Unit 5. Technology and you

ELECTRONIC DEVICES
VCD/DVD-player
Television
Air-conditioner
Refrigerator
Fan
Electric cooker
Cell-phone
Iron
Cassette-player
Computer
Fax-machine
Washing-machine
* Warm-up : Answer the following questions.
1. What machine is used to type, watch
a film, listen to music, do the
calculations and play games?




- The computer.



2. Can you know to use the computer ?

- Yes, I can .
- No, I can`t.





Thursday , October 16th , 2008.

UNIT 5 : TECHNOLOGY AND YOU

PART A - READING




*Before you read
Task : Answer the following questions.
1. What do people use computers for ?

- To get information
- To send or receive mail
- To type documents
- To store facts / documents
- To entertain
- To teach and study .

2 . What can be other purposes of using
computers in the future ?
-
- To do the shopping
- To design houses, bridges, buildings.
- To analyse the symptom of diseases
- To cure diseases
* Work in pairs. Look at the illustrations of different
parts of a computer system .Match each numbered item
with one of the words or phrases in the box.

A. central processing unit ( CPU )
B. CD ROMs C. Keyboard
D. visual display unit ( VDU ) or computer screen
E. mouse F. floppy disks G. printer H. speakers









Key : 1-D 2-E 3-G 4-C 5-A 6-F 7-B 8-H
3

central processing unit ( CPU ) :
CD ROM (Compact Disc Read-Only-Memory) :


- Keyboard (n ) :

visual display unit (VDU) or computer screen :

- mouse ( n ) :
- floppy disk :
- printer ( n ) :
- speaker( n ) :

bộ xử lí trung tâm
đĩa CD dùng để lưu trữ một khối lượng lớn dữ liệu
bàn phím
thiết bị hiển thị hình ảnh , màn hình

chuột
đĩa mềm
Máy in
loa
* While you read
Read the passage and then do the tasks that follow.

New words and expressions
- miraculous ( a ) : wonderful, fantastic :
- calculating machine ( n ) :
- calculation( n ) :
- lightning speed ( n ) :
- storage device:
- memo = memorandum (n) :
- request for leave :

: tuyeät vôøi
maùy tính
söï tính toaùn
toác ñoä aùnh saùng
thieát bò löu tröõ
baûn ghi nhôù, tin nhaén
xin pheùp nghæ hoïc hoaëc nghæ laøm
TASK 1 : The words in A appear in the reading passage.
Match them with their definitions in B.
A B
1. magical a. link or act on each other
2. places of b.programmes performed by the computer
scenic beauty
3. interact c. in a strange or mysterious way
4. software d.the physical part of the computer system
5. hardware e. places where the scenes are interesting
and beautiful
* Checking :
- magical ( a ) :
- place of scenic beauty :
- interact ( v ) :
- software (n) :
- hardware ( n ) :
thuộc ma thuật, màu nhiệm
thắng cảnh
tác động qua lại
phần mềm
phần cứng
Task 2 : Decide which of the three options below
is the best title for the passage.

A. The Computer – A New Invention

B. The Computer Has Become Part of Our Life

C. What Can the Computer Do ?
Task 3 : Work in pairs. Answer these
questions, using the cues below.
1. What can a computer do to help us in our daily life ?
visit, pay, read, receive, send, learn
->It can help us visit shops, offices, and places of scenic
beauty, pay bills, read newspapers and magazines, receive
or send letters to friends and even learn foreign languages…

2. Why is a computer a miraculous device ?
Capable of, a calculating machine, an electronic store, a
magical typewriter, a personal communicator, for entertainment

-> It is a miraculous device because is capable of doing almost
anything you ask, it can speed up the calculations. It is an
electronic store of data, a magical typewriter
and a personal communicator to interact with other computers
and with people the world over.
After you read

Work in pairs. Discuss other uses
of the computer in our daily life.
Homework
Prepare part B - Speaking