disk drive
printer
power button
computer (CPU/PC)
CD or DVD
flash drive
screen
monitor
icon
word processor
mouse
keyboard
use
has
save
print
38. Talking about
Computers: Story
There
is a guy named (1) Mac. Mac has a computer with a keyboard screen and
monitor. Mac has a problem with his computer. It sings badly. (2)
Every
time
(3) Mac touches (4) the power button or uses the mouse, the computer starts
(5) singing. It’s a bad singer. (6)
Mac
saves all his work on a flash drive and then takes (7) the computer to
his neighborhood computer store (8) in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The
computer store owner (9) is a giraffe. He checks (10) Mac’s
computer but can’t fix (11) the problem.
Mac
takes his computer to Silicon Valley* in northern (12) California where
he meets a computer nerd (14) named Steve.
Steve
takes Mac’s computer to his garage (15) and hits it (16) with a hammer.
(17)
The
computer stops (18) singing. Mac is thrilled (19) that his
computer is fixed.
1
tipo llamado
2
canta mal
3
Cada vez
4
toca
5
empieza a
6
mal cantante
7
lleva
8
tienda de computadoras vecina
9
dueño
10
revisa
11
no puede arreglar
12
del norte
13
…
14
tipo raro obsesionado con computadoras
15
cochera
16
le pega
17
martillo
18
deja de
19
contentísimo
*Silicon Valley is near San Francisco
Bay Area. The
term, Silicon Valley, refers to all
the high-tech businesses
in the area. Silicon chips are used in computers.
38.
Talking about Computers: Reading
Mac Apple lives in Salt Lake City. Mac
is thirty-five years old. He works for a big department store near (1) the
Salt Lake Temple.
Mac likes classical music and has a
big collection of CDs. His favorite composer is Mozart.
Mac writes (2) music and prints
it (3) for his friends. He uses a PC computer with a keyboard, screen,
monitor and an inkjet printer. Mac uses his computer a lot.
Mac has a problem with his computer: it
sings. (4) Every time (5) Mac touches (6) the power button or
uses the mouse, the computer starts (7) singing. His computer sings jazzy
songs (8)—they drive him crazy! (9)
Mac decides to get the computer
fixed. He saves all his work (10) on a flash drive and takes (11)
the computer to his neighborhood computer store. (12) The store owner,
(13) a giraffe, examines Mac’s computer but can’t fix it. (14)
Mac takes his computer to Silicon
Valley in California. There Mac meets (15) a computer nerd named (16) Steve.
Steve takes Mac’s computer to his garage
(17) and hits (18) the CPU with a little hammer. (19) The
computer stops (20) singing. Mac is delighted (21) that his
computer is fixed.
Steve likes (22) Mac’s name.
(23) He decides to use it for his new (24) computer company. The icon for
his computer is an apple (25) with a bite out of it. (26) He
calls his new computer a “Mac”.
1
almacén cerca
2
escribe
3
la imprime
4
canta
5
Cada vez
6
toca
7
empieza a
8
canciones sincopaticas
9
le vuelven loco
10 todo
su trabajo
11 lleva
12 tienda
de computadoras vecina
13 dueño
de la tienda
14 la
puede arreglar
15 Allí
llega a conocer
16 tipo
raro obsesionado con conputadoras llamado
17 cochera
18 pega
19 martillo
pequeño
20 deja
de
21 contentísimo
22 le
gusta
23 nombre
24 nueva
25 manzana
26 mordida
Steve
Jobs also invented i-tunes, the i-pod, the i-phone and the i-pad.
