An e-mail

For the company

Director Smith

A new employe

Welcome dear company.

I send this mail to inform you that a new member is joining our company at the marketing departament. He comes from a web designing company that closed a week ago because of their critical state.

His name is Hector Blaze and he's from Los Ángeles. He dosn't speak english very well but he informed us that he is taking lessons to be able to speak fluently with us.

To finish this mail I want you make him fell welcome to the company and help him to comunicate with us.

Thanks for your atention.

From Director Smith

109 Words

Assemble a Computer

 First:

Shut down the computer

Second:

Remove the side panel from the pc.

Third:

Insert the new sound card into the slot.

Fourth:

Screw the sound card into the slot.

Fifth:

Plug in the computer and turn it on.

Sixth:

Play some music to check if you inserted the soundcard rigth.

VOCABULARY 2

 PARTS OF A CPMPUTER

DVD drive lector DVD

Fan Ventilador

Hard drive Disc dur

heat sink Dissipador de calor

motherboard  Placa base

processor (CPU) Processador

RAM chip Targeta Ram

sound card Targeta de so

USB port Port USB

ADJECTIVES

advanced avançat

basic basic

cheap barato

expensive caro

heavy pesat

large gran

ligth lleuger

little petit

loud sorollos/so fort

narrow estret

quick rapid

quiet silencios

slow lent

useful util

useless inutil

wide ampli

ORDINALS

first primer

second segon

third tercer

fourth quart

fifth cinquè

sixth sisè

seventh setè

eighth vuitè

ninth novè

tenth desè

PARTS OF A COMPUTER

cable cable

case caixa

clip clip

front panel panel frontal

power supply font d'energia

side panel panel lateral

slot ranura

socket endoll

switch interuptor

VERBS

attach Pegar

connect conectar

detach separar

disconnect desconectar

insert insertar

plug in enchufar

remove remoure

screw tornillo

turn off apagar

turn on engegar

unplug desenchufar

unscrew desencargolar

EXTRA

cache Cau

desktop case Caixa d'escriptori

disc controller controlador de disc

drive bay Badir de la unitat

expansion cards targetes d'expansió

I/O Adapter Adaptador I/O

network attached storage (NAS)  enmagatzematge afegit a la xarxa

optical drive unitat optica

A Laptop Sale

Inglish

Can i help you, sir?

Yes. I want to buy a laptop.

What sort of laptop are you looking for?

I need a small, ligth computer. I often go on business trips.

What do you need to use it for.

I need it for Word documents and Excel.

Do you want to use it for downloading music or films.

No, I don't, but i need to use the internet a lot.

OK. I think this laptop is what youare looking for. It's ligth, but it's also fast.

How much is it?

It's $600. It's on special offer this week. I recommend it.

Yes, it's exactly what i need, and it's a good price. What colours does it come in?

Blue, black or white.

OK. I'd like a blue one please.

Traduction

Et puc ajudar senyor?

Si, m'agradarie comprar un portàtil.

Quin tipus de portàtil busques?

El necessito petit i lleuger perquè sovint marxo per la feina.

Per a que el vols utilitzar?

El necessito per a words i excels.

El vols per descarregar música i pel·lícules?

No, no vull, pero si necessito utilitzar molt el internet.

Ok, penso que aquest portàtil es exactament lo que necessito, es lleuger i molt rapid.

Quant coste?

Coste 600$. Esta en oferta especial durant aquesta setmana, jo tel recomano.

Si, es exactament lo que necessito, i te un bon preu. Amb quins colors el puc comprar?

Amb blau, negre o blanc.

Ok, m'agradarie comprar el blau.

A Business Card

 

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 Activity 6 Page 7

1- solve  problems

2- operate a machine

3- design a webpage

4- give support

5- input data

6- check The conections

Activity 7 Page 7

1- We need a graphic designer to design a webpage for our new company.

2- We give support to users in businesses, offices and at home.

3- My job is to help solve problems over the phone.

4-If the monitor doesn't work, check the conections at the back of the system unit.

5- It takes time to input data into the computer.

6- They operate a machine on the production line.

Activity 8 Page 7

1- This person writes software for computers. programmer

2- This person helps clients with IT problems over the telephone. Helpdesk technician

3- This person manages the day-to-day running of a computer network. network administrator

4- This person fixes softwareand hardware problems. support technician

5- This person tests new products before they are in the shops. software tester

6- This person devolpes and designs webpages. web designer

7- This person puts information into a computer.data entry operator

Vocabulary

 COMPUERS AND DEVICES

apps  aplicacions

data informació

hardware hardware

keyboard teclat

laptop portatil

monitor monitor/pantalla

mouse ratoli

server servidor

software software

system unite unitat de sistema

BUSINESS SECTORS

banking  banc

business and retail negoci i venta

education educació

health salut

hospitality and leisure Hospitalitat

manufacturing manufacturar

transport transport

NUMBERS

ten deu

twenty  vint

thirty trenta

forty cuaranta

fifty cincuanta

sixty seixanta

seventy setanta

eigthy vuitanta

ninety noranta

one hundred cen

five hundred cinc-cents

one thousand mil

ones thousand five hundred mil cinc-cents

IT

assemble montar

check comprobar

design disenyar

download descaregar

give donar

input 

install instalar

maintain manteniment

operate operar

repair reparar

solve solventar

startup 

test prova

troubleshoot 

upgrade (n) millorar/actualitzar

upload 

JOBS

data entry operator operador de vase de dades

helpdesk technoician 

network administrator administrador de xarxes

programmer programador

software tester provador de software

support technician suport tècnic

web designer  dissenyador web

EXTRA

client 

company 

over the phone  

responsible 

role 

skill abilitat

support 

team