Unit 5. Technology and you

Reading
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Pre-reading
While-reading
Post-reading

TECHNOLOGY AND YOU






Pre-reading
Game

CROSSWORD GAME

Vocabulary
Places of scenic beauty (n)
e.g: Hue and Ha Long Bay are places of scenic beauty in Vietnam.
 Speed (n) rate of movement
e.g: The blue car is running at the speed of 60 km/h.
Speed up (phrasal verb) to make st move faster
e.g: He got up late yesterday, so he had to speed up to arrive at the airport on time.
Vocabulary

 Magical (a) strange or mysterious
e.g: Cinderrella’s old clothes were changed into beautiful costumes in a magical way.
 Interact with (v) to link or to act on each other
e.g: The singer interacted sympathetically with his audience.

 Miraculous (a) wonderful
e.g: It’s miraculous to go swimming in the summer.
 Data (n) information that is restored in the computer.
e.g: My computer was hit by the virus, so I lost all the data.
 Accuracy (n) exactness and correction
e.g: Doing Mathematics requires a perfect accuracy.

Vocabulary
 Calculation (n)
Calculation
Substract
15–9=6
Add
5+7=12
Multiply
7x5=35
Divide
45:9=5
TECHNOLOGY AND YOU







While-reading
Task 1: Find the heading for each paragraph:
The computer – A marvelous tool
The computer has become part of our life
The computer – a new invention
We can read newspaper and visit many place with computer.
Computer – the multifunctional equipment
Games and music.



Paragraph I: B Paragraph III: E
Paragraph II: A Title of the text: C
Task 2: paragraph 1 and 2

Write True (T), False (F) or Not given (NG) for each of
these statements, according to the information in the text:
Answer
We can visit many places of scenic beauty in the world with computers. T
You can’t send an email letter to Iraq. F
With the help of the computer, we can master any foreign language. NM
A computer can do everything. F
A computer can do a calculator faster than human brain. T




Task 3: Read the last paragraph and match the statements in column A to statements in column B:



Column A:
A computer is an electronic storage
A computer is a magical typewriter
A computer is a personal communicator
A computer is an entertainer
Column B:
which you can enjoy with games and music.
which collects a great deal of information.
which allows us to contact with many other people.
which you can do the typing and printing.

1._____ 2._____ 3.______ 4.______

1. _B_ 2. _D_ 3. _C_ 4. _A_
TECHNOLOGY AND YOU







Post-reading
Work in pairs, try to complete the blanks by using the picture clues given:

In the last 100 years, technology has completely
changed the way we live. At the touch of a button,
we can look up almost anything we need to know
on the Internet. We have electricity, aeroplanes,
televisions, and we have ever been to the
Moon. Technology will continue create enomous
changes to improve our life.
Hue and Ha Long Bay are places of scenic beauty in Vietnam.
60 km/h