1 Everyday uses of computers Tuning-in Task 1 We use computers in many different places Which places can you link these computer documents with? ‘Sky-king Airlines SEPTMOOLE hol eumoRHeE 4 18EP9 ot — aie as Boat oto YOK rsrsane 143 5565493962022 3” Task 2 In groups, make a list of other places where you can find computer documents. Try te say what the documents are, and what they are used for Listening: Computer uses Task 3) Match these words (1-8) to the correct locations (ad). a afactory b asupermarket © a travel ugent d ahome Task 4 Listen to the tape. Identify which place is described in each extractReading: Computers in everyday life Task 5 ‘Tick () the computer uses mentioned in the following article. home art | hospitals banking | engineering libraries shopping film-making telewis idvertising schools Computers are part of our everyday lives. Thay have an affect on almost everything you do. When you buy groceries at a supermarket, a computer is used with laser and barcode technology to scan the price of each item and present a total. Barcoding items (cloth food, and books) requires a computer to generate the barcade ‘ labels and maintain the inventory. Most television advertisements: and many films use graphics produced by a camputer. In hospitals, bedside terminals connected to the hospital's main computer: allow doctors to type in orders for blood tests and to schedule operations. Banks use computers to look after thair customers’ 8 money, In libraries and bookshops, computers can halp you to find the book you want as quickly as possible. Language work: Articles Study these nouns, a supern tectmology — acomputer money Supermarket andl computer are countable nouns. We say a supermarket and supermarkets rechnology and money are uncountable nouns. They have no plural and you cannot use them with a or an. Study this paragraph Computers have many uses. In sheps u computer scans the price of each item, Then the computer calculates the total cost of all the items. Mable noun, when We use a plural noun with no article, or an uncer we talk about things in general, Computers have mieny uses Information technology is popular, We use a/an when we mention a countable noun for the first time, In shops a computer scuns the price of each item. When we mention the same noun again, we use the The computer calcueates the total cost. We use dhe with countable and uncountable nouns to refer to specific things. The price of each item. The fotal cost of all the itenrs. ‘The speed of this computerTask 7 Task 8 Here are some common nouns in computing. With the help of the Glossary ‘on page 120, divide them into countable and uncountable nouns. in the Glossary, and in most dictionaries, nouns are marked C for countable and TU for uncountable, Fill in the gaps in this paragraph with a/an or the where necessary. The Walsh family have ' ___ computer at home, Their son uses computer to help with * homework and to play * computer games. ‘Their student daughter uses > somputer for 2 projects and for £ email. All *____ family use itto get * information from 1 Internet. Aids to communication Here ure some phrases to use when you do not understand what someone says to you What does X mean? Could you say that again, please? I'm sorry, Udidn't understand that. A little more slowly, please. Here are some phrases to use when you necd help from your teacher. What's the Bnglish for ..? How eo you say 7 Problem-solving Study these screens, iach shows a program used by a different occupation, 1) Who uses cach program? 3 What did they use before computers? 2 What do they use it for? 4 How do computers make their work easter’ 1H St aeTask 10 ‘near pig rem Cob very rary ta tO eal 48 seus 2ub a ‘Oxon Oxi Unive re. 185 ‘UNIVE po Writing Match the places in column A with the computer uses in column B. A B banks control machines factories calculate the bill homes look after paticnt records and medicines hospitals provide entertainment and information shops control our money Now fill in the gaps in this paragraph about computer uses. Computers are now part of our everyday life. In shops, the; In factories, they * vIn® they look after patient records and medicines, When we have a bank account, a computer £ In our homes, computers *