Ingles Informático

Press release: a digital camera
Read the press release and complete it with one of the words below
colour/megapixels/shot/video/ optical/brighter/reduction
1.-…megapixels……..
2.-…optical…………..3.-…brighter…………..
4.-…colour………..
5.-……shot………..
6.-……reduction……..
7-.........video....................

What is inside a PC system?,
Read the text, then look at the extracts from the texts(sentences 1- 6) and say what do the words in bold refer to?
1º  CPU  is built into a single chip.
2º  CHIP executes program instructions and coordinates.
3º INSTRUCTION is being executed (line 22)4º…..performance of a computer is partly determined by the speed of COMPUTER processor.
5º … the CPU looks for THE PROGRAM on the hard disk…..(line 35)
6º …..inside the computer to communicatewith THE PROCESSOR, THE MEMORY CHIPS, EXPANSIONS SLOTS AND CONTROLLERS FOR PERIPHERALS.

Ergonomics
Listen to Tony Clark, and expert in computer ergonomics, talking to some office workers about healthand safety and complete these extracts.
1º.- Get a good chair, one that …supports…………………you lower back and is adjustable…………..
2º.- Make sure your feet rest firmly…on the floor………..or on a footrest.3º.- Position the keyboard at the same height as……..your elbows, with your arms parallel to………..the work surface.
4º.-And….position the monitor at, or just below…eye level………………….
5º.- You shouldsit at…arm´s length……..from the front of the monitor, about 50 to 70 centimetres away.
6º.- I think it´s…a kind of stand that lets you move the monitor……up or around…, so you can use it at the correctangle and height
Now, match the extract above with the correct parts of the diagram
a ____5___/b___4___/c___3____/ d__6____/ e___1____/ f____2______

Designing word trees can help you build upyour mental "maps of vocabulary areas.
Put each term below in an appropriate place on the word tree (one of the is done for you)

processor / ROM / expandable memory / ALU / DIMMs / hard drive /...