UNIT 3 - THE KEYBOARD

THE KEYBOARD - PAGE 13, EXERCISES 5 AND 7

 

Exercise 7

1. full stop

2. comma

3. exclamation mark

4. question mark

5. colon

6. semicolon

7. quotation marks

8. apostrophe

9.  brackets

10. at symbol

11. asterisk

12. slash

13. hyphen

14. and symbol

15. underscore

 VOCABULARY UNIT 2 - PAGE 11 EX. 6-9

EXERCISE 6

1. Side Panel

2. Socket

3. Switch

4. Front Panel

5. Cable

6. Case

7. Power Supply

8. Slot

9. Clip

EXERCISE 7

1. Connect - c) disconnect

2. turn on - a) turn off

3. plug in - e) unplug

4. screw - b) unscrew

5. insert - d) remove

6. attach - f) detach

EXERCISE 8

1. a) Before you remove the panels, make sure you disconnect the cable.

2. b) In order to open the door of the room, insert the card in the slot here.

3. b) There's nothing to watch on TV, so I'm going to turn it off.

4. a) Before you take the side panel off, you have to unscrew it.

5. b) Before you put the new sound card in, you have to remove the old sound card.

6. b) Never touch anything inside the computer, if it's plugged in!

EXERCISE 9

1. Don't forget to plug the computer into the power supply.

2. You can connect the monitor to the computer using cable.

3. When you've finished using the computer, make sure you turn it off.

4. Before you remove the motherboard, you have to unscrew it.

5. Plug in the laptop cable before you turn it on.

6. This is the main switch to turn the computer on and off.

UNIT 2 - PAGE 9 EX. 5, 6, 7

 

EXERCISE 5 AND 6

5.1. Motherboard.

6.6. This contains the main components of a computer.

5.2. Hard drive

6.2. This is the main storage space for data

5.3. USB port

6.8. This is the main storage space for data

5.4. Sound card

6.3. This allows the computer to have audio

5.5. DVD Drive

6.7. This reads and writes disks

5.6. Processor (CPU)

6.1. This is the computer's brain

5.7. RAM chip

6.4. This is also called a memory module

5.8. Heat sink and fan

6.5. This stops the processor from getting hot

EXERCISE 7. Match the opposites.

A.1. cheap -> B.d. expensive

A.2. heavy -> B.g. light

A.3. little ->  B.h. large

A.4. quick -> B.a. slow

A.5. basic -> B.b. advanced 

A.6. quiet -> B.f. loud

A.7. useful -> B.c. useless

A.8. wide -> B.e. narrow 

 

 

 

 

  

VOCABULARY UNIT 2

 VOCABULARY UNIT 2 - KAITO BONET 

PARTS OF A COMPUTER - PARTS D'UN ORDINADOR

DVD drive -  Disc DVD                      Processor (CPU) - Processador 

fan - ventilador                                    RAM chip - Xip de RAM

hard drive - Disc dur                           sound card - targeta de calor

heat sink - dissipador de calor             USB port - port USB

motherboard - Placa base

ADJECTIVES - ADJECTIUS 

advanced - avançat                light - lleuger                slow - lent

basic - bàsic                           little - petit                    useful - útil

cheap - barat                          loud - sorollós               useless - inútil

expensive - car                      narrow - estret               wide - ample

heavy - pesat                         quick - ràpid

large - gran                            quiet - silenciós

ORDINALS - NOMBRES ORDINALS 

first - primer                    fifth - cinquè                ninth - novè

second - segon                 sixth - sisè                   tenth - desè

third - tercer                     seventh - setè

fourth - quart                    eighth - vuitè

PARTS OF A COMPUTER - PARTS D'UN ORDINADOR

cable - cable                                               side panel - panell lateral

case - caixa                                                 slot - ranura

clip - clip                                                     socket - endoll

front panel - panell frontal                          switch - interruptor

power supply - font d'alimentació 

VERBS - VERBS

attach - adjuntar                    insert - inserir                    turn off - apagar

connect - conectar                 plug in - endollar               turn on - encendre

detach - desadjuntar             remove - esborrar               unplug - desendollar

disconnect - desconectar      screw - caragolar                unscrew - descaragolar

EXTRA 

cache - memòria cau                                        I/O Adapter - adaptador d'E/S

desktop case - caixa d'escritori Network Attached Storage (NAS) - Emmagatzenament conectat en xarxa

disc controller - controlador de disc                Optical drive - disc òptic

drive bay - badies de disc                                tower case - caixa de torre

expansion cards - targetes d'expansió

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UNIT 1: VOCABULARY PRACTICE

     Page 5, exercise 6

1. Data is another word for information.
2. Apps are programs you can use on your smartphone.
3. Hardware means the physical parts of a computer.
4. Software is another program for computer programs.

Page 5, exercise 7

1. Health - d) "This hospital uses the latest technology. "
2. Transport - f) "This is our newest car!"
3. Education - a) "We've got laptops in my school."
4. Manufacturing - e) "We make mobile phones on our production line."
5. Banking - c) "You can see financial information online."
6. Business and retail - b) "I've got an online clothes shop."
7. Hospitality and leisure - g) "Customers can reserve rooms on our website."

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VOCABULARY UNIT 1

 VOCABULARY UNIT 1 - KAITO BONET

COMPUTERS AND DEVICES: Ordinadors i dispositius

Apps: Aplicacions             laptop: portàtil                 server: servidor

Data: Dades                       monitor: monitor             software: programa

Hardware: Maquinari    Mouse: Ratolí                  system unit: Sistema operatiu

keyboard: Teclat

BUSINESS SECTORS: Sectors Empresarials

banking: banca             hospitality and leisure: hosteleria i oci

business and retail: Venta al detall               manufacturing: manufactura

education: educació              transport: transportatge

health: salut

NUMBERS: Nombres

ten: deu       eighty: vuitanta

twenty: vint         ninety: noranta

thirty: trenta      one hundred: cent

forty: quaranta      five hundred: cinc-cents

fifty: cinquanta    one thousand: mil

sixty: seixanta      one thousand five hundred: mil cinc-cents

seventy: setanta

IT

assemble: formar.              install: instal·lar.               test: provar.

check: revisar.                   maintain: mantenir.          troubleshoot: resoldre/solucionar.

design: dissenyar.             operate: operar.                 upgrade: millorar.

download: descarregar.    repair: reparar.                   upload: pujar

give: donar.                      solve: solucionar.

input: entrada.                  startup: reiniciar

JOBS

data entry operator: operador de dades.                     software tester: provador de programari

helpdesk technician: Tècnic de suport.                      support technician: Tècnic de suport.

network administrator: Administrador de xarxa.       web designer: dissenyador web

programmer: programador

EXTRA

client: client.          responsible: responsable.           support: suport

company: companyia/empresa.          role: rol/càrrec.        team: equip

over the phone: ocupat amb el telèfon                skill: habilitat