Exercise 3. Look at the following pairs of words and think if the underlined let-
ters are pronounced in the same way, or if they are pronounced differently.
Read aloud.
Final — machine, cells — control, numerically-controlled — customer,
speed — succeed, could — without, human — under, manufacturing — com-
puter, much — produce, incredibly — complex, scale — consider, process —
computer.
Exercise 4. Read the international words, mind the stress.
Computer, control, technology, philosophy, concept, system, version,
machine, group, product, problem, central, component, operation, result,
cooperation, material, final, automation, complex, instruction, signal.
Exercise 5. Try to enrich your vocabulary:
a) analyse the following words with different suffixes and divide them into two
groups — nouns and adjectives:
numerical, technological, automation, operation, flexibility, possibil-
ity, arrangement, conversion, requirement, different, flexible, numerical,
environment, expensive, version, traditional, development, industrial, vari-
ous, famous, production, significant, computer, instruction, station, perfor-
mance;
b) make up as many words as you can by combining different parts of the words:
re-
move
operate
perform
tradition
develop
-or/er
-ance
-tion
-al
-ment
-ly
Exercise 6. Divide the following words into two groups, those which belong to
a) automated data processing; b) automation of production technology.
Computer-aided manufacturing, industrial robots, automated control
systems, CAM, computer-aided design, numerically-controlled equipment,
CAD.
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Exercise 7. Think over the definitions of the words which appear in the texts and
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