make the laws and what the laws will be. The Constitution guarantees individual freedom to all.

6. Language work:

1) Read the sentences and report what someone says using the necessary reporting verb: order, advise, encourage, remind, persuade, promise, apologize, refuse, deny, admit.

1. `It's really a very good job for you. a) They offered her a very good job.

Will you accept it?'

2. `We'll fix your computer in two days.' b) They … to fix my computer in two days.

3. `I'll do it by all means.' c) She … to do it by all means.

4. `I'm sorry. I've been rude to you.' d) She … … … to me.

5. `I think you ought to go to the doctor.' e) She … me to go to the doctor.

6. `You shouldn't be afraid to speak English.' f) She … me to speak English.

7. `If you work hard, you will be a success.' g) She … to work hard.

8. `I won't pay anymore.' h) She … to pay me anymore.

9. `I will give you the sum of money.' i) He … to give me the money.

10. `I didn't steal the money.' j) He … … the money.

11. `I think I'm wrong.' k) He … … wrong.

12. `Your warranty is out of date. We can't l) They … to repair it free.

Repair it free.'

Lesson 15

1. Read and translate the text into Ukrainian:

Computers in Business, Industry and Agriculture

Computers have revolutionized the business world. As the cost of computer technology has decreased, more and more businesses have `gone computer'. Computers are no longer limited to factories, banks, and big corporations. Small companies, retail stores, law firms, employment agencies, supermarkets, and even many farms now use computers. In fact, according to a recent study, now four out of every five workers use a computer as part of their job.

Computers in the office.

In large and small offices alike secretaries use word-processing to write letters and reports. Managers switch on their desktop computer to help them prepare spreadsheets and graphic displays. Accountants and bookkeepers use computer power to help them manage company finances.

Computer systems are used to manage company records, to send electronic mail, and to tie into data banks. Electronic networks link computer users who are located in the same building or across the country.

Computers serve a broad range of manufacturing purposes. For example, if you were a supervisor in a large factory, you might have a computerized control system to help you keep track of continuously running machinery.

Computers are also used to monitor the temperature and pressure of production processes. For example, in a chemical plant or power-generating station, computers may be connected to regulating devices. If the temperature or pressure rises or falls too much, the computer instantly signals the regulating device. The device then makes the needed adjustment-automatically.

2. Translate the following words and word combinations into Ukrainian:

Revolutionize; computer technology; computers are no longer limited; according to a recent study; desktop computer; prepare spreadsheets; graphic displays; manage company records; electronic networks; control system.

3. Find out which form-Present Continuous or Present Simple are correct in the following sentences:

1. I (bear) in Chicago. Where (you, bear)? 2. The police (give) the information after the accident (happen). 3. I (offer) the job but I refused it. 4. The men (pay) 1.000 to do the work. 5. Mrs. Johnson is very proud of her new grandson who (bear) last week. 6. My family live in Scotland but I (educate) in France. 7. The bridge (destroy) during the flood.

4. Translate into English:

1. Ти можеш мені допомогти з французьким перекладом? - Звичайно, я допоможу тобі. 2. Ти хочеш піти зі мною за покупками, я йду до торгового центру. 3. - Ким ти хочеш стати, коли виростеш? - Космонавтом. 4. - Хто хоче стерти з дошки? - Я зроблю це. 5. Подивись на ці чорні хмари. Буде дощ. 6. Мабуть, Том прийде о шостій вечора. 7. Я гадаю, Енн сподобається подарунок, який ми їй купили.

5. Read and translate the text and use it in your own speech:

English as a means of international communication

One of the reasons why a lot of people all over the world learn English is that English has taken the positions of the world language. It means that:

-750 million people all over the world use it;

-it has become the language of the planet;

-it's the first truly global language;

-it's the main language of business, sports, science;

-it's one of the richest languages;

-there are many borrowings from English in other languages;

-three quarters of the world's mail are in English;

-English is the world's computer language.

