Ex.2. Make sentences using the prompts below.

1. Some people /be/always/late.

2. This new equipment/be/expensive.

3. The police/be looking for/the stolen/computer?

4. His/advice/be/useful?

5. The information/you/need/be/in the computer.

6. The personnel/be/pleased/with/the new/ equipment?

7. The board/discuss/the financial/statement/yet?

8. Where/be/the money/that/you/borrowed/yesterday?

9. The weather/be/really/good/today.

10. Hardware/be/the actual/machinery/of/a computer.

11. All/the luggage/be/here/in the office?

12. Philips’ headquarters/be/in Eindhoven/the Netherlands.

Ex.3. Complete the sentences below by choosing the correct alternative of the two given in brackets.

1. The letter contained very … useful information. (few/little)

2. He has got so … money that everyone envies him. (much/many)

3. … prices rose during the second half of month. (most/less)

4. The speaker was given very … time. (few/little)

5. We had to learn … information. (much/many)

6. This new encyclopedia contains … knowledge. (much/many)

7. You’ve heard so … news that you know everything about this event. (many/much)

8. She’s made … progress this year. (many/much)

9. We have … time before the end of the meeting. (few/little)

10. How … times have you seen this film? (much/many)

11. How … money have you got? (many/much)

12. We need … data before we make a final decision. (much/many)

Speech and Discussion

Ex.1. Speak about the role of computers in the business world.

Ex.2. Discuss with your groupmates the Pros and Cons of using computers.

Ex.3. What computer and software companies do you know? Were some of them created in Ukraine?

Ex.4. You have just discovered that your new computer program has a bug in it. What are you going to do?

Ex.5. Familiarize yourself with the following idioms, consult your dictionary and translate the sentences into Ukrainian. Think of situations where you could of them.

1. First, he lost a lot of money in the stock market, and then when his house burned down, that really cooked his goose.

2. He makes unnecessary mistakes and leaves himself wide open to being fired.

3. That college admits only the cream of the crop of high school students.

4. He fired one employee after another and each time cried crocodile tears about having to do so.

5. He wheels and deals in selling used cars.

Ex.6. Comment on the following:

“Man’s character is his fate”

(Chesterfield)

Lesson 2

Text: Internet. WWW.

Grammar: Either … or; both … and; neither … nor.

Terms to remember: