Control questions

1. What do you now about information?

2. What is the construction of a computer?

3. What is the way of storing information in a computer?

4. What is the general purpose of the input (output) unit?

5. What ways of memorizing words in a computer do you know?

6. What is the general purpose and function of the CPU?

7. What new progressive technologies are used in memory units?

8. What will happen if there is a single error is one instruction?

9. What must the coder know in order to use a subroutine?

PART II

LESSON ONE

Prereading Discussion

1. What is your particular area of interest in computer science?

2. What are computers able to do?

3. How might computers affect you’re your future career?

4. How important is it to be computer literate?

5. Are you a rule learner or a data gatherer?

6. Would you like to become a computer expert?

7. How do you think you ought to start?

8. How does it feel to be a computer student?

9. What disciplines does the course of instruction cover?

Reading Analysis

VOCABULARY LIST

Nouns: (il)literacy, flake, inventory, creativity, accountant, host (ess), surge, chaos, cyberphobia, glitch, havoc, executive.

Verbs: to turn/hit/switch on/off, to search (for), to outstrip, to require, to bury, to accomplish, to click (with smth.) on smth, to flip on/off, to clash, to respond (to), to deal with, to intimidate, to foul (up), to rebel, to reveal, to hesitate, o avoid smth./doing smth.

Adjectives: tiny, miraculous, (un)erring, microscopic, fragile, stray, preternatural, fearful, (ir)reparable, artificial.

Adverbs: otherwise, accurately, seemingly, entirely, purposefully, scarcely, interestingly, frustratingly.

Word combinations: tabula rasa, the DOS prompt, an errant instruction, under (out of) control, computer anxiety/phobia, to force into contact, as a result of, to launch nuclear missiles, to keep up with the pace of, computing environment, to be left behind (out), to cause smb. trouble, an invasion of one’s privacy, junk mail, computer columnist, to come to terms with.

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