A: Have you ever downloaded music from the Internet?

B: Yes, I have.

A: What site did you use?

B: I used different English-speaking sites.

1) send a video email attachment (who to, when); 2) fit an expansion card (which type); 3) replace a hard disk (what model); 4) fix a printer fault (what kind); 5) make your own website (how); 6) have a virus (which virus); 7) watch TV on the Internet (which station); 8) write a program(which language).

READING

Read Text 1 and check if you have mentioned all the possible ways of computer use in ex. 3.

Text 1. USES OF COMPUTER

PC at Home

Common uses for the computer within the home: computer games, working from home, banking from home, connecting to the Web.

Computers in Education

CBT (Computer Based Training)

· Computer Based Training (CBT) offers a low cost solution to training needs where you need to train a large amount of people on a single subject.

· These programs are normally supplied on CD-ROM and combine text, graphics and sound.

· Packages range from general encyclopedias right through to learning a foreign language.

Office Applications

1) Automated Production Systems

· Many car factories are almost completely automated and the cars are assembled by computer-controlled robots.

· This automation is becoming increasingly common throughout industry.

2) Design Systems

· Many products are designed using CAD (Computer Aided Design) programs to produce exact specifications and detailed drawings on the computer before producing models of new products.

3) Stock Control

· Stock control is ideal for automation and in many companies it is now completely computerized.

· The stock control system keeps track of the number of items in stock and can automatically order replacement items when required.

4) Accounts / Payroll

· In most large organizations the accounts are maintained by a computerized system.

· Due to the repetitive nature of accounts a computer system is ideally suited to this task and accuracy is guaranteed.

Computers in Daily Life:

* Accounts * Games * Education * On-line banking * Smart ID cards *

* Supermarkets * Working from home (Tele-working) * the Internet *

Work in groups of three or four. What aspects have not been mentioned by anybody before reading? Why?

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