Учебное пособие по чтению математических текстов на английском языке. Нижний Новгород: нгпу, 2011. 65с

Учебное пособие по чтению математических

текстов на английском языке

Нижний Новгород 2011

Reading: Учебное пособие по чтению математических текстов на английском языке. - Нижний Новгород: НГПУ, 2011. - 65с.

Учебное пособие предназначено для студентов математических факультетов неязыковых педвузов, изучающих английский язык. Пособие состоит из трёх разделов, включающих оригинальные тексты, лексические, грамматические и речевые упражнения в пределах определенной авторами тематики, а также приложения.

Составители: Ю. М. Борщевская, канд.пед.наук, ст. преподаватель каф. ин. яз.

НГПУ

Рецензенты: Е. Ю. Илалтдинова, канд.пед.наук, доцент каф. ин. яз. НГПУ

Е. Р. Пермякова, канд.пед.наук, доцент каф. филологии

и журналистики НФ УРАО

Ответственный редактор: А. А. Шавенков, канд.психол.наук, доцент каф. ин. яз. НГПУ

Предлагаемое учебное пособие предназначено для студентов математических факультетов дневного отделения неязыковых педагогических вузов. Пособие включает оригинальные тексты о выдающихся математиках, тексты по информатике и математике.

Данное пособие имеет целью развивать и совершенствовать навыки чтения и понимания оригинальной литературы на английском языке, а также литературы по своей специальности.

В пособии представлены упражнения на контроль понимания содержания текста, грамматические упражнения, коммуникативные задания, позволяющие развивать такие виды речевой деятельности как слушание, говорение, чтение и перевод.

Пособие рекомендуется для использования магистрантами и студентами математических факультетов при обучении иностранному языку.

Contents

Famous mathematicians……………………………………………………………….5

David the teenage tycoon………………………………………………………………..5

Grace Hopper……………………………………………………………………………6

Benjamin Banneker……………………………………………………………………...9

Louis Posa, by Paul Erdos……………………………………………………………...11

The Moore method……………………………………………………………………..13

Saunderson, a blind mathematician…………………………………………………….15

Fabre, spiders, and geometry…………………………………………………………...18

Sonya Kovalevskaya……………………………………………………………………20

Computer studies……………………………………………………………………...24

What is a computer……………………………………………………………………..24

What is hardware……………………………………………………………………….25

Windows ……………………………………………………………….………………29

Computer operations. Types of data……………………………………………………29

Types of software………………………………………………………………………32

Operating systems………………………………………………………………………36

Introduction to the WWW and the Internet…………………………………………….40

Cartesian coordinates………………………………………………………………...…44

Polar coordinates……………………………………………………………………….47

Locus of a variable point……………………………………………………………….51

The folium of Descartes………………………………………………………………..59

Appendix……………………………………………………………………………….63

References……………………………………………………………………………...65

DAVID THE TEENAGE TYCOON

Teenager David Bolton has just put 9,000 pounds in the bank-after only six months of part-time work аs a computer consultant. The electronics expert from Croydon, South London, is fast establishing a reputation as one of the country's top troubleshooters - the person to call if no one else can cope.

For David, 15, his first steps to fame and fortune began when he was only nine, when his parents bought him a computer, a ZХ-90. 'I soon learned to program it. I needed something bigger, so I had to save for ages to buy an Amstrad.'

It was only about a year ago, however, that he decided to get serious about computing. He went to night school to learn how to write business programs, and did a correspondence course with an American college.

He got in touch with a computer seller, Eltec, who were so impressed that they gave him computers and software worth more than £3,000. In return, he has to send them a monthly report saying what he has done and what his plans are. He helps companies by suggesting which computers they should buy, and by writing individual programs for them.

He can work more quickly than many older professionals. In one case, he went to a company where a professional programmer worked for six months and couldn't find the problem. David finished the job in five days.

It is because of work of this standard that in the short period he has been in business David has made about £9,000. With it he has bought more equipment. How did he do it? You have to be ambitious, and you have to really want to get to the top. Believe in yourself, and tell yourself that you're the best´.

I. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS:

1. 
   What did it mean for Bolton 'to get serious about computing'?
   
2. 
   What helped him to find a good job?
   
3. 
   Why was he welcomed by Eltec?
   

5. Do you want to be the best? Why?

II. DEFINE TO WHAT PART OF SPEECH THE FOLLOWING WORDS BELONG TO, TRANSLATE THEM:

teenager

learner

reporter

1. 
   Дэвид работал в банке консультантом неполный рабочий день.
   
2. 
   Свои первые шаги к славе он сделал, когда ему было девять лет.
   
3. 
   Год назад Дэвид решил всерьез заняться компьютером.
   
4. 
   Он связался с представителями фирмы, торгующей компьютерами.
   

1. 
   David Bolton is one of the country’s top troubleshooters.
   
2. 
   His parents bought him a ZХ-90 and then an Amstrad.
   
3. 
   When David decided to get serious about computing, he finished night school and a full time course with an American college.
   
4. 
   Now he works for Eltec and other companies helping them to choose computers and writing programs for them.
   
5. 
   The money David has earned he has invested in new equipment.
   

1. 
   David Bolton was (…) one of the best computer consultants.
   
2. 
   After buying ZX-90 David (…) about computing.
   
3. 
   Trying to find a job the electronics expert from Croydon (…) with Eltec.
   
4. 
   Bolton could (...) with problems other professionals had failed to solve.
   5. If you want (...) you should believe in yourselves.