A) compare basic and pascal; B) speak on the difference in basic and pascal structures.

10. Translate the following sentences paying attention to the meaning of the words and word combinations given below:

a) a feature – черта; особенность; признак

to feature – отличать (ся); быть характерной чертой

1. In this chapter we shall discuss the possible features that control panel might have. 2. The main feature this robot has is that it is given " hands" adjusted delicately enough to thread a needle under water. 3. ALGOL 60 has different declarations, such as: type declarations, array declarations, switch declarations, and procedure declarations, whereas ALGOL 68 features the 'identity declarations', whose expressive power includes all of these. 4. The low level languages are oriented to a machine, while the high level languages feature the fact of being problem oriented languages.

b) a record – запись

to record – записывать

1. A record of bytes on the floppy disks is read by the read/write head. 2. The problem of records of numbers has pressed upon human beings for more than five thousand years. 3. The reading equipment records digits and letters as they appear on a printed page. 4. In the world of business there are large quantities of records which are necessary to be handled by a computer. 5. To record each bit of information a computer must have the special equipment.

c) whether – ли

whether... or not – ли... или нет; в любом случае

whether... or – или..., или; то ли..., то ли; либо..., либо

1. Whether the control function is executed as an immediate operation depends on the operation and the type of device. 2. Science fiction stories sometimes give rise to questions as to whether a conflict is possible between men and machines. 3. The condition code indicates whether or not the channel has performed the function specified by the instruction. 4. Whether or not the transfer of control operation actually occurs depends upon the results of the previous logical operation. 5. This program is used when it is necessary to define whether the device is out of order, or there are some errors in the previous program. 6. The type declaration is used to specify whether a variable is an integer, or a Boolean variable.

11. Translate the following sentences paying attention to the comparison degrees:

1. The commonest problem is there where a word could mean one of two different things. 2. A television set, a computer, a telephone system are simpler than a human being. 3. Another advantage in this case is that less power is required to run a computer. 4. A computer does arithmetic problems million times faster than any person. 5. The smaller the computer, the faster it can work. 6. The better we know the Universe, the better we know our Earth. 7. The symbols representing intermediate results appear later in the flow chart of the right-hand side of the equation. 8. In this case the instruction puts the number U into the largest number cell. 9. The left-hand function box in the flow chart represents 005 on the next lower level, and the lowest box represents 007.

12. Read and translate Text B without a dictionary. Render it in Russian:

TEXT B

ADA & С

ADA is a high level programming language. It is a PASCAL-based language, but much more comprehensive than PASCAL, being designed for both commercial and scientific problems. ADA is a compiler language which can be compiled in separate segments and is noted for its multitasking capabilities.

ADA was named after Augusta Ada Byron (1815-1852), daughter of the English poet, Lord Byron.

С is a high-level structured programming language. It is a compiler language too which is noted for its ability to handle conditions that normally would have to be written in an Assembly Language. Some operating systems are written in C.

Note:

multitasking capability – возможность обработки многих задач