Unit 5. Technology and you

Advantages of a computer

- Do shopping
- Calculate
- Play games
- Write and send letters
- Control flights, central heating system
- Learn foreign language

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Obtain/ store information

Disadvantages of a computer

- Bring unemployment(n) that nghiep
- Distract(lam sao nhang) children from learning
- Many children become short-sighted
- Children become violent because they learn from
computer games
- People may forget how to talk to each other


- Introduction:
Nowadays computers have become part of our daily lives because
they can help us do many things that we want.
- Content:
Firstly, computers help us to work or study. If you have a computer, it will be capable of doing almost anything you ask it to. It can add, subtract, multiply and divide with
lightning speed and perfect accuracy. It can manage large collections of data. It is a magical typewriter which allows you to type and print any kind of document-letters,
memos or requests for leave. We can also enroll in and learn some things you want on Internet if you have a computer. We can take part in competitions on Internet.
Secondly, computers help us entertain. We can read newspapers and magazines which have been produced on computers. We are capable of chatting with the friends all over

the world that we don’t need to care of time or distance.
We can listen to music or songs that you like after hardworking time to release stress on computers. Children watch cartoons that they love. Sometimes we can play videogames.
- Conclustion:
To summarize, we can’t deny the benefits that computers bring to our lives. It is the most wonderful invention of the men.


*Write about disadvantages of computers.

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Introduction:
Nowadays computers have become part of our daily lives. They help people very much both in the work and in the life. However they have

some disavantages that we need to note.
- Content:
Firstly, they can be harmful to children. They can distract them from learning. Children are always interested in cartoons or video-games on
the computers. They can sit a lot of hours in front of a computer to watch the movies that they like, play games which they want to. Therefore they
won’t want to do other things. Children can be addicted to video-games on computers. And Children become violent because they learn from
computer games. On the other hand, computers can be harmful to people’s health. Everyone usually stand in front of the computers to work all day
and they forget they need to take part in many outdoor activities to help them keep fit and stay healthy. They can have some sicknesses such as fatty,
short-sightedness. Besides people become unfriendly because everyone works on computers more, they talk to each other less.
To sum up, computers not only have advantages, but they also have disavantages which we need to be carful.