UNIT 2 COMPUTER ESSENTIALS

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 755.

Useful constructions

Useful words

Formula 1: racing car, car body, design, mechanical parts, electronic components, engine speed

Entertainment: game, music, animated image, multimedia, encyclopaedia

Factories: machinery, robot, production line, computer-aided manufacturing software

Hospitals: patients, medical personnel, database program, records, scanner, diagnose, disease, robot, surgery

Computers are used to ...

A PC can also be used for...

Computers can help / make / control / store / keep / provide / manage / give / perform / measure / test / provide access to...

· Now write a short paragraph summarising your discussion. Then ask one person from your group to give a summary of the group's ideas to the rest of the class.

Examples

In business, computers are used for financial planning, accounting and specific calculations.

In the office, computers are used to write letters and e-mails, and keep records of clients, suppliers and employees.