Ingles Rainier 11
Ingles Rainier 11
Ingles Rainier 11
Trabajo N°11
1- Optical disc.
R: Optical disc.
2- Laser beam.
R: Laser beam.
3- Backward-compatible.
R: Backward-compatible.
c) Paul (see Unit 4) wants to buy some blank discs. Listen to his
conversation with the sales assistant and check your answers to A.
Esta pregunta no puede responderse por falta del audio.
d) Listen again and decide whether these sentences are true or false.
Correct the false one. Igual
1- A DVD is an optical digital disc that can be used for video, audio
and data storage.
2- The dimensions of a CD and a DVD are the same: 1.3 mm thick
13 cm in diameter.
3- The data on a DVD is read with a laser beam.
4- A basic DVD can hold 3.7 gigabytes.
5- You need a hard drive to read DVDs.
6- DVD-Video discs can hold full-length movies.
7- A DVD Writer is not compatible with old CD-ROMs.
2) Optical discs and drives.
R: 17GB.
4- The feature of a portable DVD player which allows the user to play
different formats.
R: On one side are Toshiba, Microsoft and the DVD Forum, who
support the High Definition-DVD (HD-DVD).
b) Read the text again and make notes about the features of CDs,
DVDs and Blu-ray discs.
Capacity and formats Possible uses
CD CDs can hold 650-700MB. - CD-ROMs are read-only units,
meaning you cannot change
CDs come in three different formats: the data stored on them (for
- CD-ROMs (read-only memory) example, a dictionary or a
game).
- CD-R (recordable)
- CD-R discs are write-once
- CD-RW (rewritable) devices which let you duplicate
music CDs and other data CDS.
b) Look at the Help box and check your answers. How do you say
these connectors in your language?
R: - In addition.
- And.
- But.
- However
- So.
- Because.
R: Although, CDs and DVDs are similar in size and shape, their data
structure is very different.
.
2- DVDs hold more data than CDs. The pits burnt into the disc are
smaller than on a CD, and the tracks are closer together. (On the
other hand/ As a result), DVDs can have up to four recording layers.
R: DVDs hold more data than CDs. The pits burnt into the disc are
smaller than on a CD, and the tracks are closer together. As a result,
DVDs can have up to four recording layers.
3- A Blu-ray disc drive costs a lot of money (but/so) you should use it
carefully.
R: A Blu-ray disc drive costs a lot of money, but, you should use it
carefully.
R: LaCie DVD drive, why content a 16x DVD writer with free Nero DVD
burning software. Can play and record both DVD+R and DVD-R discs,
plus their rewritable counterparts, as well as all types of CD.
R: Toshiba USB flash drive, why have a High-speed and 16GB pen drive
with a built-in MP3 player. Plugs directly into any USB connection.
R: Iomega portable hard drive, why have 160G, 2.5” external hard drive.
In addition, an affordable way to back up all your data, from business
documents. To emails.
R: Seagate hard drive, why have a superfast 8ms hard drive. In addition,
have capacity ranges from 80GB to 1TB.
Read these posts from a forum about the topic of ‘Blu-ray versus HD-
DVD’ and then add your response, giving your opinion on the topic
R: Is difficult name one winner, why this depend of the elections of the
peoples about what is her favorite. In the personal, I don’t choose, I use any.