Unit 5. Technology and you

Warm up:
Game: Jumbled words
Rearrange the letters to make right/good words
1. cath
2. lionne
3. umsic
4. pipul
5. ternetin
6. agme
7. rvius

chat
online
music
pupil
internet
game
virus
online
music
game
internet
virus
pupil
chat
?
computer

1. Work in groups
Look at the illustrations of different parts of a computer system. Match each numbered item with one of the words or phrases.
A. Reading
I. Before you read.
Visual display unit (VDU)
mouse
Printer
keyboard
Central processing unit (CPU)
Floppy disks
CD ROMs
speakers
2. Vocabulary
Miraculous (adj): wonderful , fantastic.

Miracle (n) :

- Calculating machine (n): a machine used for adding,
subtracting...

Lightning speed (n): very fast speed like the lightning.

Storage device (n): a thing used to keep or store information.

Memo =memorandums (n)
brief notes of things to be remembered/
informal letters usually sent from one person to another.

Request for leave (n):
asking for the absence from class or office.


1.”It’s a of architecture’’ the man said to his friends

2. A calculating machine can do calculations with

3. Computer is an electronic which manages large collections of data.
3.Checking words
fill in each blank with one suitable word or phrase.
miracle
.............
......................
...........................
lightning speed
Storage device
II. While you read

Task 1:
The words in A appear in the reading passage . Match them with their definitions in B.


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 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?

WORK IN GROUPS : TO FIND OUT ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF A COMPUTER
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Computer
III. After you read ( task 3 )
Work in groups of 3 : One asks , One answers and one reports , using the cues below.

A model of a conversation
A: Can a computer help us in our daily life?
B: Yes, it can
A: How can it help us ?
B: It can help us visit anywhere we want.
A: why is a computer a miraculous device?
B: Because it is capable of doing almost everything we want...
A: Has it got any disadvantages ?
B : Yes. Such as it can harm our eyes ...
C. A computer can help us visit anywhere we want . It’s also capable of doing almost everything we want but it can harm our eyes