Lesson 8 computers can help you with your studies

LESSON 8 COMPUTERS CAN HELP YOU WITH YOUR STUDIES

The results of the lesson

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  Reading and talking about computers
  
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  Predicting the future with differing levels of certainty
  
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  Using the first conditional tense
  
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  Writing a summary of a longer text
  

Activity 1 Read and learn the words of the text

Skim the following short extracts and decide from which of the sources bellow each one was taken.

1. 
   Computer /kem’pjute/ n an electronic device for storing and analyzing information fed into it, for calcuting, or for controlling machinery automatically: Is the new information available on (the) computer.
   

*The accounts are processed by computer.

*a laptop/personal computer*a computer programmer*computer software/graphics

B. To move to another location in a document.

1. Select the text you want to move.

2. Choose CUT from the EDIT menu.

3. Click the location in the document where you want to insert the text.

4. Choose PASTE from the EDIT menu.

The text appears in the new location.

C.What should you look for when choosing a PC?

*it must be small enough to fit in your briefcase

*it must provide enough power to handle all the applications which you regularly use.

Given these criteria, your first choice of machine must be the TRANASONIC CF-171.

As a laptop it has few rivals for slimness and lightness. Yes it’s not only the size of the CF-171 which impresses………

D. The annual Computer and Communications Central Asia Exhibition was opened yesterday at the Yoshlik sports centre in Tashkent.

About thirty firms took part in the exhibition and a wide variety of technology was presented, from small systems designed for an office to complex ones which can connect hundreds of computers within a network.

The new IBM hardware looked very impressive, as did the new ‘all-in-one’ Xerox 3006 on show at the Uz-Xerox stand. This comprises a fax, photocopier, printer and scanner, in one single machine.

The exhibition continues until the end of the week.