Anh văn chuyên ngành 1

UNIT 3
INSIDE THE SYSTEM

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1. VOCABULARY

1. Advertisement: Quảng cáo

2. Processor: Vi xử lý
3. Integrated audio : Mạch xử lý âm thanh
4. compact disk : Đĩa compact
5. monitor : Màn hình máy tính

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1. WARM-UP
• HOW TO READ A COMPUTER ADVERTISEMENT

Intel Pentium 4 processor

(3GHz, 800MHz FSB)

The main processing chip called a ‘Pentium 4’

that was designed and manufactured by the
Intel Corporation. It operates at a clock speed
of three gigahertz and has a front-side bus that
operates at a speed of eight hundred
megahertz.

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1. WARM-UP
• HOW TO READ A COMPUTER ADVERTISEMENT

Mini-tower chassis
A small, tall and narrow style of
case containing the computer
system.
1. WARM-UP
• HOW TO READ A COMPUTER ADVERTISEMENT

1GB dual channel DDR2 SDRAM

Synchronous dynamic random access memory with a
capacity of one gigabyte. It is a high bandwidth, double
data rate memory.
1. WARM-UP
• HOW TO READ A COMPUTER ADVERTISEMENT

200GB Serial ATA hard drive (7200 r.p.m.)

A hard drive with a capacity of two hundred gigabytes that
uses a type of connection interface known as Serial ATA
i.e. It has a serial data connection rather than the original
parallel connection. It rotates at speed of seven thousand,
two hundred revolutions per minute.
1. WARM-UP
• HOW TO READ A COMPUTER ADVERTISEMENT

128MB PCI-Express video card

Electronics for driving the graphics output that has a
memory capacity of one hundred and twenty-eight
megabytes and uses a type of connection interface known
as PCI-Express.
1. WARM-UP
• HOW TO READ A COMPUTER ADVERTISEMENT

Integrated audio
Electronics for controlling the sound output that is built
into the main electronics of the computer.
1. WARM-UP
• HOW TO READ A COMPUTER ADVERTISEMENT

48X CD-RW drive

A compact disk read/write disk drive that operates at
forty-eight times the speed of the original CD drives.
1. WARM-UP
• HOW TO READ A COMPUTER ADVERTISEMENT

19” TFT flat panel XGA (1024x768) monitor

A nineteen inch, flat display screen made from thin film
transistors with a resolution of 1024 by 768
1. WARM-UP
• HOW TO READ A COMPUTER ADVERTISEMENT

Microsoft Windows XP Professional

The operating system that is used to control the system.
2. READING

A. Read the text in the textbook and then sentences

1-8 on page 13. Decide if the sentences are true or
false, and rewrite the false ones to make them true.

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2. READING
1. The GPU directs and coordinates the activities taking place within the  
computer system. T
2. The Arithmetic Logic Unit performs calculations on the data.
T
3. 32-bit processors an electronic device composed of silicon elements
containing a set of integrated circuits. F
4. A chip is an electronic device composed of silicon elements
containing a set of integrated circuits.
T
5. RAM, ROM and secondary memory are the components of the main
memory.
F
6. Information cannot be processed by the microprocessor if it is not
loaded into the main memory.
7. Permanent information is provided by RAM (Random Access T
Memory).
8. The speed of the microprocessor is measured in megahertz. One MHz F
is equivalent to one million cycles per second.

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 2. READING
В. What do the words in bold print refer to?

1 ... which executes program instructions and supervises... (line 4)

2 ... the instruction that is currently being executed, (line 22)
3 ... the amount of data — the number of bits — they can work
with at a time, (line 25)
4 ... when the user runs an application, the microprocessor looks
for it and ... (line 35)
5 ... its information is lost when the computer is turned off. (line 39)
6 ... A co-processor is a silicon chip that performs precise tasks ...
(line 48)

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2. READING
В. What do the words in bold print refer to?

1. which refers to “a single microprocessor chip — an

inte­grated circuit ”
2. that refers to “the construction”
3. they refers to “microprocessors”
4. it refers to “an application”
5. its refers to “RAM”
6. that refers to “expansion slots”

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2. READING
C .Match each item in Column A with its function in
Column B. Then describe its function in two ways.

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2. READING
C .Match each item in Column A with its function in
Column B. Then describe its function in two ways.
A Item B Function
RAM holds data read or written to it by the processor
processor controls all the operations in a computer
mouse controls the cursor
clock controls the timing of signals in the computer
flash memory key reads and writes to electronic chips on a card
monitor display the output from a computer on a screen
keyboard inputs data through keys like a type writer
DVD-ROM drive reads DVD-ROMs
provides extremely fast access for sections of a progam and its
cache data
ROM holds instructions which are needed to start up the computer

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3. LANGUAGE WORK: RELATIVE CLAUSES
• Complete these sentences with suitable relative
pronouns. Give alternative options if possible.
which/that like to buy.
1. That's the CPU .....................I'd
which/that processes data and instructions.
2. The microprocessor is a chip .......................
which/that take place in the
3. The microprocessor coordinates the activities .......................
computer system.
4. Last night I met someone who/that
.................... works for GM as a computer
programmer. which/that
5. Some Intel 80386 processors have an expansion socket ...................... allows us
to install a maths co-processor 80387. which/that
6. A co-processor is a silicon chip ...................... carries out mathematical
operations at avery high speed. which/that
7. A megahertz is a unit of frequency ...........………….is used to measure processor
speed. which/that
8. Here's the floppy disk ..................... you lent me!
 

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4. LISTENING

software hardware

peripherals

CPU

RAM

floppy optical hard

disk disk disk mouse keyboard

monitor printer

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5. YOUR IDEAL COMPUTER SYSTEM
A. Make notes about the features of the computer that you
would like to have.
• CPU: .................Speed............
• Minimum/maximum RAM:.. Hard disk:....................
• Floppy disk drives:......
• Monitor: ....................
• Software: ....................
В. Now describe it to your partner. Useful expressions:
• It has got...
• It's very fast. It runs at...
• The standard RAM memory is ... and it is expandable ...
• The hard disk can hold...
• As for the disk drive, ...
• I need a SuperVGA monitor because ..........

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