technical problems with a lap top
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Technical problems with a lap top
Task 1 : Read the dialogue. Focus on the words typed in
bold.
Juan: 'What's happening Peter, you look rustrated!'Peter: '"y laptop won't turn on. #t was workingbeore, # don't know what's wrong$' Juan: '#s it plugged in!'Peter: '%eah, # ha&e connected it to the mainselectricity, but that shouldn't be important because the
laptop's battery still has charge or power.' Juan: 're you sure that the socket in the wall haspower! Try to plug it into another socket.'Peter: '#'&e tried that already and the socket haspower. # thought that there may be a problem with thepower cable, but it's working (ne with the other laptophere.' Juan: '# had a problem with my desktop computer last
year where the wires had come loose in the powercable. )o # had to replace the power cable. %ou can usemy laptop to show it.'Peter: 'Thanks *uan, but # only sa&ed the presentationto my hard drive. )o # can't show the presentation onyour laptop.' Juan: '+an you remember when # had that problemwith my laptop in *uly. When suddenly the screen froze
and the laptop wouldn't respond when # pressed any o the keys on the keyboard or when # mo&ed my (ngeron the touch pad. )ometimes it reco&ered and # couldcontinue to use the application, but other times itcrashed and stopped working completely. )o, # had toreboot the laptop. #t was so rustrating, because # usedto lose all o the work #'d been doing. Then theapplication didn't load at all, so # couldn't e&en use it
then. The #T ngineer told me it was a sotware fault
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with an application. )o she -ust reinstalled theapplication and it's been working (ne.'Peter: '#'m happy or you, but # don't ha&e any powerto the laptop, so it's not a sotware ault. #t seems like ahardware ault.'
Task : /ocabulary 0ercise
Use the words typed in bold to complete the sentences.
1. nother way to say 'touch' or 'push' a button or akey, is .. The name o the part o a computer where yousa&e2store your applications and documents is the
.3. When talking about computers, people call anelectrical or design 'problem' a 4. nother way to say 'switch on' or 'start' a computer,is .
5. The part o a laptop where you mo&e the cursor onthe screen with a (nger, is called the .6. 'lead' or 'wire' which connects a computer to a
printer or a power supply, is called a .7. di8erent way to say 'restart' a computer is .
9. phrasal &erb that means to connect a 'cable' to acomputer or to an electrical power supply is
.. When you can't mo&e the cursor on the screen, the
screen is .1;. possible reason why a cable isn't working is .
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11. nother way to say that an application 'doesn'tstart' is .1. The hole2holes where a cable is connected to , iscalled a .13. The buttons on a keyboard that ha&e letters ornumbers on them, are called .14. When an application is damaged2not workingcorrectly, it normally has to be .15. The name o the power supply or a mobile phone
.16. When a computer or application ails or stopsworking, it .