- •4. Look at the words in the box and complete the following sentences with them. Use the information in the text or Glossary if necessary.
- •5. Match the words and expressions on the left with their explanations on the right.
- •6. Find English equivalents for these words in the text:
- •II. Listening
- •1. Two friends are talking about how to move text by using the 'Cut and Paste' technique. Read the conversation and complete it with words from the box.
- •V. Writing
- •VI. Speaking
- •VII. Listening: Spreadsheets
- •Unit 10
- •3. Using the information in the text, complete these statements.
- •II. Grammar: Plurals
- •1. Study this information:
- •Write the plural of these words:
- •4. Puzzle
- •III. Listening
- •1. Listen to Helena Davies, an it trainer, explaining how to use mail merging to some employees. Number these steps in the order that you hear them.
- •2. Look at the illustration of mail merging and identify the three types of documents involved in this example of mail merging.
- •IV. Writing
- •1. Study this sample mail:
- •V. Listening
- •1. Try to answer these questions.
- •Listen to a conversation between a customer buying a pc and a sales assistant. Why do you think the sales assistant has to explain so much about the Internet?
- •Listen again and complete the customer’s notes.
- •VI. Reading: Internet software
- •1. Which Internet utility (1 to 7) would you use to do each of these tasks (a to g)?
- •2. Read the text to check your answers.
- •3. Read the text again and choose the right answer.
- •2. Look at these tasks and choose the most suitable Web site from the cyberlist.
- •3. Rearrange the letters to create the words described.
- •IX. Reading/ Speaking: Online
- •Read the interview below with a best-selling author Jessica Adams about her experiences with computers.
- •Complete the interview by matching the questions (a-l) below with the appropriate gaps in the article (1-12) in 1.
- •3. Work with a partner. Ask the questions from the interview.
- •X. Translation. Translate this text into Ukrainian.
- •XI. Writing: Dos and don’ts
- •4. Do you agree with the point of view of the author? Why/Why not?
- •5. Prepare a speech (up to 1 minute) to express your point of view.
3. Rearrange the letters to create the words described.
a. E-mails that you don’t want or no longer need go here. HATSR
b. Junk mail you receive. MAPS
c. The first version of an e-mail that you write. AFTDTR
d. E-mails on the same subject or from one sender form this. DTAHER
IX. Reading/ Speaking: Online
Read the interview below with a best-selling author Jessica Adams about her experiences with computers.
This week we interview Jessica Adams, best-selling author of Single White E-mail and Astrology for Women, about her thoughts on computers, the Internet and everything!
1. ?
I’ve had a computer of one sort or another since I bought my first Mac in 1987. I remember it was a little box with a black and white screen, and I think I used to go off and make a cup of tea when it was time to print anything.
2. ?
I have two laptops, and at home I have a huge IBM Aptiva, which is jet black and looks like the sort of thing Darth Vader might use.
3. ?
Very important, but like most of the world, I have a love-hate relationship with computers. As a novelist I love the cut and paste function, which has changed the way I write fiction. As a traveler, I’m hooked on hotmail and Internet cafes. But as a true technobimbo, I really hate the way computers can get stuck, go wrong and generally fail to explain themselves in plain English.
4. ?
For e-mail and writing fiction.
5. ?
I’m afraid the only website I look at regularly is my own. I like to see what readers of Single White E-mail are saying about the book. It’s never what I expect or imagine!
6. ?
Yes. Once I had a very flirtatious online conversation with someone who, embarrassingly enough, turned out to be fifteen. I was thirty at that time.
7. ?
About eight hours. The longest I’ve ever spent was actually twenty-four hours, when I was writing a story for an Australian magazine entitled 24 Hours on the Net. It nearly killed me.
8. ?
Yes, I bought a juicer. It’s fantastic, and I’ve become addicted to banana milk shakes!
9. ?
Yes, I really want one of those mobile phones with e-mail and Internet access on them.
10. ?
No, I don’t think so. I’m not a geek at all. I don’t understand computers – they’re just glorified hairdryers or electric kettles to me.
11. ?
Yes, it annoys me to think how much I depend on them. I’ve been spending far too long on my computer. I must remember to get a life!
12. ?
A computer – sorry about that, humans!
Complete the interview by matching the questions (a-l) below with the appropriate gaps in the article (1-12) in 1.
a) How long have you spent on the Internet in the last week?
b) What do you use your computer for?
c) Have you bought any new gadgets recently?
d) How important do you think computers are?
e) Have you ever chatted with strangers on the Internet?
f) Are there any new gadgets on the market that you want?
g) Do you see yourself as a computer geek?
h) Do you know any good websites?
i) Which would you take to a desert island for company – a computer or a human?
j) How long have you been using computers?
k) Is there anything that irritates you about computers or electronic technology?
l) What kind of computer do you have now?