- •I. Reading: Units of memory
- •1. Try to answer these questions with a partner.
- •2. Now read the text to check your answers or to find the correct answer.
- •2. Look at the illustrations and the captions below. Then fill in the blanks with the correct unit of memory.
- •II. Grammar: Word building
- •1. The table gives some prefixes commonly used in computer science. Knowing the meaning of these prefixes will help you understand new words.
- •2. Explain these expressions, taking into account the prefixes and roots
- •III. Reading: Bits for pictures
- •1. Read the question and the text, then study the diagrams.
- •If you have 8 bits per primary colour, can the palette of your computer obtain 16.7 million colours?
- •2. Translate the last paragraph (starting from 'On colour systems, ...') into Ukrainian in writing.
- •3. Do you understand the calculations made to obtain a palette of 16.7 million colours? (If you don't, ask a partner to explain them to you.)
- •4. Using the information in the passage and the illustrations, match the terms in the box with the appropriate explanation or definition. Translate the terms.
- •IV. Translation: Smile-Shot
- •V. Listening
- •2. Now listen again and fill in the gaps below. (a: assistant, p: Paul, s: Sue)
- •VI. Role play
- •VII. Speaking
- •Read the descriptions of the four people and the four computers below. With a partner, choose the most suitable computer for each person. Give reasons for your choices.
- •Unit 4
- •2. Write descriptions of a joystick, a scanner, a keyboard and a webcam using each of the structures above.
- •3. Look at the picture of a pc-compatible keyboard and identify these groups of keys:
- •5. Read this passage about a computer mouse. Fill in the gaps with verbs in box:
- •IV. Listening
- •1. Listen to an interview with Anne, an expert in voice-input technologies. And tick (٧) the features that she mentions.
- •2. Listen again and fill in the gaps in these sentences. Use the correct modal verb from the list.
- •V. Reading: The eyes of your computer
- •1. Read the following information.
- •2. Answer the questions:
- •3. Read the advertisements below and say what you think are the facts and the opinions.
- •ScanPress 800
- •4. In small groups, compare your answers and decide:
- •VI. Grammar: Comparatives and superlatives
- •2. The class of a word can often be changed by adding a suffix. For example, if -er is added to the verb scan (and the 'n' is doubled) we get the noun scanner.
- •3. Put the words in the box into the correct column below.
- •Information printed personal capable compression
- •4. Some words have been left out of this persuasive advertisement. Read it and complete it with words:
- •Vivid easy-to-use faster fashionable wide shots
- •VII. Listening
- •VIII. Translation
- •1. Read the following information from a magazine and translate it into English
VII. Speaking
Read the descriptions of the four people and the four computers below. With a partner, choose the most suitable computer for each person. Give reasons for your choices.
Power Mac G4
PowerPC processor at 933 MHz Pentium III
256 MB of RAM expandable to 1.5 GB
2 MB of in-line cache on the processor card
Graphics card with 64 MB of SDRAM
80 GB hard disk
DVD-R and CD-RW Superdrive
Comes with Apple monitor, sound board, built-pixel in microphone, and stereo speakers
Mac OS with QuickTime (an extension that lets pointing device you play video and animation on the computer), digital video editing and DVD authoring software
$4,149
Compaq Evo Notebook N200
Intel's 700 MHz Low Voltage Mobile processor
192 MB RAM
20 GB hard drive
Optional 1.44 MB diskette drive
CD-RW DVD-ROM
10.4" colour TFT display, high resolution
Integrated keyboard, touch pad as Integrated mini-PCI modem
Lithium-ion battery
Weight: 2.5 pounds
Dimensions: 25.15 x 19.8 x 2.11 cm
Windows comes pre-installed
$1,190
Sun workstation
900 MHz UltraSPARC processor
Multiprocessor machine (expandable to two CPUs)
8-GB RAM capacity
72-GB internal hard drive
DVD-ROM
Supports several graphics formats
Lets you attach any peripherals and link up to Network
Allows you to handle your toughest technical, scientific, and business-critical applications
Requires Solaris Operating system
$5,049
Compaq Presario PC
500 MHz Pentium III processor
128 MB of RAM expandable to 384 MB
19 GB Quantum Bigfoot hard disk
Built-in Zip drive
DVD-ROM drive
JBC speakers, Dolby Digital Surround
Integrated digital modem Windows
$700
Daniel is a history student. He needs a computer to write essays, assignments and letters. He likes surfing the web.
Sarah is the manager of an advertising company. She needs a powerful system which will work with optical disks and multimedia applications, integrating text and pictures with animation and voice annotations. Digitized images and sound occupy a lot of disk space.
Andy is a CAD engineer. His job involves computer-aided design, simulations and three-dimensional modelling. These applications require a lot of memory and a large drive.
Tanya is a sales representative. She needs a lightweight machine with which she can process orders and communicate with head office while she is on the road.
2. Read the descriptions of these computers again and choose the one that is closest to your ideal. Explain the reason for your choice.
VIII. Writing
A friend has written to you asking you to recommend a computer that suits their needs. Write a letter in reply, describing its technical features and saying why you recommend it.