Unit 5. Technology and you

welcome to our class
10A2
Welcome all the teachers
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ENGLISH 10
Fax machine
Computer
Camcorder
Cell phone
Radio
television
* Look at the pictures and guess what their names are.
Technology and you
C. Listening
Friday November 7th, 2008
Unit 5:
How often do you use the radio?
BEFORE YOU LISTEN
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worried (adj)
refused (v)
memory (n)

excuse (n)
VDU (Visual display unit)
headache (n)
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WHILE YOU LISTEN
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.
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
F
T
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
CHOOSE
CORRECT
I wasn’t worried
my son became my teacher
didn’t understand
I suggested we should leave the lesson for another day
and hasn’t said anything about the computer later
Task 2:
Listen to the old man’s story again and choose the one option A, B, or D_ that best fits each of the numbered blank
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
1. A. invited B. invite C. inviting
2. A. still B. until C. till
3. A. refuse B. refused C. refuses
4. A. excuse B. excuser C. excuses
5. A. anything B. anybody C. anyone
AFTER YOU LISTEN
Complete these sentences using the content of the story you‘ve just listened:
The story is about an old man who doesn’t know…
1. The man wasn’t worried when.......
2. He really became worried when.......
3. He decided to ..... and his son became.....
4. He didn’t know......... but he was too shy…..
5. He didn’t understand the lesson. After a few lesson he….and made an…..
7. Since then he......
6. He suggested leaving the......
Homework
Learn new words by heart
Summarize the man’s story in your notebooks
Prepare new lesson
Thank you very much!
See you next time!