Unit 8. Postal and telecommunications services

NGUYEN DU HIGH SCHOOL


Answer the following questions:

1.Do you have an e-mail address?
2. Have you ever used the Internet?
3. What do you often do on the Internet?


a) Work in pairs. Match the following pictures with the words or phrases.
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2

3

4

5

1.e-mail

2.Wikipedia

4.blog

5.Internet

3.Cell phone
6.Yahoo! Messenger

b) Work in pairs. Answer the following questions.

• What do you use each kind of service for?
Example:
A: What do you use your cell phone for?
B: I use my cell phone to talk to my friend.


Reading Text
www://thanhnien.com.vn/

1. What does www stand for?

2. What do we need such an address for?


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2.
3.
4.
5.

Internet Service Provider (ISP)
hook up (v)
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber
teleconferencing
telecommuting

(n)
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Read the text and do the tasks that follow.

On the Net
1……………….
2……………….

A. Different Uses of the Internet.
B. The Growth of the Internet
C. The Internet for Language Learning

3………………

D. Keeping Blogs or On-Line Diaries

4………………

E. Connecting to the Net

5……………….

F. Sending and Receiving E-Mail

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Read the text again and do tasks b) and c)
c) Decide whether the statements are true , false or
not mentioned in the text.
d) Work in pairs. Answer the questions.
Which do you prefer, e-mail or ordinary mail? Why?