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A) STARTER 1 (page 10)
Name the devices below (book) Match the users to each type of device (book) How many of these devices do you use on a regular basis? (in pairs) Now think of advantages and disadvantages of each one of laptops, desktop PCs and tablets (in pairs/in groups)
In my opinion/ from my point of view/ as I see it On the one hand, // on the other hand, Laptops can be used while/whereas desktop Pcs Moreover / In addition / Furthermore,

Write down some advantages and some disadvantages and compare them with other people in the class. Desktop PC Advantages The most Powerful, Quick, Large Storage Capacity, You can Upgrade it. Disadvantages Is not Portable, Always needs AC, Big Size, More Expensive

Laptop

Easy to transport, have Battery, Smaller than PC

Tablet

Touch screen, portable, long life without charge it, Smaller than Laptop, Easy to use

Is not powerful than a Desktop PC, More expensive than a PC with the same technical features. It degrades. The least powerful, smaller storage capacity,

B) Exercise 2 (page 10 )
What do these abbreviations mean// stand for?

C) Exercise 3 (page 11)- READING Do the reading comprehension exercise and make sure you understand the words below:
P1 Main To design To manufacture Speed Clock speed P2 Narrow Case P3

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Random Access memory Bandwidth Data rate memory P4 i.e rather tan to rotate P5 Output P8 Inch Flat display

D) LANGUAGE WORK(p 12-13)

d.1) Function of an item Read the box on page 12 and do exercises 4 and 5 d.2) Prepositions of place Read the box on page 13 and do exercise 6

E) WRITING (p 15) Giving instructions

Use imperatives: plug, unplug, dont touch Use modals: you should release / you must open Add sequence connectors: First, first of all Then, after that, next finally

Do exercises 9, 10 and 11. EXTRA EXERCICES A) Complete the instructions below with suitable words
attach / expansion cards/ after that/ then / once / gather / the case / insert

1) First, ___________ your parts. These include a motherboard, power supply, processor, case, heat sink, fan, RAM, expansion cards, hard drive, and disk drive. 2) Next, ___________ the motherboard to the case. ___________, connect the processor to the motherboards primary socket.

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3) ___________ , attach the heat sink and cooling fan to the processor. 4) ___________ the RAM card into an open memory slot. Put any ___________ into the expansion slots. 5) ___________ you have put the expansion cards, connect your hard drive to the motherboard and power supply. 6) Finally, close ___________ and connect the power supply.

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B) Complete the instructions below with suitable words
Fasten / must / taking out / slides out / unplugging / unplug/ first/ next

Support specialist: Technology support, Guillem speaking. How can I help you? Customer: I have an old hard drive and I need help ___________ it ___________. Support specialist: Okay. ___________ the connection to the power supply ___________. Then, disconnect the motherboard cable. Customer: which one is the power supply? Support specialist: its the smaller black box in the corner. Customer: Im ___________ both. Whats ___________? Specialist support: next, you ___________ take out the two small screws. They ___________ the hard drive to the case. Customer: I see, and then it ___________, Thanks! C) Now, write your own set of instructions.

Instructions:

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F) SPECIALIST READING (p 16-17)
Say whether the words below are N (nouns), A(adjectives), V(verbs) or Adverbs (Adv) and Translate them into your language- Write NEW WORDS in the table. P1 To hold back To get around bottleneck P2 To access The whole process P3 To ensure To achieve P4 To allow Flagged as To speed up P5 Rather than To improve To store Amount of data P7 chunk To apply The least used Already To load

verbs

nouns

Adjectives

others