Computers & internet
I. Topic Preview
The modern world of high technology could not be possible without computers. Computers have opened up a new era in manufacturing and they have enhanced modern communication system. The internet has already entered our ordinary life. Everybody knows that the Internet is a global computer network, which embraces hundred of millions of users all over the world and helps us to communicate with each other.
Answer the following questions:
- Does a computer take an essential part in your life? Why?
- How often do you use Internet? Do you feel out of control or depressed when not using it?
- What do you know about e-commerce? Is it popular in your country?
- Are you keen on making friends on different Networks? Do you find virtual reality more attractive than everyday reality?
II. Vocabulary Preview
Read the following sentences and try to guess the meaning of the words in italics. Translate the sentences into Russian.
- Computer speeds are measured in gigahertz today.
- To help solve the problem of Internet clogs , Internet providers are trying new ways of pricing for customers.
- Digital computer speed and calculating power are further enhanced by the amount of data handled during each cycle.
- Devices such as Web TV allow our television to browse the Web and use Electronic Mail.
- It has been calculated that Microsoft controls 80-85% of the entire PC software industry.
- By accessing the Net through the coaxial cable that provides television to our homes, the speed can be increased 1,000 fold.
- Another way is being introduced to access the internet, and that is through he use of satellite dish just like the TV dishes currently used to deliver television from satellites in space to your home.
- Any two computers on the net will be able to stay in touch with each other as long as there is a single route between them. This technology was called packet switching .
- Network has more and more users logging on everyday and staying on longer and longer.
- It is possible to get into any of the computers along the route, intercept and even change the data being sent over the Internet.
- Gigahertz - a unit for measuring the number of cycles which happen every second, used especially in electronics.
- Internet clogs – the process of blocking or filling so that movement or activity is difficult.
- Digital – showing information in the form of an electronic image
- to browse – to look at information on the internet
- Software – the instructions which control what a computer does; computer programs.
- Coaxial cable - an electronic cable used as a transmission line for computer network connections.
- satellite dish – a round aerial for receiving television and radio signals broadcast from satellites
- logging on – to connect a computer by typing your name, so that you can start working
- Packet switching - a rapid store-and-forward Networking design that devices messages up into arbitrary packets, with routing decisions made per-packet.
- intercept – to stop and catch something or someone before they are able to reach a particular place
(continued)
These are some words and phrases you will hear in the lecture. Copy them into your notebook and translate them.
Computer terms
Idea’s related to computers and Internet
Technology
Other words and phrases
Laptop
WWW
Interacting
CD Rom
Current information
IBM
Tool for learning
Electronic version
Access information
Web site
Printed material
User-friendly
Log on
Merritt
Online relationships
Modem
Integral part
Pirated copy
Plugged into
Computer addict
Linked to
Personal fulfillment
Less real
III.Listening
1.A. Read the words and their definitions. Three of them are mixed. Find and match them properly.
1.access (something) a)have the ability or right to enter or use
2.doubt b)a feeling of being unsure
3.current c)take the place of something or somebody
4.online d)belonging to the present time
5.predict (something) e)see or describe the future
6.provide (smb with smth) f)to supply
7.remain g)continue to be unchanged
8.replace (smth) h)connected with the computer network
B. Listen to what different people think about the future of books and computers. Tick the correct column.
Paper books will always exist
Dana
Books and computers will coexist
Michael
Computers will replace books
Fiona
Andrew
Emma
C. Listen to the tape again and tick the arguments each speaker used .
Dana
a)Computers allow us to access the latest information really quickly.
Michael
a)Books are enjoyable things.
Fiona
b)It’s much easier to edit and print documents using a PC.
c)Interaction with the world is a great advantage of a computer.
b)One of the good things about a book is that you can take it to bed.
a)A printed page is better for human eyes than a computer screen.
Andrew
b)Printed books are cheaper and easier to use.
Emma
a)Printed books don’t need electricity.
a)Large amounts of information become available through computers.
b)Books have always been a part of human culture, so they will be used as well as computers.
b)Computers are better at storing information.
III.Listening (continued)
2.A. Listen to the interview with a journalist, Mike Phillips.
B. Match the phrases from the interview to the ones similar in meaning from the second column.
1. searching for a) keeping a diary
2. plug into b) looking for
3. an integral part c) save the time
4. user-friendly d) easy to use
5. reduce the time e) a necessary part
6. keeping track of life f) connect to
C. Listen to the interview again and fill in the gaps with the phrases from ex.2B
- I use it mainly for word processing (but not writing, which I still do with a pen), ..., ... from the Internet, for writing purposes or for travel.
