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2.13. Complete the summary.

Doug Engelbart always dreamed of the computer as an _____ of human communication capabilities and a _____ for the growth of human intellect. When he was a graduate student, he began to imagine ways to _____ all sorts of information on the screens of cathode ray tubes.

In the early 1960s Doug Engelbart explored the ______ between humans and computers. It was the time when he _____ of the computer mouse.

The first computer mouse ____ ____ was built by Bill English the chief engineer at SRI in 1964. It was based on a carved block of wood with a red button. A single wheel was used to _____ the motion of the mouse into cursor movement on the screen. The world _____ of a computer mouse took place in San Francisco in 1968.

In 2000, Doug Engelbart got the National Medal of Technology – the United State's _____technology award.

2.14. Think of any piece of hardware you would like to know more about.

  • Find information about its history and inventor(s).

  • Share this information with your group.

Grammar

(Past Simple)

Ex. 1. Make interrogative and negative sentences from the sentences given below:

1. I started using a computer at the age of six.

2. I played computer games from time to time

3. The majority of the adults also use computers at work.

4. Everybody found computers very useful.

5. I was also fond of using Google and Yandex.

6. Nowadays every worker had a personal computer.

Ex. 2. Complete the text with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets.

1.On Saturday, I _____ (stay) in bed late and ______ (read) a book.

2. I________ (not do)my homework.

3.In the afternoon, I________(meet) m y friends at the sports centre.

4.We ________ (play) basketball.

5.After the game, we ______ (be) tired and the weather ______(not be) very good so we ______(go) home and ______ (watch) a film.

6.The film ______(be) boring so we ______(not watch) it to the end.

7.In fact, I_____ (not have) a very good time and now it’s Sunday and time to do my homework!

Ex. 3. Put the verb in the correct form using Past Simple:

1. My cousin … (buy) new CDs last week.

2. We …(give) them our computer mice yesterday.

3. Somebody … (crack) all computers in our university 2 weeks ago.

4. … she …(download) that dangerous files last month?

5. Their manager… (send) very important e-mails to our company 5 month ago.

Ex. 4. Complete the questions to match the answers.

1. Where ______ you last night – ? Last night? I was at home.

2.______ to school by bus this morning? – No, I didn't. I came by train.

3. When_________you born, Paul? I was born in 1983.

4. Why_________ their car? They sold it because they wanted to buy a new one.

5. Where_________ her boyfriend? She met him in Spain.

6. _________yesterday? No, it wasn't. It was warm.

Ex. 5. Complete the quiz questions.

1._______ did Tim Berners Lee invent?

2. _______ did Paul Bigsby change the world of music?

3._______did Neil Armstrong say 'one small step for man'?

4. ______did the first mobile phone weigh?

5. _______did Douglas Engelbart invent the computer mouse?

6. _____did Paul Allen meet at school?

7_____built the first modern car?

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