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A. Portable CD / cassette player: Operating Instructions

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Do you know the English words for theses German terms? Hauptgert :_______________________ Netz : ____________________________ Fernbedienung : ____________________ Stopp : ___________________________ Buchse : __________________________ Wiedergabe : ______________________ Plattenlade : _______________________ Sprung vorwrts : __________________ Regler : __________________________ Rcklauf : ________________________ Vorlauf : __________________________ CD Plattenfach : ___________________ Sprung rckwrts : __________________

task 2 Look at the operating elements and the pictures of a portable CD cassette player (frontal view / top side view). Then match the German descriptions to the corresponding number in the table below.

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GERMAN DESCRIPTION ZUM EINSCHALTEN DER BETRIEBSART RADIO ZUM UMSCHALTEN DER CD-ANZEIGE ZWISCHEN DEN ABSPIELZEITEN AUFNAHME- WIEDERGABE KASSETTENTEIL FFNEN DES CD-PLATTENFACHES CD-WIEDERGABE IN ZUFALLSBEDINGTER REIHENFOLGE KOPFHRERBUCHSE ANZEIGE DER BETRIEBSBEREITSCHAFT ZUM EINSTELLEN DER GEWNSCHTEN LAUTSTRKE ABBRECHEN DER CD-WIEDERGABE TITELWAHL CD ABWRTS; AUFWRTS / SUCHLAUF CD RCKWRTS; VORWRTS / MANUELLE SENDEREINSTELLUNG / SENDERSUCHLAUF ZUM EINSCHALTEN DER BETRIEBSART CD FUNKTIONSTASTEN KASSETTE WIEDERHOLFUNKTION CD / SCHRITTWEISES AUFRUFEN DER GESPEICHERTEN SENDESTATIONEN AUFWRTSZHLEND BETONUNG DER BSSE LAUTSPRECHER RECHTS FERNBEDIENUNGSEMPFNGER SPEICHERTASTE TUNER / CD ZUM UMSCHALTEN DES EMPFANGSBEREICHS

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B. Hooking up the system

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C. Remote Control
task 3: Listening Listen to some people programming the remote. Below you find some written instructions for programming the remote but they are in the wrong order. Give each step the correct number: PROGRAMMING ___ Press (TV) and wait for the flashing red light. ___ Press (ENTER). A flashing light means programming is successful. ___ Turn on the television. ___ Locate the correct code in the manual. ___ Type in the code using the key pad. task 4 Listen again: Who says these things, the man or the woman?
man 1. How do you programme this remote? 2. Pass it to me. Ill do it. 3. I already have the code. Its oh eight oh. 4. Press the TV button on the remote. Hold it down. 5. Its going on and off. Now what? 6. Key in the code. 7. Thats it. 8. But thats easy! woman

task 5 Look at the words and phrases in bold in task 4. Match them with the words and phrases in the list. number were finished type in not difficult give dont release it key flashing task 6 Write the opposites of the verbs: turn on increase plug in push open fast forward pick up stop page 4 of 11

MME 1 / 2 task 7 Complete the dialogue with the words in the list. You can use some words twice. enter calls for how (2x) use button(2x) easy what

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A: .................... do you switch the mobile on? B: Press the red .................... at the top. A: Whats this button ....................? B: It .................... the menu. A: How do you .................... new names and numbers? B: .................... the number keys. A: .................... does this knob do? B: It .................... the number that is displayed. A: And .................... do you switch the phone off? B: How do you think? A: Press the red .................... at the top! B: Thats right! A: But thats ....................!

task 8
Ask your neighbour what electronic devices he has. For example a mobile phone, laptop, PDA, watch, pager, MP3 player etc. Then ask him / her some questions about it like: for a mobile phone: How do you make a call? What features does it have? How do you send a text message?

task 9 Match the terms on the left with the correct meaning on the right. There are two terms too many! __ programming is successful __ laser beam __ previous __ temporarily __ disk tray __ on a remote island __ giga __ dont release the button 1) this one before 2) prefix meaning very large or one thousand million 3) for the moment 4) let go 5) finished, correct 6) intense ray of electrical power 7) you put the CD onto it 8) far away page 5 of 11

MME 1 / 2 task 10 Study this remote of a DVD player and match the correct phrase with its corresponding number. There are two false phrases!

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Displays ...

Switches off ....

Displays ..... Returns ... Skips .....

Selects ...

Plays ... Stops ... Opens ... Fast .....

1) ... to the previous menu or hides banner (Spruchband). 2) ... a disk. 3) ... the unit, placing it on stand by. 4) ... forward or backward a chapter (DVD). 5) playback, forward or backward. 6) the viewing angle selection function on a DVD. 7) a function in a menu or banner. 8) the subtitle language. 9) the last scene. 10) the disk menu during playback. 11) disk playback temporarily or completely (press once or twice). 12) and closes the players disk tray.

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D. How CDs work

task 11 Study the following text and answer the questions: CDs and DVDs are everywhere these days. Whether they are used to hold music, data or computer software, they have become the standard medium for distributing large quantities of information in a reliable package. Compact discs are so easy and cheap to produce that America Online sends out millions of them every year to entice new users. And if you have a computer and CD-R drive, you can create your own CDs, including any information you want. Understanding the CD A CD can store up to 74 minutes of music, so the total amount of digital data that must be stored on a CD is: 44,100 samples/channel/second x 2 bytes/sample x 2 channels x 74 minutes x 60 seconds/minute = 783,216,000 bytes To fit more than 783 megabytes (MB) onto a disc only 4.8 inches (12 cm) in diameter requires that the individual bytes be very small. By examining the physical construction of a CD, you can begin to understand just how small these bytes are. A CD is a fairly simple piece of plastic, about four one-hundredths (4/100) of an inch (1.2 mm) thick. Most of a CD consists of an injection-molded (spritzguss geformt) piece of clear polycarbonate plastic. During manufacturing, this plastic is impressed (aufprgen) with microscopic bumps arranged as a single, continuous, extremely long spiral track of data. We'll return to the bumps in a moment. Once the clear piece of polycarbonate is formed, a thin, reflective aluminum layer is sputtered (aufsprhen) onto the disc, covering the bumps. Then a thin acrylic layer is sprayed over the aluminum to protect it. The label is then printed onto the acrylic. A cross section (Querschnitt) of a complete CD (not to scale) looks like this:

A CD has a single spiral track of data, circling from the inside of the disc to the outside. The fact that the spiral track starts at the center means that the CD can be smaller than 4.8 inches (12 cm) if desired, and in fact there are now plastic baseball cards and business cards that you can put in a CD player. CD business cards hold about 2 MB of data before the size and shape of the card cuts off the spiral. page 7 of 11

MME 1 / 2 Questions about How CDs work: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Where are CDs and DVDs these days? What have CDs and DVDs become? What sort of package are CDs and DVDs? What are CDs like to produce? What can you do if you have a computer and CD.R drive? How much music can a CD store? How many bytes can be on a CD? What is the diameter of a CD? How thick is a CD? What is a CD made of? What is the plastic impressed with? How is the track of data arranged? What covers the bumps? What is sprayed over the aluminium? Why is it sprayed over the aluminium?

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F. Numbers
Study the information about numbers in English. Then do the exercises on the next sheet:

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MME 1 / 2 task 15 exercises about numbers in English

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G. Crossword

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