English for system administrators - стр. 19
10. Must/May I ask a question?
11. She has to/must do her homework. Her teacher told her to do it.
12. Rewrite the sentences with modal verbs:
a. I know how to upgrade Ubuntu. (can)
b. Mary isn’t sure if he is at work or not. (might)
c. We are obliged to wear a uniform. (have to)
d. Max advises me to quit the job. (should)
e. It’s dangerous to block an emergency exit. (mustn’t)
f. It’s necessary for her to take some pills. (need to)
g. This ticket is a gift for you. It’s not necessary to pay for it. (not have to)
h. It’s possible that Markus is still there. (may)
13. Complete the sentences with your own ideas:
a. Today I must_____.
b. I need to______this week.
c. At my work we mustn’t_______.
d. I don’t have to_______ at work.
e. I can________ but I can’t_________.
f. If a worker has a problem, he should________.
g. I may______next month.
14. Read one more email from Jakob and write the reply using modal verbs. Mind the structure of official emails:
To: Sam Barewell
Subject: System configuration
Dear Sam,
I am contacting you for your professional assistance. During the last meeting with the IT department managers agreed to improve system performance of one of the servers. For that purpose, could you please identify which services are not used there and disable them? I would also appreciate if you could provide me some information about the date when it’ll be done and which steps you need to do.
Thank you in advance.
Yours sincerely,
Jakob Leen
Now you know:
– useful words to talk about software;
– how to use modal verbs;
– how to write official emails.
Vocabulary:
Unit 7. Hardware virtualization
1. Look at the news and answer the questions:
– What is hardware virtualization?
– How can it help companies?
– What are the possible risks of cloud hardware virtualization?
– Do you think that hardware virtualization is an ideal computing environment of the future? Why?
2. Read the text and tick the topics which were mentioned:
Hardware virtualization is a technology that allows the hardware elements to be divided into multiple virtual machines. Sometimes hardware virtualization is executed on a particular hardware platform by host software. It requires a hypervisor which is used in order to maintain the virtual environment by creating virtual versions of hardware. Most common examples of desktop virtualization products are the following: Vmware, VirtualBox, and Parallels.