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Number 14 November 2009

Windows 7

The new Microsoft operating systém Windows 7 was launched on 22 October 2007.Window 7 became immediately a bestseller. “The launch of Windows 7 has superseded everyone’s expectations, storming ahead of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows as the biggest-grossing pre-order product of all-time, and demand is still going strong,” claimed managing director Brian McBride, Amazon UK on October 22, 2009. 

 

Visit http://techenglish.wordpress.com and read texts about Windows 7 in Windows 7 , History of Microsoft Windows , Windows Development using the vocabulary below and do the exercise about articles just after the vocabulary.

Good luck!

 

References:

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

PS: If you are interested in more details obout Windows 7, find them in  Windows 7 review | Windows 7 Media Center review.

 

Vocabulary

English Russian Czech
desktop настольный компьютер, десктоп stolní, příruční (počítač)
fingertip кончик пальца koneček/špička prstu
fingertip access доступ с помощью клавиатуры přístup pomocí klavesnice
keyboard клавиатура (компьютера, телефона, смартфона, пишущей или наборной машины) klávesnice
keyboard layout раскладка клавиатуры prstoklad
laptop лэптоп, небольшой портативный компьютер laptop, přenosný počítač
model kit набор, комплект для моделирования modelová souprava
patch патч, “заплата” (ПО для оперативного исправления ошибки в программе, часто размещается на сайте разработчика) program pro pohotovou opravu chyb v softwaru
pinning крепление шпилькой sešpendlení
taskbar панель задач ovládací lišta
security patch патч для устранения ошибок защиты program pro opravu chyb v zabezpečovacím softwaru
stylus

игла звукоснимателя

 hrot (snímací)
taskbar button кнопка панели задач tlačítko ovládací lišty
text font комплект шрифта font
touch screen сенсорный экран obrazovka ovládaná dotykem
tracing tool трассировщик

zkušební program

NOTE: When doing the exercise below, visit Some details concerning a (an) and the, and Students do not care about articles.

Exercise  Insert articles a, an, the or 0 (no article):

  1. Windows 7 is … latest version of … Microsoft Windows produced for … use on … home and business desktops, laptops, netbooks, and tablet personal computers.
  2. Windows Vista introduced … large number of … new features.
  3. Windows 7 is intended to be … more user focused, incremental upgrade to … Windows line.
  4. The company was using … variety of … new tracing tools to measure … performance of many areas of the operating system.
  5. In … general terms, … tablet personal computer refers to … laptop or … slate-shaped mobile computer equipped with … touchscreen or … graphic tablet/screen hybrid to operate … computer with … stylus or … digital pen, or … fingertip, instead of … keyboard or … mouse.
  6. Microsoft also plans to support USB 3.0 in … subsequent patch, although … support would not be included in … initial release.
  7. Windows 7 supports … mounting of … virtual hard disk (VHD) as … normal data storage.
  8. … revamped taskbar in Windows 7 also allows the reordering of … taskbar buttons.
  9. Windows Media Center is … application with … 10-foot user interface designed to serve as … home-entertainment hub for a living-room TV.
  10. … 10-foot user interface is … software GUI (Graphical User Interface) designed for displaying on … large television.
  11. “10 foot” refers to … fact that … GUI elements – i.e. menus, buttons, text fonts, etc., are theoretically large enough to easily read at … distance of 10 feet (approximately 3 m ) from … display.
  12. sRGB is … standard Red Green Blue colour space created cooperatively by Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft for use on … monitors, printers, and … Internet.
  13. Pinning is … technique used when assembling … large or heavy model kits. It involves drilling … hole in two pieces of … model to be joined, and using … “pin” to strengthen … bond when they are glued. Pinning is … useful technique for reinforcing joints. It is essential when making … models from … parts that were not designed to go together.

 

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Again about articles in English, which are the biggest problem for non-native speakers

Look at them again!

Check yourself

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