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9 You are going to hear two people making
enquiries in a Macintosh computer shop. The
shop assistant is telling them about two
models. You will listen to the recording twice.
Fill the missing information after the first
listening and check it when you listen again.
iMac
Processor speed ______________________
RAM standard ______________________
Hard disk capacity ______________________
Price ______________________
Power Macintosh G 3
Processor speed ______________________
RAM standard ______________________
Hard disk capacity ______________________
Price ______________________
(Santiago Remacha Esteras. Infotech English for computer users. Cambridge
University Press. 1999. p. 21)
10
Role-play the dialogue.
One of you wants to buy a computer; the other is a shop assistant.
The customer asks to see some computers, asks for details (processor, RAM,
hard disk, the monitor and other features), asks about the price, decides to buy
one or not.
The shop assistant gives all the required information.
VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
11 Match each device in the left column with its function in the right
column. Then describe the function of each item according to one of the
ways shown in the model.
Model:
ROM holds instructions which are needed to start up the computer.
ROM is used to hold instructions which are needed to start up the computer.
ROM is used for holding instructions which are needed to start up the computer.
The function of ROM is to hold instructions which are needed to start up the
computer.