Unit 5 :reading

Welcome to our class
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It has four wheels. Some famous labels: Toyota, Hyundai, Isuzu,..
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You can listen to music or news on it.
You use it to take photographs.
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You can talk to another person from a long distance.
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What does cat like catching?
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You can see films on it.
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It flies in the sky and helps you travel fast.
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It is a machine, but can act as a person or an animal.
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UNIT 5 - TECHNOLOGY AND YOU
A - READING 1
I. BEFORE YOU READ
1. Match each numbered item with one of the words or phrases in the box.
UNIT 5: TECHNOLOGY AND YOU
PART A: READING
I. BEFORE YOU READ
Match each numbered item with one of the words or
phrases in the box.
I. BEFORE YOU READ
1. Matching
Central Processing Unit
(CPU)
B. CD ROMs
C. keyboard
D. Visual Display Unit (VDU)
or computer screen
E. mouse
F. floppy disks
G. printer
H. speakers
VOCABULARY
Miraculous (a)
= Magical (a)
Kỳ diệu
Storage device (N.P)
Thiết bị lưu trữ thông tin
With Lightning speed (IDM)
Add (+); Subtract (-), Multiply (x), Devide (:) are calculations
Calculation (n)
Calculate (v)
Phong Nha, Ha Long are places of scenic beauty
Accuracy (n)
Sự chính xác
Ex: Computers can help you to interact with other people aroud the world
Place of scenic beauty (N.P)
Nhanh, chớp nhoáng
Phép tính
Cảnh đẹp
USB is an electronic storage device which can store large collections of data (images, Music, ….)
Interact (v)
Tương tác
Computer has become part of our daily lives. We visit shops, offices, and places of beauty with the help of computers. We play bills and prepared by computers. We read newspapers and magazines which have been produced on computers. We receive letters from and send letters to almost every part of the world with the help of computers. And we can even learn foreign languages on computers.
What makes a computer such a miraculous device? Each time you turn it on, with appropriate hardware and software, it is capable of doing almost anything you ask it to do. It is a calculating machine which speeds up calculations: it can add, subtract, multiple, and divide with lightning speed and perfect accuracy.
It is an electronic storage device which manages large collections of data. It is a magical typewriter which allows you to type and print and kind of document- letters, memos or requests for leave. It is a personal communicator which helps you to interact with other computers and with people around the world. And if you like entertainment, you can relax by playing computer games or listening to computer-played music.
II. While you read
* Task 1:
- Read the passage and match the words in A appear in the reading passage with their definition in B.
UNIT 5 – TECHNOLOGY AND YOU


1..……Today, computers have become important in our lives.
2.…….We can learn French and English on computers.
3…….. Computer is a miraculous device.
4..........Computer does calculations with slow speed and low accuracy.
5……..It’s difficult to play games or listen to music on computers.
Task 2:Read the passage and decide whether are True (T) or False (F)
T
F
T
T
F
lightning speed
perfect accuracy
easy

Homework
Good bye
Learn by heart vocabulary
Translate the text into Vietnamese.
Prepare for next lesson:Unit 5-Reading 2
* Task 3: Work in pairs and answer the questions, using the given cues.
1. What can a computer do to help us in our daily life?
- It can helps us to visit shops, offices and places of scenic beauty; to pay bills; to read newspapers and magazines; to send and receive letters; to learn foreign languages.
2. Why is a computer a miraculous device?
- It is a miraculous device because it is capable of doing anything you ask, it can speed up the calculations, receive and send all kinds of information quickly, store very large amounts of information.
visit, pay, read, receive, send, learn
capable of, a calculating machine, an electronic store, a magical typewriter, a personal communicator, for entertainment
UNIT 5 – TECHNOLOGY AND YOU
A – READING (Continued)
UNIT 5 – TECHNOLOGY AND YOU
A – READING (Continued)
III. After you read
Discuss other uses of the computer in our dairly life
1- A computer can help us to listen to music
2- A computer can help us to play games for entertainment
3- A computer can help us to send and receive letter
4- A computer can help us to watch the film online
5- A computer can help us to learn or study all of subjects