| We use the Future perfect to predict actions which will be completed before a particular time in the future. It is often used with time expressions such as by 2020, before the end of the century. For example: 1. By 2010 scientists will have developed active contact lenses. We can vary the strength of our predictions using the certainty verbs studied in Unit 16 instead of will. For example: | 2. By 2030 geneticists may/might/could have created the first biologically optimised humans. We can also make predictions using It in subject position when the true subject of the prediction is a that clause. For example, 1. It's likely that computers will be used to develop other faster computers. 2. It's possible that we'll work from telework centres in future. |
Exercise 5. Change the sentences given below using Future Perfect.
Perhaps by 2020, it could be possible to have infrared distribution to each seat in all trains and planes in order to guarantee high bandwidth communication.
We can expect human: machine equivalence by about 2020.
By the year 2020, its likely that we will use multiprocessor computers systems.
In 2025 quantum computers will appear in our houses.
By around 2030, we may have the technology to directly link our brain to the ultra-smart computers that will be around then, giving us so much extra brainpower that we deserve a new name, Homo Cyberneticus.
Ordinary biological humans would eventually accept the transition and plain old
Homo Sapiens could become voluntarily extinct, perhaps as early as 2200.
Exercise 6. Match the terms in Table A with the statements in Table B.
Table A
Interface problem
Voice and language recognition
Technophobic users
Telecomms applications
Virtual environments
Encryption
Voice processing
Voice synthesis
Visualization technology
Teleworking
Cyberspace
Reverse engineering of the human brain
Intelligent agents
Biotechnology
Table B
Environments that are computer simulated
Exploring the human brain from the inside and finding out how it works
Systems and devices used to create a virtual reality environment
The industrial application of biological science techniques
Programs used for communications over long distances
The problem of communication between us and machines
Changing speech into digital signals
The combination of all data on all the computer networks throughout the world, accessed using the Internet
Computer programs that can be trained to watch, learn and start communicating
Computer programs changing speech into program commands and digital data
Working at home while communicating with your office by computer, telephone and fax
The transformation of data into coded form to make it secure
Users who have a fear or strong dislike of technology and technological devices
The generation of a human-sounding voice using electronic circuits
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Exercise 7. Choose the right variant.
1. (A, the, -) lit cigarette thrown (out of, from, off) a car (can, may, is to) start a fire in a forest.
2. The police stated that the robbers probably (enter) the bank shortly after midnight.
3. The police investigation showed the robbers were professionals as they (manage) not only to switch off the alarm system, but the security cameras (to, as well, either).
4. Chocolate not only tastes (delicious/deliriously), it is also rich (in, at, with) iron, magnesium and potassium.
5. Melinda told us she (have) a birthday party at her house the following day. She said that she (wait) for us at 6 p.m.
6. Bill said he couldn't believe what (happen) the day before.
7. Mrs Jacobs told me her daughter (revise) for her exams all day. By the end of this week she (pass) all her exams.
8. The coach threatened that he (drop) Bob from the team if he (miss) training again.
9. A pop concert was held in our city not long ago to raise money for (a, the, ) poor.
10. No one in our class is as (good) at languages as my friend. If he (not, enter) the Linguistic University it will be one of (great) disappointments in his life.
11. (Which, what) would you rather be - a lawyer or a customs officer? - I (not, decide) yet.
12. I (am used to, used to) living in the country. I think it's less expensive and much (comfortable) than to live in big cities.
13. When the satellite (launch) next time, scientists (can, be able to, have to, may) investigate the rings around (a, the, -) Saturn in more detail than ever before.
14. Despite yesterday's snowfalls, we (could, be. able to, must, might) drive home (little) than an hour.
15. Road accidents have become very common nowadays. They usually (cause) by people who drive dangerously.
16. Grandmother said that she felt very dizzy because she (forget) to take her medication that morning.
17. Soho used to be considered one of (dirty) and (dangerous) places in London, but it was cleaned up in the early 1980s. Since then it (become) a meeting place.
18. Down by the river, the old warehouses (transform) into galleries, shops and clubs; the pubs also (restore) to their original Victorian beauty.
19. Where is exactly Soho? - Between Oxford Street and (a, the, -) Charing Cross Road. Today it is one of the most bohemian (area, areas) in London as great changes (take) place here of late.
20. - What would you do if you (see) a tiger walking across Hyde Park?
- I (climb) a tree.
- That's (not, be) any use. The tiger (climb) after you.
WRITING
Use the internet to find some information about different browsers. Choose 4 the most versatile and extensible browsers and complete the table below with appropriate information:
| Browser | Internet Explorer | Browser 1 | Browser 2 | Browser 3 | Browser 4 |
| Creator | Microsoft | ||||
| Open Source/ Proprietary? | Proprietary | ||||
| Operating System(s) | Windows | ||||
| Anti Phishing | + | ||||
| Pop - up blocking | + | ||||
| RSS reader | + | ||||
| Cost | |||||
| Latest Version/ Date | |||||
| Voice Control | |||||
| Unique Features | |||||
| Strengths | |||||
| Weaknesses |
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Which of the five web browsers you listed above is your favorite, and why?
Create a timeline of release dates for each of the five browsers you selected.
Arrange them in chronological order from oldest original release date, to newest release date.
UNIT 24
JOBS IN COMPUTING
Vocabulary Bank Unit 24
Task 1. Read, write the translation and learn the basic vocabulary terms:
ability to work
agreed estimates
amending (n)
analyst
breakdown (n)
business intelligence
capabilities
challenging work
commercial environment
companys profitability
computer services engineering technician
conscientious
consultancy
cost-friendly
critical thinking
CV (curriculum vitae)
day-to-day running
developer
dot-com bust
driving demand
e-discovery support
e-solution
experience
faulty parts
highly skilled
industrious
intelligent software
job requirements
job training
PC assembly
plot
premise (n)
proficient
promotional material
realm
requirements
senior programmer
solid grasp
standard grades in
storage-area network
tactful
team leader
technical expertise
timescale
to compile a program
to earn the trust of the team
to enrol
to follow the expectations
to get along with
to handle
to integrate with
to lay things out
to migrate
to necessitate
to plop down
to shirk the task
to venture
willingness to do smth
