MY COMPUTER
Warm Up!
- Do you have a computer at home?
- Can you use it?
- What can you do?
- Can you use the Internet?
- What do you use the Internet for?
- Do you like working with the computer?
- Why? Why not?
- Do you know the names of computer parts in English?
If not…
Try to remember!
(random access memory)
NB!
Software
“ My computer’s crashed” (fill in the gaps)
Computer, computer,
I love my computer.
My …, my … , my … .
I never have problems.
I use it all day.
I never go out of the house.
1.printer
2.keyboard
3.mouse
Key
3
2
1
Computer, computer,
I hate my computer.
My … , my … , my … .
I always have problems.
It’s driving me crazy.
Computers make me want to scream.
4.modem
5.disk drive
6.screen
Key
4
5
6
NB!
Charles Babbage
Charles Babbage
(26 December 1791 – 18 October 1871)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Babbage
The first computer
Read the text and do the tasks
1.Find the sentences with Passive Voice,
write down the predicates
is “told”
is called
is made
are printed
are given
are used
are called
it’s spelt
Key
2. Answer the questions about the text
1. What is called “binary code”?
2. How many bits do computers need to identify just one number or letter?
3. Ten bits represent a single byte, don’t they?
4. What are “chips” used for?
5. How do we call precise instructions for the computer?
6.Can we instruct the computer without a program?
Listen to the text and do the tasks
I. Fill in the gaps with the verb in the correct form
Part I
Part II
Key
1
2
b
a
3
4
a
b
5
c
II. Use the words given in capitals in the correct form.
Key
1
importance
2
newest
3
4
personal
5
information
professional
users
“ For and against” arguments
Computer has become an important part of our life – one can admire it, one can call it “devil”, but no one can deny it. Almost every home, office or school has a computer of some kind these days. Many people feel that these machines are now an essential part of our lives, but how necessary are they? What arguments can you suggest “for and against” using computers every time we are to do something.
Read the text and divide it in two parts, one is “for”, another is “against”.
Write an opinion essay
Some people say that we can’t live without computer nowdays, others consider it to be a “monster, devouring our time”. What is your opinion?
Write 200-250 words. Use the following plan:
- make an introduction;
- express your personal opinion and give reasons for it;
- give arguments for the other point of view
and explain why you don’t agree with it;
- draw a conclusion.
NB!
Использованные ресурсы:
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http:// www.it-n.ru/communities.aspx?cat_no=4262&lib_no=132863&tmpl=lib
Иллюстрации
http:// www.computersfacts.com/index.html
http://images.yandex.ru/
Музыка и слова песни
http:// www.onestopenglish.com/section.asp?docid=146250
Тексты
«Рабочая тетрадь для 10-11 классов общеобразовательной школы» №1 К.И.Кауфман, М.Ю.Кауфман к УМК “Happy English-3”, Обнинск, «Титул» 2000)
http :// www . licey 43. ru / biblio / angl / internet . htm )