Unit 5. Technology and you

C O M P U T E R

How often do you use each of the items?
(very often/ sometimes/ never)
How often do you use each of them?
Listen and repeat.
Worried memory refused
excuse headache
VDU (visual display unit)
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.
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
GUESS
CORRECT
wasn’t
understood
didn’t understand
6. He leaves 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 write in the missing words.
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.
invited
still
refused
excuse
anything
Listen to the man’s talk again. Then retell his story. Use the following questions as suggestions.

What is the man’s talk about?
Who taught him computer?
Did he learn computer well?
What happened to his memory?
What did he suggest?
Learn by heart new words
Prepare new lesson