unit 5 CB- READING

Computer can help us to visit shops, offices, and places of scenic beauty.. We can’t read newspapers and magazines on computer.. Computer helps us to receive letters from and send letter

WELCOME TO OUR CLASS.

A COMPUTER

What is a computer used for?

Unit 5:

Lesson 1: Reading

1 Work in groups

L ook at the illustrations of different parts of a computer system Match each numbered item with one of the words or phrases

I Before you read.

Visual display unit

(VDU)

mouse

Printer

keyboard

Central processing unit (CPU)

Floppy disks CD ROMs speakers

• Miraculous (adj) :

• Miracle (n)

Calculating machine (n) :

• Lightning speed (n) :

• Storage device (n):

• Memo=memorandums (n)

• Request for leave (n) :

• Wonderful

• a machine used for adding, subtracting…

• very fast speed like the lightning.

• a thing used to keep or store information

• B ản ghi nhớ

• asking for the absence from class or office.

1.”It’s a……… of architecture’’ the man said to his friends.

2.A……… can do calculations

with…………

3 Computer is an electric ……… which manages large collections of

data.

3.Checking words

fill in each blank with one suitable word or phrase.

miracle

lightning speed

storage device

Calculating machine

II While you read

Task 1:

The words in A appear in the reading passage Match them with their definitions in B.

A B

1 magical a link or act on each other

2 places of

scenic beauty

b programmes performed

by the computer.

3 interact c In a strange or mysterious way

4 software d the physical part of the computer system.

5 hardware e places where the scenes are interesting & beautiful.

Task 2 Decide whether the statements are True (T)

or False (F)

1 Computers have become part of our

daily life

2 Computer is not a miraculous

device

3 Computer can help us to visit shops,

offices, and places of scenic beauty

4 Computer is not a calculating

machine

5 We can’t read newspapers and

magazines on computer

6 Computer helps us to receive letters

from and send letters to almost

every part of the world

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Task 3. work in p airs Read the text

and answer the following questions

1 What can a computer do

to help us in our daily life?

2 Why is a computer a miraculous device?

1.What can a computer do to help

us in our daily life?

• It can help us visit shops, offices, and

places of scenic beauty; pay bills; read newspapers and magazines; receive

letters from and send letters to almost

every part of the world; learn foreign

languages.

2 Why is a computer a

miraculous device?

doing almost anything you ask it to do

collections of data

print any kind of document

with other computers and with people around the world

Task 4:

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?

WORK IN GROUPS : FIND OUT

OF A COMPUTER

-Computer

you ask

of data

documents

newspapers …receive and send

mails in very short time, get

information, learn foreign

languages…

money strolling on line or chatting

become worse

affect children…

III AFTER YOU READ

• WORK IN GROUP : DISCUSS OTHER USES

OF THE COMPUTER IN OUR DAILY LIFE.

(ONE ASKS, ONE ANSWERS, ONE REPORTS)

A model of a conversation

A: Can a computer help us in our daily life?

B: Yes, it can

A: How can it help us ?

B: It can help us visit anywhere we want.

A: why is a computer a miraculous device?

B: Because it is capable of doing almost

everything we want

A: Has it got any disadvantages ?

B : Yes Such as it can harm our eyes

C A computer can help us visit anywhere we want It’s also capable of doing almost everything we want but it can harm our eyes.

HOMEWORK:

• Write a short paragraph about the uses of computer in our life.

• Prepare the next lesson: Speaking