Listening Exercise: The Job Interview

LETTER JOB OFFER

Dear sir.

My name is Sergio Berrocal, i am emailing in reference to labor supply published by you on the website jobsite.

I refer you has to apply to the practical training of the average degree of computer I am currently enrolled in your company.

Could you give me an answer about the possibility of practices in your company?

I look forward to hearing from you.

yours sincerely

Sergio Berrocal Garcia. 

Video activities: computer hardware

1)   At the beginning of the video what 3 types of computers can you see?

                      PC, MAC and laptop.

  Listen and complete the text:

You’ve seen them. They come in all shapes and shapes and size but work pretty much in the same ways. In fact, if you could watch within the these computers, they have the same basic parts. It’s these parts, the hardware that do all of the work in computers.

2)      What can be compared to the basement of a house? Why?

 They come in all shapes and size, but they work in much the same way. In fact, if you could see within these teams, who have the same basic parts. It is these parts, hardware that do all the work on computers

3)      What disadvantage do hard disks have


 The computer hard disk is the basement of the house. the bigger more things fit inside for storage

4)      What can be compared to a closet? Why?

• Less reliable lifetime
• The Flash-based hard drives have read and write cycles limited
• The Price
• Low recovery

5)      What can be compared to a butler? Why?

RAM is equivalent to the closet, and facilicita information programs



6)      Match the two parts of the sentences:

1-The hard disk	a-out every time you restart your computer.
2-RAM	b-takes too much time whenever you need something.
3-RAM gets cleaned	c-makes some information quick and easy to access.
4-Going to the basement (hard disk)	d-stores all the things you need for later.
5-The bigger the hardware,	e-makes things work together.
6-The processor	f-the more you can store.

Respostes dels enllaços

• 1f
• 2c
• 3a
• 4b
• 5d
• 6e

Internet Icons

ICON	ENGLISH DEFINITION	CATALAN DEFINITION
	wifi connection	connexió de wifi
	Send email	Enviar un email
	Buy program	Comprar programa
	Compartir fitxers	Compartir fitxers

	Download file	Descarregar arxiu
	message	missatge
	Add device	Afegir dispositiu
	Error icon	Missatge de error
	Search engine	Motor de recerca

	Configuration icon	Icona de configuració
	Virus	Virus
	Music file online	Arxiu de música online
	Phone icon	Icona de telèfon

Affirmative, Negative and Questions

Revision: Affirmative, Negative and Questions

Verb to be

Affirmative	Negative	Questions
I’m here	I’m not here	Amb I here?
It’s me	It isn’t me	Is it me?
I’m in front of you	I’m not in front of you	Amb I in front of you?
He’s here	He isn’t here	Is he here?
I was happy at the party	I wasn’t happy at the party	Was I happy at the party
We were ready for the race	We weren’t ready for the race	Were we ready for the race?

Other verbs (present)

Affirmative	Negative	Questions
I play the guitar	I don’t play the guitar	Do I play the guitar?
Albert goes to London	Albert don’t goes to London	Do Albert goes to London
Ivan speaks a lot	Ivan doesn’t speaks a lot	Does Ivan speaks a lot
They get up early in the morning	They don´t get up early in the morning	Do they get up early in the morning
My friend loves playing war games	My friend doesn´t love playing war games	Does my friend love playing war games?

Other verbs (past) -did

Affirmative	Negative	Questions
Nestor copied the exercises	Nestor wasn´t copy the exercises	Was Nestor copy the exercises?
My dad bought me a cell phone	My dad wasn´t buy me a cell phone	Was my dad buy me a cell phone?
Sarah lived in Barcelona last year	Was my dad buy me a cell phone?	Was Sarah live in Barcelona last year?
They moved to London	They weren´t move to London	Were they move to London?
We sent the exam to our teachers	We were send the exam to our teachers	Were we send the exam to our teachers

different keys and the position

Spanish keyboard

English keyboard

No brings "Ñ" or tilde key (to make the "á" for example) or opening keys "¿" and "¡" (in English does not exist), the arrangement of the special keys (such as ; { [ etc) changes a bit but still there.

KEYS OF A KEYBOARD