ІІ. Answer the following questions.

1. What are computer addicts like?

2. Have you ever used a computer? What do you use it for?

3. Why are computers used?

4. Why are more boys than girls interested in computers?

5. Is computer addiction harmful?

TASKS

I. Use the below-given vocabulary to make a report on computer technology.

Group A monitor • screen • window • keyboard- • mouse • mouse pad • floppy disk• CD-ROM • modem • printer

Group В software • hardware • online • memory • website • e-mail • Internet • to log on • word processing • to start up • to connect • to crash • to surf • to print

II. Insert the words from Group В in the text below.

'As soon as I get home from school, I... my computer. It's a couple of years old now so I've had to expand the ... First of all I ... to the ... and go to Sporting Life, which is a sports news ..., to find out the latest football results. Then I check my ... to see if anyone has sent me any messages. If I have a homework project, I'll... the Internet to see if there is any useful information. If I find a good text that's quite long, I'll...it as it's often easier to read on paper. When my parents bought the computer, we got lots of free ..., including an encyclopedia and a ... package, which is very useful for writing my projects. I sometimes get bad days when the computer seems to ... all the time. And some days the Internet is busy, so when you dial it doesn't... . People say it's because millions of users in the USA go ... at that time. My mother is a bit worried that I'm going to run up huge bills on the Internet and that I'm going to become an Internet addict but I don't think I will.'

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