Task 2. Writing. Write a story about your way to school. You can use the information below or you can write about your own route to school. Напиши текст о том как ты добираешься до школы. Ты можешь использовать информацию ниже или написать свой собственный вариант. (50-60 слов) Используй вопросы в своем письме. В письменном задании нужно ответить на все вопросы.
You should use these questions to help you: 1.How far is your journey to school? My home… You should: • Write two paragraphs. • Use connectors but, and, or. • Use punctuation marks correctly.
2.How do you go to school? 2.Do you go to school on your own? 4.How long does your journey take? 5.Do you like your journey to school? 6. What is the weather like when you go to school? 7. What do you do when you go to school?
Exercise 4. Remember the meaning of the terms that you will find in the text. 1. Spread sheet package - a kind of computer programs that you calculate data on sale, taxis, profits and so on. 2. Floppy disk - a disk made of plastic material upon which data are stored on magnetic tracks. 3. Compatible - it is usually said about two computers when their programs can be run on both of them. 4. Peripheral devices, or peripherals are units connected to the central processing units (CPU); they are input devices, output devices and storage devices. 5. Input is the process of transferring data or program instruction into the computer. 6. Output is the result produced by a computer. 7. Storage is the process of keeping information in a special device in computer. 8. Software may be denoted as a set of programs or instructions executed by the computer. 9. Hardware is a computer machinery and equipment. 10. Digital computer is a type of computer that uses a binary system. 11 11. Chip is a tiny piece of silicon containing a complex electronic circuits. Before reading the passage " The Rise of the Personal Computer" find in the text "The Rise of IBM" the chronological information on the models of computers produced by this company. Was the policy of IBM successful in the 1960s? THE RISE OF THE PERSONAL COMPUTER The first personal computer, the Altair, was announced in Popular Electronics in its January 1975 issue. The Altair was also the first example of new computer hardware. It caused a sensation in the computer industry: those who wanted could have their own computers to play with at home, and a mighty computer industry soon began to grow. A young computer hacker from Seattle by the name of William Gates, then a freshman at Harvard, sold the Altair developers a computer language that would run on their machine and that made it possible to program many advanced functions. Emboldened by their success with Altair, Gates and his friend founded Microsoft Corporation, which has become the world's largest person
1. The successful Olympic Games were held in Sydney in 2000.
2. Modern Aboriginal art recently has undergone a revival as Aboriginal artists have explored ways to both preserve their ancient values and share them with a wider community.
3. I have been dreaming of going to Australia since my childhood when I read books about kangaroos.
4. Canberra has been long perceived as the “fat cat” of Australian cities, a town of politicians and bureaucrats living off the hard work of their country folk.
5. Australia's art festivals attract people from all over Australia to see mainstream and drama, dance, music and visual arts.
1. The successful Olympic Games were held in Sydney in 2000.
2. Modern Aboriginal art recently has undergone a revival as Aboriginal artists have explored ways to both preserve their ancient values and share them with a wider community.
3. I have been dreaming of going to Australia since my childhood when I read books about kangaroos.
4. Canberra has been long perceived as the “fat cat” of Australian cities, a town of politicians and bureaucrats living off the hard work of their country folk.
5. Australia's art festivals attract people from all over Australia to see mainstream and drama, dance, music and visual arts.