Render the text: Video camera

Render the text: Video camera

UNIT 2

Pre-text exercises:

1. Make the collocations with the following words: have, catch, come, go, get

a cold, to a decision, a problem, a job, abroad, direct, on time, late, a ball, a bus, someone's attention, permission, a good time, online, sympathy, a relationship, to an agreement, the impression, fishing, to a compromise, the message, sailing, to an end, upset, the flu, a bath, a rest

2. Find the Ukrainian equivalents for the following English words and word

combinations:

a) videotape recorder, fragile, contamination, recording mechanism, video cassette,

roller, the tape, failure result, screen

b) забруднення, зараження; відеокасетний магнітофон; відсутність результату; відеокасетa; екран; крихкий, ламкий; пристрій що реєструє (записує); обертовий циліндр, плівка

3. Which of these words from the list are similar in your language? Do they mean the same?Say what words in the Ukrainian language help you to guess their meaning:

Corporation, television, show, plastic, signal, recorder, video, material, roller, problem, familiar, mechanism, user, film, process, cable, convert, individual, computer, function, major

4. Read the text and translate it: Video Tape Recorder

In 1956, the first commercial reel-to-reel videotape recorder was created by Charles Ginsburg and Ray Dolby while working for the Ampex Corporation. This new device was a major development for television broadcasters because it marked the first time that shows could be recorded and broadcast later.

The VCR itself has two jobs:

It must deal with the tape -- an extremely thin, fairly fragile and incredibly long piece of plastic.

It must read the signals off of the tape and convert them to signals that a TV can understand.

A video tape recorder (VTR), is a tape recorder that can record video material. When video recording was first invented, video was recorded onto individual tape reels, as were audio recordings. Loading a videotape reel required threading of the tape through rollers and across recording and playback heads onto a take-up reel. Reel-to-reel recorders have inherent problems of tape damage from hand-threading, tape media contamination due to threading with bare hands, and an exposed tape path contaminated by dust.

The video cassette recorder (VCR), where the videotape is enclosed in a user-friendly videocassette shell, is the most familiar type of VTR known to consumers. The tape is pre-attached onto two reels enclosed within the cassette, and tape loading and unloading is automated. There is no need for the user to ever touch the tape, and the media can be protected from dust, dirt, and tape misalignments that could foul the recording mechanism. Typically the only time the user ever touches the tape in a videocassette is when a failure results in tape getting stuck in the mechanism.

Prior to the invention of the video tape recorder, live video was recorded onto motion picture film, in a process known as telerecording. And although the first Quadruplex VTRs recorded with good quality, the recordings could not be slowed or freeze framed, so telerecording processes were still used for about a decade after the development of the first VTRs.

Just as DVDs have replaced videocassettes, digital video recorders are replacing video cassette recorders. Though VCRs can be made compatible to record digital TV signals, digital video recorders come ready to do it. DVRs record their images onto a hard drive that will hold around 40 hours of video. It is essentially a computer whose sole function is to record and playback digital video. A DVR tuner receives and decodes the digital signal, but you need to make sure it can work with however you receive their TV signal (regular TV, cable or satellite). Some signal providers will make you use their equipment to record TV. The signal is then stored on the hard drive, and sent to the TV screen if you want to view the images.

Post-text exercises:

1. Put the words in the right order to make a sentence:

1. a, tape, record, can, that, recorder, video, material. 2. Video, recorded, was, individual, tape, onto, reels. 3. Video, live, was, recorded, picture, onto, motion, film. 4. tape, could, the, foul, recording, misalignments, mechanism. 5. the, the, hard, signal, then, is, stored, on, drive. 6. The, reel-to-reel, commercial, videotape, was, by, created, first, recorder, Charles Ginsburg.7. A, tuner, DVR, digital, receives, decodes, and, the, signal. 8. The, the, tape, is, two, enclosed, within, reels, pre-attached, onto, cassette.

9. Some, providers, equipment, signal, will, use, you, to, make, their, record, TV.

10. The, stored, signal, is, hard, on, the, then, drive.

2. Fill in the blanks with the following words:

Record x2, recorders, signal x2, tuner, videocassette, device, picture.

1. A tape recorder can …video material.2. Live video was recorded onto motion … film. 3. The videotape is enclosed in a user-friendly … shell. 4. Digital video are replacing video cassette recorders. 5. The … is then stored on the hard drive.6. This new …was a major development for television broadcasters.7. Some … providers will make you use their equipment to record TV. 8. A DVR … receives and decodes the digital signal. 9. DVRs … their images onto a hard drive. 10. DVRs … will hold around 40 hours of video.

