Good afternoon
Unit 5: technology and you
C-Listening.
* Before you listen
Unit 5: technology and you
C-Listening.
- Listen and repeat
Worried memory refused excuse
VDU (visual display unit) headache
* While you listen
- We are going to listen to an old company director talking about his experience of learning how to use a computer from his son. You listen to the tape and do the task1: Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).
The man was worried when his son bought a computer.
2. The man became worried when his secretary asked him to buy a computer.
3. The man decided to take some computing lessons.
4. His son didn`t understand about the computer.
5. The man understood the lessons very well.
6. The man continued to learn how to use a computer after a few lessons.
* Task 1.
F
F
F
F
T
T
* Task 2.
- Listen to the old man`s story again and write in the missing words.
He was very helpful. He (1)....me to sit down in front of the computer screen. I did not know what it was called. When I asked him what it was, he said that it was a VDU. I (2).....didn`t know what VDU was, but I was too shy to ask him any more. From that moment my memory (3).....to learn because he told me a lot of things that I really didn`t undertand at all. After a few lessons I began to feel tired. I made an (4)......., saying that I had a heahache. I suggested we should leave the lesson for another day. Since then I haven`t said (5) .......about the computer to my son and my secretary.
anything
still
refused
excuse
invited
* After you listen
- Answer the questions.
1. Was the man worried when his son bought a computer?

2. Was the man worried when his secretary asked him for a computer in the office?

3. Did the man decided to take some computing lessons or English lessons?

4. Who was the teacher of the man?

5. Did the man understand the lesson very well?

6. Did the man continue to learn how to use computer after a few lessons?
No, he wasn`t.
Yes, he was.
He decided to take some computing lessons.
His son was his teacher .
No, he didn`t.
No, he didn`t.

Homework
Good bye
- Rewrite the old man`s story.