5. Answer the questions.

1. Who invented the first calculating machine?

2. What could this machine do?

3. When was the computer invented?

4. Why were the first computers very big?

5. Are computers smaller now?

6. Read and translate the text. "what is a computer?"

A computer is an electronic machine that uses programs. A personal computer is a computer that is used by one person. The major parts of a PC include the motherboard, central processor unit, memory, hard drive and video card. Computer's parts are a system block, a monitor, a keyboard, a mouse, a mo­dem, a printer, a disk drive, a scanner, speakers. Software is a number of computer programs.

The most important computer program that runs on a computer is the opera­ting system. Microsoft Windows is one of the most widely used personal computer operat­ing systems. It is sold by Microsoft Corporation. Bill Gates is the chairman of Microsoft Corporation. He is the world's richest person. To start a computer you must have a login and a password. You have a network when two or more computers are connected to each other.

7. Complete the following sentences.

1)

A programmable machine is a …

2) Computer equipment is …

3) Mini programs or instructions that tell your computer how to use its hardware are …

4) The most important program that runs on a computer is …

5) When two or more computers are connected to each other we have a …

6) A number of computer programs is …

7) Large lists of instructions for the computers are …

8) To start a computer you must have a …

8. Quiz on computer.

1) How many keys does the standard computer keyboard consist of?

2) How many buttons does the standard PC mouse consist of?

3) What will save your time if you have problems using a mouse?

4) What does the use of the mouse in Windows allow the user?

5) Whose job is to write computer programs?

6) What should you close, when you shut down your PC?

7) When was Microsoft founded?

8) Who is the chairman of Microsoft Corporation?

9) What is the smallest unit of information in a computer?

10) How many bits are there in a byte?

11) What is one of the most widely used personal computer operating systems?

12) When and where did the Internet begin?

9. Read and translate the text.

Internet

This age is called The Age of Information. Today we can’t imagine our life without radio and TV, books, and especially computers and Internet. It’s interesting to know that the word “computer” used to mean a person, not a machine. In the XIX century the people who did the calculation and wrote books were called computers. And from the XIX century machines changed the world.

It’s hard to believe but the Internet was started by the military. In the 1960s the Pentagon was worried about communications after a nuclear war. And in 1969 they thought of linking computers into a network so that if one part of the network was destroyed, other parts could continue operating. And it was the reason for scientists to start the Net. And people in different countries began to use the Net to share ideas. They used it for work and for fun. People started to call it the Internet in the 1980s. Then it was in the mid 1990s that the Net began to grow fast. And now the Internet is important for e-mail, getting information and playing games.