Video Activities: Computer Hardware

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Video activities: computer hardware

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

1. Laptop
2. Desk PC
3. PC without tower

2) Listen and complete the text:
You’ve seen them. They come in all shapes and sizes but work pretty much in the same ways. In fact, if you could watch inside these computers, they have the same basic parts. It’s these parts, the hardware that do all of the work in computers.

3) What can be compared to the basement of a house? Why?
To the hard disk.Because it stores like the hard disk.

4) What disadvantage do hard disks have?
They are slow to access the files that they have inside.


5) What can be compared to a closet? Why?
The RAM, because it makes fast to access the files.


6) What can be compared to a butler? Why?
The Processor, because it does the tasks for you.


7) Match the two parts of the sentences:

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