TA 10 co ban - U5.Listening

A camcorder
A computer system
A TV set
A cell phone
A fax machine
A radio
A digital camera
Before you listen:
How often do you use each of the items below ? Put a tick (  ) in the right column.
Then compare your answers with a partner.
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TASK 1:
Listen to an old company director talking about his experience of learning how to use a computer. Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).
He was very helpful. He (1) .............. me to sit down in front of the computer screen. I did not know what it was called. When I asked him what it was, he said that it was a VDU. I (2) .............. didn’t know what VDU was, but I was too shy to ask him any more. From that moment my memory (3)................ to learn because he told me a lot of things that I really didn’t understand at all. After a few lessons I began to feel tired. I made an (4) ................., saying that I had a headache. I suggested we should leave the lesson for another day. Since then I haven’t said (5)..................... about the computer to my son and my secretary.
invited
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refused
excuse
anything
TASK 2: Listen to the old man’s story again and write in the missing words
Answer these questions
1. Was the man worried when his son bought a computer?
2. When did he really become worried?
3. Who became his teacher when he took some lessons in computing?
4. Did he know what a VDU was called when his son invited him to sit in front of it ?
5. Why didn’t he ask his son to explain?
6. How did he feel after a few lessons?
7. Has he said anything about the computer?
No, he wasn’t
When his secretary asked him for a
computer in the office
His son
No, he didn’t
Because he was too shy to ask.
He felt tired.
No, he hasn’t
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QUESTION 1
1. What flies but is never hungry ?
Answer: A plane
QUESTION 2
2. What flies and sometimes buzzes ?
Answer: A bee
QUESTION 3
Which city in the U.S.A is known as "The Big Apple"?
Answer: New York City
QUESTION 4
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QUESTION 5
Which city in the U.S.A is named "The Windy City"?
Answer: Chicago
QUESTION 6
When was our National Anthem written?
Answer: In 1944.
QUESTION 7
What can take a photograph ?
Answer: A camera
QUESTION 8
What bird is the symbol of The United States?
Answer: The Eagle
QUESTION 9
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QUESTION 10
3. What swims in water and sometimes walks on dry land ?
Answer: A crocodile
QUESTION 11
What animal takes its baby everywhere, but never in a pram ?
Answer: A kangaroo
QUESTION 12
What likes fish, but never goes fishing ?
Answer: A cat
QUESTION 13
What opens the door, but never says ‛‛ hello ” ?
Answer: A key
QUESTION 14
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QUESTION 15
What is NOT a part of a CPU.
speaker B. RAM
C. power D. CD drive
Answer: A. speaker
QUESTION 16
What flies but have no wings ?
Answer: Time
QUESTION 17
What tells you where you are, but cannot speak ?
Answer: A map
QUESTION 18
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QUESTION 19
What gives you a shock, but you cannot see ?
Answer: electricity
QUESTION 20
What plays, but cannot run ?
Answer: A record / A cassette