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2013年8月22日 星期四

Listening practice: Computers


Here is a video about the history of computers.


Listen to the video. Can you hear any of the following vocabulary?

Vocabulary:

  • massive =  really really big
  • perform =  do
  • bulky = big and inconvenient to use
  • unreliable = not able to be trusted
  • vacuum tubes =  (look at the video, you can see some)
  • transistor = ( look at the video, you can see some) 
  • integrated circuit =  (look at the video, you can see one)
  • miniaturization process =  the process of making something as small as possible
  • component = part of a machine
  • carry out = perform, do

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    all the best,
    Quentin

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