u5 technology and u + spe

 Radio Listen news/ music, learn foreign languages  TV watch news/ football matches/ performances  Fax machine send/ receive letter/ picture quickly  Electric cooker cook ric

Unit 5

Speaking

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B: Well, it is used to talk to people

when you are away from home.

Task 1

 Radio Listen ( news/ music),

learn ( foreign languages)

 TV watch (news/ football

matches/ performances )

 Fax machine send/ receive ( letter/

picture) quickly

 Electric cooker cook ( rice, meat, fish),

keep ( food/ rice) warm

 Air conditioner keep air ( cool/ warm)

when it ( hot/ cold)

A: Can you tell me what a TV is used for? B: It is used to watch news and

performances And you can even learn foreign languages on TV.

Sample conversations

Sample conversations

A: Can you tell me what an air

conditioner is used for?

B: It is used to keep the air cool when

it’s hot and to keep the air warm when it’s cold.

Task 2

Complete the sentences below about

the uses of Information Technology ( IT) Use the words in the box ( Some verbs are used more than once)

Information technology is very useful to our lives It allows us to:

1 _ a large amounts of information,

2 _ information quickly,

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 stores of information,

7 _ TV programes to other countries,

8 _ TV programes from other countries,

9 _ houses, bridges, garderns and buildings.

Number 1

Information Technology is very useful to our lives It allows us to _very large amounts of information

store

80

It allows us to

information quickly

Number

2 transmit

90

Number 3

It allows us to

information as soon as we

process

100

Number

4

With the development of

information technology we can now messages from one

computer to another

send

40

With the development of IT we can now long distance

meetings in which the participants can see each other on a screen

Number 5

hold

60

With the development of IT

we can now _ use of central stores of information

Number

6

make

80

Number 7

With the development of information technology we can now TV programmes to

other countries

send 70

Number 9

With the development of IT we can now _ houses, bridges, gardens and buildingsc

design

60

Information technology is very useful to ourlives

It allows us to:

1 Store a 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 now:

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 stores of information,

7 Send TV programes to other countries,

8 Receive TV programes from other countries,

Task 4

Work in groups.

Talk about the uses of information technology Use the information in the tasks above

homework

Write a short paragraph about the uses of information technology in daily life.