A. READING
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.
While you read
Read the passage and then do the tasks that follow.
Computers have become a part of everyday life for us. We visit the shops, offices and landscapes with the help of computers. We read newspapers and magazines are produced on a computer. We receive and send mail to almost anywhere in the world with the help of computers and we can also learn a foreign language even on PC. What makes a computer device such magic? Every time you open your computer, with hardware and appropriate software, you can do anything you ask. It is a computer calculation speed: It can add, subtract, multiply or divide the speed of light and completely accurate.
It is an electronic storage device can manage a large collection of data. It is a magic typewriter allows you to type and print any documents poetry, memorandum or application for leave. It is a personal communication device to help you interact with other computers and to people around the world. And if you like entertainment, you can relax with computer games or listening to music MAV play on the computer.
Task 1. The words in A appear in the reading passage. Match them with their definition 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 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 entertainment
After you read
work in pairs. Discuss other uses of the computer in our life.
B. SPEAKING
Task 1. Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about the uses of modern invertions.
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)
(food / rice / warm)
air conditioner keep (air cool or warm / when it / hot or cold)
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).
1. ........................................... very large amounts of information,
2. ........................................... information quikly,
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 a screen,
6. ........................................... use of central stores of information,
7. ........................................... TV programmes from othercountries,
8. ........................................... TV programmes from other countries,
9. ........................................... houses, bridges, gardens and buildings.
Task 3. Look at the ideas in Task 2. then rank them in order of importance.
Task 4. Work in groups. Talk about the uses of information technology. Use the information above.
C.LISTENING
Before you listen
How often do you use each of these items below? Put a lick (/) in the right column. Then compare your answers with a partner’s.
While you listen
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).
1. The man was worried when his son bought a computer.
2. The man became worried when his secretary
3. The man decided to take some computing lessons.
4. His son dedn't understand about the computer
5. The man understood the lessons very well.
6. The man continued to learn how to a computer after a few lessons.
Task 2. Listen to the old man's story again and write in the missing words.
He was very helpful. He ........................ me to sit down in front of the computer screen which I did not know What to call it. When I asked him what it was, he said that it was a VDU. I ...................... didn't know what VDU was. but I was too shy to ask him any more. From that memory ................................. to learn because he told me a lot of things that really didn't understand at all. After a few lessons I begin to feel tired. I made an ......................................, saving that I Was having a headache. I suggested that we should lesson until another day .Since then I haven ’t said ............................. about the computer to my son and my secretary.
After you listen
Listen to the old man’s story again. Then retell his story, beginning the story with the following sentence:
The story is about an old man who doesn't know how to use a Computer.
D. WRITTING
Task 1. Read the following set of instructions on how to use a public telephone
Task 2. Work in pairs. Find out the connectors and the imperative form of the verbs from the instructions. Task 3. Work in groups. Look at the TV and the remote control below, and answer the following questions.
Task 4. Write a set of instructions on how to operate a TV with a remote control ?
If you want to operate, a TV with a remote control, you must make sure the cord is plugged in and the main is turned on. To turn on the TV, press...
E.LANGUAGE FOCUS
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UNIT 5: TECHNOLOG AND YOU
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