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Computers in everyday life

Computers are part of everyday life. They have an effect on almost everything you do. When you buy groceries at a supermarket, a computer is used with laser and barcode technology to scan the price of each item and present a total. A Barcoding item (clothes, food, and books) requires a computer to generate the barcode labels and maintain the inventory. Most television advertisements and many films use graphics produced by a computer. In hospitals, beside terminals connected to the hospital’s main computer allow doctors to type in orders for blood tests and schedule operations. Banks use computers to look after their customers’ money. In libraries and bookstores, computers can help you to find the book you want as quickly as possible. (GLENDINNING H. Eric and McEWAN John. Basic English for Computing. New York Oxford University Press, 2012. p-7.)

1. Escreva cinco palavras cognatas do texto e dê o seu significado.

2. Após o estudo do vocabulário do texto diga sobre o que ele trata.

3. Em que outros lugares você vê o uso do computador além dos lugares citados no texto?

4.Numere a coluna B de acordo com a coluna A, pensando nas funções do computador em cada um desses lugares mencionados na coluna A.

Coluna A Coluna B

1 - Banks ( ) Control machines

2 - Factories ( ) Calculate the bill

3 - Home ( ) Look after patient records and medicines

4 - Hospitals ( ) Provide entertainment and information

5 - Shops ( ) Control our money

5. Preencha os espaços em branco do parágrafo sobre os variados usos do computador, conforme a questão 4 acima.

Computers are now part of our everyday life. In shops, they _________________________________________(a).

In factories, they _______________________________(b).

In ________________________(c), they look after patient records and medicines.

When we have a bank account, computers _____________________________(d).

In our homes, computer ___________________________(e).

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