Unit 5. Technology and you

What is this?
It is a radio.

What is this?
It is a television.


What is this?
It is a cell phone.

What is this?
It is a computer.


What is this?
It is a camcorder.

What is this?
It is a fax machine.


How often do you use each of the
items below? Put a tick () in the
right column.
Very often Sometim
Never
Very often Sometim
es

Radio
Cell
phone
Camcorde
r
Computer
Television
Fax









Never


Listen and repeat
Worried
Memory
Refused
Excuse
Headache
VDU (visual display unit)


Task 1. Listen to an old company director

talking abou this experience of learning
how to use a computer decide whether the
statements
are True
orhisFalse
1.The man was worried
when
son bought True False
a computer.
2.The man became worried when his
secretary asked him to buy a computer.
3.The man decided to take some computing
lessons.
4.His son didn’t understand about computer.
5.The man understood the lessons very well.
6.The man continued to learn how to use a
computer after a few lessons.









Task 2. Listen to the old man’s
story then fill each blank with a
He
was veryword

helpful. He __1__ me to sit down
missing

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.


Task 2. The suggested answer
He was very helpful. He invited 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 still didn’t know what
VDU was, but I was too shy to ask him any more.
From that moment my memory refused 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 excuse, saying that
I had a headache. I suggested we should leave
the lesson for another day. Since then I haven’t
said anything about the computer to my son and

my secretary.


Use the questions ask and
answer

1. What did the man’s son buy?
2. Why did the man become worried?
3. What didn’t the man know?
4. Who became the man’s teacher?
5. What happened to the man’s
memory?
6. What did the man suggest?


The suggested answer
1.What did the man’s son buy?
He bought a computer.
2.Why did the man become worried?
Because he didn’t know about computer.
3.What didn’t the man know?
He didn’t know what VDU was
4.Who became the man’s teacher?
His son became his teacher
5.What happened to the man’s memory?
It refused to learn
6.What did the man suggest?
He suggested they should leave the lesson for
another day

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