LIVING WITH COMPUTERS PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH IN USE FOR COMPUTER

 

PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH IN USE FOR COMPUTER 1. LIVING WITH COMPUTERS

 

A Computers: friend … People who have grown up with PCs and microchips are often called the digital generation. This is how some people answered when questioned about the use of computers in their lives. B … or foe? ·            Our society has developed technological dependence. When computers are down, our way of life breaks down; planes stop flying, telephones don’t work, banks have to close. ·            Computes produce electronic waste, plastic cases and microchips that are not biodegradable and have to be recycled or just thrown away. C Things we can do on the computer A secretary: ’I use computers to do the usual office things like write letters and faxes, but what I find really useful is email. We are an international company and I send emails to our offices all over the world.’ A publisher: ‘We use PCs to produce all sorts of texts in digital format. We publish e-books (electronic books) and interactive e-learning programs on CD, and we help a local company to design and online newspaper, displayed on the Web.’ EXERCISES 1.1 Complete these sentences with words from A opposite. 1 the ___________ ___________ is a piece of software that interfaces with your PC and allows you, via keyboard commands, to get any text information read 2 A ___________-___________ ___________, as popularized by virtual reality, lets the user immerse her/ himself in a synthetically generated environment. 1.2 Which computer use in A do these pictures illustrate? 1.3 Read B opposite. What problem do these sentences refer to? 1 We are sorry to announce that most flights are delayed or cancelled. 2 He should go to a psychologist. He spends hours surfing the Web. 1.4 Some words often appear together in IT. Complete these computer uses with word partners from C opposite.

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