III. Pronunciation practice

II. Tongue twister. Read as fast as you can.

I. Pronunciation drills

Part I Work in class

The History of Operating Systems. Operating System Overview

LESSON 1

What is an operating system? Hard to define precisely, because operating systems arose historically as people needed to solve problems associated with using computers.

Martin C. Rinard

Task 1 Can you say? Let’s do it!

higher-hire	fight - five	switch- batch
might-mite	right - rime	require-desire
light - lite	tight-time	design-fine
sight-site	weight - late	access-success
night - niter	write - bite	software-hardware

System went down, Fileserver too, I don't know why I let windows make me a fool,

It took all my memory, Crashed my new box, Now its down and my programs won't run, this has been so much fun. Sometimes I feel like crying in a Usenet post, Good Lord I lost all my files. Tech Support tells me, I've been such a fool, Running more than one program at once, Now my computer's FU. I'll reinstall tomorrow. Bill Gates what have you done? Nothing seems to change. The errors are the same. My programs won't run. Sometimes I feel like crying in a Usenet post, Good Lord I lost all my files.

multiprogramming technique, simultaneous users, single-stream batch processing systems, user requests, otherwise user productivity could suffer, timesharing systems multiprogram, required logon procedure, authorization to access resources, multithreading, software program, to run concurrently,

IV. Which word is different? Part of speech. Make up three more word lines.

1. interact, relate, relationship, hit it off, connect, cooperate, associate, get on;

2. consistent, corresponding, conforming, agreeing, matching, equivalent, analogous;

3. generator, producer, maker, creator, originator, initiator, author,assemble;

4. inventively, exit, imaginatively, resourcefully, adventurously, ingeniously, creatively, intrepidly, boldly.

Task 2 Can you translate and explain? Let’s do it!

I. Do you remember the meaning of the following words? Fill in the table.

№	verb	translation	noun	adjective/adverb	synonym
1.	to assemble
2.	to complete
3.	to consolidate
4.	to correspond
5.	to dominate
6.	to enter
7.	to evolve
8.	to generate
9.	to implement
10.	to improve
11.	to include
12.	to interact
13.	to introduce
14.	to process
15.	to provide
16.	to relate
17.	to release
18.	to respond
19.	to share
20.	to solve
21.	to submit
22.	to switch

II. Which word is different? Synonyms.

1. evolve, development, growth, regression, advancement, improvement, evolution, headway, steps forward, movement, evolvement;

2. generation, prevention, production, making, creation, invention, initiation, origination;

3. enter, insert, put in, record, write, write down, delete, key in, key, input, type, submit, put in, propose, hand in, state, put forward, announce;

4. switch on, turn on, start, start up, activate, connect, switch off, begin, commence;

5. assemble, put together, build, make, fit together, manufacture, compile, connect, construct, set up, throw together (informal), take apart;

6. improve, enhance, build up, deteriorate, better, perfect, expand, further, enrich, upgrade, increase, develop.

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