unit 5-reading

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• UNIT 5

TECHNOLOGY AND YOU

READING

Tuesday , August 1, 2006

UNIT 1

TECHNOLOGY AND YOU

Technology (n)

bill (n)

lightning (n)

UNIT 5: TECHNOLOGY AND YOU.

LESSON 1: READING.

D visual display unit (VDU) or computer screen

E mouse

C keyboard

A central processing unit (CPU)

F floppy disks

B CD ROMS

H speaker

New words

1 Miraculous (a): wonderful

2 Lightning speed (n): Very fast speed

like the lightning

3 Calculating machine (n)

4 calculations ( add, subtract, multiply,

divide)

5 Storage device (n): A thing used to

keep or store information

6 Memos = memorandums (n):

Brief notes of things to be remembered

c In a strange or mysterious way

d The physical part of the computer system

e Places where the scences are interesting and beautiful

Task 2: Passage Headings

A.The computer – a new invention

B The computer has become part

of our life

C What can the computer do?

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Task 3: Answering Questions

1 What can a computer do to help us in

our daily life?

Visit, pay, read, receive, send, learn.

- IT helps us visit shops, offices and

places of interests, pay bills, read

newspapers, send and receive mails

in a very short time, learn foreign

2 Why is a computer a miraculous device? Capable of, a calculating machine, an

electronic store, a magical typewriter, a personal communicator, for

entertainment

-Because it is capable of doing

anything you ask,

it can speed up the calculations,

it allow you to type and print any kind

of document…

What can a computer do to hepl us

in our daly life

Lucky number

lightning (n)

c in a strange or mysterious way

d the physical part of the computer system

e places where the scenes are interesting and beautiful

Task 1

Task 2

A The computer – A new Invention

B The Computer has Become Part of Our Life

C What can the Computer Do ?

KEY : C

Which is the best title for the passage ?

Task 3

Answer the questions :

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

A D

1 Computer are used in many fields in

our daily lives

2 People can use computers to solve

personal problems with sympathy.

3 Computer can be used to replace

humans in the future

4 people have got any trouble or

problems when using computer

5 Computer can be used for working,

studying, entertainment and other daily

Agreement or Disagreement

1 2 3 4 5

KEY

After you read : ( interviewing )

A : Could you tell me how to use computer , Nam ?

B : You can use it to