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Q : Read the exam questions below.

For each
sample answer, fill in the blanks using some of
the words from the box.
1. Describe what the speaker feels is the
relationship between computer use and how we
talk. Use at least two examples from the lecture
to support your answer.
[ off-line on-
line computers talk access interface
schedule ]
The speaker believes that computers have
changed the way some people talk . Here
are two examples. First, someone might say, “Let
us take this discussion off-line to mean “Let
us stop talking about this now.” Someone might
also say, “let us try to interface our schedule so
we can have lunch together next week” to mean
“ Let us try to fit our schedules together so that
we can have lunch.”
2. Explain what the expression “get with the
program” means.
[ reflect instructions
supposed correctly
Program followed pay attention ]
“Get with the program” means to
understand and follow what you are supposed to
be doing. In computer talk a Program is a set of
instructions that are in a particular order. The
program must be followed to work correctly. If I
tell you “get with the program” I want you to do
what we need to do.

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