Unit 5 - Reading

A. Reading
A. Reading



1. Work in groups
1. Work in groups


L
L
ook at the illustrations of different
ook at the illustrations of different
parts of a computer system. Match each
parts of a computer system. Match each
numbered item with one of the words or
numbered item with one of the words or
phrases.
phrases.
I. Warm up
I. Warm up

Visual display unit
(VDU)
mouse
Printer
keyboard
Central
processing
unit (CPU)

Floppy disks CD ROMs
speakers

2. Vocabulary
2. Vocabulary
•


miraculous
miraculous


/mɪ’rækjʊləs/ (adj) : very effective or surprising or
/mɪ’rækjʊləs/ (adj) : very effective or surprising or


difficult to believe
difficult to believe
(
(
phi thường, kỳ lạ, tuyệt vời
phi thường, kỳ lạ, tuyệt vời
)
)
•


scenic
scenic

/
/
’sɪnɪk/ (adj)
’sɪnɪk/ (adj)
:
:


thuộc về phong cảnh đẹp
thuộc về phong cảnh đẹp
•
lightning
lightning


speed
speed
/’
/’
lɑɪtnɪŋ ‘spi:d/ (adj) : moving at the speed of
lɑɪtnɪŋ ‘spi:d/ (adj) : moving at the speed of


light, very fast
light, very fast


(tốc độ ánh sáng)
(tốc độ ánh sáng)

•
accuracy /’ækjʊrəsi/ (n) : without any errors or mistakes (sự
chính xác)
•


Storage device
Storage device


(n):
(n):


a thing used to keep or store
a thing used to keep or store
i
i
nformation
nformation
.
.
(thiết bị lưu trữ thông tin)
(thiết bị lưu trữ thông tin)
•
data
data


/’deɪtə/ (n) : information, especially facts or numbers

/’deɪtə/ (n) : information, especially facts or numbers
(dữ
(dữ
liệu)
liệu)
•


memo
memo


/’meməʊ/ (n) :
/’meməʊ/ (n) :
thư báo
thư báo

II. While you read
II. While you read


Task 1:
Task 1:


The words in A appear in the
The words in A appear in the
reading passage . Match them with
reading passage . Match them with
their definitions in B.

their definitions in B.