Text Study

I. Pre-reading Exercises

1. Repeat the words in chorus:

A keyboard, to coordinate, numerical, advanced, design representation, interface, to simplify, to require, double-click, to issue, application, quality.

2. While reading the text you will come across a number of international words. Try to guess what Ukrainian words they remind of you:

A manipulator, popular, indicators, graphics, representation, display, to control, the cursor, orientation, to press, commands, vertical, horizontal, manuscript, special, photos.

3. Pay attention to some grammatical points:

1) There are several devices used for inputting information into the computer. 2) It enables inputting numerical and text data. 3) Later when the more advanced graphics became to develop, user found that a keyboard did not provide the design capabilities of graphics and text representation on the display. 4) There appeared manipulators, a mouse and a track ball. 5) The mouse provides the cursor control thus simplifying user's orientation on the display. 6) The mouse's primary functions are to help the user draw, point and select images on his computer display by moving the mouse across the screen. 6) When you move the mouse across a flat surface, the ball located on the bottom side of the mouse turns two rollers. 7) The quality of graphical plotting tables is characterized by permitting capacity. 8) Digital video cameras have been spread recently.