- •1. The computer
- •Match the computer parts with the words below.
- •2 Read the text quickly. Match the headings (a-d) with the
- •3. Look at these words from the text. Write h (hardware), p (peripheral), s (software) or m (measurement) next to each one.
- •Vocabulary
- •4. Match the highlighted words words and phrases in the text with the definitions (1-8).
- •3. Decide if the sentences are true (t) or false (f).
- •Vocabulary
- •4. Find the words in the text that mean:
- •5 Complete the sentences (1-7) with the words in the box.
- •The desktop
- •1. What do you see first when you turn on a computer? How do you
- •2. Read the text quickly and match the headings (a-d) with the
- •3. Using a word processor
- •1 Look at the notebook keyboard below. Answer the questions.
- •4 Look at the table of word-processing tools and commands and their functions. Then answer the questions.
- •5. Write the commands and tools from the table under the correct
- •6. Match the first part of the sentence (1- 6) with the second part
- •Vocabulary
- •Complete the sentences with words from the box.
- •Match the icons (a-1) with the words (1-12). Say what the command or tool does.
- •9 Practise your typing! Type a paragraph of any English text that is new to you using a word-processing program. Do the following:
- •4. Word processing: for and against
- •1 Work in pairs and discuss the questions.
- •3. Decide if the sentences are true (t) or false (f).
- •Vocabulary
- •4. Match the highlighted words and phrases in the text with the
- •Storing data
- •1 Before you start
- •2 Reading
- •6. Saving files
- •1 How is it possible to lose files on a computer?
- •2 Read the text quickly and match the headings (a-e) with the paragraphs (1-5).
- •3 Decide if the sentences are true (t) or false (f).
- •1 If you do not choose a location, a name, or a format when you save a new
- •2 If you click Save on a new file, the Save As dialog box appears. T/f
- •6 Most word-processing documents use 'Untitled' as the default name. T/f
- •Vocabulary
- •4 Complete the sentences (1-6) with the highlighted words and phrases
- •In the text.
- •5 Work in pairs. Bring to your class six photographs of your family,
- •7.The Internet
- •2 Read the article. Decide if the sentences are true (t) or false (f).
- •6 Work in groups. Say which of the following ideas about the Internet
- •1 Choose keywords that are different to the item you want. □
- •Vocabulary
- •5 Find the words and phrases in the text that mean:
- •Get real
- •1 Compare how many e-mails, phone calls and letters you make/send and receive each week.
- •2 Read the different opinions. Which one do you most agree with?
- •Vocabulary
- •4 Which of the words in the box do people usually think of as positive? Which do they think of as negative?
- •5 Work in pairs. How do you feel about getting these unwelcome messages? Why? Add other types of unwanted communication to the list.
- •6 Write a paragraph describing the advantages and disadvantages of e-mail or telephones or the postal service.
- •10. Careers in it
- •1. Work in pairs and discuss the questions.
- •2. Read the quotes and write the name of the students by the jobs they
- •3.Write e, к, m or p. Which student:
- •Vocabulary
- •4.Underline the ways of expressing like or want in the quotes, then choose the correct answer.
- •Speaking
- •Writing
- •6 Write a paragraph to say what kind of job you would like, and why. Get real
5 Work in pairs. Bring to your class six photographs of your family,
friends, city or pets that you would like to store on your computer.
Decide on file names to give them. Use the most important part of the
photograph, but try to keep the names short.
I'd call this file 'Dad Sleeping 50', because I took the picture on his 50th birthday and he's sleeping in a chair.
I wouldn't call this 'Picture 27' because the file name doesn't describe the picture.
Get real
Type Photographs in your search engine. Visit at least three websites that contain photographs or other visual images. Look at the categories that the sites use to group their photographs. Report back to class to say what each category contains. Write up the category list for your next class.
7.The Internet
Before you start
1 Have you ever surfed the Internet? Which websites did you visit?
Reading
2 Read the article. Decide if the sentences are true (t) or false (f).
1 The Internet first started in the USA. T/F
2 The Internet and the WWW are different. T/F
3 Berners-Lee invented the Internet. T/F
4 One file on the WWW can have two or more addresses. T/F
5 There are 40 million Internet users today. T/F
THE INTERNET originated in the early 1970s when the United States wanted to make sure that people could communicate after a nuclear war. This needed a free and independent communication network without a centre and it led to а network of computers that could send each other e-mail through cyberspace.
Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web (WWW) when he discovered a way to jump to different files on his computer using the random, or unplanned, links between them. He then wrote a simple coding system, called HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language), to create links to files on any computer connected to the network. This was possible because each file had an individual address, or URL (Uniform Resource Locator). He then used a set of transfer rules, called HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol), to link Web files together across the Internet. Berners-Lee also invented the world's first browser. This lets you locate and view Web pages and also navigate from one link to another.
The WWW became available to everyone in 1991 and the number of Internet users grew from 600,000 to 40 million in five years. Today, that number is much larger and there are now many browsers that provide Web pages, information and other services. You can also do research, download music files, play interactive games, shop, talk in chat rooms and send and receive e-mail on the WWW.
3 Find the correct word or abbreviation in the text.
1 an address for Web pages _______
2 a coding system that creates links _______
3 this finds and shows Web pages _______
4 rules for transferring files _______
5 a group of computers joined together _______
Vocabulary
4 Match the groups of verbs below with their general meaning from the
box.
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move ■ make, start ■ join ■ look at ■ find
1 browse, surf, view _______
2 download, navigate, transfer _______
3 connect, link _______
4 discover, locate _______
5 originate, create, invent _______
5 Complete the sentences (1-7) with the highlighted words from the
text.
1 Some people spend too much time playing _______ games on the
Internet.
2 You can sometimes have a computer _______ that is not connected to
the Internet.
3 It is easy to _______ around a screen with a links mouse.
4 Berners-Lee discovered how to _______ between computers in new
ways.
5 Some people surf the Internet at _______ just to see what they can
find.
6 People use the Internet to _______ information from one place to
another.
7 When you surf the Internet, you are travelling in _______ .
Speaking