Unit 5. Technology and you

English 10
Unit 5 - Listening
Main Parts of the lesson
I. Review
II. Warming up
Conversation
B. Game: Giving your ideas

III. Vocabulary
IV. Control Practice: Task 1 + Task 2
V. Futher Practice
Answer the questions
Summary
3. A computer is used to.......
A. ride B. store information C. cook

A radio is used to………….
A. Listen to the news B. cook C. wash clothes
2. A telephone is used to…………..
A. Interact with other people B. ride C. keep rice cold
3. A fax machine is used to………………..
A. make a phone call B. transmit information C. Cook
4. An air conditioner is used to ………
A. Learn language B. cook C. keep air cool
I. Review
A: How often do you use a…?

B: Very often
/ sometimes
/ never
II. A. Conversation
( Work in pairs)
II. B. Game: Giving your ideas
1. Do you know what a VDU is?
2. Do your parents understand Computer?
3. Are your parents worried when you buy a computer
4. Are you helpful to teach your parents
some computing lessons?

Are you shy to ask someone about Computer?
6. Do you think your parents will be
tired of learning Computer?
Situation: An old company director is talking about
his experience of learning how to use a computer.
1. What is the old man doing?
2. How does the man feel?
Happy or confused?
III. Vocabulary and Structure
worried
Memory
Refused
Excuse
VDU (Visual Display Unit)
Headache
To make an excuse
Listen and repeat

Task 1: Listen to the man’s telling and
Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).
The tense of listening lesson:
The past tense
V
V
V
V
V
V
IV. Control Practice
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
What is the man’s talk about?

2. Who taught him computer?

3. Did he learn computer well?

4. What happened to his memory?

5. What did he suggest?

Answer these questions:
V. Further Practice
Summary: fill in the gaps with suitable words
1. The story was about an……………... Who did not…….…………..…………
2. He became…………….……when his secretary ……………………..
3. He decided……………………………………..…and his son was……...............
4. But he was……………..to ask …………………..…more about Computer
5. After a few lesson, he felt…………..and ……………………….. of having a headache
6. From then on, he has never ……………………..the computer to
…………………………….
old man
know how to use a computer
worried
asked him for computer
to take some computing lessons
his teacher
too shy
him/ his son
tired
made an excuse
talked about
his son and his secretary
The end
Goodbye
Thank you for
attending our class