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A camcorder A computer system A TV set A cell phone A fax machine A radio A digital camera Before you listen: How often do you use each of the items below ? Put a tick (  ) in the right column. Then compare your answers with a partner. very often very often sometimes sometimes never never radio radio cell phone cell phone camcorder camcorder computer computer TV TV fax machine fax machine digital camera digital camera T T F F 1 1 The man was worried when his son bought a computer. The man was worried when his son bought a computer. 2 2 The man became worried when his secretary asked The man became worried when his secretary asked him to buy a computer. him to buy a computer. 3 3 The man decided to take some computing lessons. The man decided to take some computing lessons. 4 4 His son didn’t understand about the computer. His son didn’t understand about the computer. 5 5 The man understood the lesson very well. The man understood the lesson very well. 6 6 The man continued to learn how to use a computer The man continued to learn how to use a computer after a few lessons. after a few lessons.       TASK 1: Listen to an old company director talking about his experience of learning how to use a computer. Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F). He was very helpful. He (1) me to sit down in front of the computer screen. I did not know what it was called. When I asked him what it was, he said that it was a VDU. I (2) didn’t know what VDU was, but I was too shy to ask him any more. From that moment my memory (3) to learn because he told me a lot of things that I really didn’t understand at all. After a few lessons I began to feel tired. I made an (4) ., saying that I had a headache. I suggested we should leave the lesson for another day. Since then I haven’t said (5) . about the computer to my son and my secretary. invited still refused excuse anything TASK 2: Listen to the old man’s story again and write in the missing words Answer these questions 1. Was the man worried when his son bought a computer? 2. When did he really become worried? 3. Who became his teacher when he took some lessons in computing? 4. Did he know what a VDU was called when his son invited him to sit in front of it ? 5. Why didn’t he ask his son to explain? 6. How did he feel after a few lessons? 7. Has he said anything about the computer? No, he wasn’t When his secretary asked him for a computer in the office His son No, he didn’t Because he was too shy to ask. He felt tired. No, he hasn’t PLAY TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS PLAY TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS AND AND GET GET 4 4 LUCKY NUMBERS LUCKY NUMBERS QUESTIONS QUESTIONS 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 17 17 18 18 19 19 20 20 QUESTION 1 1. What flies but is never hungry ? Answer: A plane QUESTION 2 2. What flies and sometimes buzzes ? Answer: A bee QUESTION 3 Which city in the U.S.A is known as “The Big Apple”? Answer: New York City [...]... 6 When was our National Anthem written? Answer: In 1944 QUESTION 7 What can take a photograph ? Answer: A camera QUESTION 8 What bird is the symbol of The United States? Answer: The Eagle QUESTION 9 LUCKY NUMBER QUESTION 10 3 What swims in water and sometimes walks on dry land ? Answer: A crocodile QUESTION 11 What animal takes its baby everywhere, but never in a pram ? Answer: A kangaroo QUESTION... where you are, but cannot speak ? Answer: A map QUESTION 18 LUCKY NUMBER QUESTION 19 What gives you a shock, but you cannot see ? Answer: electricity QUESTION 20 What plays, but cannot run ? Answer: A record / A cassette . to take some computing lessons. The man decided to take some computing lessons. 4 4 His son didn’t understand about the computer. His son didn’t understand. camcorder camcorder computer computer TV TV fax machine fax machine digital camera digital camera T T F F 1 1 The man was worried when his son bought a computer.