Operador de Micro Ingls Instrumental Prof.

Alberto Bandeira

1 - The computer
Before you start
1 Match the below. floppy disk mouse tower CD-rewriter computer parts with the words ( ( ( ( ) ) ) ) scanner keyboard monitor printer ( ( ( ( ) ) ) )

Reading
2 Read the text quickly. Match the headings 3 Look at these words from the text. Write (ad) with the paragraphs (1-4). H (hardware), P (peripheral), S (software) or M (measurement) next to each one. a Memory ( ) c PCs and Notebooks ( ) b Speed ( ) d Hardware/Software ( )

Vocabulary
4 Match the highlighted words and phrases in the text with the definitions (18). 1 parts _____________________________ 2 pictures and images ________________ 3 a way of doing something ____________ 4 reads arid uses data_________________ 5 measurements _____________________ 6 use a computer program _____________ 7 keeps data in the memory ____________ 8 how well a computer does something ___________________________________

Speaking
5 Work in pairs. Look at the chart and compare the two computers. Use fast, slow, cheap, expensive, big, small. Hi-Tech 2010 Series XWi-Fi Type PC Notebook CPU 933 MHz 1.5GHz RAM 256MB 512MB Monitor/Screen17 inch 15 inch Hard disk 20GB 40GB Price 2,000 2,999

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3 Decide if the sentences are true (T) or false (F). 1 The desktop appears before you boot up. Before you start T/F 1 What do you see first when you turn on a 2 Files are usually inside folders. T/F computer? How do you open a program? 3 People usually put their favourite programs on the desktop. T/F 4 Use the C: drive to open floppy disks. T/F Reading 2 Read the text quickly and match the 5 You cannot change the background picture of the desktop. T/F headings (a-d) with the paragraphs (1-4). 6 The Control Panel folder contains the Date/Time icon. T/F a The control panel ( ) c The desktop ( ) b The drives ( ) d Using icons ( )

2 - The desktop

Vocabulary

4 Find the words in the text that mean: 1 comes into view so you can see it (1) _________________________ 2 the picture or colour on your screen (1) _________________________ 3 clicking the mouse two times quickly (2) _________________________ 4 sth that holds documents or files (2) _________________________ 5 most important (3) __________________ 6 make something the way you want it (4) _________________________ 5 Complete the sentences (17) with the words in the box.

1 The _____________ icon lets you change the way your desktop looks. 2 If you remove a file by mistake, you can find it in the _________________________ 3 The ______________ appears when you dont use the mouse or keyboard. 4 I didnt use that program very much so I ___________________it from my desktop. 5 I have a great program on my ___________________ that I use for playing music. 6 Windows Explorer lets you move ___________________ from one folder to another. 7 _________________ contain documents or files.

Speaking
6 Choose five icons on your desktop. Say what you use these programs for.

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3a Using a word processor

Before you start
1 Look at any computer keyboard and answer the questions. 1 Which key is between G and Y?_______ 2 Which key is to the left of Y? _________ 3 Which key lets you type in capital letters? ___________ 4 Where are the arrow keys? ___________ 5 Where is the multiplication sign? _______ 2 Work in pairs. Choose a letter or key from the keyboard and describe where it is. Do not say which key you have chosen. Use next to, above, below, between, on the right/left/top/bottom. 3 Discuss these questions. 1 How often do you type letters or documents? 2 Which word-processing program do you use? 3 Which commands do you know? 4 How many different fonts does this question ? 5 Find the words in 13 that are in bold, in italics, underlined and highlighted.

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Reading
4 Look at the table of word-processing tools and commands and their functions. Then answer the questions. 1 Which tool checks your spelling? _______________________ 2 Which edit command removes text or images? _______________________ 3 Which format command changes the letter size? _______________________ 4 Which file command opens a file or document? _______________________ 5 Which insert command lets you put in an image? _______________________ 6 Which view command shows the document as a printed page? _______________________

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3b Using a word processor

Speaking

8 Match the icons (ai) with the words (1 5 Write the commands and tools from the 12). Say what the command or tool does. table under the correct heading. Edit _______ _______ _______ _______ Tools _______ _______ File _______ _______ _______ _______ Insert _______ _______ View _______ _______

Format _______ _______

6 Match the first part of the sentence (16) with the second part (af). 1 Typing letters with a word processor 2 Many companies need people 3 I can learn a lot of new words 4 People usually type business letters 5 Check your spelling and grammar 6 If you cut a sentence out by mistake, a in the Times New Roman font. b by using the thesaurus. c before you print out your document. d who can use a word processor. e try clicking the undo button. f is easier and quicker than writing by hand.

