Unit 5. Technology and you

Good afternoon
guessing game
what is it?
1. This is a machine that is used to do the calculations.
2. It is used to play games, to watch a film, and to listen to music.
what is it?
COMPUTER
Situation: An old company director is talking about
his experience of learning how to use a computer.
1. What is the old man doing?
2. How does the man feel?
Happy or confused?
Vocabulary
UNIT 5: TECHNOLOGY AND YOU
LESSON: LISTENING
Secretary (n)
Computer screen
Shy (adj)
Refuse (v)
Excuse (n)
Thư ký
Màn hình máy vi tính
Ngượng ngùng
Từ chối
Cái cớ, lý do
Computer screen
Excuse (n)
Secretary (n)
Shy (adj)
Refuse (v)
Thư ký
Màn hình máy vi tính
Ngượng ngùng
Từ chối
Cái cớ, lý do
matching
Unit 5: technology and you
C-Listening
- Listen and repeat
worried memory refused excuse

VDU (visual display unit) headache
* While you listen
Listen to an old company director talking about his experience of learning how to use a computer from his son. You listen to the tape and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).
The man was worried when his son bought a computer.
2. The man became worried when his secretary asked him to buy a computer.
3. The man decided to take some computing lessons.
4. His son didn’t understand about the computer.
5. The man understood the lessons very well.
6. The man continued to learn how to use a computer after a few lessons.
* Task 1.
* While you listen
Listen to an old company director talking about his experience of learning how to use a computer from his son. You listen to the tape and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).
The man was worried when his son bought a computer.
* Task 1.
F
wasn’t worried
* While you listen
Listen to an old company director talking about his experience of learning how to use a computer from his son. You listen to the tape and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).
2. The man became worried when his secretary asked him to buy a computer.

3. The man decided to take some computing lessons.
* Task 1.
T
T
* While you listen
Listen to an old company director talking about his experience of learning how to use a computer from his son. You listen to the tape and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).
4. His son didn’t understand about the computer.

5. The man understood the lessons very well.
* Task 1.
F
F
understood
didn’t understand
* While you listen
Listen to an old company director talking about his experience of learning how to use a computer from his son. You listen to the tape and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).
6. The man continued to learn how to use a computer after a few lessons.
* Task 1.
F
didn’t continue
Task 2: Listen to the old man’s story again and write in the missing words
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
still
refused
excuse
anything
* After you listen
Answer the questions
1. Was the man worried when his son bought a computer?

2. Was the man worried when his secretary asked him for a computer in the office?

3. Did the man decide to take some computing lessons or English lessons?

4. Who was the teacher of the man?

5. Did the man understand the lessons very well?

6. Did the man continue to learn how to use computer after a few lessons?
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noughts and crosses
2. Was the man worried when his secretary asked him for a computer in the office?
Yes, he was.
4. Who was the teacher of the man?
His son was his teacher.
CONGRATULATIONS
You get 1 symbol
Was the man worried when his son bought
a computer?
No, he wasn’t.
5. Did the man understand the lessons very well?
No, he didn’t.
3. Did the man decide to take some
computing lessons or English lessons?
The man decided to take some computing lessons
CONGRATULATIONS
You get 1 symbol
6. Did the man continue to learn
how to use computer after a few lessons?
No, he didn’t.
CONGRATULATIONS
You get 1 symbol
Summary: fill in the gaps with suitable words
1. The story was about an……………... who did not how to use the computer.
2. He became…………….……when his secretary ask him for computer.
3. He decided………………some computing lessons and his son was……...............
4. But he was too shy to ask …………………..…more about computer
5. After a few lessons, he felt tired and ……………………….. of having a headache
6. From then on, he has never talked about the computer to
…………………………….
old man
to take
his teacher
his son
made an excuse
his son and his secretary
worried
Homework
- Rewrite the old man’s story.
Good bye