6. Language work:

1) Translate into Ukrainian and pay attention at the infinitive used in the sentences:

1. To prolong doubt was to prolong hope.

2. To wash in icy water was awfully unpleasant.

3. To bring the experiment to an end they had to work the night through.

4. Tom opened the window to let the spring air in.

5. In order to see the performance better we will take opera glasses.

6. This Texan is difficult to understand.

7. Our house is easy to find.

8. This water isn't safe to drink.

9. He wasn't an interesting person to talk to.

10. The wanted man is believed to be living in New York.

2) Translate from Ukrainian into English using infinitive:

1. Здається, Джулія дуже зайнята сьогодні.

2. Сталося так, що у мене з собою недостатньо грошей.

3. Виявилось, ніхто не знає останніх новин.

4. Робота виявилась важчою, ніж ми очікували.

5. Здається, він втратив смак до життя.

6. Здається, Джек безробітний вже кілька місяців.

7. Виявилось, що містер Джонсон чесна людина.

8. Він точно намагатиметься уникнути розмови.

9. Дженіт, напевно, перекладе вину на когось іншого.

10. Навряд чи йому дали шанс.

Lesson 16

1. Read and translate the text into Ukrainian:

Mainframes

Mainframes are the fastest computers, and use the largest storage system. As a result, they can solve more complex problems and handle more information than can any other category of computer. Mainframes are also the largest computers. Most of them are housed in several large cabinets.

Some mainframes do a single job, such as copying and storing the information generated by a laboratory experiment. Others perform many different tasks.

Hundreds of people may be logged on a large mainframe at the same time. Such users are said to be timesharing. In this situation, the mainframe appears to be processing information for all the users every instant. However, the computer is actually switching rapidly from program to program, doing a small amount of work on one, and then hurrying to another.

The fastest mainframes are called supercomputers. These machines are used for major projects, such as the design of aircraft, the study of weather system, and the design and analysis of drug molecules. Supercomputers are few in number because they are extremely expensive. Supercomputer users-mostly scientists and engineers at large scientific installations-sometimes run programs by means of long-distance telephone networks. The fastest supercomputers are parallel computers. They are fast because they have dozens or even hundreds of microprocessors that operate at the same time. Each processor works on a separate piece of a program. Minicomputers and super minis have many of the capabilities of mainframes, but they are smaller, less expensive, and less powerful.

2. Translate the following words and word-combinations into Ukrainian:

Mainframes; the fastest computers; the largest storage system; handle more information; perform many different tasks; processing information; supercomputers; major projects; extremely expensive; parallel computers.

3. Translate into English:

1. Цей будинок збудовано в 1980 році. 2. У цій кімнаті вчора прибирали. 3. - Ти ходив на вечірку? - Ні, мене не запросили. 4. Спочатку книгу було написано французькою мовою, а потім перекладено іспанською. 5. Коли Рон був маленький, його виховували дідусь і бабуся. 6. Де було зроблено ці фотознімки. 7. Усі польоти відмінили через туман. 8. Я гадав, що наша розмова записується. 9. Я народився в Чикаго. А де народився ти? 10. Мені запропонували роботу, але я відмовився. 11. Їм заплатили за роботу 100 доларів. 12. Міст було зруйновано під час грози. 13. Скільки запитань тобі поставили під час іспиту? 14. Шлях закрили кілька днів тому. 15. Новий будинок купили за 100 тисяч доларів.

4. Translate into English:

1. - ти йдеш за покупками? - Так, я збираюся купити щось на вечерю. 2. - Алло! Можна поговорити із Джимом? - Я покличу його. 3. Не хвилюйся за лист, який ми загубили. Я впевнений, що ти знайдеш його. 4. Сьогодні ввечері я йду на вечірку. Підеш зі мною? 5. - Ви вже вирішили, куди поїдете у відпустку? - Так, ми збираємося поїхати до Англії. 6. Не хвилюйся за результати іспиту. Я впевнена, що ти його складеш. 7. Іде дощ. Не виходь, бо промокнеш.

