Книга: Basic English
13. You … this information with anybody. It’s highly confidential. (обговорювати)
14. Drivers wishing to hire a car … over 21 and have a driving license. (бути)
15. You … to customers like that. (розмовляти)
16. You … a receipt. (мати)
17. I really … to stop smoking. (намагатися)
18. You … library books on time. (повертати)
19. Remember, you … to Pat about this. (розмовляти)
20. All drivers … insurance. (мати)
Lesson 9
1. Read and translate the text into Ukrainian
Computerizing a Database
As you have seen, you can set up a useful data base manually-and you do, whenever you create any kind of list or record or organize Information. But what happens when your collection of data gets really big? You start out with notes on a single index card. Gradually you accumulate a pile of index cards. You set up an organizational system and file the cards in a box. Before long there’s a second box, and then a third. Soon you need an index to your index cards in order to find information.
That’s where a computer and a database management system come in handy. A computer, as you know, is an ideal tool for collecting and manipulating data. A data-base management system, or DBMS, is a special program designed to enable you to manage data on a computer in a useful way. With a database management system, you can transfer the contents of your cards, notebooks, and file cabinets onto disks. Then you can use the computer to retrieve the data, organize it, update it, and even sort through it for specific information. Need an alphabetical list o all the players in your baseball card collection? A list of those players born in 1987? A list of shortstops? Tell the computer what you want. In seconds t pulls the information out of your data base and displays it on the screen.
The Advantages of Using Electronic Files
The larger and more complex your collection of data is, the more likely it is that you should set up electronic files. Sing them, you can store data more efficiently in much less space. You can retrieve information in much less time with much less trouble.
To get a better idea of the advantages of using electronic files, compare what happens when you try to find a book using a familiar data base-a library card catalogue-and a computerized data base-a computerized catalogue.
2. Translate the following words and word-combinations into Ukrainian:
Useful data base; organize Information; single index card; accumulate; management system; manipulating data; in a useful way; transfer the contents; to retrieve the data; an alphabetical list.
3. Find out which form-Present Continuous or Present Simple are correct in the following sentences:
1. Hi, Jane. Welcome to the party. (You, ever, meet) my cousin? 2. Hi, Jane. Welcome to the party. (You, visit)? 3. –(You, go out) last night? – Yes, I (go) to the cinema but I (not, enjoy) the film much. 4. –When (Mr. Clark die)? –About ten years ago. 5. They (not, invite) her to the restaurants, so she (not, go). 6. –(You, have) time to write the letter? – No, I (do). 7. –What (you, do) at the weekend? –I (not, do) anything. 8. I (see) Tom yesterday but I haven’t (see) him today.
4. Translate into English:
1. Він був репортером до того, як став письменником. 2. Вони повернулися додому пізно. Діти вже заснули. 3. Учора вона ходила до зубного лікаря. 4. Томаса не було вчора на вечірці. Він домовився із Джин піти в кіно. 5. Минулого року ми їздили до Німеччини. До цього ми ніколи там не були. 6. Джек не хотів іти в кіно, тому що він уже подивився цей фільм. 7. Вони не були голодними. Вони тільки-но пообідали. 8. Учора я бачив Енн. Я не бачив її 5 років. 9. Перепрошую, я запізнився. Моя машина зламалася по дорозі сюди.
5. R ead and translate the text and use it in your own speech:
At the Doctor’s
Patient : How do you do, doc.!
Doctor : How do you do! Take the seat, please… Well, have you got the results o your stomach test on hand?
P : Yes, I have. Here you are.
D : Ah… Well, they are not quite good, rather, they are warning.
P : What do you mean? Warning about what?