Unit 5 - Listening E10

Do you think it is difficult for old people to learn how to use a computer4. The man was worried when his son bought a computer.. The man became worried when his secretary asked him to

WELCOME TO OUR CLASS –10A5!

Look at the pictures and give the names of the devices

Cell Phone

Fax machine

TV or Television

Camcorder

Radio

Computer

1 How often do you use a computer?

2 Is it easy for you to learn?

3 Does your father know how to use it?

4 Do you think it is difficult for old people

to learn how to use a computer?

Answer the questions:

Lesson 3 LISTENING

Period 30

Unit 13: Writing Describing a film

Vocabulary:

1 Worried ['wʌrid] (adj): lo lắng

2 Memory ['meməri] (n): trí nhớ

3 Refuse [ri'fju:z] (v) : từ chối

4 Excuse [iks'kju:s] (n): lý do

đưa ra lý do

5 VDU (Visual Display Unit) (n): [,vi:di:'ju:]

+ make an excuse:

Unit 13: Writing Describing a film

1 Worried ['wʌrid] (adj): lo lắng

2 Memory ['meməri] (n): trí nhớ

3 Refuse [ri'fju:z] (v) : từ chối

4 Excuse [iks'kju:s] (n): lý do

5 VDU (Visual Display Unit) (n): [,vi:di:'ju:]

Màn hình

6 Headache ['hedeik] (n): chứng nhức đầu

*Rub out and remember:

TASK 1.

You will hear an old company director talking about his experience of learning how to use a computer Listen to the CD and decide

whether the statements are true (T) or false (F)

Before listening you have 2 minutes to:

 Read carefully each sentence.

 Underline the important words and phrases.

1 The man was worried when his son bought a

computer.

2 The man became worried when his secretary

asked him to buy a computer.

3 The man decided to take some computing

lessons.

4 His son did not understand about the

computer.

5 The man undertood lessons very well.

6 The man continued to learn how to use a

1 The man was worried when his son bought a

computer.

=> F ( He wasn’t worried when )

2 The man became worried when his secretary asked

him to buy a computer.

3 The man decided to take some computing lessons.

=> T (he decided to take some lessons in computing )

4 His son did not understand about the computer.

=> F (the son became his teacher )

5 The man undertood lessons very well.

=> F ( he really didn’t understand at all )

6 The man continued to learn how to use a computer

after a few lessons.

=> F ( he hasn’t said anything about the computer to his

=> T ( he really became worried )

Task 2.

Before listening You have 2

minutes to read through the

paragraph then decide the word

form should be filled in each blank.

Listen to the story again and write in the missing words.

He was very helpful He (1) me to sit down in front of the computer screen I did not know what it was called When I asked him what it was, he said that it was

a VDU I (2) _didn’t know what VDU was, but I was too shy to ask him any more From that moment my memory (3) _to learn because he told me a lot of things that I really didn’t understand

at all After a few lessons I began to feel tired I made an (4) _, saying that I had a headache I suggested we should leave the lesson for another day Since then I haven’t said (5) _about the

invited

still refused

excuse

anything

The story is about an old man who doesn't know how to use the computer He became (1)

_ when his (2) asked him for a computer in the (3) _ He decided to take some (4) _ lessons His son (5)

_ about computer and he became his (6) His son was (7) _ but he didn't understand at all After a few (8) _

he began to feel (9) and he made an (10)

_, saying that he had a headache

Fill in the blanks to complete the summary

office computing

understood

lessons tired

excuse

Write the summary of the story

in the notebooks.

Preparing for the Writing lesson.