5. Read and translate the text and use it in your own speech:

Environmental protection

Abilities and powers of man are increasing now. Technological progress allowed to use nuclear, chemical, laser, biological, and other machines and technologies instead of hand-operated and mechanical techniques. However, scientific and technological progress, as a rule, was separated from social progress. Such approach has let a man use the means negative consequences of which are globally destructive. 100 billion tons of minerals are mined annually, and more than 90% of them go in waste. Amount of oxygen, consumed by certain countries, already exceeds its manufacture by the plants of these countries. Tropical forests-main `lungs' of the Earth-is more than 40% felled. The speed of its felling is more than 20 hectares per minute. Almost one thousand of species of animals and 25 thousand species of plants are now under the threat of extinction. Recently medicine has aced the problems of worsening natural ecological conditions, chronic stresses, reduction of immunity, change of nutrition ration, and many other factors, unknown by now. Felling forests, pollution of environment by industrial waste and automobiles have already caused global warmth on the planet. Misuse of pesticides, mineral fertilizers, water pollution, impact of Chernobyl accident on the people-this is not a complete list of the factors determining dangerous changes in human organism and growth of diseases and death rate. Man is now using permissive principle and its trying to take everything from his life today. Mankind has driven itself into a dead-end… However, we still have an exit from it. The quality of man's life is impossible without solving ecological problems: preservation of genetic fund of flora and fauna, preservation of clean and productive natural environments (atmosphere, hydrosphere, soils, and forests), preservation of ozone. Only having realized that the reason of the ecological crisis which burst in the 20 century was lack of unity of Man and Nature, civilization can achieve progress.

6. Language work:

1) Translate from Ukrainian into English using the infinitive:

1. Вона не чекала, що її син повернеться так рано.

2. Вони хотіли, щоб я взяла участь у дискусії.

3. Я не можу уявити тебе одягнутою в таку сукню.

4. Ми не хочемо примушувати тебе жити тут.

5. Ви винайдете новий метод.

6. Постарайтесь примусити його пояснити, що відбувається в домі.

7. Чарльз чекав, щоб двері відчинились.

8. Ми бачили, що шторм наближається дуже швидко.

9. Я чув, хтось грав на фортепіано в сусідній кімнаті.

10. Я не можу дозволити, щоб таке сталось.

2) Finish the sentences using the infinitive and translate the sentences into English:

1. Dick is always the first (жалітися) when anything goes wrong.

2. The captain was the last person (покидати) the sinking ship.

3. Who was the last (пішов з) the building on Friday?

4. Douglas isn't the man (залякати) easily.

5. There is some packing (зробити).

6. There was nothing (видно) in the passage.

7. There is nothing (боятися).

8. I've got kids (турбуватися).

9. He had no home (піти).

10. Here is the problem for you (вирішити).

Lesson 17

1. Read and translate the text into Ukrainian:

CD-ROM

A CD-ROM is the same size, and works in the same way, as an audio compact disc. On one side of the CD-ROM are tiny pits and flat spaces that represent 0's and 1's. A laser device uses a beam of light to `read' the disc, producing bit charges. Most new PC's have a built-in CD-ROM drive to play the discs.

A standard CD-ROM can store about 650 megabytes, roughly equivalent to 325000 pages of double-spaced typewritten text. Because of their high capacity, CD-ROM's are the primary means of distributing multimedia programs. Such programs combine several forms of information-text, illustration, animation, and sound.

A kind of optical disc called the DVD appeared in 1996. A DVD is the same size as a CD-ROM but can store much more information. A DVD stores data on one or more sides. Capacities range to a total of 17 gigabytes for storage on both sides. The DVD requires a special drive, which can also play CD-ROMs.

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