Unit 5. Technology and you

Welcome to class 10 A4
Warm-up
Work individually : Choose the best answer
2. An electric cooker is used to.......
A. listen to news B. watch films C. cook

3. A computer is used to.......
A. ride B. store information C. cook
Choose the best answer.

1. A radio is used to.......
A. listen to news B. watch films C. cook
What is it?
- It is a computer.
Is it easy or difficult to use ?
Is it easy for the old to learn how to use a computer ?
Today we are going to listen to an old company director talking about his experience of learning how to use a computer.





Listening
Unit 5:
I. Before you listen
* Work individually , look at the pictures and answer the questions
It is a radio.
2. How often do
you use it?
1. What is it?
3. What is it?
It is a cell phone.
4. Do you often use it?
5. Is it a camcorder?
- Yes, it is.
6. How often do
you use it?
7. What is it?
- It is a television.
8.Do you often use it?

9. What is it?
It is a fax machine.
10. How often do
you use it?
11. Is it a television or a computer?
- It is a computer.
12. How often do
you use it?
* 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 :

Lo lắng
Màn hình
Trí nhớ
Từ chối
Bệnh đau đầu
Sự xin lỗi
* 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 :

Lo lắng
Màn hình
Trí nhớ
Từ chối
Bệnh đau đầu
Sự xin lỗi
II. While you listen
1. Task 1
Listen to an old company director talking about his experience of learning how to use a computer. Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).

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
Task 1. Listen and decide whether the statements are True (T) or False (F)
2 .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
III. After you listen
Answer these questions
( pair work )
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?
HOMEWORK

Prepare WRITING part
Complete these sentences using the content of the story you’ve just listened:
Complete these sentences using the content of the story you‘ve just listened:
1. The man wasn’t worried when.......
2. He really became worried when.......
3. He decided to .....and his son became.....
4.When his son invited....he didn’t know...but
he was too shy....
5. The son told him a lot...that he didn’t
understand so his memory refused....
6. After a few lessons he.......and made an...
7. He suggested leaving the......
8. Since then he......
The story is about an old man who doesn’t ...