Unit 5. Technology and you

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A RADIO
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A FAX MACHINE
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A N ELECTRIC COOKER
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AN AIR CONDITIONER
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UNIT 5:

TECHNOLOGY AND YOU
LESSON 2: SPEAKING
Talking about the use of some inventions
TASK 1: work in pairs. ask and answer questions about the uses of modern inventions.
Example:
A: Can you tell me what a cell phone is used for?
B: Well, it is used to talk to people when you are away from home.
Radio


TV


Fax machine


Electric cooker

Air conditioner
Listen (news/ music), learn (foreign languages)
Watch (news/ performances/ football matches),learn (foreign languages)

Send/ receive (letter/ picture) quickly

Cook (rice/ meat/ fish/ vegetables), keep (food/ rice) warm
Keep air (cool/ warm) when it (hot/ cold)

Sample conversations:
A: Can you tell me what a television is used for?
B: Well, it is used to watch news, performances, football matches and we can also learn foreign languages on TV.
Sample conversations:
A: Can you tell me what an air conditioner is used for?
B: Well, it is used to keep the air cool when it’s hot and to keep the air warm when it’s cold.
radio
television
fax machine
electric cooker
air condition
Work in pairs:
complete the sentences below. Use the words in the box. (some verbs are used more than once)
Task 2
Information technology
transmit
process
make
hold
design
receive
send
store
Teros

Ohdl

Ngised

Dsne

5.Ceireve

6.Keam

7.Ropssce

8.Mitsanrt

store
hold
design
send
receive
make
process
transmit
Information technology is very useful to our lives. It allows us to:
1……………. very large amounts of information,
2………………. information quickly,
3…………………………….information as soon as we receive it.
With the development of information technology, we can now:
4…………………….. messages from one computer to another,
5………………. long distance meetings in which the participants can see each other on the screen,
6…………………………..use of central stores of information,
7……………………..TV programmes to other countries,
8…………………………TV programmes from other countries,
9……………………………houses, bridges, gardens, and buildings.
store
transmit
process
send
hold
make
send
receive
design
Work in pairs: Look at the ideas in Task 2, and then rank them in order of importance. Give the reasons?
Example:
A: In what way is information technology the most useful to our lives?
B: I think ………………………………………..
A: Why do you think so?
B: Because ……………………………………….
TASK 3
TASK 4
WORK IN GROUPS: TALKING ABOUT THE USES OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.
(Use the information above)
EXAMPLE:
I think information technology is very important to our lives because it allows us to store…………, transmit…….., process…….
Thanks to the development of information technology, we can now send……., make…., compose music, learn………

HOMEWORK:




Write a short paragraph about advantages and
disadvantages of information technology.