- I used to think the PC’s main purpose in our lives was to … it took to get things done so that people could enjoy other hobbies – skiing, for example.
- The PC is becoming … of our private and professional lives I should say.
- It was a small thing produced here in England, … the TV.
- And that was what got me really interested because the Macintosh is very … .
D. Answer the questions. If necessary listen to the tape again and check yourself.
1.How does he use a computer when he is going to travel?
2. Why doesn’t the computer save time?
3. When did he start using a PC?
4. What kinds of PCs did Mike have?
5. Why does he like the Macintosh?
6. Would Mike rather have a computer or a person for company on a desert island?
7. How his life changed since he started using a PC?
III.Listening (continued)
New addiction?
Warm-up
1.What unites all the words in the web below?
Reading
2A.Read this research report and find the fact that prove that computer addiction exists. Click here
B. Answer the questions alongside the text.
C. Make a list of signs of computer addiction mentioned in the article.
Alcohol
TV
?
Computer
Chocolate
Drugs
Cigarettes
***
Maressa Orzak, a Harvard University psychologist,runs a special clinic for computer addicts. She is researching computer addiction, which she sees as a growing problem. She experienced it herself when she became hooked on playing solitaire on the computer instead of teaching herself a difficult new software programme, and since then she has studied people whose lives have been taken over by computers. One of them was a divorcee who lost custody of her children when her husband discovered she was neglecting them to spend ten or more hours a day on the web.
Orzak defines computer addiction as “a disorder suffered by people who find virtual reality more attractive then everyday life”. Symptoms includes strange behavior, spending large sums of money on computers and software, and even mental health problems, but most sufferers compound the problem by denying it.
One of the strategies Orzak uses to treat the condition, based on her own experience of addiction, is to encourage her patients to limit the amount of time they spend in front of a computer. But until the problem has been more widely recognized and better researched, cures and solutions will be hard to find.
1.Which of the words means “people” and which “state”: addict-addiction
divorcee-divorce
sufferer-suffering
How do you know ?
disorder- Does it mean here:
- a situation in which things are untidy and disorganized
- an illness
3.Who is supposed to do it?
3 A. Look through this list of signs and symptoms of computer addiction mentioned by Orzak and compare it with your list.
B. Listen to a radio program in which John(16) and Dave(29) describe their relationships with computers to a psychologist.
- Write down the numbers of the symptoms which each speaker mentions
List of symptoms
John
1.Using the computer for pleasure, or relief from stress
Dave
2.Feeling out of control or depressed when not using it
3.Spending increasing amount of time and money on hardware, software, magazines, and computer-related activities
4.Neglecting work, school, or family obligations
5.Failng to control computer use
6.Having irregular meals, repetitive strain injuries, backache, dry eyes, headaches, and loss of sleep
IV. Reviewing the Content
- Think what will happen to books and computers in 10 years’ time. Write a short paragraph.
- Think of the best advice you can give to the computer addicts. Explain it.
- What possibilities can virtual reality offer as compared with real life? Continue the list (not less then 5) :
- Forget the troubles of everyday routine
- To express oneself
- …
V. Extension
Answer the questions then watch the video.
- Have you ever bought anything through Internet?
- What do you know about e-commerce?
B. Write a short paragraph describing the development of
e-commerce business.
2. Watch the video “ Will technology transform education?” Do the exercise below.
- We need proactive learners who can think, create, develop, experiment and analyze.
- We need student who can learn how to learn.
- Technology is an insignificant change.
- Old ideas and eyes are good enough.
- Old ideas and eyes are not enough.
- For technology to transform education we need ideas and new eyes.
- Teachers are not just adopting technology, they are pushing it to the new and exciting unit.
- Technology holds the key to the success for the future students.
3. Watch the video about “Apple i-Pad 2010” .
Write a short paragraph about the advantages and disadvantages of the PC.
Name its functions that you find amazing.
4. Watch the following video about “ Social networks” and answer the questions.
- What is network?
- How people networks help us? How does it call?
- What’s the problem of the Social Network of the real world?
- How is the problem solved?
- How do these sites work?
- To what destination Social Network bring?
- 5.Read the article “Mother of 2 has been kicked off of Facebook” .
a) Answer the following question:
1)Why Rine Erryb was struck off the site?
2)How does her husband, Bob, feel about the situation? Why?
3)Do Rine’s former Facebook friends want her back? Why or why not?
b) Write a short summary expressing your opinion.
c) Translate the article from English into Russian.
- Watch the following funny video about “Social Networking Wars”.
Answer the following questions:
1)Have you ever had a similar situation
as in the video?
2)Did you manage to overcome the addiction?
How?
some funny pictures
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