Доповніть речення словами і фразами з таблиці /Complete the sentences with words and phrases from the box

go online	bug	crashes
website	computer viruses	emails

 

1. Nowadays you can _______________ if your brother is using the telephone line to talk to his friends. (Go online)
2. Many people send and receive ________ rather than telephoning or using “snail mail” (letter post). (Emails )
3. These days you can buy things on the Internet by going to the company’s ___________. (Website )
4. Sometimes the computer ________ ,and then it is impossib8le to use it. You usually have to switch it off and start again. (Crashes)
5. Some people create ________________ , which infect any computer they arrive at. They are dangerous a can destroy everything on the hard disk. (Computer viruses )
6. If a computer programmer has a ____, it won’t work properly. (Bug)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Помістіть (розташуйте) наступні комп’ютерні операції в правильному порядку / Put the following computer operations in the correct order

    a   –   Work

    b   –   Close the application

    c   –    Open the application

    d   –    Print your work

    e   –    Save your work on the hard disk

    f   –    Switch off the computer, the monitor and the printer

    g   –   Switch on the computer, the monitor and the printer  (g, c, a, e, d, b, f) 

3. Мозковий штурм / Brainstorming.

Now look at the board. We can see two columns «For and against» using computer in everyday life.

For	Against
Easy to find solution for complex problems. Easy and cheap to communicate with people. Easy to find information we need.	Computer doesn’t really expand mind. Computer causes some health diseases and addiction. Computer takes a lot of time.

 

Exchange your opinions:

 – What do you mainly use a computer for?

 – Does a computer save your time?

 – When do you start using PC?

 – What kind of PC do you have?

– Would you rather have a computer or person for company on a desert island?

4. Завдання перед прочитанням тематичного тексту. Pre-Reading activity

а).  Позначте речення «правильне-неправильне». True-false sentences

1. A computer is really a very heavy kind of counting machine
2. A computer cannot “remember” information you give it
3. One kind of computer can help us build a spaceship, another kind can help us navigate it
4. Some of the first computers cost ten dollars
5. All the old planes carried many heavy electronic apparatus

б). Прочитайте і запишіть слова з перекладом у конспект. Запам’ятайте їх. Read the vocabulary and copy these words to your copybooks.

Vocabulary

Input unit – пристрої введення інформації

CPU (central processing unit) – процесор

Output unit – пристрої виведення інформації

Keyboard – клавіатура

Mouse – миша

Floppy disk – дискета

Computer disk  ROM (read-only memory) – компакт-диск

RAM (random-access memory) – оперативна пам’ять

VDU (visual display unit) – монітор

Printer – принтер

Modem – модем

The Internet – Інтернет

World Wide Web (WWW) – всесвітнє павутиння або всесвітня мережа

Hypertext – гіпертекст

5. Читання тематичного тексту / Reading

Прочитайте текст, перекладіть його й доповніть речення під текстом. Read the text, translate it and choose the answers (a, b, c or d) which you think fits best according to the text

COMPUTERS

A computer is really a very specific kind of counting machine. It can do arithmetic problems faster than any person alive. By means of electric processes it can find the answer to a very difficult and complicated problem in a few seconds.

A computer can “remember” information you give it. It keeps the information in its “memory” until it is needed.

There are different kinds of computers. Some can do only one job. These are special-purpose computers. Each specific problem requires a specific computer. One kind of computer can help us build a spaceship, another kind can help us navigate it. A special-purpose computer is built for this purpose alone and cannot do anything else.

But there are some computers that can do many different jobs. They are called the general-purpose computers. These are big ‘brains’ that solve the most difficult problems of science.

We used to think of a computer as a large machine that took up a whole room. But today computers are becoming smaller and smaller. Though these small devices are called microcomputers or minicomputers, they are still true computers.

There are several advantages in making computers as small as we can. Sometimes weight is particularly important. A modern plane carries many heavy electronic apparatus. If it is possible to make any of them smaller, it can carry a bigger weight. But weight is not the only factor. The smaller computer, the faster it can work. The signals go to and from at a very high but almost constant speed.

Some of the first computers cost millions of dollars, but people quickly learnt that it was cheaper to let a million dollar computer make the necessary operations than to have a hundred clerks trying to do the same by hand. Scientists found that computers made fewer mistakes and could fulfill the tasks much faster than almost any number of people using usual methods. The computers became popular. As their popularity grew the numbers of factories producing them also grew.

6. Завдання після прочитання тематичного тексту. After-Reading activity

 

1. A computer is a kind of a _______ .

a) counting machine

b) typewriter

c) table game

d) TV set

2. Computer could be used to ______.

a) play games

b) solve different problems

c) cook meals

d) save money

3. The text tells us about special-purpose computers and ______.

a) all-purpose computers

b) calculators

c) general-purpose computers

d) ordinary computers

4. The smaller computer, the ______ it can work.

a) more effectively

b) slower

c) better

d) faster

5. Some of the first computers cost ______ .

a) hundreds of dollars

b) millions of dollars

c) thousands of pounds

d) millions of pounds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. It is cheaper to let the expensive computer do the job than to ______ .

a) have a hundred of clerks

b) do the job oneself

c) buy another computer

d) waste your time and efforts

7. Computers can fulfill the tasks much _______ than any number of people using traditional methods.

a) cleverer

b) better

c) faster

d) worse

8. Computers became very

a) large

b) small

c) expensive

d) popular

Keys: 1 a, 2 b, 3 c, 4 d, 5 b, 6 a, 7 c, 8 d.

7. Завдання перед переглядом відеоматеріалу. Before-watching the video-file activity

Give the answers to the questions in oral form. Дайте відповіді на запитання усно

How many components can we find inside a computer?

What is the “heart” of a computer?

What is  the “brain” of a computer?

How many video cards a computer can be equipped with?

How can we really delete the information we do not need?

What should we do to protect the data on the compact disc?

8. Робота з відеоматеріалом. Studying the video-file

Watch the video-file and write down all the components of the computer. Comment on them and find the Ukrainian equivalents.

Motherboard

CPU (Central Processing Unit)

RAM (Random Access Memory)

Video Card

Power Supply

Hard Disk

Optical Drive

9. Завдання після перегляду відеоматеріалу. After-video watching activity

Знайдіть визначення до слів. Find the definitions to the words

Motherboard	is a disk drive that uses laser light or electromagnetic waves within or near the visible light spectrum as part of the process of reading or writing data to or from optical discs.
CPU (Central Processing Unit)	(in an electronic system) a printed circuit board through which signals between all other boards are routed
RAM (Random Access Memory)	the part of a computer that performs logical and arithmetical operations on the data as specified in the instructions
Video Card	The semiconductor memory in which all storage locations can be rapidly accessed in the same amount of time. It forms the main memory of a computer, used by applications to perform tasks while the device is operating
Power Supply	is an expansion card which generates a feed of output images to a display (such as a computer monitor)
Hard Disk	is a device that supplies electric power to an electrical load
Optical Drive	is a data storage device used for storing and retrieving digital information using rapidly rotating disks (platters) coated with magnetic material