Listen and Talk
R ecord 5b (from InfoTech)
Buying “Apples”
You are going to hear two people making enquiries in a Macintosh computer shop. The shop assistant is telling them about the two models below. Listen and fill in the missing information.
iBook
Processor speed............ Ram standard.......... Hard disk capacity.......... Price £1207 DVD and Mac OS included?.......
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iMac
Processor speed 1Ghz Ram standard............ Hard disk capacity............. Price .............. DVD and Mac OS included?........ |
Now listen to the talk and fill in the gaps. Reproduce the talk after you complete it.
Assistant: Do you need any help?
Paul: Um yes. we're looking for a personal computer. Have you got any fairly ________ ones?
Assistant: Yes, sure. If you'd like to come over here...
Paul: What different ___________ are there?
Assistant: At the moment we've got these two models: The iMac, which is a _________ computer with a ___________ operating at 1 gigahertz, and the portable iBook, which has a processor __________ at 700 megahertz.
Sue: So the iMac is the ____________ one/ And which one has the most ________? I mean - which has the most _________?
Assistant: Well, the iMac has _________megabytes of ____________ which can be ______________ up to 1 gigabyte, and the iBook has _______ megabytes which can be expanded up to _____________. It all depends on your needs. The iMac is duitable for home useres and small offices. The iBook is ideal for students and for people who travel.
Have fun
/* Stories from Tech Support */
Caller: 'Hello, is this Tech Support?'
Tech: 'Yes, it is. How may I help you?'
Caller: 'The cup holder on my PC is broken and I am within my warranty period. How do I go about getting that fixed?'
Tech: 'I'm sorry, but did you say a 'cup holder'?
Caller: 'Yes, it's attached to the front of my computer.'
Tech: 'Please excuse me if I seem a bit stumped; it's because I am. Did you receive this as part of a promotion, like at a trade show? How did you get this cup holder? Does it have any trademark on it?'
Caller: 'It came with my computer, I don't know anything about a promotional. It just has '4X' on it.'
Why is the Tech support assistant stumped?
What does the Caller mean by that “cup holder”?
Extend your knowledge Explore a motherboard. Find Russian equivalents to the terms.
Computer History Warm up
Sort the devices out. A PC, a laptop, an Apple, a… ?
Can you tell the year (or a decade)?
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<key words>:
digital |
adding device |
abacus |
multiplication |
division |
addition |
computation |
sequential control |
branching |
looping |
storage |
binary logic |
switching |
punched cards |
microprocessor |