Unit 15. Computers

English 8
Guessing game
Computer
1. It`s a modern machine.
2. We use it to type letters,
send emails, play games or listen to music.
3. It begins with letter " C".
Computers
Lesson 1
Getting started - Listen and read
Unit 15
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Check the things that a computer can help us:
* Getting started
1. printer (n) :
2. plug (n):
3. socket (n):
4. manual (n):
máy in
cái phích cắm
ổ điện
sách hướng dẫn
5. proper (a):
đúng (cách)
bảo hành, bảo đảm
6. guarantee (n):
I. Vocabulary:
properly (adv):
be under guarantee : trong thời gian bảo hành
II. Listen and read
Nam
Mr. Nhat
1. Nam and his father is talking about the Printer.
5. The manual helped them to find out the problem.
2. Mr. Nhat bought the printer in HCM City and it’s still under guarantee.
3. Nam knows how to connect the printer but he hasn’t connected it properly.
4. The printer isn’t working.
Ex. 1: T/F prediction.
* Read and check.
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F
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has
didn’t help
5. The manual didn’t help them to find out the problem.
I have no idea what the problem is. This manual isn’t very helpful
A manual is a book that tells you how to operate a machine.
Fact: a thing that is known to be true.
Opinion: your feelings or thoughts about someone or something.
Ex. 3 : Fact or opinion? Check (v) the boxes
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1. The printer isn`t working
3. I know how to connect a printer.
4. The manual isn`t very helpful.
5. I bought it in Ho Chi Minh City.
6. I don`t know what they can do.
2. There shouldn`t be anything wrong with it.
Fact: a thing that is known to be true
Opinion: your feelings or thoughts about someone or
something.
Fact
Opinion

What is the problem with the printer?

2. Does Nam know why the printer isn`t working?

3. Who does Nam ask for advice?

4. Where did Mr. Nhat buy the printer?

5. What do Nam and Mr. Nhat decide to do at the end of the conversation?



Ex. 4: Answer the questions
It isn’t working.
Yes, he does.
He asks his father, Mr. Nhat.
He bought it in Ho Chi Minh City.
They decide to call the store where Mr. Nhat bought it.
Nam: Dad, the printer isn’t working.
Mr. Nhat: It is new. There shouldn’t be anything wrong with it.
Have you turned it on yet?
Nam: Yes, I have already done it.
Mr. Nhat: Have you connected it properly?
Nam: Oh, Dad. I know how to connect a printer.
Mr. Nhat: Has the plug come out of the socket?
Nam: No, it’s OK.
Mr. Nhat: I have no idea what the problem is. This manual isn’t very helpful.
Nam: Can you call the store you bought it from?
Mr. Nhat: I can, but I bought it in Ho Chi Minh City. I don’t know what they can do. However, it’s under guarantee so the company should do something with it.
Nam: Let’s phone them now.
Have you turned it on yet?
Yes, I have already done it.
The Present perfect with “yet” and “already”.
Example:
S1: Have you turned it on yet?
S2: Yes, I have already done it.
No, I haven’t done it yet.
Meaning:
yet: chưa already: rồi
b. Form:
(+) S + have/ has + already + Vp2.
(-) S + haven’t / hasn’t + Vp2 … yet.
(?) Have / Has + S + Vp2 … yet?

c. Use:
“yet”: Dùng trong câu hỏi và câu phủ định.
“already”: Dùng trong câu khẳng định.
III. MODEL SENTENCES.

under guarantee
manual
Ex. 6: Complete the sentences using a suitable word.
My printer doesn’t work because I haven’t
turned it on .
2. The printer is still . So the
company will replace it.
3. We’ve taken the English exam.
4. You can read this instruction how to repair it in the .
already
yet
Homework
1. Learn new words by heart
2. Write 4 sentences expressing opinions about using computers.
3. Prepare: Speak and Listen
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1. My printer doesn`t work because I haven`t turned it on ___________
2. The printer is still _______________. So the company will replace it.
3. We`ve _____________taken the English exam.
4. You can read this instruction how to repair it in the ____________.
yet
under guarantee
already
manual
Group A
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Group B
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Exercise 2: Choose the best answer.
1. The printer doesn`t work because you haven`t ..yet.
A. turn it down
C. turned it off
B. turned it up
D. turned it on
2. The printer is still .. so the company will replace it.
A. In guarantee
B. In guaranty
C. under guarantee
D. At guarantee
3. Oh, yes. I haven`t connected it...
A. properly
B. suitably
D. usefully
4. You can read this instruction how to repair it in the..
A. booklet
B. manual
C. leaflet
D. stored
D. turned it on
C. under guarantee
C. helpfully
A. properly
B. manual