E10-UNIT5-A.READING

miracle Calculating machine lightning speed storage device... Computer can help us to visit shops, offices, and places of scenic beauty.. We can’t read newspapers and magazines on comput

A Reading

BEFORE YOU READ

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1 Work in groups

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

Visual display unit

(VDU)

mouse

Printer

keyboard

Central processing unit (CPU)

• 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.

• Bản ghi nhớ

• asking for the absence from class or

office.

3.Checking words

fill in each blank with one suitable word or phrase.

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.

miracle

Calculating machine

lightning speed

storage device

While you read

2

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

TRUE FALSE

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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?

• Computer is a miraculous device because it is capable of doing almost anything you ask it to do

• -It is a calculating machine which speeds up calculations

• - It is an electronic storage device which manages large collections of data

• - It is a magical typewriter which allows you to type and print any kind of document

• -It is a personal communicator which helps you to

interact with other computers and with people around the world

• It can help you relax with games and music

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?

After you read

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WORK IN GROUPS OF THREE : DISCUSS OTHER USES OF THE COMPUTER IN OUR LIFE

(ONE ASKS, ONE ANSWERS, AND 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.

It is capable of doing anything you ask

It can speed up calculations

It can manage large / collection of data

It can type and print any kind of

documents

Help us visit anywhere.

Pay all kinds of bills with newspapers … receive and send mails in very short time, get information, learn foreign

languages…

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

• Prepare the next lesson: Speaking