Exercise 2. Give the translation of the following words.
Floppy disk
Scanner
Mouse
Monitor
Printer
Memory
To run
Fast
Data
Size
Portable
Screen
Picture
Image
Press
To select
To display
Exercise 3. What do you think these abbreviations mean?
RAM, OS, CPU, PC.
Exercise 4. Find the synonyms of the given words.
speed, data, to perform, to get, to carry out, rate, to select, screen, to receive, picture, to show, to take in, image, information, to display, monitor, to put in, to choose.
Exercise 5. Read the text, translate it and answer the questions.
Computer
Computer is a machine that takes in information or data, performs a sequence of reasonable operations on the received information and puts out answers.
The parts of a computer you can touch, such as a monitor or a Central Processing Unit are hardware. All hardware except the CPU and the working memory are called peripherals. Computer programs are software. The operating system (OS) is software that controls the hardware. Most computers run the Microsoft Windows OS. MacOS and Linux are other operating systems.
The CPU controls how fast the computer processes data, or information. We measure its speed in megahertz (MHz) or gigahertz (GHz). The higher the speed of the CPU, the faster the computer will run. You can type letters and play computer games with a 500 MHz CPU. Watching movies on the Internet needs a faster CPU and a modem.
We measure the Random Access Memory (RAM) of the computer in megabytes (MB). RAM controls the performance of the computer when it is working and moves data to and from the CPU. Programs with a lot of graphics need a large RAM to run well. The hard disk stores data and software programs. We measure the size of the hard disk in gigabytes (GB).
Computer technology changes fast, but a desktop PC (Personal Computer) usually has a tower, a separate monitor, a keyboard and a mouse. The CPU, modem, CD-ROM and floppy disk drives are usually inside the tower. A notebook is a portable computer with all these components inside one small unit. Notebooks have a screen, not a monitor, and are usually more expensive than desktops with similar specifications.
Exercise 6. Answer the questions to the text.
1. What is a computer?
2. What does computer do?
3. What is the CPU?
4. What operating systems do computers run?
5. How do we measure computer’s speed?
6. How do we measure computer’s memory?
7. What is the job of the hard disk?
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8. Are the floppy disk drives inside the tower?
9. Do notebooks have a monitor?
10. Are desktop computers cheaper than notebooks?
Exercise 7. Find in the text all the nouns used in plural.
Exercise 8. Make up the plural of the following nouns.
technology, disk, memory, software, screen, speed, tower, information, mouse.
Exercise 9. Write down the following word combinations in possessive case.
память компьютера, компьютерный экран, компьютерные устройства, особенности программ.
Exercise 10. Explain the usage of articles.
1. Computer programs are software.
2. Watching movies on the Internet needs a faster CPU and a modem.
3. Computer is a machine that takes in information or data, performs a sequence of reasonable operations on the received information and puts out _ answers.
Exercise 11. Make up the following sentences negative.
1. Notebooks have a screen, not a monitor.
2. The CPU controls how fast the computer processes data, or information.
3. We measure the Random Access Memory (RAM) of the computer in megabytes (MB).
Exercise 12. Make up the following sentences interrogative.
1. CD-ROM and floppy disk drives are usually inside the tower.
2. RAM controls the performance of the computer when it is working and moves data to and from the CPU.
3. Programs with a lot of graphics need a large RAM to run well.
4. We measure the size of the hard disk in gigabytes.
Exercise 13. Retell the text.
Exercise 14. Prepare the story about your PC.
Topic «Types of computers ».
Vocabulary.
Grammar: Degrees of comparison of adjectives.
Exercises.
Exercise 1. What kinds of computers do you know? What are they used for?
Exercise 2. Vocabulary to the text.
Mainframe – мейнфрейм
Notebook – ноутбук
Laptop – лэптоп
Handheld – переносной, карманный, портативный
Minicomputer – миникомпьютер
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Palmtop – палмтоп
Subnotebook – субноутбук
Sound – звук
Multimedia – мультимедиа
Animation – анимация
According to – согласно чему-либо
Variety – разнообразие
Purpose – цель
Pocket – карман
Power – сила, мощность
Powerful – сильный, мощный
Typewriter – пишущая машинка
Amounts of data – количество данных
To compute – считать, вычислять
Property – свойство, особенность
Digit – цифра
Digital – цифровой
Numerical measurements – числовые измерения
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