Unit 5. Technology and you

Presented by: THU THUY
Technology items
Cell phone
computer
Fax machine
Air-conditioner
radio
television
Camera
(camcorder)
Computer
Cell phone
Fax Machine
Radio
Camcorder
TV
1
2
3
4
5
6
Which items have you ever used?
How often ???
Unit 5:
TECHNOLOGY AND YOU
Part A:
LISTENING
Tuesday, Oct 26th, 2010
* Listen and repeat
Worried ( a) /`wʌrid/:
VDU ( visual display unit) :
Memory (n) / `meməri/:
Refuse (v) /ri`fju:z/:
Refuse to do sth :
Headache (n) /`hedeik/:
Excuse (n) /iks`kju:s/:
-> to make an excuse :
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Màn hình
Trí nhớ
Từ chối
Bệnh đau đầu
Sự xin lỗi
Unit 5: TECHNOLOGY AND YOU - LISTENING
1.Before you listen:
a.Task 1. Listen and decide 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.
T
F
T
F
F
F
CORRECT
wasn’t
understood
didn’t understand
6. He suggested they should leave the lesson for another
day and hasn’t said anything about the computer later
a.Task 1. Listen and decide whether the statements are True (T) or False (F)
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
Unit 5: TECHNOLOGY AND YOU - LISTENING
2. WHILE YOU LISTEN:
b.Task 2: listen and write in the missing words
Answer these questions
2. When did he really become worried?
No, he wasn’t.
When his secretary asked him for a computer in the office
3. Who became his teacher when he took some lessons
in computing?
His son.
4. Did he know what a VDU was called when his son invited him to sit in front of it?
No, he didn’t.
5. Why didn’t he ask his son to explain?
Because he was too shy to ask.
6. How did he feel after a few lessons?
He felt tired.
7. Has he said anything about the computer to his son and his secretary
since he made an excuse ?
No, he hasn’t.
1. Was the man worried when his son bought a computer?
3.After you listen:
Homework
Learnt by heart new words
Retell the story is about an old man who doesn’t know how to
use the computer.
Thanks for your joining .
Goodbye!