Writing
9 Practise your typing! Type a paragraph of any English text that is new to you using a word-processing program. Do the following:

format the verbs in bold put nouns in italics underline any adjectives Vocabulary use the thesaurus to check any words you 7 Complete the sentences with words from do not know the box. change the font and the font size for each sentence use the spell check to check your work. 1 When you copy text, it stays on the________ until you want to paste it. 2 Change the paragraph _________ if you want bigger spaces between the lines. 3 Each word on the _________ contains a list of commands and tools. 4 Most of the icons on the __________ are also in words in the menu bar. 5 You can save a file in many different _________ in your computer. 6 MS Word has about a hundred different _________ for you to choose from. 7 A word processor lets you __________ a paragraph as well as the font. 8 If the _________ you want is not on the keyboard, look in the Symbol command. Then print your document.

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4 Word processing:for & against

Before you start
1 Work in pairs and discuss the questions.

3 Decide if the sentences are true (T) or false(F).

1 You can store letters on a manual typewriter. T/F 2 You can change your documents easily 1 Do you like writing by hand? Why?/Why on a word processor. T/F not? 3 Printed documents look better than 2 Have you ever used a typewriter or word handwriting. T/F processor? Which word processor? 3 What are the differences between 4 Improving your writing is more difficult with a word processor .T/F handwriting, typing and word processing? 5 Word processors work well with e-mail. T/F Reading 2 Read the text and underline the Vocabulary advantages of word processing in the first 4 Match the highlighted words and phrases paragraph and the disadvantages in the in the text with the definitions (16). 1 by hand, not electronic ______________ second. Write the number of each. 2 the way a program organizes data ______________________ 3 a program used for simple text files ______________________ 4 the code that e-mail uses ____________ 5 things that a program has, or can do ______________________ 6 a program used for text and graphics ______________________

Speaking
5 Work in groups. Which of these documents would you write by hand and which on a word processor? Say why.

Writing
6 Write a short paragraph about some of the advantages of writing with pen and paper. Use the following ideas to help you. Add any other ideas you may have. pen and paper cheap you can write anywhere (dont need electricity) dont need to learn to type handwritten letters friendlier & more personal

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5 Storing data
Before you start

3 Write short answers to these questions.

1 Name four ways you can store computer data. c____________ 1 What information can you store on a a_____________ b_____________ d____________ computer? Where can you store your 2 Name the open folder in the diagram. documents or files? ___________________________________ 3 How many folders are in My Computer in Reading 2 Read the text quickly. Write the number of the diagram?________________________ 4 What is the hard disk called in Apple the paragraph that tells you about: Macintosh computers? ________________ 5 Where will you find My Videos in the Windows OS ?_______________________ 4 Match the questions (15) with the answers (ae).

Vocabulary
5 Find the words in the text that mean: 1 computer information (paragraph 1)_____ ___________________________________ 2 when computers stop working (1) ______ ___________________________________ 3 a second copy of a file (1) ____________ 4 to put in neat order (2)_______________ 5 a list (2) __________________________

Speaking
6 Work in pairs. Look at the files below. How would you organize them so that you can find them easily? Add more files to the list.

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6 Creating a folder
Before you start
1 Match the icons (ai) with the words (1 9) below.

3 Match the diagrams (ad) with the instruction numbers from Exercise 2.

Reading

Vocabulary

2 Read the text quickly. What do you use 4 Complete the sentences with words from Exercise 1. from Exercise 1 to make a folder? 1 Double-click the _____________ to view a list of folders and files. 2 You will find the Undo command in the Edit ________________ menu. 3 The ____________________ shows you where to type on the screen. 4 The mouse controls both the __________ and the cursor. 5 If you click ______________, the window will cover all of the computer screen. 6 Clicking_________________changes the size and location of the window.

