Unit 15. Computers

What is it?
typing
A. G. Bell
Vinasat -1
turn on
mouse
Bill Gates
1
2
3
4
5
6
This is an activity which any secretary can do
Who invented the telephone?
What is the name of the first satellite of Vietnam?
Find a word which has the same meaning with “switch on”
What is the animal which a cat always try to catch?
Who is he?
Questions
1. Do you have a computer at home?
2. What can you do with it?
Do you think computers play an important part in our everyday life?
Work with your partner: Make a list of how computers can help us


help us save time
help us learn interestingly
help us learn more quickly
are convenient
easy for keeping and storing information
are very quick in giving answer to our questions
True-False prediction
1. The printer isn’t working.
2. Nam has already turned the computer on.
3. Nam knows how to connect a printer but he hasn’t connected it properly.
4. The manual helped them to find out the problem.
5. Mr. Nhat bought the computer in Ho chi Minh city and it’s still under guarantee.
6. Mr. Nhat thinks the company wouldn’t do anything with his computer because it’s too far from this place.
Vocabulary
printer :
plug :
socket :
manual :
máy in
cái phích cắm
ổ điện
sách hướng dẫn
to connect:
kết nối
bảo hành, bảo đảm
guarantee
What and Where
printer
plug
socket
manual
connect
guarantee
Fact/ Opinion
Fact: a thing that is known to be true, especially when it can be proved.
Opinion: Your feelings or thoughts about someone or something, rather than a fact
Fact or Opinion? Check the boxes
1. The printer isn’t working.
2. There shouldn’t be anything wrong with it.
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.
Fact
Opinion
Grammar awareness
The present perfect with yet and already
Have turned
you
it on
yet
?
Yes, I have done it
already
Use reported speech to rewrite the dialogue
Group 1
Group 3
Group 2
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?
Homework
Do exercises in the workbook