unit 5 - reading

Warm up: Warm up: Game Game : : Jumbled words Jumbled words Rearrange the letters to make right/good words Rearrange the letters to make right/good words 1. cath 1. cath 2. lionne 2. lionne 3. umsic 3. umsic 4. pipul 4. pipul 5. ternetin 5. ternetin 6. agme 6. agme 7. rvius 7. rvius chat chat online online music music pupil pupil internet internet game game virus virus online music game internet virus pupil chat ? computer computer 1. Work in groups 1. Work in groups L L ook at the illustrations of different ook at the illustrations of different parts of a computer system. Match each parts of a computer system. Match each numbered item with one of the words or numbered item with one of the words or phrases. phrases. A. Reading A. Reading I. Before you read I. Before you read . . Visual display unit (VDU) mouse Printer keyboard Central processing unit (CPU) Floppy disks CD ROMs speakers 2. Vocabulary 2. Vocabulary - Miraculous (adj) Miraculous (adj) : : wonderful , fantastic wonderful , fantastic . . - Miracle (n) Miracle (n) : : - Calculating machine (n) - Calculating machine (n) : : a machine used for adding, a machine used for adding, subtracting . subtracting . - Lightning speed (n) Lightning speed (n) : : very fast speed like the lightning. very fast speed like the lightning. - Storage device (n): Storage device (n): a thing used to keep or store information a thing used to keep or store information . . - Memo =memorandums (n) Memo =memorandums (n) brief notes of things to be remembered/ brief notes of things to be remembered/ informal letters usually sent from one person to another. informal letters usually sent from one person to another. - Request for leave (n) Request for leave (n) : : asking for the absence from class or office. asking for the absence from class or office. 1.”It’s a of architecture’’ the man 1.”It’s a of architecture’’ the man said to his friends said to his friends 2. A calculating machine can do calculations 2. A calculating machine can do calculations with with 3. Computer is an electronic 3. Computer is an electronic which manages large collections of data. which manages large collections of data. 3.Checking words 3.Checking words fill in each blank with one suitable word or phrase. fill in each blank with one suitable word or phrase. miracle miracle . . . . lightning speed lightning speed Storage device Storage device II. While you read II. While you read Task 1: Task 1: The words in A appear in the The words in A appear in the reading passage . Match them with reading passage . Match them with their definitions in B. their definitions in B. A A B B 1. magical 1. magical a. link or act on each other. a. link or act on each other. 2. places of 2. places of scenic beauty scenic beauty b. programmes performed b. programmes performed by the computer. by the computer. 3. interact 3. interact c. In a strange or c. In a strange or mysterious way. mysterious way. 4. software 4. software d. the physical part of the d. the physical part of the computer system. computer system. 5. hardware 5. hardware e. places where the scenes e. places where the scenes are interesting & beautiful. are interesting & beautiful. Task 2 Task 2 : : Decide which of the three options Decide which of the three options below is the best title for the passage. below is the best title for the passage. A . The computer - A new Invention A . The computer - A new Invention B. The computer Has Become Part of Our Life B. The computer Has Become Part of Our Life C. What Can the Computer Do? C. What Can the Computer Do? [...]...Task 2: 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 : TO FIND OUT ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF A COMPUTER Computer - Advantages • It is capable of doing anything you ask • It can speed up calculations • It can manage large / collection . phrases. A. Reading A. Reading I. Before you read I. Before you read . . Visual display unit (VDU) mouse Printer keyboard Central processing unit (CPU). Vocabulary - Miraculous (adj) Miraculous (adj) : : wonderful , fantastic wonderful , fantastic . . - Miracle (n) Miracle (n) : : - Calculating machine (n) - Calculating