Task I. Read the article Unusual fashion gets you more respect
Researchers claim that people who dress differently get more respect from others. Silvia Bellezza and two professors looked at how we view the social status and competence of people who do not dress ‘normally’. They discovered that the more strangely people dress, the more respect they get. People thought that those with ‘weirder’ fashion were more unique. Many people believe that dressing down is a sign of confidence. Ms. Bellezza said: ‘If you’re willing to deviate, there are upsides.’ Bellezza’s experiments tested how people reacted to non-standard dress. In one, people in different types of clothes shopped at expensive boutiques in Milan. One group wore casual sports clothes, while the other were dressed in expensive-looking outfits. The sales assistants thought the ones in the sportswear were the bigger spenders. In another test, students rated an unshaven professor in a T-shirt above a professor wearing a suit and tie. Bellezza says that well-known CEOs who dress down and wear jeans and sneakers may have changed how we think. In particular, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s wearing of hoodies and the late Steve Jobs’ trademark jeans, sneakers and polo neck tops.
Task 1. Answer the questions.
1. Read the title of the text. What do you think the text is about?
2. What did researchers find out about others with a "weirder" fashion?
3. What do you think of people who dress really weirdly?
4. Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
Task 2. Think of three questions on this text you would like to ask and write down them.
ИДЕТ СОЧ.
2. He bought a new mobile phone this week and all the time playing with him
3. We have not yet studied this device
4. Last Tuesday we listened to a lecture on the computer's memory
5. Why did not you answer the question of the teacher in the previous lesson?
6. I have not seen Mary this week
7. You have studied computer input device?
8. I just replaced the hard drive, is now working on the computer a pleasure
9. I have just discussed the purchase of a new computer with parents
10. I did not repeat this poem last week
11. The teacher spoke about the output device, and now I'm writing a paper on the different types of printers
12. I just installed an anti-virus program on your computer
13. You have already viewed the e-mail? I sent you a letter yesterday
14. Last Wednesday, the lesson we listened to a lecture on new applications
15. I bought a new i-background last week
16. When you're finished reading this book?
17. He did not like the lecture, he did not write for a teacher
18. You have finished the discussion? Let's continue with the lesson.
19. Did you see Anna today?
20. The teacher has not come yet, we are waiting for him.
1. Большую часть исходной информации собирают, задавая потребителям вопросы и наблюдая за их поведением.
2. This involves working (герундий) out the cost of particular business activities.
2. Это включает подсчет стоимости конкретных деловых операций.
3. Transporting (герундий) products is concerned with how goods can be physically delivered to markets.
3. При транспортировке товаров рассматривается их фактической доставки на рынки.
4. The next question of the discussion is making (герундий) a programme for the computer.
4. Следующий вопрос обсуждения - разработка программы для компьютера. 5. Of course we are limited today by computer size and especially by our understanding (герундий) of what we try to model.
5. Конечно, мы ограничены сегодня размером компьютера и особенно нашим пониманием того, что мы пытаемся смоделировать.
6. Adding numbers is the easiest process in the system of calculation. (герундий) 6. Сложение чисел является самым простым процессом в системе вычисления.
7. A new computer will be used for all types of data processing (герундий) and scientific data handling (герундий).
7. Новый компьютер будет использоваться для обработки всех типов данных и обработки научной информации.
8. Having made a great number of experiments with different devices the research group chose the best one for practical work. (причастие)
8. Сделав большое количество экспериментов с различными устройствами (После того как большое количество экспериментов с различными устройствами было проведено) , исследовательская группа выбрала лучшее для практической работы.
9. Having (герундий) more input units reduces the number of sorting passes but increases the number of computer comparisons and other operations on each pass.
9. Наличие большего количества устройств ввода сокращает количество проходов сортировки, но увеличивает число сравнительных и других операций при каждом проходе.
10. New technical developments have occurred for processing (герундий) educational data and for organizing (герундий) instructional material in the classroom.
10. Появились новые технические разработки для обработки данных, касающихся обучения и для организации учебного материала в классе.