• 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;[r]
(1)English 10
Unit: 5
TECHNOLOGY AND YOU
Part A READING
Teacher: Quynh Tram
(2)(3)(4)BEFORE YOU READ
1
1 Work in groups
(5)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
(6)Visual display unit (VDU)
mouse
Printer
keyboard
Central
processing unit (CPU)
Floppy disks CD ROMs
(7)• Listen to the tape. • Vocabulary
WHILE YOU READ
(8)• 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.
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While you read
2
Task 1:
(10)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 The words in A appear in the reading
(11)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
(12)Task Read the text and answer the following questions
1 What can a computer to help us in our daily life?
(13)1.What can a computer to help us in our daily life?
(14)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
• -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
(15)Consolidation
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 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
(16)After you read
• WORK IN GROUPS OF THREE : DISCUSS OTHER USES OF THE COMPUTER IN OUR LIFE.
(17)It is capable of doing anything you ask It is capable of doing anything you ask
It can speed up calculations It can speed up calculations
It can manage large / collection of data It can manage large / collection of data
It can type and print any kind of It can type and print any kind of documents
documents
Help us visit anywhere. Help us visit anywhere.
Pay all kinds of bills with newspapers … Pay all kinds of bills with newspapers … receive and send mails in very short time, receive and send mails in very short time,
(18)• Write A short paragraph about the uses of computer in our life.
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