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Sentido de la modificacin
Ejemplo:
console keyboard
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NCLEO
MODIFICADOR
Sentido de la modificacin
Ejemplo: Teclado en consola
CONSIDER THESE PHRASES
a) Console keyboard
b) System diskette
c) Processing of information :
e) Input device
Exercise 1
Read these phrases
1.Theory and practice of data-processing :
color + full
full = lleno
colorful = lleno de color = colorido
Ejemplo:
The
information
presented
to
the
machine
is
the
input;
the
internal
palabra.
Estos
trminos
referenciales
incluyen
pronombres
personales,
Ejemplo:
A computer like any other machine, is used because it does certain jobs better
and more efficiently than humans.
Las palabras ms comn y frecuentemente usadas son:
a) palabras que significan ADICIN: and, as well as, also, besides, etc.
b) palabras que muestran relacin CAUSAEFECTO: accordingly, hence, due to, as a
result, therefore, thus, as a consequence, etc.
c) palabras que indican CONDICIN: if, when, unless, provided, etc.
d) palabras que indican CONTRASTE: but, though, although, still yet, etc.
e) palabras que indican COMPARACIN: like, unlike, likewise, in the same way, etc.
f) palabras que indican NFASIS: above all, really, in effect, especially, etc.
g) palabras que indican DUDA O HIPTESIS: possibly, perhaps, probably, etc.
h) palabras que indican SECUENCIA U ORDEN: in the beginning, first, later, then, next,
later on, etc.
i) palabras que indican EJEMPLOS: for example, that is to say, namely, such as, etc.
III. TCNICAS PARA ANALIZAR PRRAFOS.
A veces el alumno entiende todas las oraciones en el material que esta leyendo pero no
entiende lo que el prrafo dice como un todo; esto es porque no sabe como esta
organizado un prrafo. Para entender un prrafo el estudiante debe:
1. Encontrar el tema principal
El estudiante debe descubrir de que trata el prrafo, es decir, cual es el tema. El tema
debe ser preciso: ni muy especfico ni muy general.
2. Encontrar la idea principal.
Despus de descubrir el tema el alumno debe buscar la idea principal que puede ser una
definicin, clasificacin o explicacin del tema. Se puede encontrar frecuentemente la
idea principal en la oracin principal.
3. Encontrar los detalles principales que sustentan el tema.
Los estudiantes deben descubrir los detalles principales que modifican la idea principal.
Deben conocer cuales son las funciones de esos detalles que son de varias clases:
a) Detalles que definen
b) Detalles que clasifican
c) Detalles que explican
d) Detalles que ilustran y ejemplifican
e) Detalles que comparan y contrastan
f) Detalles que muestran relaciones causa-efecto
g) Detalles que restablecen (Son los que restablecen la idea principal repitindola de una
forma u otra o concluyndola)
IV. INTERPRETACIN DE ILUSTRACIONES Y GRFICOS.
Muchos textos cientficos y tcnicos van acompaados por grficos e ilustraciones para
ayudar al lector a entender mejor las ideas presentadas; por ejemplo, explicaciones o
descripciones de procesos, mediciones y presentaciones de hechos. Las ilustraciones que
se usan frecuentemente son dibujos lineales, grficos, tablas, diagramas y fotografas.
La oracin simple: orden lgico. Formas afirmativa, negativa e interrogativa. Artculos.
Formas plurales y singulares. Verbo "to be".
The sentence
This computer system is very sophisticated.
Affirmative
Negative
Interrogative.
The article
This is the new computer.
PLURAL
disk
disks
computer
computers
file
files
datum
data
phenomenon
phenomena
curriculum
curricula
nucleus
nucleii
a. operation
2. information
b. see
3. country
c. mix
4. features
d. channels
5. view
e. data
6. surgery
f. characteristics
7. blend
g. nation
2. USE OF VERBS
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of "to be" and "to have"
a. My PC ....................an old version of Multimedia.
b. A multimedia artist .................a person who can blend art and techniques.
c. Modern movies usually ........................special effects. (FX)
d. Electronic encyclopedias ...................much more attractive than the traditional ones.
e. Although I ................not an expert in multimedia, I can use them fairly well.
since
at
through
by
for
of
from
about
to
on
under
without
in
"have got"
a. order
2. however
b. surprising
3. hierarchy
c. big
4. provider
d. supplier
5. dedicated
6. amazing
e. get to
f. special
7. major
8. flow
g. run
h. important
9. arrive
10. crucial
i. web
j. nevertheless
represents
was
call
use
contains
a. We use the Internets DNS servers to translate the human-readable domain name into
the machine-readable IP address.
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b. The left-most word, like www, is the host name.
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c. A given domain name can contain millions of host names as long as they are all unique.
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..
d. Once it has made a request to a root DNS server for any .COM domain, it knows the IP
address for a DNS server handling the .COM domain.
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..
e. All the machines on the Internet are either servers or clients.
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4. TRANSLATION OF PHRASES
Give a Spanish version of the following phrases in the text:
a. a global collection of networks
b. a non-profit group established in 1992
c. worldwide web
d. Network Access Points
e. Point of Presence
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5. A READING COMPREHENSION EXERCISE
Answer the following questions on the text:
a. Who owns the Internet?
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b. Which are the elementary parts of the Internet?
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c. What are backbones?
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d. What is an IP address?
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e. Give some examples of top-level domain names.
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Words that refer to something in the text
Give a Spanish version of the following sentences:
a. Multimedia can be used for modelling and simulation. These are two research
techniques.
b. Multimedia games, which are software programs are a popular passtime.
c. The method that we are using in the lab is not quite new.
d. This is Computer Aided Design. It lets an engineer view his product from various
perspectives.
e. Those are the CD-ROMs where all the relevant information was loaded.
f. Those are the IT experts who were in charge of the Powerpoint presentation last week.