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If you can identify what type of word itis (noun, ver, adjective, atc) itcan help you ‘guess the meaning, Find the words (1-10) in the text above. Can you guess the meaning from context? {re they nouns, verbs, adjectives or adverbs? Whiten, v adjor adv next to each word. 2 word processor fine 13). 3 onesie 1) 4 dovmicad tne 18) 6 bulein (ine 2) 1 gta ce 29. soe 27, financial ine 29). moniter ine 2. dane 2. eserbesinfrmation tat i ecoded or rogram used for ext manipulstion copy fle fem aserverta your PC oF mabe Match the words in D (1-10) withthe correct meanings (a). keep sve 19 collection of facts orfgues — b execute do h eee Drcadeast ising computers 4 een 1 © integrated A # comeced ihe internet & Di inpairs, ascuss these questions. 1 Hon arewere computes used in your schol? 2 How do you think computers wil be usin school inthe future? Language work: collocations 1 pene era Lookt the HELP borandthen match the | nein omaese seo erin (t-3)mknthe noun ve tomate ee Collocations from the texton pages 2-3. comionaions cae cllocations, ad they are very commen Letning Collocation: 1 ae ae Ccllocatons stead of Indu wordt 2 keep aa Can hep you remember which verbo 3 aces € databases tee wth which noun Hee ate some 4 corer presentations txampes far the text on ages 2-3 5 vanes @ recods perform operations, doreseorch, mak calls send texts disply dota, write letrs store nformation complete Use collocations from Aand the HELP exercises caryout transactions boxto complete these sentences. 1 Thanks toi noweanyto from cafés hoes, pats anc ma other publ places, 2- Online banking les you between your accounts easly and sec 3. Sipeisa technology that enables userst0 ‘verte nteet or 4 nmany universes students are encouraged to. sing Powe? inarder to make tetas mare ual atvathe '5Thevieb hasrevoutiniaes the wy people with sites suchas (Googe and Wikipedia you can fn the fran you need econ. 6 Cootesalion awebsitero ‘on users machin and ateretiove ‘when you ithe website agai, remembers your pefeences 7 winthe lest moollpnonesyoucan vatn muted sstachments-ptres aud even video, Computers at work B ustento four people talking about how they use computers at work. \Wete each speaker's job inthe tbl flecrialengieer secretary —_ibaran_componer oo What they use computers for BE tisen again and write what each speaker uses their computer for 4. The magic of computers A Youare going to read a text about some of the other things that computers are used for. Five sentences have been removed from the text. Choose which sentence (1-5) fits which gap inthe text (2). 1 isa caleuiaing machine that speeds up financial caleations 2 wevist shops and oes which have been designed with the help of computers 3 youcan even use yourPC to elaxwith computer games 4 fer example calcatos the crelecronicgniton, the timer in themicowave, ofthe progremmer ine the VCR 5 asdoes making fight resevation or bank vansaction Pirie isan eleerone ‘Computers and mkcochips have become part of out every ves (a) we pay bls prepared by ‘computes ust ing up telephone and dialing 3 ‘number irwalesthe use ofa sophisticated computer ‘of doing anything you ask 6) fing cabinet whch manages lage collections of data such as customers is, accounts oF vetones {isamageal tpeertr tat alows youto ype ard syste) very day we encounter computes that sting to fe the rratart they are switched on ()——allof which use crptechnclogy, What makes your computer such amiaculous device? ach tme you tun ons ankle VObUa 0) that wth appropiate hardware and oftware capable print ay kindof cocument eter memos lege Socuments 3 pesona community that enables ‘yout intact wth other computers and wth prope {ound the wor you the gadgets and clone nterarment 6) Nowadays tis almost imposible o imagine fe without themageef computers 1B Read the text again and answer these questions. 1 Apartiom computes what the devices use mechs? 2 systems to operate? 2 \hattypes of documenta prepared on computes? 