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III. Read the text and do the tasks following it.
Years before personal computers and deskpot information
processing became commonplace or even practicable, Douglas
Engelbart had invented a number of interactive, user-friendly
information access systems that we take for granted today: the
computer mouse was one of his inventions. At the Fall Joint
Computer Conference in San Francisco in 1968, Engelbart
astonished his colleagues by demonstrating the before
mentioned systems using an utterly primitive 192-kilobyte
mainframe computer located 25 miles away! Engelbart has
earned nearly two dozen patents, the most memorable being
perhaps for his "X-Y Position Indicator for a Display
System": the prototype of the computer "mouse" whose
convenience has revolutionized personal computing.
IV. Comprehension check.
1. Find the synonyms for the following words:
1. commonplace - a) necessary
b) usual
c) simple
d) free
2. granted - a) guaranteed
b) ordinary
c) accepted
d) common
3. utterly a) usually
b) simply
c) completely
d) surely
4. to earn a) to work
b) to give
c) to win
d) to get
2. Read the text again to decide if these statements are true
or false? Correct the false ones with the facts from the text.
1. Douglas Engelbart invented several information access
systems.
2. These systems were demonstrated at the University of
Pensilvania.
3. The demonstration of these systems was astonishing.
4. Invention of “a mouse” revolutionized personal
computing.
3. What do you think
1. Who was the first to design a computer mouse?
2. When and where was it first demonstrated?
3. What impression did it make?
4. Why were the conference participants astonished?
5. What was the prototype of the computer “mouse”?
V. Discuss with your partner or groupmates.
1. What new information have you learnt from the text?
2. Was the invention of computer mouse a great step forward
in personal computing?
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