Label the picture.
all the information.
to access e-mail
virtual reality database crash virus
Fill in the gaps.
Use the words from the box in the required form.
The program that I wrote doesn’t work as there is a
The new system made it easier
My computer has got some bugs and it often
Some games are based on the effect of escape from everyday life.
If you want to send an urgent message,
Something has gone wrong with the obtain the necessary data.
in it.
and allow us to
Is the fastest way. In my computer. I can't
Re-write the sentences below in a shorter way.
Use the suggestions in the box.
Example: You want to find data for your report: you go through books, newspapers, ask your parents and friends. You arc searching for information for your report.
to plug sth into sth to reduce the time spent on sth to be very user friendly to be an integral part to keep track of sth
You describe the events of everyday life. You write down what happened in the morning, in the daytime, etc.
A lot of electr ical goods in the kitchen help women to do housework much faster and they get more free time.
School plays an important role in the life of children.
I invented an clcctric broom but when I tried to connect it electrically by inserting its plug into a vacuum cleaner there was a flash.
I believed my clcctric broom to be very convenient and easy to use.
Put the proper article into the gaps where necessary.
Our family have bought computer. computer has become integral part of our everyday life.
Anyone can put information or images on Internet.
If computer is not working properly, it's better to ask a technician.
Some children spend too much time playing computer games.
new programme in my computer has viruses.
We bought new computer last year but software is already out of date.
A. Arrange the paragraphs in the right order.
Use the diagram and the list of connecting words from the Student's book.
Background (who, when, where?)
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Events (what happened?)
I
Result
GLOSSARY
$0.00 — [nn:t point no:t no:t| to owe — to have to pay to cancel — аннулировать to recover the debt — добиваться возмещения долга to mail to post check (AmE) — cheque (BrE) to process — обрабатывать
The next month, giving in, he thought he would play the company at their own game and mailed them a check for $0.00. The computer processed his account and returned a statement to the effect that he now owed the credit card company nothing at all.
Finally the man, who had wanted to buy his wife a computer for her birthday, bought her a typewriter instead.
However he got a bill for $0.00 stating that he had 10 days to pay his account or the company would have to take steps to recover the debt.
A week later, the man's bank called him asking him what he was doing writing a check for $0.00. After a lengthy explanation the bank replied that the $0.00 check had caused their check processing software to fail.
The bank could not process ANY checks from ANYof their customers that day because the check for $0.00 had caused the computer to crash.
In March 1992 a man living in Newtown near Boston Massachusetts received a bill for his as yet unused credit card stating that he owed $0.00. He ignored it and threw it away. In April he received another and threw that one away too. The following month the credit card company sent him a very nasty note stating they were going to cancel his card if he didn't send them $0.00 by return of post. He called them, talked to them, they said it was a computer error and told him they’d take care of it.
В. Underline one of the words or phrases in brackets to complete each sentence.
The man lent/borrowed/had to pay/received $0.00.
The credit card company wanted to give/take away/change/destroy his card.
Finally he decidcd to apologise/do what they wanted/rob the bank/throw his credit card away.
The $0.00 check the man had sent gave the manager a nervous breakdown/ bankrupted the company/ increased the number of customers at the bark/ caused a computer software crash.