Unit 5. Technology and you

Welcome to class 10A1
Tran Quy Cap Senior High School
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Look at the pictures in the next slide and give its/ their names
1. com’puter screen
2. mouse
3. ‘printer
4. ‘keyboard
5. ‘central ‘processing ‘unit (CPU)
6.’ floppy disks
7. CD ‘ROMs
8. ‘speakers
Answer the following question
What can a computer do to help us in our daily life?
Well, it can help us visit shops, offices and places of interest; pay bills; read newspapers and magazines; send and receive emails; and learn foreign languages.
UNIT 5:



SPEAKING

TECHNOLOGY AND YOU
Speaking topic: Talk about the uses of modern inventions
What are they?
They are cell phones.
Is it a ‘radio?
Yes, it is.
What is this?
This is an ‘air conditioner.
No, it isn’t. It’s an electric cooker
Is it a ‘laptop?
What is it?
It’s a fax machine.
Meanings
fax machine

cell phone

air conditioner

radio

electric cooker
điện thoại di động

nồi cơm điện

máy điều hòa

máy fax

rađiô



Sentence parttens:
What + be + S [thing(s)] + used for?
S [thing(s)] + be + used to + V (root form).
e.g. - What is a camera used for?
- It is used to take photos.
- Can/ Could you tell me what a cell phone is used for?
TASK 1: ASK AND ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE USES OF ITEMS BELOW (work in pairs)
radio
listen (news / music), learn (foreign languages)
TV
watch (news/ performances/ football matches) learn (foreign languages)
fax machine
send/receive (letter/ picture) quickly
electric cooker
cook (rice/ meat/ fish/ vegetables), keep (food /rice/ warm)
air conditioner
keep (air cool or warm/when it/ hot or cold
A: Can/could you tell me what a cell phone is used for?
B: Well, it is used to talk to people when you are away from home.
Example:
Make similar conversations, using the prompts below.
cell phone
talk to people when you are away from home
A: Can you tell me what a radio is used for?
B: Well, it is used to listen to news, music and to learn foreign languages.
A: Could you tell me what a TV is used for?
B: Well, it is used to watch news, performances, football matches and to learn foreign languages.
A: Can you tell me what a fax machine is used for?
B: Well, it is used to send and receive letters or pictures quickly.
A: Could you tell me what anelectronic cooker is used for?
B: Well, it is used to cook rice, meat, fish, vegetables, to keep food, rice warm.
A: Could you tell me what an air conditioner is used for?
B: Well, it is used to keep air cool or warm when it is hot or cold.




TASK 2. FILL IN THE BLANKS
transmit receive make pro`cess store send hold design
Information technology is very useful to our lives. It allows us to:
……………….. very large amounts of information,
…………… information quickly,
………….. information as soon as we receive it.
With the development of information technology we can now:
……………….. messages from one computer to another,
…………. long distance meetings in which the participants can see each other on a screen,
………….. use of central stores of information,
………….. TV programmes to other countries,
………….. TV programmes from other countries,
…………. houses, bridges, gardens and buildings.
store
trans’mit
‘process
send
hold
make
send
re’ceive
de’sign
Task 4. Work in groups
Talk about the uses of information technology using the information in task 2.
Suggestions:
 Information technology is now developing very fast. Thanks to it, our lives are better. It allows us to store very large amounts of information, transmit information quickly and process information as soon as we receive it.
 With the development of information technology we can now send messages from one computer to another; we can hold long distance meetings in which the participants can see each other on a screen………
HOMEWORK
Practise speaking as in Task 4

Learn by heart the verbs in task 2
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