- •1) Read the text.
- •2) Search the text for the English equivalents of the words and word-combinations listed below:
- •4) Look at the most common components of a home computer system. Which component allows you to
- •5) Here are some of the ways in which a word processor can help a student. Which of them do you think could be useful to you?
- •In which situations could a computer be more useful than an ordinary notebook?
- •2) Search the text for the English equivalents of the ords and word-combinations listed below:
- •III Comprehension Check:
- •1) Answer the following questions:
- •Ill person.
- •2) Search the text for the English equivalents of the words and word-combinations listed below:
- •5) Translate from Russian into English.
- •«Types of computers»
- •2) Search the text for the English equivalents of the words and word-combinations listed below:
- •"Computer Companies".
- •2) Search the text for the English equivalents of the words and word - combinations listed below:
- •III Comprehension Check:
- •1) Answer the following questions:
- •0 Assemblers
5) Here are some of the ways in which a word processor can help a student. Which of them do you think could be useful to you?
change the spelling of words;
modify the order of words, sentences or paragraphs;
replace single words in a sentence, or single sentences in a paragraph;
change punctuation, and from capital to small letters or vice versa;
change, e.g. all the verbs or the subjects in a text;
produce new copies of the same text;
save texts (e. g. exercises, compositions, notes) for later use;
number the pages of an essay or project;
- underline words and phrases. 16
Now tick () the purposes for which you think a student could most profitably use a word processor:
to write compositions, essays, dialogues, etc. to keep, review and update notes to make extra copies of notes, exercises, etc. to store exercises after doing them to enter and store new exercises to compare old and new versions of the same exercise to produce and arrange vocabulary lists to highlight specific grammar points (e.g. word order in affirmative and interrogative sentences, verb tenses, etc.) other (please specify:—— )
In which situations could a computer be more useful than an ordinary notebook?
6) Word processors and computers in general can help you in many other different ways:
Have you ever tried using a computer in one of these ways? Do you think a student could benefit from any of these computer applications?
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7) Summarize
the text. Make use of the activ
words and word-combinations.
8) Expand
the following ideas:
1. It
is true that the first computers were only institutional.
It is commonly known that
there are different types of computers
The
component parts of a computer are: a keyboard, a monitor, a
processor,
a mouse, etc.
It
is quite clear that applications of computers cover all fields of
human
activity.
Computer System. I Pre-reading tasks:
1) Answer the following questions:
1, What component parts of a computer do you know?
2 What are the common methods of inputting information?
3, What devices are used for outputting information?
4. Is it enough to have a monitor, a system block and a keyboard to
telecommunicate?
5, Where can one buy a computer?
6. What is necessary to know to buy a computer?. 7. What is written in the price lists?
2) Words to watch:
hardware
software
brainware
machinery
to perform
manual
listing
consumer
to requir
device
to consist
to set up
datum (pl. data)
to provide
аппаратное обеспечение
програмное обеспечение
знания, мозговое (умственное)
обеспечение
механизм
выполнять
руководство
распечатка программы
потребитель
нуждаться, требовать
устройство
состоять
устанавливать
данная величина
обеспечивать
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to edit
to differ
access
optional
to retrieve
display/monitor
mini/midi/maxi tower
screen
keyboard
mouse
PC stereo speakers
modem
scanner
printer
external disk drive
(ZIP-drive)
hard disk (HDD)
CD-ROM drive
floppy-disk drive
mouse
pad/mat processor
RAM
(Random Access
Memory) motherboard
sound
card port
различаться
доступ
дополнительный
отыскивать
дисплей/монитор (устройство
изображения)
системный блок (мини/миди/макси)
экран
алфавитно-цифровая клавиатура
мышь
колонки
модем
сканер
принтер
автономный дисковод
жесткий диск (винчестер)
CD-ROM дисковод
накопитель на гибком (FDD)
магнитном диске
коврик для мыши
процессор
память с произвольным
доступом (оперативная память)
материнская плата
звуковая карта
порт (спец. разъем для подключения
устройств)
II Reading tasks: 1) Read the text.
"Computer system".
What is a computer system? It is a combination of hardware elements with software elements and brainware.
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Computer= Hardware + Software
+ Brainware
The main function of a computer system is to process data.
The hardware elements are the machinery and the electronics that perform phisical functions. Any computer system requires 3 basic hardware components: a monitor, a system block and peripheral
devices.
The most noticeable part of a computer is a monitor (a display or a screen). The monitors can be of 2 kinds: a cathode-ray tube or
liquid-crystal display.
The standard of modern monitors is SVGA. The system block consists of a motherboard, a place where microcircuits are set up, a processor, which is the brain of any computer, storage medium or memory. Memory is a common definition of several storage media. They differ from each other in physical principles of storing information, in the speed of access to the data, in the construction and ways of usage. Usually operative memory (RAM, ROM, CASHE) and disk memory (hard disk, floppy disk, CD-ROM) are pointed out. HDD or Winchester is a place where all the information is kept, not being used at the moment, but which can be kept for a long time, even when the computer is switched off.
Peripheral devices are categorized as input/output (I/O) devices because their functions are to provide information (input) to the computer: a keyboard, a mouse and switches, - accept information (output) from the computer: a printer, - or do both: terminals and
storage devices.
Optional peripheral devices are added to a computer system according to the specific needs of the system users: graphics display hardware, an oscilloscope device, an analog-to-digital converter, modem, scanner, multimedia, joystick...
The software elements are programs written for the system.
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information. 1 Byte equals 8 bits.