BY
· Agent.............................................. In this factory bicycles are made by robots.
· How/through the means of............ by plane/bus/train
FOR
· Length of time................................ for two weeks
· Purpose........................................... I came here for my studies.
.................................................... This is the best medication for a cold.
· Recipient......................................... I brought a present for my friend.
OF
· Belonging to.................................... the mother of the child
· Being part of................................... the lid of the saucepan
· Coming from a background.......... of Italian descent
· Showing........................................... a map of India
· Concerning..................................... talk/dream/think of doing something
WITH
· Accompanying................................ She brought her children with her.
· Having............................................. He wore a shirt with a button-down collar
· By means of/usin g.......................... He tied it up with a piece of cloth.
Exercise 20. Fill the prepositions in.
1. She improved her vocabulary _______ using a monolingual dictionary.
2. Do you take medicine _______ your cold?
3. There was a picture ________ her boyfriend on the desk.
4. His family is ________ Japanese origin.
5. I spoke with him _______ the telephone.
6. He contacted me _______ telephone.
7. I came to see you _______some advice.
8. She wore a sweater ________ ¾ length sleeves.
9. She wiped the table ________ paper towel.
10. His name was ______ the list of candidates.
11. His articles ______ computer technology have appeared _______ many journals.
12. There is a message ______ you from the office.
13. You can make this soup better _______ adding some cream to it.
14. I feel sorry _____ you and _____ what happened.
15. I dream _____ marrying Bill _____ one day.
16. I dreamed ______ Bill _____ last night.
17. Butter is made ______ cream, and shoes are made _____ leather.
18. He is married ______ a lawyer.
19. We discussed _____ the problem.
20. I have not seen my friend ____ 6 months. ______ July she has been travelling _____ a station wagon _____ Canada ____Newfoundland ____British Colombia.
Unfortunately, her car broke _____ somewhere ______ Toronto and Winnipeg, so she had to return ____ train. She has been _____ the train ______ Tuesday.
Exercise 21. Fill in the gaps with in, at or on.
1. I have to be...at... the airport two hours before my flight leaves.
2. I went to visit Joanne, but she wasn't … home.
3. There were so many dishes … the menu; I couldn't decide what to have.
4. I'd love to stay … a beautiful hotel near the sea.
5. Jason is … hospital with a broken leg.
6. The weather … Ireland is often cold and wet.
7. She waited … the platform to see the train come in.
8. It must be wonderful to live … an island, surrounded by water.
9. What did you learn … school today?
10. Suzy is the girl sitting … my left.
Exercise 22. Underline the correct preposition.
1. The children climbed under/over the wall to escape from the angry gardener.
2. She walked quickly past/along the shops without looking in the windows.
3. The current is very strong. It would be dangerous to swim through/across this river.
4. She got dressed quickly and ran up/down the stairs to the kitchen.
5. Fiona is going to come to the party by/in her car.
6. I saw a man walking from/towards me smiling, but I didn't recognize him.
7. We tried to push our way through/towards the crowds to see our favorite singer.
8. There was no way to cross the lake, so we had to walk through/round it.
9. The boy got over/out of bed and went to the window.
10. I put the bags onto/into the table, then I put the shopping away.
11. You will see the post office on your right when you go through/round the corner.
12. She looked along/into her crystal ball and told the girl her fortune.
WRITING/SPEAKING
Think about advantages and disadvantages of using a desktop computer, a laptop and a palm computer. Compare them.
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UNIT 5
OPERATING SYSTEM
Vocabulary Bank Unit 5
Task 1. Read, write the translation and learn the basic vocabulary terms:
1. abbreviation
2. accommodation
3. additional
4. application program
5. applications software
6. assembly line
7. background
8. batch
9. circumstance
10. command driven
11. command prompt
12. commitment
13. computation
14. environment
15. eye-watering price
16. facility
17. graphic engine
18. graphical user interface
19. icon ( n )
20. interaction
21. interface
22. kernel
23. key function
24. layer
25. logout
26. memory-protection
27. multiple
28. multiprogramming
29. multi-tasking mainframe
30. multi-user
31. resident program
32. revenue stream
33. robust
34. search engine
35. shell
36. shortcoming
37. source code
38. sufficient
39. supervisor program
40. to be aware
41. to establish
42. to facilitate
43. to implement
44. to invoke
45. to object to
46. to adopt
47. to allocate
48. to boot
49. to entail
50. to hack into
51. to interrupt
52. to lock
53. to look forward to
54. typesetting tool
Text A. OPERATING SYSTEMS
Some operating systems are command driven (i.e. the user runs a program by typing a command). The screen is usually blank except for a symbol which acts as a command prompt. When the command is typed at the prompt and the Enter key is pressed, the command is processed and the output is displayed on the screen. OS commands are usually short words or abbreviations (e.g., date, logout, passwd, Is).
Unix is a command driven operating system used on all sizes of computers, but mostly large multi-user, multi-tasking mainframe computers. It is available in many versions, such as Linux, Minix etc.
