CONFERENCE FACILITIES

XIII. You can see words for different types of meeting below, but the definitions for them are in the wrong order. Match the words on the left with the defini­tions on the right.

a. Conference. b. Lecture. с Congress. d. Convention. e. Workshop. f. Seminar.

1. A formal presentation by an expert. It is sometimes followed by questions from the audience.

2. The general word for a formal meeting or series of meetings between people who share the same interests. It often involves both general lectures and discussion in smaller groups.

3. Sometimes organized as part of a confer­ence, this is a meeting of a smaller group in which people work on practical problems and help each other to gain new knowledge. Often there are no more than
30-40 participants.

4. A large meeting or series of meetings of experts in a particular field — often ex­perts from different countries. More for­mal than a conference.

5. A large conference of people who do a particular job or who belong to a particu­lar political party. The word is used espe­cially in America.

6. A meeting of a small group (usually under 30 people) to learn from an expert less concerned with practical or group tasks than a workshop.

 

XIV. Match the definitions below with the names of items which may be needed in a confer­ence:

a)	overhead	e)	slide projector	j)	closed circuit TV
	projector
b)	tape recorder	f)	whiteboard	k)	flip-chart
c)	video recorder	g)	film projector	I)	lectern
d)	photocopier	h)	projection screen	m)	gavel
		i)	word processor

 

1) a sloping table used for holding a book, or lecture notes, when speaking to an audience or reading aloud;

2) a machine which makes photographic copies of any drawn or printed page;

3) a machine which records sounds, speech or music, and allows these sounds to be played back to a listener;

4) a machine like a typewriter which lets you see what you write on a kind of TV screen;

5) a machine for passing light through a piece of film in order to show a still (unmoving) picture on a screen;

6) a machine for passing light through moving film in order to show moving pictures on a screen;

7) a machine which records moving scenes or pictures and allows them to be played back on a TV screen;

8) a television system which sends pictures by wire to a particular audience in a particular place;

9) a piece of white cloth, plastic, etc. on which pictures can be shown;

10) a machine which shows on a screen words or diagrams written on a piece of clear film; a kind «f book with large pages (suitable for drawing diagrams), which can be turned over when a new, blank page is required;

11) a smooth white surface on which words can be written with a special pen;

12) a small hammer which a person in charge of a meeting uses, knocking it against the table in order to get atten­tion.