Before you read the passage, talk about these questions.

1 How can installing new software be difficult?

2 How can a business benefit from online services?

Reading

Read the newspaper column about technology. Then, choose the correct answers.

1 What is the advice column about?

A how to set up a CDN

В ways to deploy and cancel SaaS

С the benefits of cloud computing

D differences between cloud and utility computing

2 What is the benefit of SaaS?

A It makes a CDN work faster.

В It eliminates elasticity and scalability.

С It increases a server's available bandwidth.

D It reduces the time and money lost installing software.

3 What can you infer about the column?

A Its author uses cloud computing.

В It is only available online.

С The last entry was on utility computing.

D It helps people understand computer terms.

Vocabulary

Match the words (1-7) with the definitions (A-G).

1 _public cloud                        5_PaaS

2 _cloud computing                6 private cloud

3 _utility computing               7_laaS

4 _scalability

A Internet services available for a fee

В Internet services available to everyone

С receiving server functions over the Internet

D receiving operating systems over the Internet

E use of the Internet for software and other services

F potential for a system to change size

G computing as a metered service

Fill in the blanks with the correct words and phrases from the word bank.

deployment SaaS pay as you go elasticity CDN

1 Thanks to ________ pricing, we're only billed when we use it.

2 Set up a________to increase the available bandwidth.

3 Cloud computing increases the __________of our computer systems.

4 Use _________ to avoid installing new programs on each computer.

5 Cloud computing makes _________ of new software much easier.

Listen and read the newspaper column about technology again. What does the term 'cloud computing' mean?

Listening

Listen to a conversation between an IT worker and a manager. Mark the following statements as true (T) or false (F).

1 _The company is having software compatibility problems.

2 _ The IT worker thinks cloud computing will help the company.

3 _ The manager asks the IT worker to set up a CDN first.

Listen again and complete the conversation.

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% How exartly wnulH it help us?

IT Worker: Manager: Remember when we installed all that software a few

years har.k? Thfi nnfis that had sn many 2?

 

Yeah, that was a real waste of money.

IT Worker: Wfill, with nlnuri nnmputing WP г.яп 3

nnline. Thsn we pay for

 

how much we use it.

Manager:  So, it's a pay as you go type of service? What if the software is bad?

IT Worker. \Ne can just cance\ the service and switch to srimfithing hettfir 4            is really easy.

Manager:  I like the sound of that. How can we set it up?

IT Worker: I'd 5                                                              It's a set

 

of computers that just store data.

Speaking

With a partner, act out the roles below based on Task 7. Then, switch roles.

USE LANGUAGE SUCH AS:

I was reading this column on cloud computing.

How exactly would it help?

I'd start with a CDN.

Student A: You are talking to an employee about cloud computing. Ask Student В about:

•   a possible problem

•   benefits

•   setting it up

Student B: You work with Student A. Answer his or her questions.

Writing

9. You are an IT worker. Use the newspaper column and the conversation from Task 8 to write a proposal for using cloud computing at your business (120-150 words). Talk about:

•   What cloud computing can do

•   How it can reduce costs

•   How to set it up

 

Improving health

1)  Bar coding

2)  HER

3)  ADM

4)  Optic scanner

5)  Implanted microchip

 

Get ready!

Before you read the passage, talk about these questions.

1  How can technology benefit doctors and hospitals?

2  What kind of medical technology do you know about?

Reading

Read the article from Health and Science Digest. Then, mark the following statements as true (T) or false (F).

1  _ CPOE systems help to reduce mistakes related to handwriting.

2  _ Doctors use optic scanners to measure and release precise doses.

3  _ The lab-on-a-chip has saved money and lives

Vocabulary