Ex. 12 Find in the text where it is said about the points given below. Put down the number of the paragraph
1. The definition of the microprocessor
2. The way of the instruction from the keyboard to the computer
3. The description of the chip
4. The comparence of an electrical circuit and integrated circuit
Ex. 13 Find the terms in the text which describes the following. Put down the number of the paragraph:
a. a type of energy that we use to make heat, light and power to work.
b. a person who uses a service, machine, place.
c. a very small piece of a special material that is used inside a computer
d. detailed information on how you should use sth., do something
e. a set of instructions that you give to a computer
Ex. 14. Say if the following statements are true or false:
1. The CPU interprets and follows instructions, and doesn’t send the results of its work to the user, to the computer's memory, or to both.
2. The CPU in a microcomputer may be larger than a thumbnail!
3. The CPU is often included in the same case as the keyboard.
4. A chip is a thin wafer, about a quarter of an inch «square, that plugs into a board in the computer.
5. A single silicon chip can be the entire central processing unit of a microcomputer.
Ex.15 Answer the following questions. Find answers to the following questions in the text. Put down the number of the paragraph:
1. What is called CPU?
2. What is chip?
3. Why is a chip called a silicon?
4. Where does electricity flow in an electric chip?
5. What is the speed of the CPU?
IV. Oral practice
Ex.16 Describe the using of chip.
Ex. 17. Explain how the computer process the information.
Ex. 18 Prove the importance of using the CPU in a microcomputer.
Ex. 19 Make up a plan covering the main ideas of the text. Discuss the text according to the plan
Ex 20. Discussion points:
The stages of the processing information by the computer
Unit 3
1. Vocabulary
Ex. 1 Read and memorize the following words, words combinations and word-groups:
rapid progress – швидкий розвиток
communication - комунікації
optical fibers – оптичні волокна
conventional - звичайний
improved - покращений
considerable - значний
transmit - передавати
lightwave conductors – світло – хвильові провідники
amplification - розширення
install - встановлювати
accommodate - вміщувати
storage - зберігання
coated- вкритий
II. Reading and comprehension
Ex.2 Read and translate the text