UNIT 5 The birth of personal computers  Length: 1.

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Language 5 Watch the video again and match words 1–5 with a–e.
Computer vocabulary, talking about a TV advertisement 1 interactive 
2 big 
General information
3 small 
You can watch the video on your computer or download
it onto a portable device. You can choose to watch it with 4 user-friendly
or without subtitles. Use the pause and cursor controls to 5 young 
watch parts of the video again. There are exercises on this
a approach
activity sheet to complete before you watch while you’re
watching, and after you watch. b bedroom programmers
Important: This is an authentic extract from a BBC TV c computer
programme. Don’t try to understand every word you hear. d corporation
Watch and listen for specific information by completing e entrepreneurs
these tasks.
After you watch
Programme details 6 Complete the news headlines from 1984 with the words
This is an extract from a documentary about the history in the box.
of computers. It includes one of the most famous TV
advertisements of all time. The advertisement refers to assassinate    beat    discover    introduces    open
1984, a novel written by George Orwell in 1949. The wins
book describes a world of the future where people have
no freedom and are controlled by a dictator called Big 1 The Summer Olympics in Los
Brother. Angeles, California.
2 William Gibson the word cyberspace.
Before you watch
3 France Spain 2–0 to win the European
1 What do these names all have in common?
Football Championship.
Apple
4 Michael Jackson 8 Grammy awards.
IBM 5 Two security guards Indian Prime
Microsoft Minister Indira Gandhi.
6 Scientists the AIDS virus.
2 Complete the computer instructions with the words in
the box. 7 Which of the events in exercise 6 do you think were the
most important? Put them in order of importance. Then
computer    icon    mouse    program    text add the introduction of Apple’s Macintosh computer to the
list.
Turn on your (1) . Move the
Glossary
(2) and click on the (3)
child’s play (noun) – something that is easy to do
to open the (4) . You can now start typing
entrepreneur (noun) – someone who uses money to start businesses
(5) . fortune (noun) – a lot of money
go down in history (verb phrase) – to be remembered by a lot of people
While you watch
interactive (adjective) – an interactive computer program reacts to
3 Watch the video. Which two things from exercise 2 did information and instructions that you give it
Apple introduce? launch (verb) – to start selling a new product
popularise (verb) – to make something popular
4 Put the sentences from the TV advertisement into programmer (noun) – someone who makes computer programs
the correct order. Then watch the video and check your
answer.
1 Apple Computer / will / Macintosh. / On January 24th,
/ introduce

2 won’t be / And you’ll / like 1984. / see / why 1984

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