Unit 5. Technology and you

RADIO

TELEVISION

CELL PHONE

MODERN
INVENTIONS

ELECTRIC COOKER
FAX MACHINE

AIR CONDITIONER


Example:

A:Can/ Could you tell me what a cell phone is used for?
B: Well, it is used to talk to people when you are away
from home.


Work in pairs: Ask and answer questions about the
uses of modern inventions.
Radio
TV
Fax machine
pictures) quickly

Electric cooker
Air conditioner

listen (news/ music), learn (foreign
languages)
watch (news/ performances/
football matches)
learn (foreign languages)
send/ receive ( letters/
cook (rice/ meat/ fish/ vegetables),
keep (food/ rice) warm
keep (air cool or warm/ when
it/ hot or cold)


Work in pairs. Complete the sentences below. Use the words in
the box. ( You will have to use some verbs more than once ).
transmit

receive

make

process store send hold design

Information technology is very useful to our lives. It allows us to:
Store .
1. .......................very
large amounts of information,
Transmit

2. .......................information
quickly,
Process
3. .......................information
as soon as we receive it.
With the development of information technology we can now:
Send
4. ........................messages
from one computer to another,
Hold
5. ........................long
distance meeting in which the participants
can see each other on a screen,
Make
6. ........................use
of central stores of information,
Send
7. ........................T.V
programmes to other countries,
Receive
8. .......................T.V
programmes from other countries
Design
9. ........................houses,
bridges, gardens and buildings.
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Work in groups of four. Talk about the uses of information
technology. Use the images below. (Books closed)

Suggestion:
I think information technology is very important to our lives.
Firstly, ... / Next, …/ Moreover, …/ In addition ,…/ Last, …

Send/ messages/
computer/ another

Store/ amounts/
information

Receive/ TV programmes/ countries

Hold/ long distance meetings/
participants/ see/ screen

Design/ bridges/ houses/ buildings


Suggestion:

I think information technology is very important to our lives.
Firstly, ... / Next, …/ Moreover, …/ In addition ,…/ Last, …



Homework
1.Write a short paragraph
about 80 words about the
uses

of
information
technology in our daily
life.

2.Name some more
modern inventions and
write the uses of them.

3.Prepare for “Listening”.