3. Complete the following sentences using active vocabulary:

1. The first commercial reel-to-reel videotape recorder was created… 2. This new device was a major development for television broadcasters because it … 3.The video cassette recorder (VCR), where the videotape is enclosed in … 4. A video tape recorder is a tape recorder … 5. The VCR itself has two jobs …6.When video recording was first invented, video was recorded onto … 7. DVRs record their images onto … 8. A DVR tuner receives and decodes … 9.Some signal providers will make you use their … 10. The signal is then stored on the hard drive, and sent to…

4. Say if the following statements are true or false:

1. A video tape recorder is a tape recorder that can write video material. 2. The video cassette recorder is enclosed in a user-friendly videocassette shell. 3. A DVR tuner sends and decodes the digital signal.4. The signal is stored on the soft drive. 5. The VCR itself has four jobs. 6. In 1956, the first commercial reel-to-reel videotape recorder was created by Popov. 7. This new device was a major development for television broadcasters. 8. The VCR must read the signals off of the tape and convert them to signals that a radio can understand.9. The Compact Cassette is a magnetic tape sound recording format.10. A Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store analog data.

5. Answer the following questions:

1. What is a camera used for? 2. Who invented the VTR? 3. How many jobs does the VCR have? 4. Where is the signal stored? 5. Is it essentially a computer whose sole function is to record and playback digital video? 6. What does a DVR tuner receive?

7. What does a DVR tuner decode? 8. What was recorded onto individual tape reels?

9. What is a Compact Disc? 10. What does a USB flash drive consist of?

6. Match the first part (1-8) of the sentence with the second part (a-h):

1. A transistor is …

2. A diode is …

3. A capacitor is …

4. An insulator is …

5. An amplifier is …

6. The Cathode Ray Tube is …

7. Television (TV) is …

8. A loudspeaker (or "speaker") is …

a) … a vacuum tube containing an electron gun and a fluorescent screen.

b) … any device that changes the amplitude of a signal.

c) … a material that resists the flow of electric current.

d) … a passive electronic component consisting of a pair of conductors separated by an insulator.

e) … a two-terminal electronic component that conducts electric current in only one direction.

f) … a semiconductor device used to amplify and switch electronic signals.

g) … an electroacoustic transducer that produces sound in response to an

electrical audio signal input.

h) … a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images

that can be monochromatic or multicolored.

7. Render the text: Video Tape Recorder.

 

 

UNIT 3

Pre-text exercises:

1. Arrange antonyms in pairs and memorize them:

Receive, binary, divide, complex, multiply, single, receiver, the same, decimal, transmitter, different, send.

Render the text: Webcam and Digital camera.

Render the text: An antenna

Render the text: Video camera

UNIT 2

Pre-text exercises:

1. Make the collocations with the following words: have, catch, come, go, get

a cold, to a decision, a problem, a job, abroad, direct, on time, late, a ball, a bus, someone's attention, permission, a good time, online, sympathy, a relationship, to an agreement, the impression, fishing, to a compromise, the message, sailing, to an end, upset, the flu, a bath, a rest

2. Find the Ukrainian equivalents for the following English words and word

combinations:

a) videotape recorder, fragile, contamination, recording mechanism, video cassette,

roller, the tape, failure result, screen

b) забруднення, зараження; відеокасетний магнітофон; відсутність результату; відеокасетa; екран; крихкий, ламкий; пристрій що реєструє (записує); обертовий циліндр, плівка

3. Which of these words from the list are similar in your language? Do they mean the same?Say what words in the Ukrainian language help you to guess their meaning:

Corporation, television, show, plastic, signal, recorder, video, material, roller, problem, familiar, mechanism, user, film, process, cable, convert, individual, computer, function, major

4. Read the text and translate it: Video Tape Recorder

In 1956, the first commercial reel-to-reel videotape recorder was created by Charles Ginsburg and Ray Dolby while working for the Ampex Corporation. This new device was a major development for television broadcasters because it marked the first time that shows could be recorded and broadcast later.

The VCR itself has two jobs:

It must deal with the tape -- an extremely thin, fairly fragile and incredibly long piece of plastic.

It must read the signals off of the tape and convert them to signals that a TV can understand.

A video tape recorder (VTR), is a tape recorder that can record video material. When video recording was first invented, video was recorded onto individual tape reels, as were audio recordings. Loading a videotape reel required threading of the tape through rollers and across recording and playback heads onto a take-up reel. Reel-to-reel recorders have inherent problems of tape damage from hand-threading, tape media contamination due to threading with bare hands, and an exposed tape path contaminated by dust.

The video cassette recorder (VCR), where the videotape is enclosed in a user-friendly videocassette shell, is the most familiar type of VTR known to consumers. The tape is pre-attached onto two reels enclosed within the cassette, and tape loading and unloading is automated. There is no need for the user to ever touch the tape, and the media can be protected from dust, dirt, and tape misalignments that could foul the recording mechanism. Typically the only time the user ever touches the tape in a videocassette is when a failure results in tape getting stuck in the mechanism.

