It is a magical typewriter which allows you to type and print and kind of document- letters, memos or requests for leave. It is a personal communicator which helps you to interact[r]
Trang 1What is this?
It’s a computer
Trang 2A : Could you tell me what a computer is used for ?
B : Well, it is used to …
visit visit
type type
chat chat
learn learn
play play
read read
pay pay
send send
computer
Trang 3English 10 – Unit 5 TECHNOLOGY AND YOU
LESSON 1: READING
Trang 4hardware (n) software (n)
places of scenic beauty (n)
magical (adj)
This is Lo Lem She has a wonderful dress from a fairy It’s
What do you call them in English?
What’s the antonym with “ hardware” ?
How are the pictures?
What do you call them in English?
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Trang 5What doyou call them in English?
This is Lo Lem She has a wonderful dress from a fairy It’s
What do you call
them in English?
What do you call them in English?
1
4 3
2
Checking vocabulary
hardware
magical
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Trang 62 Look at the illustrations of different parts of a computer system Match each numbered item with one of the words or phrases in the box.
A central processing unit (CPU) B CD ROMs C keyboard
D visual display unit (VDU) or computer screen
E mouse F floppy disks G printer H speakers
A. CPU
D. VDU
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Trang 7While you read
Computer has become part of our daily lives We visit shops, offices, and places of beauty with the help of computers We pay bills and prepared by computers We
read newspapers and magazines which have been produced on computers We
of computers And we can even learn foreign languages on computers
What makes a computer such a miraculous device? Each time you turn it on, with appropriate hardware and software, it is capable of doing almost anything you ask
it to do It is a calculating machine which speeds up calculations: it can add,
subtract, multiple, and divide with lightning speed and perfect accuracy.
It is an electronic storage device which manages large collections of data It is a
letters, memos or requests for leave It is a personal communicator which helps you to interact with other computers and with people around the world And if you like entertainment , you can relax by playing computer games or listening to
computer-played music.
Trang 8Task 1 The words in A appear in the reading passage Match them with their definitions in B.
1 magical
2 places of
scenic beauty
3 interact
4 software
5 hardware
a link or act on each other
b programmes performed by the computers
c in a strange or mysterious way
d the physical part of the computer system
e places where the scenes are interesting and beautiful
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