| aerial insert (= put in) cable mains switch plug (n) socket TV |
| INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONNECTING THE DVD TO THE TV (1) __________ off your TV set. Remove the aerial cable (2)__________ from your TV set. Insert it into the ANTENNA socket at the back of the DVD recorder. Insert one end of the aerial (3)__________ into the TV socket at the back of the DVD recorder and the other end into the (4) __________ input socket at the back of the (5) __________ set. Plug a special scart cable into the scart (6) __________ at the back of the DVD recorder and the corresponding scart socket at the back of the TV set. Switch on the TV set. (7)__________ one end of the supplied mains cable into the (8) __________ socket at the back of the DVD recorder and the other end into the wall socket. |
* (“Engineering” Workshop by Lindsey White, OUP; Unit 11, pg.12, ex.9)
8. Find the mistakes in spelling of the following words and correct them. Three words are correct:
| 1. | keybord | |
| 2. | conect | |
| 3. | tihten | |
| 4. | printe | |
| 5. | losen | |
| 6. | unplug | |
| 7. | caible | |
| 8. | computer | |
| 9. | monitor | |
| 10. | mous |
9. Find the names of computer components in the following table (6 words). They may be written diagonally, horizontally or vertically:
| a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | |
| A | B | T | K | P | U | T | M | M | Q | |
| K | E | Y | B | O | A | R | D | O | W | |
| A | S | D | F | W | Z | X | G | U | E | |
| X | P | C | V | B | N | M | F | S | R | |
| S | W | R | T | G | S | C | D | E | T | |
| M | O | N | I | S | Q | A | S | H | Y | |
| L | H | M | O | N | I | T | O | R | U | |
| O | P | R | I | N | T | S | J | J | I | |
| Q | A | C | A | B | L | E | K | K | O | |
| Z | S | P | E | A | K | E | R | L | P |
10. Guess the word from its explanation:
| 1. | A place in a wall where you put a plug into in order to connect a piece of electrical equipment to an electrical supply. | |
| 2. | A small plastic object with 2 or 3 metal pins that connects a piece of electrical equipment to the main supply. | |
| 3. | To make something tight. | |
| 4. | To separate (or to remove) a piece of electrical equipment from electrical supply. | |
| 5. | To make something less tight or less firmly fixed. | |
| 6. | To remove the plug of a piece of electrical equipment from the electrical supply. | |
| 7. | To join together two or more things (ex. a video camera and a TV). | |
| 8. | A set of “buttons” that people use to manage a computer | |
| 9. | A screen that shows information from a computer. | |
| 10. | A machine that prints information from a computer on paper. |
11. Translate the following sentences into Russian. Give the idea, not a word for word translation:
| 1. | Connect the printer to the computer. |
| 2. | Loosen the screw first and then disconnect the cable. |
| 3. | You must change the plug of your TV, it’s not working. |
| 4. | Unplug the phone if the battery is full. |
| 5. | Disconnect the keyboard and clean it! |
| 6. | The central unit is working but the screen isn’t showing any picture. |
| 7. | I plugged in the radio but it’s not working. |
| 8. | Please, turn on the radio – I want to listen to the news. |
| 9. | Could you switch the light off – I’m trying to relax. |
| 10. | Something is wrong with the cable; I think you should change it to a new one. |
Check the knowledge of active vocabulary from this part with the help of “ACTIVE VOCABULARY” section.
Part II