a Removable Disk ¨ Does anybody have an extra floppy disk? ¨ I ran out of floppy disks. Where can I get more? ¨ I think we need to order more floppy disks. ¨ I saved it on a floppy disk. ¨ I have all the information on my USB drive. ¨ Can you save the document on a disk and give it to me? ¨ Save the information on a disk and give it to Jack. ¨ I’ll have all the information on a disk and bring it to the meeting. ¨ All the information doesn’t fit on one disk. ¨ The file is too large to fit on a disk. ¨ Do you have a different storage device that can hold more information? ¨ Can you order a 128 MB removable storage device for me? I always need to move files that a regular floppy disk cannot hold. b Hard Drive ¨ I have all the information saved on my hard drive. ¨ I finished the presentation preparation and I saved it on my hard drive. ¨ I have the documents you are looking for saved on my computer. ¨ I have the information on my computer. Do you want me to put it on a floppy disk for you? ¨ I’m running out of room on my hard drive. ¨ I need a bigger hard drive. ¨ I have the information on my computer, but I think I will need to prepare hard copies for the meeting. c Network share and public share ¨ I have it saved on a network share. You can find it at computername public John data.doc. ¨ I have those files in my public folder. Just go to John01 public. You should see all the documents there. ¨ I saved it at John01 public. Go ahead and take what you need. ¨ I’ll need all the information on ABC Company. Didn’t you say you have the information? Can you put them on a public share? ¨ Hey John, I don’t have permission to get into John01. Can you check the permissions on the folder? ¨ I don’t have write access on the folder. Can you give me write permissions? ¨ I don’t want anybody changing the data, so everyone only has read permissions. d Software ¨ What software do you use here? ¨ What kind of application do you use to keep track of all these records? ¨ Martha told me about TaxIt. When can I get a copy? ¨ Is there a manual how to use this program? ¨ How do you use this? ¨ TaxIt won’t open any more. I think it’s broken. ¨ I can’t get TaxIt to work. Can someone help me with this? ¨ Microsoft Office applications do everything we need. That’s all we use here. ¨ What version of Office do you use here? ¨ What software do you use for word processing? ¨ All the documents are saved using MSWord. Do you have Word or another application that will be able to read the information? ¨ We use a different word processing application. Can you save as a text file? ¨ I can’t open the file that you gave me. What version of Word are you using? e Internet ¨ What is the URL of that site again? ¨ What is the address to the English site you are studying? ¨ What is the best search engine? ¨ Where can I find information on marriage law? ¨ If you go to greatsite.com, you will find all the information I just told you. ¨ If you need more information on cooking, go to cooking.com. ¨ I purchased all the computers from Dell.com. We should have them by the end of the week. ¨ Do you have a company website? ¨ Is there a website where I can learn more about your services? ¨ Do you have a website where I can review the different products you are offering? ¨ I HATE POP-UPS!" "Can I install something that stops pop-up ads? ¨ What tools are available to block pop-up ads? ¨ I think I misspelled the web address. Can you spell it out for me? ¨ I’m getting a page not found error. I think the web site is down. f Intranet ¨ Do we have an intranet site that explains our benefits? ¨ What was the site where we log our travel expenses? ¨ If you want to use a sick day, you can go to http://timereport. ¨ Is there an intranet site detailing each project our company is doing? ¨ Is our company going to put an intranet site for employees? ¨ I think it will help a lot if we had an intranet site with general questions and answers from all the employees. g General Computer Sentences ¨ My computer is giving me problems again. ¨ My computer broke, but luckily I saved my work on a disk. ¨ My computer is too slow. ¨ Something is wrong with my computer. ¨ I work with the computer most of the day. ¨ All my work is done on the computer. ¨ We are upgrading our computers this week. ¨ I hope we upgrade our computers soon. The ones we have are way too old. ¨ My computer froze. What should I do? ¨ My computer is not responding and I haven’t saved my data yet. What should I do? ¨ My computer is making a weird sound. Can I get someone to look at it? h Computer Related – Interactive Practice ¨ A: “Barbara, did you finish the report on XYZ Company?” B: “Yes. I just finished today.” A: “I would like to review them before we send the report. Can you give me a copy?” B: “Sure. Would you like a hard copy?” A: “No. Just send me the path to the location of the report. I’ll look them over on my computer.” B: “Sure. I’ll give you permission for the folder. You can find them at barbara01 slash XYZ. I’ll give you permission right now.” A: “Great. Thanks.” ¨ A: “John, are you having problems with your network?” B: “I think our whole network is down for upgrades. It should be back up in an hour.” A: “That’s too late. I need the review documents from the company network share.” B: “I have a copy of that on my computer.” A: “Really? Can I get a copy?” B: “Sure. But since the network is down, I’ll have to put it on a disk for you.” A: “That would be great.” B: “Do you have a floppy disk?” A: “I think I have one on my desk. Here it is.” B: “Ok. It’s saving now. Here you go.” A: “Thanks. You saved me a great deal of trouble. I’m so glad you had a copy of this on your machine.” B: “No problem. I’m glad I could help.” ¨ A: “Don’t we need a tax software to do this work?” B: “Yeah. Don’t you have it installed on your computer?” A: “No. They said they would install it for me, but they didn’t do it yet.” B: “Go ask your manager. He probably forgot.” A: “That’s a good idea. Is there an instructional manual for this software?” B: “It’s in the second file cabinet under Software Applications.” A: “Thanks. I’ll probably need it when I get the software.” B: “Actually, it’s not that difficult to use. I think you should be able to figure it out without the manual. The manual is only good for advanced options that we don’t really need.” A: “You’re probably right. Many of the manuals I’ve read were not that helpful. Do you mind if I come to you for questions when I am using the software?” B: “Not at all. Feel free to ask any questions. If I know the answer, I’ll let you know.” A: “Great. I better go find the manager to get the software installed on my computer.”B: “Yeah. Don’t you have it installed on your computer?” B: “Go ask your manager. He probably forgot.” B: “It’s in the second file cabinet under Software Applications.” B: “Actually, it’s not that difficult to use. I think you should be able to figure it out without the manual. The manual is only good for advanced options that we don’t really need.” B: “Not at all. Feel free to ask any questions. If I know the answer, I’ll let you know.”A: “Don’t we need a tax software to do this work?” A: “No. They said they would install it for me, but they didn’t do it yet.” A: “That’s a good idea. Is there an instructional manual for this software?” A: “Thanks. I’ll probably need it when I get the software.” A: “You’re probably right. Many of the manuals I’ve read were not that helpful. Do you mind if I come to you for questions when I am using the software?” A: “Great. I better go find the manager to get the software installed on my computer.” |