Listen to the text and answer the following questions.

LISTENING

9. Listen to the text and answer the following questions.

1. What place is called “home” to the world’s largest technology companies?

2. What computer technology companies are mentioned?

3. How long did the project take?

4. What does the new exhibit tell to their visitors?

5. What is the first object people can see in the exhibition?

6. Can visitors handle some of the objects in the exhibit?

7. How have computers changed for the last ten years?

10. Listen to the text again and complete the sentences.

1. Silicon Valley in __________ is home of the world’s largest technology companies.

2. The valley is also home to the __________ in Montain View.

3. It reopened last month after __________worth of improvements.

4. And the first __________ people see walking into the exhibit is an abacus from the 1800.

5. He says one of the more popular items is a portable __________ from 1981.

6. But Osborne One was about the size of sewing __________ and weighed 24 pounds.

7. So, just been able to pick one of those up will help our ________visitors to understand how _________ portability was about 30 years ago.

 

SPEAKING

11. You have found an interesting article in the Internet. The author of this article says: "There are similarities between brains and computers. Computers can do complicated calculations at incredible speeds. But they work in a fixed way, because they can't make memory associations. If we need a screwdriver and there isn't one, we will think laterally and use a knife or coin instead. Computers can't do this." In a group discuss some other similarities or differences between human brains and computers.

12. In the Internet find some information about new computers, computer games or educational programmes and explain how they work to your group mates.