Unit 5. Technology and you

Unit 5: (cont)
PART C: Listening
To Our Class
I N V E N T I O N
a noun
Computer,
Radio…
scientist
How often do you use each of the item below? Put a tick () in the right column. Then compare your answers with a partner.
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Listen and repeat
worried
VDU
headache
memory
excuse
refused
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Vocabulary
a computer screen
(to) suggest
a secretary
shy (adj)
màn hình vi tính
đề nghị, yêu cầu
thư ký
ngượng ngùng
You are going to hear about a man’s problem
when using computer
Task 1. Listen and decide whether the statements are True (T) or False (F)
The man was worried when his son bought a computer.
The man became worried when his secretary asked him to buy a computer.
The man decided to take some computing lessons.
His son didn’t understand about the computer.
The man understood the lessons very well.
The man continued to learn how to use a computer after a few lessons.
wasn’t
understood
didn’t understand
left the lesson for another day and hasn’t said
anything about the computer later
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He was very helpful. He…………….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…………didn’t know what VDU was, but I was too shy to ask him any more. From that moment my memory……………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……………., saying that I had a headache. I suggested we should leave the lesson for another day. Since then I haven’t said……………about the computer to my son and my secretary.
Task 2: Listen to the old man’s story again and write in the missing words.
invited
still
excuse
anything
refused
Retell the old man’s story based on task 1 and task 2. Use the following questions as suggestions.

Was the man worried when his son bought a computer?
When was he worried?
Who taught him to use computer?
Did he learn computer well?
What happened to his memory?
What did he suggest?
HOMEWORK:
Rewrite the story into notebook
Prepare new lesson