4 Why sa computer clea pesonalcammuniato? comouteshove hanged ey twee werk py Other applications [2 insmait groups choose one ofthe areas nthe diagram below and dis: what you ean do with computers in that area. Look atthe Usefullanguage box Below tofhelp you. Formula cars| Entertainment| factories nc nutri process Formula 1 ears desi and bull he cay tes vituel models contol electronic components ‘monterengine speed store (tl information dipley dota, analyse an communicate dato Entertainment: download music bur CD ply games tok photos et photos make vide lips watch movies ona DVD player watch TVon the computer steno MP3 len tothe wathe ed Factores and industrial processes: desig products, do cokvations contol indus ob contolassembl ines keep record f stocks (materia and equipment SchooUUniversit: aces the nteret env ontine search the Webs prepare exams ite document, complete eversesonine do research prepare presents Computers are used APC ean aso be used for. People use computersto (Bi write a shore presentation summarizing your discussion. Then ask one person from your group to give a summary of the group's ideas to the rest, ofthe cass. CeoSniy Lei Ctaeet lately Computer hardware In pales, dlscus these questions. home, schoo! or Work? What kind i? 2 How often do you use Vihar do 3. What are the main comp Read these advertising slogans and say which computer element each palr retort Pore andeick | Bip muri | ten | Ponerantpeed here for power with perfect briliance Oe ‘om the inside Seopeveympise | eeeaienae-stay | thea yar oi Sound tga Se on aa (Production of text and graphics alee porta Find words nthe slogans with he following mening. 1 topressthe ake an eta copy of something What is a computer? Read the text and then explain Fig. 1 In your own words. data cenan orm, proces the dat, 0 ge theesuts othe processing na specie format 35 intometon Fist tafe into the computers memery Then, ‘hen the program run, the compote eros 3 et of Instruction and proceses the data Fray we can see the sus the ouput onthe cen orn reed form (eee. oo) A computer system const of two pars hardware anc {oftware Hardware any ecroneo mechanical part YJoucen see 1th Software sensations Elled 2 program, which els the computer what, “There re thee base hardware sections te central procesing unit (CPU) main memory od peripherals Perhaps the most influential component the cea) rocesing uns function to execte progam Insructions ana coordinate the activtesafalthe ter uns Ina way, te the bran af the compute. Thema memerylocolecion of RAM chs) Pods the insraction and ta which ate being processed by the CU Perper ae te ysl unt tached 1 the computer They include strage devees and input! caput devices np Dia iscolecied an etted Expenses (e9,payrl, puberty) (eg-sales, stocks, interes Processing as manputed ole Storage devices hat cies OVD dives ash dw roude apemanet storage ofboth data and prone Die dives are vind ood and wre dats on sks Input devices enable dato goin the computers merry The mast common put devices are the ‘mouse the keyboard Output devices able (Gio entac the nahed product fm the syste Foresampe the compute shone the ouput oF the ‘monitor or prints he results oto pape by means at ricer (nthe er pane ofthe emotes thee ae Sever ports into which we can plug a ce range of periherals~amacem a cigtl camera, ascannee The allow communication between the computer the devices Modem descop Ps have USB Dos an ‘memory cat eadeson the For panel — ~~ ‘AUSsport ASB connector output ‘esse shown onthe mont ingen fon Balance | a ard = Match these words from the text (1-9) with the correct meanings (2 sofwave 1 thebain ofthe computer peiherals pyle pars that makeup computer system rain memory © programe which can be usecon a partcuar hard rive aso roumas ha dsk) computer system rare 4: emneroten chs presented te computer rou f rouispecucesbys comput pors 1 tpurendoupatceee comecedtaheCPU a 9) secon fares pyonsan dati hey oe eel cena nt CD ‘craneserpenins faye ave so so frmtn 1 sede whchan ener dence may be Sets Different types of computer 8 BES tistento an extract from an IT class. As you listen, label the pictures (2-2) ‘with words from the box. [top aeitop pC POA raiome abet] Bas ga 18 BB} Usten again and decide whether these sentences are true o false. Correct the false ones. 1 Amainiame computers ess powerful than aPC 2A mainfame sel by large orgaizaons that need te proces enormous amounts of data 13 Themost suitable computes forhomeuse aredeskop PCS 4 Alptopis notponatle 5 Laptops are not as powerful as destop PCS 6 7 e Using astyus you can write srectlyonto the screen of abet PC | Persona DigtalAsiantis smal enough tft int the paim of yourhane |APDA dos notallow yout surthe Web, Language work: classifying Look at the HELP box and then use suitable classifying expressions to complete these sentences, 1 Acomputer haar nd ofr, 2 Peper —_ tee ‘ype mput ouput and storage devices 23 Award processing progam safe which ets the user create and edt. ‘rchitectre: peeo-pee where all ‘Computes have the sae capabies, nd lent server (eg the Ineme] where Severs store and toute dt, and lane aces thi da In pais describe