Prior to the invention of the video tape recorder, live video was recorded onto motion picture film, in a process known as telerecording. And although the first Quadruplex VTRs recorded with good quality, the recordings could not be slowed or freeze framed, so telerecording processes were still used for about a decade after the development of the first VTRs.

Just as DVDs have replaced videocassettes, digital video recorders are replacing video cassette recorders. Though VCRs can be made compatible to record digital TV signals, digital video recorders come ready to do it. DVRs record their images onto a hard drive that will hold around 40 hours of video. It is essentially a computer whose sole function is to record and playback digital video. A DVR tuner receives and decodes the digital signal, but you need to make sure it can work with however you receive their TV signal (regular TV, cable or satellite). Some signal providers will make you use their equipment to record TV. The signal is then stored on the hard drive, and sent to the TV screen if you want to view the images.

Post-text exercises:

1. Put the words in the right order to make a sentence:

1. a, tape, record, can, that, recorder, video, material. 2. Video, recorded, was, individual, tape, onto, reels. 3. Video, live, was, recorded, picture, onto, motion, film. 4. tape, could, the, foul, recording, misalignments, mechanism. 5. the, the, hard, signal, then, is, stored, on, drive. 6. The, reel-to-reel, commercial, videotape, was, by, created, first, recorder, Charles Ginsburg.7. A, tuner, DVR, digital, receives, decodes, and, the, signal. 8. The, the, tape, is, two, enclosed, within, reels, pre-attached, onto, cassette.

9. Some, providers, equipment, signal, will, use, you, to, make, their, record, TV.

10. The, stored, signal, is, hard, on, the, then, drive.

2. Fill in the blanks with the following words:

Record x2, recorders, signal x2, tuner, videocassette, device, picture.

1. A tape recorder can …video material.2. Live video was recorded onto motion … film. 3. The videotape is enclosed in a user-friendly … shell. 4. Digital video are replacing video cassette recorders. 5. The … is then stored on the hard drive.6. This new …was a major development for television broadcasters.7. Some … providers will make you use their equipment to record TV. 8. A DVR … receives and decodes the digital signal. 9. DVRs … their images onto a hard drive. 10. DVRs … will hold around 40 hours of video.

3. Complete the following sentences using active vocabulary:

1. The first commercial reel-to-reel videotape recorder was created… 2. This new device was a major development for television broadcasters because it … 3.The video cassette recorder (VCR), where the videotape is enclosed in … 4. A video tape recorder is a tape recorder … 5. The VCR itself has two jobs …6.When video recording was first invented, video was recorded onto … 7. DVRs record their images onto … 8. A DVR tuner receives and decodes … 9.Some signal providers will make you use their … 10. The signal is then stored on the hard drive, and sent to…

4. Say if the following statements are true or false:

1. A video tape recorder is a tape recorder that can write video material. 2. The video cassette recorder is enclosed in a user-friendly videocassette shell. 3. A DVR tuner sends and decodes the digital signal.4. The signal is stored on the soft drive. 5. The VCR itself has four jobs. 6. In 1956, the first commercial reel-to-reel videotape recorder was created by Popov. 7. This new device was a major development for television broadcasters. 8. The VCR must read the signals off of the tape and convert them to signals that a radio can understand.9. The Compact Cassette is a magnetic tape sound recording format.10. A Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store analog data.

5. Answer the following questions:

1. What is a camera used for? 2. Who invented the VTR? 3. How many jobs does the VCR have? 4. Where is the signal stored? 5. Is it essentially a computer whose sole function is to record and playback digital video? 6. What does a DVR tuner receive?

7. What does a DVR tuner decode? 8. What was recorded onto individual tape reels?

9. What is a Compact Disc? 10. What does a USB flash drive consist of?

6. Match the first part (1-8) of the sentence with the second part (a-h):

1. A transistor is …

2. A diode is …

3. A capacitor is …

4. An insulator is …

5. An amplifier is …

6. The Cathode Ray Tube is …

7. Television (TV) is …

8. A loudspeaker (or "speaker") is …

a) … a vacuum tube containing an electron gun and a fluorescent screen.

b) … any device that changes the amplitude of a signal.

c) … a material that resists the flow of electric current.

d) … a passive electronic component consisting of a pair of conductors separated by an insulator.

e) … a two-terminal electronic component that conducts electric current in only one direction.

f) … a semiconductor device used to amplify and switch electronic signals.

g) … an electroacoustic transducer that produces sound in response to an

electrical audio signal input.

h) … a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images

that can be monochromatic or multicolored.

7. Render the text: Video Tape Recorder.

 

 

UNIT 3

Pre-text exercises:

1. Arrange antonyms in pairs and memorize them:

Receive, binary, divide, complex, multiply, single, receiver, the same, decimal, transmitter, different, send.