11. Choosing the right printer

a) In pairs, choose the most suitable printer for each of these situations. Give reasons for your choices.

1. You want to print documents, web pages and occasional photographs at home.

2. A small company needs a printer which will be shared by various users on a local area network (LAN).

3. A professional team of architects and engineers need to create accurate representations of objects in technical drawings and CAD.

4. A graphic arts business needs a printer to produce catalogues, brochures and other publications.

b) In pairs, describe the features of your ideal printer.

Grammar

§1. Предлоги места и направления (Prepositions of place and movement)

Английские предлоги места

Куда? to into	I often go to the library. We went to the river. Come to the blackboard. He looked into the hall.	Я часто хожу в библиотеку. Мы ходили на речку. Подойди к доске. Он посмотрел в зал.
Откуда? from out of	He comes from the University at 5 o’clock. He returns from his office tired. Out of the hall.	Он приходит домой из университета в 5 часов. Он приходит с работы усталый. Из зала.
Где? on	The book is on the table. On the territory.	Книга на столе (на поверхности). На территории.
at	He studies at school. He works at a plant. He is at the lesson.	Он учится в школе. Он работает на заводе. (место работы, учебы, процесса)
in	in the table in Russia	в столе (внутри пространства) в России
under	under the table	под столом
above over	above the table	над столом
in front of	in front of the house	перед домом
behind	behind the tree	за деревом
through	through the window	через окно, сквозь окно
between	between the windows	между окон

Ex. 1. Test your knowledge of the prepositions in / at / to / – - showing place and movement.

1. He lives _____ Zielona Gora.

2. She went _____ home.

3. Piotrek works _____ Steel Mill.

4. He went _____ his friend's house.

5. She arrived _____ Manchester for the celebrations.

6. I'm going to stay _____ home this weekend.

7. Joanna works _____ the hospital.

8. Why don't we go _____ the movies tonight?

9. I'm going to see Hania _____ France this summer.

10. I arrived _____ work early this morning.

11. She came home _____ early.

12. We stayed _____ the Mieszko Hotel.

13. They visited _____ England last summer.

14. She's going to travel _____ Finland this summer.

15. I'll be _____ school later today.

Ex. 2. Complete the sentences with in, at or on.

1. Mike lives ___ Oxford. He’s a student ___ Oxford University.

2. Write your name ___ the top of the page.

3. Who is this boy ___ that photo?

4. Meet me ___ the bus stop ___ the end of Regent Street.

5. There is somebody ___ the door. Shall I go and see who it is?

6. You’ll find the sports results ___ the back page of the newspaper.

7. Where are the children playing? They are playing ___ the beach.

8. She lives ___ the ground floor.

9. It can be dangerous when children play ___ the street.

10. I usually buy a newspaper ___ my way to work in the morning.

11. London is ___ the river Thames. I like swimming ___ the river.

12. I was sitting ___ the back of the class.

13. His signature was ___ the back of this photo.

14. I don’t know where my umbrella is. Perhaps I left it ___ the chair.

15. Tom is ill. He wasn’t ___ work today. He was ___ home ___ bed.

16. They live ___ Seal, a small village ___ the road to Vladimir.

17. Let’s meet ___ the entrance to the Supermarket.

18. If you walk to the end of the street, you’ll see a small shop ___ the corner.

19. I wasn’t in when you phoned. I was ___ my sister’s house.

20. The exhibition ___ the Museum of Modern Art finished on Saturday.

Ex. 3. a) Study these examples of prepositions of place.

Data moves between the CPU and RAM.

Data flows from ROM to the CPU.

A program is read from disk into memory.

Data is transferred along the data bus.

The address number is put onto the address bus.

The hard disk drive is inside a sealed case.

Heads move across the disk.

Tracks are divided into sectors.

b) Complete each sentence using the correct preposition.

The CPU is a large chip_______________the computer.

Data always flows___________the CPU________________ the address bus.

The CPU can be divided____________ three parts.

Data flows __________the CPU and memory.

Peripherals are devices____________________the computer but linked ______it.

The signal moves______the VDU screen____________ one side ________the other.

The CPU puts the address_______the address bus.

The CPU can fetch data___________memory_________the data bus.