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b) to start a computer
6. A geek is
a) someone who bites the heads off alive chickens as part of a
show
b) a person who knows everything about computers
TEXT 8
Pre-reading task
1. Is computer intelligent?
2. Why so many people are still «computer illiterate»?
3. Read the text “What is a Computer?” and discuss the
following questions in group:
a) What does the term «computer» describe?
b) What are five components of computer system?
c) What is connectivity?
d) What is software? What’s the difference between
hardware and software?
e) Why people are the most important component of a
computer system?
f) In what way terms «data» and «information» differ?
g) How does computer convert data into information?
What is a Computer?
The term computer is used to describe a device
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made up of
a combination of electronic and electromechanical (part electronic and
part mechanical) components. Computer has no intelligence
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by itself
and is referred to as
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hardware
4
. A computer system is a
combination of five elements:
• Hardware
• Software
• People
• Procedures
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• Data/information
When one computer system is set up to communicate with
another computer system, connectivity becomes the sixth system
element. In other words, the manner
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in which the various
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individual
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problem about which he had kept thinking day and night. And another
thing is you should know a lot to be able to formulate and keep in
focus great humane ([hju΄meın] – человечный, гуманный) aims. (By
Academician R.V. Petrov)
Discuss the following questions in group:
a) Do you always try to carry out what you've planned, to
finish what you've started?
b) Do you leave many things unfinished? What are they? Do
you always keep your promises?
c) Do you try to find excuses for not doing things?
d) Are you absent-minded? Do you forget things? Is it because
you are concentrating on something important or you
simply don't pay attention to such things?
e) Do you agree with Academician Petrov about the
importance of will power? What other things are necessary
if you want to succeed in some field of human activity?
f) In what ways did school influence you? Was it a formative
influence in your life? Which of the teachers influenced you
most? What subject did he/she teach?
g) Was there a friend who influenced you or did you
influence him/her?
h) Looking back to your school experience, can you say what
factors in school life influenced you most: teachers,
friends, extracurricular activities, etc.? Give enough
evidence to prove your point.
i) Are you easily influenced by people with greater life
experience than yours?
j) What books influenced you most in your school years?
k) What evidence is there which suggests that school plays a
great part as a formative influence today?
TEXT 2
Pre-reading task
1. What is an argument?
2. Can we state that an argument is an important element of
any scientific discussion?
3. Do you know the proverb: “It’s funny how the strongest
words show up in the weakest arguments”? Try to find out
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