Computer in Use. Маркушевская Л.П - 29 стр.

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*The word "brain" may be termed as the organ inside our head that controls how we
think, feel and move. This is a medical explanation of the word. Being used in plural
("brains") it is used to denote the ability to think clearly and learn quickly. Then the
word denotes intelligence. Sometimes they call a very intelligent person "brain-box".
** for example
COMPREHENSION CHECK
Exercise 1. What is the pivotal idea of each passage?
Exercise 2. Speak on the topics. You may either agree or disagree, but you should
prove your ideas.
1. The concept of human brain changed greatly throughout the history of mankind.
2. The more scientists learn about human brain, the more puzzled they are.
3. Brain can never get old!
4. Teachers should explain even to elementary school pupils how human brain
works.
5. Human brain versus AI…
Exercise 3. What do you think?
The more time a child spends playing computer games, the more cells responsible for
imagination his/her brain loses. Hence, the functions of his/her brain become similar
to those of a computer, but not of a human being.
LANGUAGE ACTIVITY
Exercise 1. a) Summarize your knowledge on the Degrees of Comparison.
b) Translate the following.
1. In this book you’ll read no less interesting story of the first inventors of
computers.
2. Electronic circuits work a thousand times more rapidly than nerve cells in the
human brain.
3. It is much cheaper and more reliable to have a computer to collect data than to pay
a person to do the same work.
4. There are two kinds of computers: digital and analog; the latter are faster but less
accurate.
5. Further developments in computing systems were connected with military needs.
6. The most important of the computer components is the central processing unit
(CPU for short).
7. Today personal computers are much easier to program than earlier machines.
8. The most of computers had been designed and then used in the national economy.
9. The newest devices of today will become obsolete tomorrow.
10. To have the newest computer sometimes doesn’t mean to have the machine that
does the work best.
11. You have chosen the worst possible moment to visit this laboratory.

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