Exercise F O U R

1.Where can you find information about Nobel Prize?Who get the Nobel Prize this year?

- I find from..... http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/index.html

-The Nobel Peace Prize 2008
"for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts"
Photo: Ken Opprann
Martti Ahtisaari
Finland
b. 1937
Titles, data and places given above refer to the time of the award.

2.Go to Encylopedia online at http://library.spu.ac.th search for the history of automobiles or computer.Summarize the information you get.

-History
Main article: History of computer science
The early foundations of what would become computer science predate the invention of the modern digital computer. Machines for calculating fixed numerical tasks, such as the abacus, have existed since antiquity. Wilhelm Schickard built the first mechanical calculator in 1623.[6] Charles Babbage designed a difference engine in Victorian times[7] helped by Ada Lovelace.[8] Around 1900, punch-card machines[9] were introduced. However, all of these machines were constrained to perform a single task, or at best some subset of all possible tasks.

3.What is the difference between general book and reference book?

-The Book of General is the first in a series of books based on the final round in the intellectual British panel game QI, written by series-creator John Lloyd and head-researcher John Mitchinson,to help spread the QI philosophy of curiosity to the reading public.It is a trivia book, aiming to address and correct the "comprehensive and humiliating catalogue of all the misconceptions, mistakes and misunderstandings in 'common knowledge'" - it is therefore known not as a 'General Knowledge' book, but as "General Ignorance".As well as correcting these "all-too-common" mistakes, the book(s) attempt to explain how the errors have been perpetuated, and why people believe inaccurate 'facts' to be true.

-Reference book Books are usually the easiest things to reference. Just remember that the author goes first, followed by the year, title, place published and publisher. When there are two authors, use an ampersand (&) to separate the last author. The title should be underlined or typed in italics.

4.When do you need to search information from the reference collection?

-whenever I want to search information ,.

5.what type of reference collection that you like to use most? And why?

- Dictionary because I can learn more the new words...and help me to improve english

6.Dictionary

OXFORD DICTIONARY OF BUSINESS ENGLISH FOR LEARNERS OF ENGLISH

PAGE 220......

kitty

a small amount of money collected by a group of people for use in an agreed purpose

:There is no money left in the kitty

a telephone kitty ie. for paying a shared telephone bill

knocking copy

words in an advert that criticize a rival product

:the advert containing knocking copy has been eithdrawn

knock off

to stop work

:we usally knock off at 5.30

knock something off

to take amount of something (the price of something)

:the cover of this book to torn>>>>

can you knock something of the price?,knock five pounds off the original cost

knock out agreement

a secret agreement between dealers not to bid against each other at an auction

:An illegal knock-out agreement accounted for the unusually low prices at the auction.

knot

1.a measure of the speed of a ship or of wind(one nautical mile per hour)

:the top speed of the liner was 30knots.

2.a measure of the speed of mind

know-how

special knowledge or expertise,esp in planning something new

:it is essential to get some one with the right khow-how before we start this project