Instant messaging

Instant messaging is like having a real-time conversation with another person or a group of people. When you type and send an instant message, the message is immediately visible to all participants. Unlike e-mail, all participants have to be online (connected to the Internet) and in front of their computers at the same time. Communicating by means of instant messaging is called chatting.

Pictures, music, and movies

If you have a digital camera, you can move your pictures from the camera to your computer. Then you can print them, create slide shows, or share them with others by e-mail or by posting them on a website. You can also listen to music on your computer, either by importing (transferring to your computer) music from audio CDs or by purchasing songs from a music website. Or, tune in to one of the thousands of radio stations that broadcast over the Internet. If your computer comes with a DVD player, you can watch movies.

Gaming

Do you like to play games? Thousands of computer games in every conceivable category are available to entertain you. Get behind the wheel of a race car, battle frightening creatures in a dungeon, or control civilizations and empires! Many games allow you to compete with other players around the world through the Internet. Windows includes a variety of card games, puzzle games, and strategy games.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Introduction-to-computers

1. Mind map. Fill in the boxes. Use the words given below.

Internet gives access to

a system (systems) which make it possible a system (systems) which make it possible

consist of

consist of

Communication; e-mail; information; instant messaging; web; webpages; websites

2. Answer the questions

1. Is there internet access in your area?

2. How much do you have to pay for the Internet access?

3. What similar features do webpages and printed magazine or newspaper pages have?

4. What is the difference between them?

5. What information can you find in the Net?

6. What information do you look for most often?

7. Do you buy any products on websites? What are these products?

8. Do you like to play computer games?

3. Find definitions for the terms

Internet, web, website, webpage, chatting.

4. Find synonyms in the text

1. simultaneously – _____________

2. instantly – _____________

3. to import – _____________

4. to be on-line – _____________

5. to connect the Internet – _____________

6. to surf the Net – _____________

7. imaginable – _____________

8. to buy – _____________

Computer vocabulary.

If you like to scan or print you need to connect special equipment to your computer: scanner or printer.

Task 1. Scanning. The instructions of working with a scanner are given below. Check whether you know the words in frames. Fill in the gaps.

adjust	brightness	at
all-in-one	connected	dpi (dots per inch)
preview (or prescan)	file format	original
contrast	image editing	click

1. Make sure the scanner is _____________ to the computer.

2. Lift the lid and put the _____________ on the scanner glass.

3. For high image quality, scan _____________ 300 _____________ or higher.

4. The scanning software will automatically do a _____________.

5. If the image is too dark or too light, you can __________ the _____________ and _____________.

6. _____________ "scan".

8. If you want to save the image, choose a _____________. JPEG¹ is a

good choice for photos.

9. The scanned image can be manipulated using _____________ software.

10. An _____________ printer/scanner can print, scan and copy.

Task 2. Printing. Use the words to fill the gaps.

cartridge	collate	cover	feed
double-sided	landscape	mono	out
out of	portrait	jammed	print-heads
reload	replacement	via

1. When the ink runs out, you have to change the ____________.

2. ____________ cartridges can be ordered online.

3. To change the cartridge, you have to lift the ____________.

4. The printer is connected to the computer ____________ a USB cable.

5. The printer is ____________ paper. ____________ the paper tray.

6. I think some paper is ____________ inside the printer.

7. My printer keeps getting jammed. I think there's a problem with the paper ____________.

8. Shall I print this ____________ in colour or black and white?

9. "Black and white" is also known as ____________.

10. If there's a problem with the print quality, perhaps the ____________ need cleaning.

11. Can your printer do ____________ printing?

12. To ____________ means to put all the pages into the correct order.

13. This page is in ____________ orientation.

14. This page is in ____________ orientation.

Grammar: Expressing the Future

In the English language there are several ways to express future time reference. They are: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Future Simple (will + indefinite infinitive) and the phrase be going to.

Present Simple

1. for a definite schedule or timetable. Only a few verbs are used in this way, e.g: to be, open, close, begin, start, end, finish, arrive, come, leave, return.

The train LEAVES at 9pm tonight.

Joanna STARTS work next week.

Tomorrow IS Thursday.

b) in subordinate clauses of time and condition.

We will go to the cinema if he INVITES me.

Present Continuous

for a definite plan or arrangement.

He IS TAKING his CAE exam next year.

Be Going To

for a personal intention or a prediction based on evidence.

There’s a cloud in the sky. It’S GOING TO rain.

We’RE GOING TO paint our bedroom tomorrow.

Will

for a future fact, a spontaneous decision, an offer, a threat, a promise, an opinion about the future, a probability especially after the verbs think, suppose, expect, doubt.

People WILL GO to Mars in the next decade.

Hold on. I’LL GET a pencil.

We WILL SEE what we can do to help you.

Maybe we’LL STAY IN and WATCH television.

Exercise 1. Use will or be going to with the verbs in brackets.

1. A: Why are you holding a piece of paper?

B: I (write) a letter to my friends back home in Texas.

2. A: I'm about to fall asleep. I need to wake up!

B: I (get) you a cup of coffee. That will wake you up.

3. A: I can't hear the television!

B: I (turn) it up so you can hear it.

4. We are so excited about our trip next month to France. We (visit) Paris, Nice and Grenoble.

5. Sarah (come) to the party. Oliver (be) there as well.

6. Ted: It is so hot in here!

Sarah: I (turn) the air-conditioning on.

7. I think he (be) the next President of the United States.

8. After I graduate, I (attend) medical school and become a doctor. I have wanted to be a doctor all my life.

9. A: Excuse me, I need to talk to someone about our hotel room. I am afraid it is simply too small for four people.

B: That man at the service counter (help) you.

10. As soon as the weather clears up, we (walk) down to the beach and go swimming.

Exercise 2. Use the verbs in brackets in the appropriate form

1. I'm hungry - Oh, I (make) you a sandwich.

2. He (study) Law at Sheffield University next year.

3. Oh darling! I love you so much, (you/marry) me?

4. The flight (leave) at 8 p.m.

5. Look at those clouds! It (rain) any minute.

6. Jack (meet) Kim tomorrow afternoon.

7. I think he (be) very successful.

8. When (visit) me next year?

9. Class (begin) at 9, it (begin) at 10.

10. As soon as she arrives in Manchester she (give) you a call.

11. Look at those clouds on the horizon! It is (rain) soon.

12. Who do you think (win) the next national elections?

13. We are (fly) to Warsaw next week for a meeting with the advisory board.

14. I promise you: I (finish) my homework on time next week.

15. I'll take this letter to the post office when I (go) into town this afternoon.

Additional exercises

Round Up 4 pp. 25 – 32

Round Up 5 pp. 25 – 30

Round Up 6 pp. 12 – 14

1 JPEG is pronounced "jay-peg"

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