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Ex.1. Discuss with your groupmates the Pros and Cons of virtual pocket money.
Ex.2. Speak about the role of E-commerce in a contemporary world.
Ex.3. Visit a store that specializes in computer software. Make a list of all the major areas of a business for which programs are available.
Ex.4. Discuss with your groupmates which of these things will change a lot in future, and how:
s communications
s E-commerce
s online services
Ex.5. Familiarize yourself with the following idioms, consult your dictionary and translate the sentences into Ukrainian. Think of situations where you could use them.
1. You have to take what he says with a grain of salt because he doesn’t always tell the truth.
2. Both toy companies are doing well; their sales are neck and neck.
3. She is up to her neck in financial problems.
4. He found his new job through the old boy network.
5. She is a very active manager and has a finger in every pie.
Ex.6. Comment on the proverb:
“Everybody’s business is nobody’s business.”
TEST 8 (UNIT VIII)
Choose the word or word combination to match the definition.
1. A device or program that enables data to be transmitted over the telephone line.
| a) keyboard | b) modem | c) hard disk |
2. A device that is used for copying a picture or document into a computer.
| a) scatter | b) scan | c) scanner |
3. A small device for controlling computer functions.
| a) mousse | b) mouse | c) mover |
4. A piece of equipment used for printing documents you have created on a computer.
| a) disk drive | b) monitor | c) printer |
5. A computer networking link restricted to a specific group of users.
| a) Internet | b) Intranet | c) WWW |
6. A place on the Internet where information is available about a particular subject, organization, etc.
| a) website | b) web cast | c) web traffic |
7. A computer program that allows you to look at and search through information on the Internet.
| a) bruiser | b) browser | c) brunch |
8. An address on the Internet.
| a) household name | b) domain name | c) good name |
9. A system for sending messages from one computer to another.
| a) mailbox | b) mail carrier | c) e-mail |
10. A business that supplies goods or services to a purchaser.
| a) shipper | b) supplier | c) producer |
11. The user name (in e-mail address).
| a) identification | b) identity | c) identifier |
12. A type of television service that broadcasts its programs by cable, giving its customers access to more channels.
| a) cable TV | b) satellite TV | c) televisual |
13. Buying and selling goods on the Internet.
| a) e-mail | b) e-commerce | c) trade |
14. To start using a computer system, for example by typing a particular word.
| a) delete | b) call up | c) log on |
15. To move information to your computer from a computer system or the Internet.
| a) to downshift | b) to download | c) to downsize |
16. To look for information on a computer, especially on the Internet.
| a) to wipe | b) to attach | c) to browse |
17. To make a computer do something by pressing a button on the mouse.
| a) to edit | b) to click | c) to insert |
18. A computer fanatic, often someone who illegally enters computer systems.
| a) hacker | b) hackney | c) hacksaw |
19. A minor fault in a computer system or in a computer program.
| a) bulge | b) bugle | c) bug |
20. The programs used by computers for doing particular jobs.
| a) hardware | b) software | c) softwood |
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