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V. Look at the pictures (pic. 2 – 4). Make up 3 questions (What? How? Why?) and let your partner answer them.
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VI. You are going to read a student’s story about her future occupation. Read and say:
1) what her future profession deals with;
2) how computers are used nowadays;
3) why Ann doesn’t worry about finding a job.
С1иst of September.
MY FUTURE PROFESSION
Hi, there! Here is Ann Sokolova again. I am afraid this will be my last meeting with you because I need to pack my suitcase. I am leaving for Sochi tonight. I have passed all the exams successfully and I’m free till the
As I have already told you, I was always good in mathematics and physics. My parents bought me a computer when I was in the 10th form. Since then I knew that I would become a specialist in computer technologies – a computer engineer.
spheres of professionalбlife. No business now is possible without computers. This is especially true about automated manufacturing of products and robotics. Computer control of automated production opens new horizons for the cheap and quality production of goods. Information is now generat-
Computer industry is developing so fast, that it comprises almost all
ed, transmitted, received,Аand stored electronically through computer networks on a scale unprecedented in history, and there is every indication that the explosive rate of growth in this field will continue.
Computer engineering is a general field. It deals with both electric and electronic industries.
Electronic engineering deals with the research, design, integration, and application of circuits and devices used in the information transmission
the design of telephone systems. In designing communicationИsystems, engineers rely on various branches of advanced mathematics, such as Fourier analysis, linear systems theory, linear algebra, differential equations, and probability theory.
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Engineers work on control systems which are used extensively in automated manufacturing and in robotics.
Major developments in the field of communications and control have been the replacement of analogue systems with digital systems; fibre optics
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is now used instead of copper cables. Digital systems offer far greater immunity to electrical noise. Fibre optics is likewise immune to interference; they also have great carrying capacity, and are extremely light and inexpensive to manufacture.
Computer engineering is now the most rapidly growing field. The Сelectronics of computers is the design and manufacture of memory systems, of central processing units, and of peripheral devices. The most prospective industry now is the Very Large-Scale Integration (VLSI) and new computer architectures. The field of computer science is closely related to computer engineering; however, the task of making computers more “intelligent” (artificial intelligence), through creation of sophisticated programs or development of higher level machine languages or other means, is gen-
erally regarded as the dream of computer science.
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One current trend in computer engineering is microminiaturization. |
Engineers continue to work to fit greater and greater numbers of circuit el- |
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Another trend is towards increasing the speed of computer operations |
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So, as you see, there are a lot of employment opportunities in my |
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VIII. Find the best continuation to the following ideas.
1. Computer industry includes …
2. Computer networks allow …
3. Computer engineering deals with …
4.In designing communication systems engineers need …
5.Computer engineering and … are interrelated.
6.One of the advantages of a digital system is …
7.The growing trends in computer engineering are …
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IX. Tell the group about computer engineering using the words:
1. industry / develop / fast
2. control / production / open / horizons
3. information / through / networks
4. engineering / deal / industries С5. engineers / concern / communications
6. engineers / rely on / branches
7. communications / control / carry out / digital
8. prospective / be / integration / architectures
9. science / be related / engineering
10.иtrend / be / microminiaturization
X. Complete the chart below using the information from the text. Dis-
cuss it with your partner and make any necessary corrections. б А Д
A.Memorize the words from Ex. I and be readyИto do a dictation.
B.What associations are formed when you hear “computer engineering”? Complete the diagram without any help and be ready to discuss it in your group.
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erization is the most widespread. The trend in modern engineering offices is also towards computerization. Computers are increasingly used for solving complex problems as well as for handling, storing, and generating the enormous volume of data modern engineers must work with.
_____ Human-factors engineering seeks to establish criteria for the efficient, human-centred design of, among other and govern nuclear reactor operations.
_____ Engineers in industry work not only with machines but also with people, to determine, for example, how machines can be operated most efficiently by workers. A small change in the location of the controls of a machine or of its position with relation to other machines or equipment, or
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