Unit B Graphics User Interface

Vocabulary

user interface

to represent

to point

point

pointer

cursor

to select

to hover

to cause

cause

to interact

interaction

interactive

to press

pressure

to release

compatible

to base on/upon

basic

button

item

dialog box

step

font

date

bar

task bar

title bar

scroll bar

tool bar

drop-down

list

to list

to choose (chose, chosen)

choice

to relate

related

relation

relative

to search

search

to reverse

to cut

clipboard

to paste

to insert

resident

to reside

to touch

touch screen

touch pad

available

a) chose the correct translation:

1) to allow

a) нажимать b) позволять c) отпускать d) перечислять

2) to release

a) нажимать b) позволять c) отпускать d) перечислять

3) relation

a) причина b) отношение c) поиск d) список

4) to represent

a) касаться b) представлять c) указывать d) вставлять

5) to press

a) нажимать b) позволять c) отпускать d) перечислять

6) cause

a) причина b) отношение c) поиск d) список

7) to list

a) нажимать b) позволять c) отпускать d) перечислять

8) search

a) причина b) отношение c) поиск d) список

9) to point

a) касаться b) представлять c) указывать d) вставлять

10)list

a) причина b) отношение c) поиск d) список

b) Match the words with their meanings:

1) select 2) point 3) choice 4) cut 5) step 6) basic 7) common 8) touch 9) relative 10) cause a) вырезать b) выбирать c) вызывать d) распространенный e) шаг f) трогать g) точка h) относительный i) основной j) выбор

с) Match the words with their definitions:

1) button 2) drop-down menu   3) font 4) insert 5) interact 6) locate   7) paste 8) related   9) search   10) scroll bar a) connected with smb/smth b) a list of possible choices that appears on a computer screen when you click on a title at the top c) to put smth into sth or between two things d) to examine smth carefully because you are looking for smth e) to find the exact position of smb/smth f) a tool on a computer screen that you use to move the text up and down or left and right g) to communicate directly with each other h) a small box that a user clicks, using a mouse, to tell the computer to do smth. i) to copy or move text or graphics into a document from somewhere else j) the particular style of a set of letters that are used in printing

d) Make up two-word expressions:

user dialog scroll tool touch drop-down start compatible task resident bar program button bar bar box devices interface menu screen

f) Complete the sentences with the words from the box:

taskbar, buttons, allows, to hover, choosing, represent, resident, user interfaces, touchscreen,Start button

1) A mouse also has left and right ….

2) A bar, known as a …,is displayed along the bottom of the desktop showing what programs, files and folders are currently open.

3) A …allows the user to select icons and commands by touching the display screen with their finger instead of using a mouse.

4) At the far right of the taskbar is a special area called the system traywhere icons are displayed showing what … programs are continuously running in the background e.g. the system clock or a sound volume control.

5) Graphical … were first introduced with the Apple Mac OS.

6) My Briefcase is a program that … the user to exchange files with a portable computer and to synchronise the files on each computer.

7) There is a … at the far left of the taskbar.

8) The user can close down the operating system by … the Shut Downoption on the Start Menu.

9) Icons are pictures which … programs, folders, and files.

10) … is to hold the pointer over an icon.

Speaking

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