Vocabulary

TROUBLESHOOTING

Control panel - Panel Control

Loose connection - Conexió perduda

Mute box - Boto de silenciar

No signal message - Sense senyal

Power button - Boto de poder

Volume control - Volum de control

VERBS

Freeze - Congelat

Log off - Tanca sessió

Make sure - Asegurar-se

Press and hold - Pressiona i mantenir 

Reconnect - Reconectar

Reinstall - Reinstalar

Reopen - Tornar a obrir

Replace - Remplasar

Restart - Reiniciar 

Shut down - Apagar 

TROUBLESHOOTING

Anti-virus software - Antivirus

Back up - Copia de seguratat

Follow instructions - Seguir instrucions

Lose - Perdre

Password - Contrassenya 

Recover - Recuperar

PLACES AROUND TOWN

Airport - Aeroport

Departament store - Grans magatzems

Entrance - Entrada

Exit - Sortida

Factory - Fabric

Ground floor - Planta baixa

Library - Biblioteca

Lift - Ascencor

Off-site - Fora de l'edifici

On-site - Dintre de l'edifici

Post office - Correus

Reception - Recepció

Shopping centre - Centre comercial

Sports centre - Centres esportius

Stairs - Escaleres

Train station - Estació de trens

DIRECTIONS

At the end of the corridor - Al passadis

Go straight - Segueix recte

On your left/right - A la teva esquerra / dreta

Opposite - Davant de 

Turn left / right - Gira esquerra / dreta

EXTRA

Assist - Assistir

At the traffic lights - Al semafor

Breakdown - Desglosament

Corrupt files - Fitxers corruptes

Cross the road - Creuar el carrer

Debugging - Depuració

Diagnose - Diagnosticar

Maintenance - Manteniment

Manual - Manual

Performance - Rendiment

Problem solving - Solucionar problemes 

Recovery - Recuperació

Reset - Resetejar

Take the first left / right - Agafeu la primera a esquerra / dreta

Ex 5 pag 19

Listen and repeat the words in colour in A. Then match them to their definitios in B.

1. Portable: easy to carry around.

2. Superfast: very speedy.

3. Dependable: not likely to fail

4. Compact: using a small 

5. Sturdy: built to be strong 

Ex 7 pag 19

Copy and complete the review below with the words not used in Exercice 6.

Nice and flexible for working everywhere! The new slimline table (0.5 cm) has got built-in Wi-Fi, for Internet connection on the GO. Its high- resolution screen is perfect for doing graphics work. It really is a top-of-the-range model.  

Ex 9 pag 19

Which adjectives in Exercises 5-8 can describe the items below?

A laptot: surtdy, portable, secure, slimline, top of the range, powerfull

A printer: All in one, reliable

A mouse: Ergonomic, reliable, simple, flexible, top of the range, wireless

A smartwatch: All in one, top of the range, powerfull, practical, high resolution

Vocabulary

ORDERING

Delivery Date - Data d'entrega

Give a discount -  Descompte

Goods - Bens

Invoice - Factura

Out of stock - Agotat

Payment date - Data de pagament

payments - Pagament

price - Preu

prince per unit - Preu de unitat

qualitiy - Qualitat

quantity - Quantitat

subtotal - Subtotal

VAT - IVA

PAYMENTS

Account - Conte

Cash - Efectiva

Charge it - Impostos

Cheque - Chec

Credit card - Targeta de Credit

Postage and handilling -  Enviament i manipulació

Shipping - Enviament

ADJECTIVE

All-in-one - Tot dins

Built-in - Incorporat

Compact - Compacte

Complicated - Complicat

Dependable - Fiable

Ergonomic - Ergonomic

Flexible - Flexible

High-resolution - Alta resolució

Portable - Portatil

Powerful - Potent

Practical - Practic

Relaible - Fiable

Secure - Segur

Simple - Simple

Slimline - Prim

Sturdy - Robust

Superfast - Super Rapid

Top-of-the-range - Top de gamma

User-friendly - Facil d'utilitzar

Wide screen - Pantalla ampla

EXTRA

Accessible - Accessible

Compatible - Compatible

Convenient - Convenient

Delivery fee - Gastos d'envio

Place an order - Realitzar una comanda

Reduction - Distribució

Shortage - Escazes

Sophisticated - Sofisticat

Spare parts - Repost

Special offer - Oferta especial

Specialised - Especialitzat

Stocktaking - Inventari

Supply chain - Cadena de suministres 

Warehouse - Diposit

Writting

To: Emplayee

From: Boss

Subject: Buy some things.

Hello Mr Leonardo,

In the company we need to buy some things. The Ram Chips is enough because we have 9 but we will have you buy next month . With the Sound Cards it's the same. We need TPS hard drive because we have only 3, that's why we have to buy 10 of the new model. The CPU's is urgent buy, because we have 0 and the customers they ask a lot and Heatsink & fans is okey fer now.

