UNIT 5 – TECHNOLOGY AND YOU


A. READING
1. Vocabulary:
- place of scenic beauty thắng cảnh
- magazine (n) tạp chí
- miraculous device thiết bị kỳ diệu
- appropriate (adj) thích hợp
- software (n) phần mềm
- be capable of + V-ing có khả năng, năng lực
Ex: I’m capable of doing it myself.
- speed up: tăng tốc, xúc tiến, đẩy mạnh
- calculate (v) tính toán
- calculation (n) phép tính
- multiply (v) nhân
- divide (v) chia
- lightning speed tốc độ tia chớp
- accurate (adj) chính xác
- accuracy (n) sự chính xác
- data (n) dữ liệu
- magical (adj) huyền bí
- typewriter (n) máy đánh chữ
- interact (v) = communicate (v) tương tác, giao tiếp
- interaction (n) = communication (n) sự tương tác
- communicator (n) người giao tiếp

2. While you read:
Task 1: Read the reading text in student’s book (page 54) and decide whether the following sentences are true (T) or false (F):
………Computers are becoming more and more important in our daily lives.
………Students can learn English, Chinese, Spanish, …on computers.
………In order to turn the computer on, you’ll need a remote.
………Computers can help you type or print anything you want.
………Entertainment is something that you can’t do on computers.

Task 2: Choose the best answers for the following sentences:
1. Computer is also a magical typewriter
A. beautiful B. expensive C. fast D. strange and mysterious
2. According to the passage, computer can …………………
A. only add B. add and subtract
B. multiply and divide D. add, subtract, multiply and divide
3. ……………….is program performed by the computer.
A. hardware B. software C. keyboard D. speaker
4. The physical part of the computer system is called …………………..
A. software B. mouse C. floppy disks D. hardware
5. Computers can also store a large amount of …………………….
A. data B. information C. document D. letters
6. When it plays as a communicator, it can help us ……………with other computers around the world.
A. contact B. exchange C. talk D. interact
7. Which is the best title for the passage?
A. What can the computer do? B. The computer has become part of our life.
C. The computer – a new invention D. The computer–a machine to speed up calculations.

B. SPEAKING
* New words:
- cell phone: điện thoại di động
- modern invention: phát minh hiện đại
- fax machine: máy fax
- electric cooker: nồi cơm điện
- air-conditioner (n) máy điều hòa
- process (n): xử lý
- store (v) lưu trữ
- design (v) thiết kế
* Structures / Expressions:
- be + used for + V-ing
Được dùng để ……
- be + used to + V1
- Can / Could you tell me what a cell phone is used for?
It is used to talk to people when you are away from home.
- What is a radio used for?
It is used for listening to music.

Task 1 and 2 in textbook (page 56)
Task 3: Pair work: Ask and answer questions about the use of some modern inventions in your house
Ex: A: Can / Could you tell me what computer is used for?
B: Well, it is used to ………………………………………………………………………………….

C. LISTENING
1. Before you listen: Pair work: Ask and answer:
How often do you use radio / computer / cell phone / TV…?
I use ………..very often / I sometimes use ……../ I never use ………
* Vocabulary:
- worried (a) lo lắng
- camcorder (n) máy quay phim
- memory (n) bộ nhớ
- VDU (visual display unit) = computer screen: màn hình máy tính
- refuse (v