Writing
5 Write down the instructions you need to operate one of the following:

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7 Saving files

3 Decide if the sentences are true (T) or false (F). 1 If you do not choose a location, a name, Before you start 1 How is it possible to lose files on a or a format when you save a new file, the computer will do it for you. T/F computer? 2 If you click Save on a new file, the Save As dialog box appears. T/F Reading 3 You can save files in one format only.T/F 2 Read the text quickly and match the headings (ac) with the paragraphs (15). 4 You can save existing files in more than one place on your computer. T/F 5 The 5ave command only saves existing documents. T/F 6 Most word-processing documents use Untitled as the default name. T/F 7 The Save As command cannot save existing documents. T/F 8 Thinking of names for your files is easy. T/F

Vocabulary
4 Complete the sentences (16) with the highlighted words and phrases in the text. 1 You can make back-up copies of__________________ files on a floppy disk by using Save As. 2 I need a __________________ camera because I want to save my pictures on my computer. 3 Graphics programs save files without names as__________________ by default. 4 Clicking __________________ will let you go to the A: drive, C: drive or D: drive. 5 Programs have ____________________ settings for all kinds of functions. 6 Click ___________________ in the Save As dialog box to change the file format.

Speaking
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. Id call this file Dad Sleeping 50 because I took the picture on his 50th birthday and hes sleeping in a chair I wouldnt call this Picture 27 because the file name doesnt describe the picture.

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8 The Internet

3 Find the correct word or abbreviation in the text. 1 an address for Web pages Before you start 1 Have you ever surfed the Internet? Which 2 a coding system that creates links 3 this finds and shows Web pages websites did you visit? 4 rules for transferring files 5 a group of computers joined together Reading 2 Read the article. Decide if the sentences Vocabulary are true (T) or false (F). 4 Match the groups of verbs below with their general meaning from the box. 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 1 browse, surf, view ________ 4 One file on the WWW can have two or 2 download, navigate, transfer ________ more addresses. T/F 3 connect, link _________ 5 There are 40 million Internet users today. 4 discover, locate __________ T/F 5 originate, create, invent __________ 5 Complete the sentences (17) 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 mouse. 4 Berners-Lee discovered how to ____________________ links 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
6 Work in groups. Say which of the following ideas about the Internet are good or bad.

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9 Research on the Internet

Before you start
1 Where is the best place information on these topics? European history the price of mobile phones your favourite pop star to find

4 Tick (x) the good things to do to find information on the Internet.

2 What are the advantages and disadvantages of finding information from these sources? Books, magazines, newspapers, libraries, encyclopaedias, friends or family, teachers, Vocabulary CD-ROMs, television, radio, the Internet. 5 Find the words and phrases in the text that mean: Reading 3 Read the text quickly and choose the 1 clear and exact (paragraph 2) _________ correct answer. 2 put into similar groups (2) _________ 3 to bring back (2) _________ 4 make smaller (4) _________ 5 mathematical words (4) _________ 6 does not use (4) _________ 6 Are the words in the groups below listed from general to specific or specific to general? Write G ->S or S->G. 1 telephone -> mobile phone -> Nokia ____ 2 mother -> family -> humans ____ 3 writing -> essay -> sentence ____ 4 Big Ben -> London -> UK ____ 5 cars -> vehicles -> transport ____ 6 cars -> German cars -> BMW ____

Speaking
7 Talk about the keywords you should use to find information on the following topics. information on cheap hotels in the UK what the weather will be like tomorrow an essay on the history of the European Economic Union mobile phones that connect to the Internet a nice present for your mothers birthday.

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10 E-mail, telephones & the post

Before you start
1 Compare how many e-mails, phone calls and letters you make/send and receive each week.

3 Read the quotes again. Tick (x) the features of each type of communication.

Reading
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?

Speaking
5 Work in pairs. How do you feel about getting these unwelcome messages? Why? Add other types of unwanted communication to the list.

Writing
6 Write a paragraph describing the advantages and disadvantages of e-mail or telephones or the postal service.

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