LESSON 10. PAGER
1. Read the new words:
lightweight ;
coded
to get in touch with smb. -.
to alert
subscriber ;
to trigger ;
brief
to rely on
recipient
transmitting tower
dialing
paging terminal ,
to encode ,
party
Read the text and translate it:
Pager, portable, lightweight receiver of coded radio signals that indicates to its user that a message is waiting or someone is trying to get in touch. When people want to page someonethat is, contact a person via the persons pagerthey telephone a paging service company, which then sends wireless radio signals to the pager. These signals, in turn, alert the pagers user by triggering a tone or a vibration. Most pagers can also deliver brief messages on liquid crystal displays. Because pagers do not rely on telephone wires, a page can be transmitted from a central location and received anywhere within the range of the transmitting tower. Pagers make their users easy to contact, even if the user is away from a telephone.
A page is the coded radio signal sent from a transmitter to the pager. Pages usually begin with the dialing of a telephone number to the users paging service provider, a company that maintains the paging transmitters and radio equipment. Placing a telephone call to the service provider enables the caller to access a computerized terminal. The caller hears a tone or receives instructions on how to page a subscriber. Pressing the telephones pound (#) or star (*) key informs the paging terminal that the message is complete.
The area can vary; some services are local, while others are networked together via satellite to cover larger regions. The transmission of the page is encoded so that only the intended recipient of the page can receive and decode the message. If the pager is switched on and is within range of the radio tower, the pager will recognize the coded signal. The pager then converts the signal to data, alerting the owner that a page has been sent with a beep, tone, or vibration. Most pagers have liquid-crystal displays that can show the number of the calling party, or short messages. The owner of the pager can telephone the paging party, or call the paging company to retrieve other messages.
Modern pagers have screens that can display numbers or short message, and they can store those messages for future referral. Pagers users can subscribe to special services that broadcast information such as stock market quotations and up-to-the minute sports scores. The next generation of pagers will include the ability to acknowledge reception of a page and respond with a short, predetermined message.
Answer the following questions:
What is pager?
2) What does the phrase to page someone mean?
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3) What should people do if they want to page someone?
4) What gives the fact that pagers do not rely on telephone wires?
5) What is page?
6) How does the page function?
7) In what way is the transmission of the page encoded?
8) What happens if the page is switched on?
9) What do modern pagers have?
10) What will the next generation of pagers include?
Explain in English the following words and phrases:
To get in touch
To retrieve
Up-to-the minute
Portable
To rely on telephone wire
Subscriber
To maintain
To alert
Recipient
Range
Give the English equivalents to the following Russian words:
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6. Give synonyms to the following English words:
To respond, to convert, subscriber, up-to-the minute, recipient, referral, to vary, to maintain, to send,to get in touch, radio.
Translate from Russian into English:
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