this diagram, sing clasttying expressions from the HELP box Makereferene to your own devices Classifying Classiving meons puting things into srouns lor elsten We can casey types of compar pars of PCetc Some typical expesson of asst ‘+ cate classifi into Xtypeseategoriag + cate classed by... 16 canbe divided into x ypesiaten Digital computer con be divided into fe main types mantamesdetop FCs oa tab Pesendhandh PDAS Includes) consistsof. Theboxeconkguraenofomalntame conti of dcop apien ota Immanie mounts of dara get There are Xtypesiclasss of Xisatypeot... Input devices ‘Output devices ‘Storage media mouse = monitor = magnet keyboard banter fg hard dive optic eg vo + Flash memory.e9. pen crive Benefits of laptops and tablet PCs [BB vour schools considering buying tablet PCs to use inthe classroom. Wi ‘email to your teacher explaining the benefits for the students and the schook. ‘Your company is considering replacing all of the office PCs with laptops. ‘email your boss explaining the benefits forthe employees and the com side the system 1 Technical specifications 'A. Read the advertisement and translate the technical specifications into your ‘ownlanguage. © Inte Gore 2 Duo procesor a 2.4GHz © 20488 RAM, expandable 4B © 50GB han dive ee In pairs, answer these questions. If necessary, look atthe Glossary. Whats the main function of computers processor? hat unitoffequencysuseda measure procester speed? What does RAM sana fr? 2 Whatis inside a PC system? 'A. Read the text on page 12and then answer these questions. 1 Whatarethe rain pats ofthe CPU? 2. What does ALU stander What desi? 3. What the function ofthe sytem clack? 4 Howmuch sane igsher? 5 What ype of memory steps? {6 Whattypeof emery i permanent and includes nructons needed bythe CPU? 7. How can RAMbeincressed? {8 Whatter sused oreferto the man printed chet boars? 9 Whatiea bua? 10 Whats the benef ofhavng expansion sot? B Lookat these extracts from the text. What do the words in bold refer to? 1 Thisisbul moa single hip. fine 2) 2 which executes program instructions nd cotdnates... ne 3 3. thatis being execute. ine 22) 4 performance oa computers pat determined ty the speed fs processor ne 25) 5. thecPUlooksforiton the har i... (ine 35) ‘ Inside the compute to communicate wth each ater. fine 52) rt Processing Pen A the processor a he CPU. o ental processing unit Th Integrated cecal disk dries ete 10 ‘= Thearlthmeiclogle unit (ALU eserms 5,8 NO f= The registers at high speed uns of meron ‘FR olds the instruction thts being executed igahert (Gta Fer exams oP 30 cycles per second) willenable your PC ta handle RAMand ROM ‘procesto must be loaded into the man yin 55 a program te CPU ook orton the hd ik nd transers9 copy into the RAM chins RAM random access memory ost tat ts nfornose OM (read only memory sn system "8105 (basic input/output Buses and cards © Expansion ots alos cards singe tne motherbosrd an conta 2 bus called bus width determines h ental processing unt (CA Convolunit L Tae nono oToloyo Teh To They Tele + Tp To 1. goin of imple compute CPULbuitintoosnglemcoprecenor chp 3 Language work: rors defining relative clauses Look atthe HELP box and then complete the sentences below with sutable relative pronouns. Give alternative options if ‘possible. Put brackets round the relative pronouns you can leave out 1 Thatsthe computer te tobuy, 2 Core2Du0 sa new eel processor ‘contains about 291 millon 3 Avebmasterisa person designs develops and maintains a website 4 Abusisanelctone pathy a caries gna between computer devices 5 Heres the OVD _—_ you ent mel 6 stright met someone Wars for Gi asa sfate engineer 4 Howmemory is measured ‘A Read the text and then answer these questions. 1 How many digits does binary system vse? wats i? What does ASC sandr? Whats the purpose of ASCIP Perens Computers do al calclatons wing a code made of ust two numbers and This syste scales nary ‘ode The lecronc cuts in data computer detect te aiterence between tno sates ON the ‘ent pases tough oF OF (the cure esi pass trough) and represent these sates 9 Tor Each a0 \scaled binary aight obit fits ate grouped no eight codes tat pally represent characters eters numbers and sya) Fight bits togetne are caled «byte. Thus each character ‘on akeyooard nas vm arangement of eight tits Fx ‘example 0100000 forte er A OTOGOD10 or 8 and ian0or fx Whats colection felgh bit called? Computers sea standrd cade fer tne binary representation af chaactes Ths the Amercan ‘Sanda Code fo nermation nterrange, 1 ASC pronounced askin oe to avoid complex

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