| Read it carefully and fill in the missing words. | We ………………….(1) for different purposes. So it is natural that there are different kinds of reading, ………………………..(2), ………………………….. (3) and ………………………….(4) for full understanding.
People ……………..(5) when they want to look for the gist of a text, it general meaning. While …………………(6) people try to understand the main ideas of a passage. They are not concerned with understanding every word.
We …………………….. (7) the text when we want to get specific information – a date, a place, a definition, etc. We want to find a particular point in the text. For example, you want to find out the date of a certain battle in a textbook. Use the …..
………………..(8) and then ………………………(9) the pages referred to until you come across the date you want.
When we want to understand both the central ………………… (10) and the supporting details, we …………………………………….. (11) understanding.
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Getting professional
Act out a teacher-class session giving them a few tips on reading techniques.
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32 Are you computer-literate? Read the passage and guess the meanings of the
Words in bold.
Hardwareis the general term for computer machinery and equipment, as opposed to the programs that make computers work which are called software.
These programmes are on disks, e.g. the hard disc inside the computer, or floppy disc or on CD-ROMS, a CDon which you can put a large amount of information.
Using a mouse, you can do a number of things by clicking on different icons(moving the mouse to point at different pictures at the top of the screen). Some of them are shown below. You can:
  
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1 open a new document
2 open an existing document
3 save the data in the document
4 print
5 cut
6 copy
Paste
| A word processor is a computer used to prepare documents or letters, or the software that is used for this purpose. Many people use their computers for word processing, e.g. writing letters and reports. A lot of business people use spreadsheets (a programme used to enter and arrange numbers and financial information) and databases(programmes which allow you to store, look at or change a large amount of information quickly and easily). Some people also use
graphics (the pictures and symbols a computer programme can produce)
More and more people are becoming computer-literateas many programmes and machines are so user-friendly. You can connect your computer to computers all over the world using the Internet. People send each other e-mail messagesusing this system or network.
If your computer is slow it may need more memory. It may crash or hang if there is not enough memory or if it has a bug (also a virus). Make sure you make a back-up copy of your work.
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