- •Unit 3. Inside the system
- •1. Reading
- •1.1 Read the text. Are the sentences 1-8 true or false? Correct the false ones. Computer system
- •What is inside a pc system?
- •1.2 What's the meaning of these abbreviations?
- •1.3 What do the words in bold print refer to?
- •1.4 Write answers to these questions.
- •1.5 Translate the following word combinations from the text into English.
- •1.6 Put the words into the gaps. Processors and memory
- •1.7 Your ideal computer system
- •2 Vocabulary
- •2.1 Match the numbers and letters.
- •2.2 Solve the clues and complete with the words.
- •2 .3 Read this product description and answer the questions below.
- •3 Language work: relative clauses
- •3.1 Fill in the gaps with that/ who.
- •3.2 Complete the sentences using who, which, that, whose or where.
- •3.3 Complete the definitions 1-6 using relative pronouns and the extra information in a-f.
- •3.4 In which sentences can the relative pronoun be left out? Rewrite them without who, that or which.
- •3.5 Read the box. Change these sentences to emphasize the words in italics.
- •3.6 Rewrite these sentences to emphasize the words in italics.
- •3.7 With the help of these facts about the history of pCs, correct the statements which follow using any of the structures studied in this unit.
- •3.8 Translate the sentences into English:
3.7 With the help of these facts about the history of pCs, correct the statements which follow using any of the structures studied in this unit.
1968 Engelbart demonstrated first mouse.
1971 Intel designed first microprocessor.
1975 MITS Altair 8800 - home construction kit personal computer
1975 Gates and Allen founded Microsoft in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
1980 Sinclair ZX80
1981 IBM Personal Computer with Microsoft MS-DOS operating system
1982 Acorn produced the BBC Micro.
1984 Apple Macintosh
1990 Windows 3.0
1993 Intel Pentium, Microsoft Windows NT
2001 Apple launched OS X operating system. Microsoft launched Windows XP.
Gates and Bush founded Microsoft in 1975.
Sinclair launched the ZX81 in 1980.
Windows 3 was introduced in 1993.
IBM designed the first microprocessor.
The first Apple-IBM appeared in 1984.
Apple launched their new XP operating system in 2001.
Acorn produced the Archimedes computer in 1982.
The Intel Pentium was launched in 1983.
In 1981 IBM introduced a personal computer with a Unix operating system.
Microsoft was founded in Mexico in 1975.
3.8 Translate the sentences into English:
1. Це саме той комп’ютер, який я бажав купити. - This is the computer that I wanted to buy.
2. Комп’ютер, який ми бачили на презентації, не відповідає нашим вимогам. - The computer, which we saw at the presentation does not meet our requirements.
3. Учора я зустрів свого однокурсника, який працює програмістом. - Yesterday I met a classmate who works as a programmer.
4. Це саме ті деталі, які нам потрібні. - These are the details that we need.
5. Це той DVD, про який я тобі розповідав. - This is the DVD, which I told you.
Це Нік розбив твою камеру. - It was Nick who broke your camera.
7. Ми не маємо можливості контролювати данні, які не внесені до комп’ютера. - We have no ability to control the data that isn’t entered into the computer.
8. Інтернет – це всесвітня мережа, яка дозволяє людям спілкуватися по всьому світу. - Internet – is a global network that allows people to communicate around the world.