Transcript Departmental meeting

IT
Session One
Lessons One and Two
Outline
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Some basic vocabulary
Email address reading
Web address reading
List of keyboard characters
HW 1
Using online dictionaries
Cambrigde Advanced Learner’s
Etymonline.com
Synonym.com
HW 2
Some basic vocabulary
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http://www.learn-english-today.com/vocabulary/computer_vocab.htm
Adware, application (app), browser, bug, cache, cookies, crash, cursor,
driver, e-bussiness, e-mail, FAQ, firewall, font, hardware, hit, home
page, login, modem, netiquette, portal, program, provider, scanner,
spam, spyware, trojan, videoconference, virus, WYSIWYG, WWW,
worm, zip… +
freeware, shareware, hard drive, flash drive, screen, webcam,
keyboard, to click, to erase (delete), to copy and paste, to
insert, laptop (!), desktop, turn/switch on/off, plug in, plug
out, online, offline, touchpad, button, dialogue box,
up/download, share, acept, decline, remind me later, cancel
Email address reading
 [email protected]
/em dot marek ət dʒi: dʒeɪ dʌbl ju: prostejov dot si: zet/
 [email protected]
/dʒɒn ʌn.dəskɔ:r smɪθ ət on dæʃ meil dot kom/
 [email protected]
/blækraɪdə dʌbl ou sevn ət dɑ:kwɜ:ldonlain dot kou dot ju: kei/
Web address reading
 http://www.itea.kvalitne.cz
/(h)eitʃ ti: ti: pi: kəʊ.lɒn* dʌbl slæʃ dʌbl ju: dʌbl ju: dʌbl ju: dot ai ti:
dot kvalitne dot si: zet/
 http://www.fi.muni.cz/~thomas/
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Keyboard
characters
Read the following web addresses:
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http://www.fi.muni.cz/~thomas/
livestation.com/channels/10bbc_news_english#demographics_nag
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_
bar#Computing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:
Vertical_bar
HOMEWORK 1
 Practise at
http://www.fi.muni.cz/~thomas/keyboard/kybd_characters.htm
Using online dictionary
 Cambridge Advanced Learner’s
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/
Using online dictionary
 http://www.etymonline.com/
Using online dictionary
 www.synonym.com
HOMEWORK 2
Answer the followong questions:
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Which language does the word technology come from?
Are small and petite synonyms?
Find at least ten antonyms of small.
How would you transtate the phrase make hay while the
sun shines into Czech language?
Is there a difference between desert and dessert in
pronunciation? Learn to pronounce it!