Unit 5. Technology and you

Unit 5

Speaking
a radio
An Electric cooker
A television
A Fax machine
An Air conditioner
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.
Task 1

Radio Listen ( news/ music),
learn ( foreign languages)
TV watch (news/ football matches/ performances )
Fax machine send/ receive ( letter/ picture) quickly
Electric cooker cook ( rice, meat, fish), keep ( food/ rice) warm
Air conditioner keep air ( cool/ warm) when it ( hot/ cold)
A: Can you tell me what a TV is used for?
B: It is used to watch news and performances. And you can even learn foreign languages on TV.

Sample conversations
Sample conversations
A: Can you tell me what an air conditioner is used for?
B: It is used to keep the air cool when it’s hot and to keep the air warm when it’s cold.

Task 2
Complete the sentences below about the uses of Information Technology ( IT). Use the words in the box. ( Some verbs are used more than once)

Make
Send Receive
Design Store Process Transmit Hold






IT
Jumbled words
Teros
Ohdl
Ngised
Dsne
Store

Design

?Process
?Transmit
?Receive
?Hold
?Send
?Make
5. Ceireve
6. Keam
7. Ropssce
8. Mitsantr
Information technology is very useful to our lives. It allows us to:
_________ a large amounts of information,
_________ information quickly,
_________ information as soon as we receive it.
With the development of information technology we can now:
_________ messages from one computer to another,
_________ long distance meetings in which the participants can see each other on a screen,
_________ use of stores of information,
_________ TV programes to other countries,
_________ TV programes from other countries,
_________ houses, bridges, garderns and buildings.

2
5
6
9
3
8
7
4
1
Number 1
Information Technology is very useful to our lives. It allows us to _________very large amounts of information
store
80
It allows us to __________ information quickly


Number 2
transmit


90
Number 3
It allows us to __________ information as soon as we receive it
process
100
Number 4
With the development of information technology we can now ________ messages from one computer to another
send
40
With the development of IT we can now ________ long distance meetings in which the participants can see each other on a screen.
Number 5
hold
60
With the development of IT we can now _______ use of central stores of information
Number 6
make
80
Number 7
With the development of information technology we can now ________ TV programmes to
other countries.
send
70
Number 8
With the development of
IT we can now ________ TV programmes from
other countries
receive
90
Number 9
With the development of IT we can now _____________ houses, bridges, gardens and buildingsc
design
60
Task 3
Work in groups.
Look at the ideas in Task 2, and then rank them in order of importance. Give reasons.
Information technology is very useful to ourlives. It allows us to:
Store a large amounts of information,
Transmit information quickly,
Process information as soon as we receive it.
With the development of information technology we can now:
Send messages from one computer to another,
Hold long distance meetings in which the participants can see each other on a screen,
Make use of stores of information,
Send TV programes to other countries,
Receive TV programes from other countries,
Design houses, bridges, garderns and buildings.

Task 4
Work in groups.
Talk about the uses of information technology. Use the information in the tasks above.
homework
Write a short paragraph about the uses of information technology in daily life.