Unit 4 Telecommunications - Week 1

UNIT 4 TELECOMMUNICATIONS NOTE • telecommunication/,telekә,mju:ni'keiʃn/ CONTENTS • Reading and note-taking • Simple past versus Present Perfect • Transmission lines TASK 1 • development/di’velәpmәnt/ • invent/in'vent/ • telex/'teleks/ • satellite/'sætәlait/ • modem/´moudem/ • telegraphy/ti'legrәfi/ • television/´televiʒn/ TASK 1 NOTE • telephony/ti'lefәni/ • optical/'ɔptikәl/ • fiber/'faibә/ • progression/prә´greʃәn/ • service/'sә:vis/ • digital/'dɪʤɪtl/ TASK 2 • take place /teik pleis/ • prediction/pri'dikʃn/ TASK 2 • remember/ri'membә/ • important/im'pɔ:tәnt/ • note/nout/ • note taking • identify/ai'dentifai/ • organize/´ɔ:gә¸naiz/ • access/'ækses/ TASK 3 • brief/bri:f/ • significance/sig'nifikәns/ • section/'sekʃn/ TASK 3 • historical/his'tɔrikәl/ • review/ri'vju:/ • true/tru:/ • electrical/i'lektrikәl/ • message/'mesidʤ/ • practical/'præktikәl/ • telegraph/'teligrɑ:f/ • outdate/aut'deit/ • rapid/'ræpid/ • success/sәk'ses/ • speed /spi:d/ • express/iks'pres/ TASK 3 • revolutionize/,revә'lu:ʃnaiz/ • personal/'pә:snl/ • verify/'verifai/ • experimentally/eks,peri'mentәli/ • radiate/´reidi¸eit/ • prove/prove/ • existence/ig'zistәns/ • broadcasting/´brɔ:d¸ka:stiŋ/ • major/'meidʤә/ • step/step/ • invention/in'venʃn/ • enable/i'neibl/ • speech/spi:tʃ/ • transport/trænspɔ:t/ • basis/'beisis/ TASK 3 • establish/ɪˈstæblɪʃ/ • England/'iɳglәnd/ • Canada/kænәdә/ • realize/'riәlaiz/ • achieve/ә'tʃi:v/ • ionize/'aiәnaiz/ • gas/gæs/ • electron/i'lektrɔn/ • exist/ig'zist/ • atmosphere/'ætmәsfiә/ • inonosphere/ai'ɔnәsfiә/ • overcome/,ouvә'kʌm/ • Atlantic/әt'læntik/ • round/raund/ • height/hait/ TASK 3 • discovery/dis'kʌvәri/ • thermionic/,θɜ:mi'ɒnik/ • valve/vælv/ • advance/әd'vɑ:ns/ • associate/ә'souʃiit/ • impact/'impækt/ • civil/'sivl/ • military/'militәri/ • powerful/'pauәful/ • serve/sә:v/ • detection/di'tekʃn/ • vital/'vaitl/ • navigation/,nævi'geiʃn/ TASK 3 • technology /tek'nɔlәdʤi/ • subsequent /'sʌbsikwәnt/ • microelectronic /¸maikrouilek´trɔnik/ • application /,æpli'keiʃn/ • feasible /'fi:zәbl/ TASK 3 • graphics/´græfiks/ • financial/fai'nænʃәl/ • terminal/'tә:minl/ • convey /kәn'vei/ • improvement/im'pru:vmәnt/ • submarine/'sʌbmәri:n/