Unit5 - Speaking

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Unit 5: TECHONOLOGY AND YOU
SECTION B: SPEAKING
1/30/2008 3:46 PM
Task 1: Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about the uses of modern inventions.
Example:
A: Can/ Could 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.
Now make similar conversations, using the prompts below.
Radio Listen (news / music), learn (foreign languages).
TV watch (news / performances / football matches),
learn (foreign languages).
Fax machine Send / receive (letter / picture) quickly.
Electric cooker cook (rice / meat / fish / vegetables),
keep (food / rice / warm).
Air conditioner keep (air cool or warm / when it / hot or cold).
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 know:
4. __________ messages from one computer to another,
5. __________ long distance meetings in which the participants
can see each other on a 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.
Task 2: Work in pairs. Complete the sentences below. Use the words in the box. (You will have to use some verbs more than once).
Transmit receive make process store send hold design
store
transmit
process
send
hold
make
send
receive
design
Task 3: Look at the ideas in task 2, and then rank them in order of importance. Give reason(s).
Information technology is very useful to our lives. It allows us to:
1. Store very large amounts of information,
2. Transmit information quickly,
3. Process information as soon as we receive it.
With the development of information technology we can know:
4. Send messages from one computer to another,
5. Hold long distance meetings in which the participants
can see each other on a screen.
6. Make use of central stores of information,
7. Send TV programmes to other countries,
8. Receive TV programmes from other countries,
9. Design houses, bridges, gardens and buildings.
Task 4: work in pairs. Talk about the uses of information technology. Use the information above.
We can use the information technology, we can store a large information, speak with everybody in the world and we can do many things in our life. Information technology help us to live comfortable when we are tired and it make many things for us.
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