Introducing a New Employee

 Writing

To: Tamargo's Brothers Inc's workers.

From: Your Boss.

Subject: New Manager.

Dear workers. As most of you know, I lost the faith on all of you, and former manager did too, that's why she took a fly and disappeared. Anyways, I am "glad" to announce that we are introducing a new manager... I wish she doesn't fall off from this floor... Her name is Lola and her previous jobs are more than 70. She is originally from Cuba, but got fired and she had to leave her country. Then she went to London, country she had to leave as well... She will be responisble of you all, after searching for years one of 700 managers accepted this job. I beg you all have mercy on her, because she got fired from 96 jobs. Finally, we wish her the best and good luck with us, because even the world's best manager wouldn't be able to handle you all.

Regards,

Boss.

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Assembling a Computer

 Assembling a Computer

1. To assemble a computer, first of all you have to unscrew and remove the two side panels of the computer case.
2. Next, you have to screw the motherboard into place inside the computer case.
3. In the third step you have to open the CPU socket and insert the CPU into the motherboard.
4. Then place the heat sink and the fan on the motherboard and attach them with clips.
5. Fifth step consists on inserting the RAM module into its slot.
6. After that, screw the hard drive into place. Then connect its power cable to the motherboard.
7. Once you've done that, insert the sound card and video card into their slots and screw them in.
8. At this point, screw the side panels back onto the computer case.
9. To finish, plug in all the power and data cables. Turn on the computer and check it works! 

UNIT 2 VOCABULARY

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PARTS OF A COMPUTER

• DVD drive: unitat DVD
• Fan: ventilador
• Hard drive: unitat de disc dur
• Heat sink: dissipador de calor
• Motherboard: placa base
• Processor (CPU): processador
• RAM chip: chip de memòria RAM
• Sound card: targeta de so
• USB port: port USB 

ADJECTIVES

• Advanced: avançat
• Basic: bàsic, simple
• Cheap: barat
• Expensive: car
• Heavy: pesat
• Large: gran
• Light: lleuger
• Little: petit
• Loud: sorollós
• Narrow: estret
• Quick: ràpid
• Quiet: silenciós
• Slow: lent
• Useful: útil
• Useless: inútil
• Wide: ample

ORDINALS

• First: primer
• Second: segon
• Third: tercer
• Fourth: quart
• Fifth: cinquè
• Sixth: sisè
• Seventh: setè
• Eighth: vuitè
• Ninth: novè
• Tenth: desè

PARTS OF A COMPUTER

• Cable: cable
• Case: funda, caixa
• Clip: pinça
• Front panel: panell frontal
• Power supply: font d'alimentació
• Side panel: panell lateral
• Slot: ranura
• Socket: endoll
• Switch: interruptor

VERBS

• Attach: adjuntar
• Connect: connectar
• Detach: des-adjuntar
• Disconnect: desconnectar
• Insert: insertar
• Plug in: endollar
• Remove: eliminar, treure
• Screw: enroscar, cargolar
• Turn off: apagar
• Turn on: engegar
• Unplug: desendollar
• Unscrew: desenroscar, descargolar 

EXTRA

• Cache: memòria cau
• Desktop case: funda d'escriptori
• Disc controller: controlador de discs
• Drive bay: vahia d'unitat
• Expansion cards: targetes d'expansió
• I/O Adapter: adaptador d'entrada / sortida
• Network Attached Storage: emmagatzematge afegit a la xarxa
• Optical drive: unitat òptica
• Tower case: caixa de la torre

Buying a Laptop

DIALOGUE

A) Can I help you, sir?

B) Yes. I want to buy a laptop.

A) What sort of laptop are you looking for?

B) I need a small, light computer. I often go on business trips.

A) What dou you need to use it for?

B) I need it for Word documents and Excel.

A) Do you want to use it for downloading music or films?

B) No, I don't, but I need to use the Internet a lot.

A) OK. I think this laptop is what you are looking for. It's light, but it's also fast.

B) How much is it?

A) It's €600. It's on special offer this week. I recommend it.

B) Yes, it's exactly what I need, and it's a good price. What colours does it come in?

A) Blue, black or white.

B) OK. I'd like a blue one, please. 

TRANSLATION

A) Et puc ajudar, senyor?

B) Sí. Vull comprar un portàtil.

A) Quin tipus de portàtil busques?

B) Necessito un portàtil petit i lleuger. Normalment faig viatges de negocis.

A) Per a què l'utilitzaràs?

B) El necessito per documents del Word i per l'Excel.

A) El vols fer anar per baixar o pujar música o pel·lícules?

B) No, però utilitzaré molt l'Internet.

A) Perfecte, crec que aquest portàtil es el que busques. És lleuger, però també ràpid.

B) Quant costa?

A) Són 600 euros. Està en oferta especial aquesta setmana. El recomano.

B) Sí. És exactament el que busco, i és una bona oferta. En quins colors el tens?

A) Blau, negre o blanc.

B) D'acord. Voldria el blau, si us plau. 

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