Vocabulary

Keyboard

Alt key -  Tecla alta

Arrow keys -  Tecla de fletxa

Backspace key - Tecla de retrocés

Caps lock key -  Tecla majuscula

Command key - Tecla de commandes

Control key - Tecla control

Delete key - Tecla d'esborra

Escape keys - Tecla d'escape

Funcion keys - Teclats funcionals

Modifier keys - Teclats modificadors

Numeric pad - Teclat numeric

Return or enter key - tecla o trona tecla

Shift key - shift

Space bar - espai

tab key -  tabulador

Punctuation Symbols

and symbol - 

apostrophe - aprostrof

asterisk -  asterisc

at symbol - arroba

brackets - parentesis

colon - dos punts

comma - coma

exclamation mark - signe d'exclamació

full stop - punt

hypen - guio

question mark - signe de 

quotation marks - 

semicolon -

slash -

underscore -

Prepositions/ Prepositional phrase

Above -

Behind -

Below -

Beside -

Between -

In the middle of -

Next to -

On -

Over -

Under -

Peripherals

Barcode scanner -

Flash Drive -

Gaming Controller -

Headset -

Microphone - 

Printer -

Projector -

Remote Control -

Scanner -

Speakers -

Stylus pen -

Touch screen -

USB charger -

Webcam -

Ordering

Broken -

Obsolete -

Order -

Overstocked -

Reorder -

Run low on -

Run out of -

Dialoge

A: Hello, this is Tim in IT.

B: Hi, Tim. This is Sara. I'm calling from the third floor. I've got a problem with my keyboard.

A: Good morning, Sara. Is it a standard keyboard or a wireless keyboard?

B: I'ts a standard one and the delete key is stuck. I've deleted a whole page of text!

A: Oh dear! So firts, make sure you've saved all your work. Ok, now unplug the keyboard from your PC. Next, turn it over and hit it gently.

B: What? Are you sure?

A: Yes - if the keys have got dirt inside them, they sometimes get stuck.

B: Ok... now what?

A: Now plug the keyboard in again. Press the enter key and see what happens.

B: Alright. Hey, it's working! Thanks.

A: Great.

B: Tim, wait a minute. Now the s key isn't working. I'm pressing the key, but the symbol doesn't appear on the monitor.

A: Alright, I'll come and take a look. We'll try cleaning some of the keys.

B: Thanks. I'm in Room 312.

CATALÀ

A: Hola, 

B: Hi, Tim. Aquesta es la Sara. Estic trucant des de la tercera planta. Tinc un problema amb el meu portàtil.

A: Bon dia Sara. Es un teclat normal o inalambric?

B: Es un normal i la lletra d'esborra s'ha encallat. E esborrat una pagina sencera de text. 

A: 

 1. 

The firts step is turn off the computer.

The second step is unplug the computer.

The third step is remove the panel. 

The next step is 

Vocabulay unite 2

 PARTS OF A COMPUTER

DVD drive: unidad de lector.

fan: ventilador

hard drive

heat sink: dissipador

motherboard

processor (CPU): processador

RAM chip

sound card

USB port

ADJECTIVES

advanced: Avançat

basic: basic

cheap: Barat

expensive: Car

heavy: pesat

large: llarg

light: llum

little: petit

loud

narrow

quick

quiet: silencios

slow: lent

useful

useless

wide: ample

ORDINALS

first: primer

second: segon

third: tercer

fourth

fifth

sixth: sisè

seventh: sete

eighth: vuitè

ninth: nove

tenth: dece

PARTS OF A COMPUTER

cable: cable

case: caixa

clip: chip

front panel: panel frontal

power supply

side panel

slot: 

socket

switch

VERBS

attach

connect

detach

disconnect

insert

plug in

remove

screw

turn off

turn on

unplug

unscrew

EXTRA

cache

desktop case

disc controller

drive bay

expansion cards 

I/O Adapter 

Network Attached Storage

optical drive

tower case

The dialogue

2.

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 do 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 laptot 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 especial offten this week.

B: Yes, it's exactly what I need, and it's a good price.

A: What colours does it come in?

Blue, black or white.

B: Ok, I'd like a blue one, please.

 Català

A: Et puc ajuda, senyor.

B: Si, jo vull comprar un portatil.

A: 

B: Necessito un que sigui petit, lleuger. 

A: Per a que el faras servir?

B: El necessito per el Word documents i el Excel.

A: Tu vols descargar musica o pel·lícules?

B: No, no el vull, pero necessito molt el internet.

A: Vale, penso que aquest portatil es el que estas buscant, es lleuger, pero molt rapid.

B: Quant costa?

A business Card