Watch a video from the 1950s about computers and choose the correct answers to the following questions.
1 How does the teacher describe the computer?� It's a machine which is smarter than people.It's a mechanical thinking machine.It's a storage device.it's a network of peripherals.
2 How many hours a week do workers have to work? 44144041
3 When will they�knock off�if computers do their work?� at 10 pmat 11 amat 10 amat 11 pm
5 What will housewives use their computers for?���� Making mealsStoring hundreds of recipesLifting heavy things in the houseStoring food
6 What will a personal computer look like?� It will be powerful and mobile.It will look like a human being.It won't be portable.It will be very heavy.
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7 What won�t computers do in the future?
Send files and messages to co-workers.
Create graphics
Give speeches at meetings.
Balance cheque books
Play golf
Do the housework
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