Units 5 Technology and you –

Before you read Work in pairs. Look at the illustrations of different parts of a computer system. Match each numbered item with one of the words or phrases in the box. A. central processing unit (CPU) B. CD ROMs C. keyboard D. visual display unit (VDU) or computer screen E. mouse F. floppy disks G. printer H. Speakers While you read Read the passage and then do the tasks that follow. Computers have become part of our daily lives. We visit shops, offices, and places of scenic beauty with the help of computers. We pay bills prepared by computers. We read newspapers and magazines which have been produced on computers. We receive letters from and send letters to almost every part of the world with the help of computers. And we can even learn foreign languages on computers. What makes a computer such a miraculous device? Each time you turn it on, with appropriate hardware and software, it is capable of doing almost anything you ask it to. It is a calculating machine which speeds up calculations: it can add, subtract, multiply, and divide with lightning speed and perfect accuracy.It is an electronic storage device which manages large collections of data. It is a magical typewriter which allows you to type and print any kind of document-letters, memos or requests for leave. It is a personal communicator which helps you to interact with other computers and with people around the world. And if you like entertainment, you can relax by playing computer games or listening to computer-played music.D3 Task 1. The Words in A appear in the reading passage. Match them with their definitions in B.1. magical a link or act on each other2. places of Scenic b. programmes performed by the computer beauty c. in a strange or mysterious way3. interact d, the physical part of the computer system4. Software e. places where the scenes are interesting and5. hardware beautifulD3 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? D3 Task 3. Work in pairs. Answer these questions, using the cues below. 1. What can a computer do to help us in our daily life? visit, pay, read, receive, send, learn 2. Why is a computer a miraculous device? capable of, a calculating machine, an electronic store, a magical typewriter, a personal communicator; for entertainmentAfter you read Work in pairs. Discuss other uses of the computer in our daily life.55 B. SPEAKINGD3 Task 1. Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about the uses of modern inventions. Example: A: Can / Could you tell me what a cellphone 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. di -TaCiIO listen (news / music), learn (foreign languages)TV watch (news / performances / football matches), learn (foreign languages)fax machine send /receive (letter/picture) quicklyelectric cooker cook (rice / meat/fish / Vegetables), keep (food / rice / warm) air conditioner keep (air cool or warm / when it shot or cold)D3 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 designInformation technology is very useful to our lives. It allows us to: 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: – messages from one computer to another, 5. long distance meetings in which the participants can see each other on a screen, use of central stores of information, TV programmes to other countries, TV programmes from other countries, 9. houses, bridges, gardens and buildings. 3 Task 3. Look at the ideas in Task 2, and then rank them in order of importance. Give reason(s). D3 Task 4. Work in groups. Talk about the uses of information technology. Use the information above.56C. LISTENING Before you listenHow often do you use each of the items below? Put a tick (V) in the right column. Then compare your answers with a partner.very often sometimes neverradiocellphonecamcordercomputer TV fax machineo Listen and repeat. worried memory refused CXCUSC VDU (visual display unit) headacheWhile you listenD3 Task 1.Listen to an old company director talking about his experience of learning how to use a computer. Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).lThe man was worried when his son bought a computer.The man became worried when his secretary asked him to buy a computer.2.. The man decided to take some computing lessons.3. 4. His son didn’t understand about the computer. 5. The man understood the lessons very well.6. The man continued to learn how to use a computer aftera few lessons. C. LISTENING Before you listenHow often do you use each of the items below? Put a tick (V) in the right column. Then compare your answers with a partner.very often sometimes neverradiocellphonecamcordercomputer TV fax machineo Listen and repeat. worried memory refused CXCUSC VDU (visual display unit) headacheWhile you listenD3 Task 1.Listen to an old company director talking about his experience of learning how to use a computer. Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).lThe man was worried when his son bought a computer.The man became worried when his secretary asked him to buy a computer.2.. The man decided to take some computing lessons.3. 4. His son didn’t understand about the computer. 5. The man understood the lessons very well.6. The man continued to learn how to use a computer aftera few lessons. D3 Task 2. Work in pairs. Find out the connectors and the imperative form of the verbs from the instructions.D3 Task 3. Work in groups. Look at the TV and the remote control below, and answer the following questions.cord-plugged in main-turned on1. What do you have to make sure of if you want to operate the TV With the remote control? 2. What should you do if you want to turn on or turn of the TV’? 3. What should you do if you want to select regimme? 4. What should you do if you want to watch VTV1, VTV2, VTV3, and VTV4? 5. What should you do if you want to adjust the volume? 6. What should you do if you don’t want to hear the sound?D3 Task 4. Write a set of instructions on how to operate a TV with a remote control. Use the picture and the questions above as suggestions. You may begin with: If you want to operate a TV with a remote control, you must make sure that the cord is plugged in and the main is turned on. To turn on the TV, press.59 E.LANGUAGE FOCUSo Pronunciation: / U / – / u: / o Grammar and vocabulary: 1. The present perfect 2. The present perfect passive 3. Who, which, thatPronunciationo Listen and repeat./ U / / u: / put foot food fruit pull look School June full cook tooth afternoono Practise these sentences.1. Could you tell me where you’ve put my book? 2. Your bookshelf is full of books. 3. Look! The boy is looking at your book. 4. Miss June is looking at the Moon. 5. Both your shoes and your boots are dirty. 6. Miss Moon went to school this afternoon.Grammar and vocabularyo The present perfect Exercise 1. Tan has invited Quang to his house. When Quang comes, he sees that, the door is open.the TV is on…. the house is tidy.the floor is clean.the lights are on.two bottles of water are laid on the table.Write in your exercise book what you think Tan has done before Quang comes. Example: 1. Tan has opened the door: The present perfect passive Exercise 2. Build sentences after the model. Example: new bridge / build / across the river – A new bridge has been built across the river: a new hospital for children / build / in our city another man-made satellite / send up / into space more and more trees / cut down / for wood / by farmers thousands of animals / kill / in the forest fire about one hundred buildings and houses / destroy / in the earthquake more than 50 films / show / in Hanoi / since Junetheir hands / Wash and dry / on a towel another book / read / by the students 9. Some ink / spills on the carpet 10. She / show / how to do it8Exercise 3. Fill each blank with who, which or that.1. A clock is an instrument tells you the time. 2. A fridge is a machine is used for keeping food fresh. 3. April 1 is the day is called April Fool’s Day in the West. 4. A nurse is a person looks after patients. 5. A teacher is a person gives lessons to students. 6. A blind person is the one cannot see anything. 7. The man you visited last month is a famous scientist. 8. Please think of a word comes from a foreign language into Vietnamese. 9. These are the pictures my son drew when he was young. 10. Can you help me find the man saved the girl?61

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